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I don't like Sony. All they have is Square Enix, and they'll probably own the next Soul Calibur.

My guess: The PS3 will be Sony's last successful system, if it even is successful...

Santa Zeno wrote:

My guess: The PS3 will be Sony's last successful system, if it even is successful...

I highly doubt that. Did you see how well PS2 sold? It blew Xbox and Nintendo out of the water. I don't see any reason why this won't continue through PS3 and on to the next Sony System.

ButtdanceHR wrote:

Why do you guys always rip on any game consol that's not nintendo?

Nintendo got its own share of criticism from here...

METAL GEAR SOLID 4!!!

DESTROY US ALL! wrote:

METAL GEAR SOLID 4!!!

Humph. The old dude?

More like "METAL GEAR ON STOOL SOFTENER 4!!!"

Out of curiously, how much did the PS2 cost when it first came out? And the GCN and Xbox?

It could be 1000 dollars and I would still get one.

Funkstar wrote:

It could be 1000 dollars and I would still get one.

Same here Funk, but do most people have 1000 bucs to blow, letalone half that? I know the console's going to sell but there is no way it will match the MASSIVE success of the PS1 and PS2.

Santa Zeno wrote:

My guess: The PS3 will be Sony's last successful system, if it even is successful...

I highly doubt that. Did you see how well PS2 sold? It blew Xbox and Nintendo out of the water. I don't see any reason why this won't continue through PS3 and on to the next Sony System.

Blew them out of the water? Not hardly. They're still here, being successful and making games, aren't they?

Homerun Starrer wrote:

Blew them out of the water? Not hardly. They're still here, being successful and making games, aren't they?

Yeah it did blow them out of the water. I think Sony had, waht, a 75% market share on the console market? Probably bigger. PS2 games are still out selling 360 games. It won't soon stop with God of War 2 and Guitar Hero 2 coming out soon. And to paint my own toast here, now that I think about it, sony will still sell all of the PS3's and controll the biggest market share. Most people like to continue with what they have, and most people have a PS2. Plus the software sells the hardware. With games liek Killzone 2, MGS4, and FFXIII coming out, a whole heck of a lot of people will want the PS3.

Also this forum seems to be extremely Pro-Nintendo biased, not that it's a bad thing, it's just you can't base what people say here as an accurate depiction of what is, and what isn't, going to sell in the real market.

I know the console's going to sell but there is no way it will match the MASSIVE success of the PS1 and PS2.

Also this forum seems to be extremely Pro-Nintendo biased, not that it's a bad thing, it's just you can't base what people say here as an accurate depiction of what is, and what isn't, going to sell in the real market.

DESTROY US ALL! wrote:

I think that's because Homestar Runner attracts Nintendo fans. :cheatgrin:

Author:	Simon Zeno [ Tue May 09, 2006 7:38 pm ]
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I don't like Sony. All they have is Square Enix, and they'll probably own the next Soul Calibur. My guess: The PS3 will be Sony's last successful system, if it even is successful...

Author:	Beyond the Grave [ Tue May 09, 2006 8:54 pm ]
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Santa Zeno wrote: I don't like Sony. All they have is Square Enix, and they'll probably own the next Soul Calibur. And is there anything wrong with that. Square Enix makes some pretty awesome games. Not only will there be a new FF, but there will also be a new Gran Turismo and, most likely a new GTA. So Sony looks like they are poised to make a nice profit off of the PS3. Santa Zeno wrote: My guess: The PS3 will be Sony's last successful system, if it even is successful... I highly doubt that. Did you see how well PS2 sold? It blew Xbox and Nintendo out of the water. I don't see any reason why this won't continue through PS3 and on to the next Sony System.

Author:	StrongRad [ Tue May 09, 2006 9:12 pm ]
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Beyond the Grave wrote: Santa Zeno wrote: My guess: The PS3 will be Sony's last successful system, if it even is successful... I highly doubt that. Did you see how well PS2 sold? It blew Xbox and Nintendo out of the water. I don't see any reason why this won't continue through PS3 and on to the next Sony System. I love Sony, but I can see two reasons. 1, $499 price tag. 2, no HD-DVD support (yet). An awesome system is only awesome if people can actually afford it. That's why I'm gonna buy a Wii, assuming it has a sub $200 price point ($199.99 is sub $200). As I said earlier, though, I plan on buying one or two PS3's when they hit the market. What good is capitalism if I can't cash in on it?

Author:	Kevin DuBrow [ Tue May 09, 2006 9:15 pm ]
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Now I know there is no way I will get it. I'm not paying 600 dollars for a game system. It's a good thing that I am almost an adult and won't have time for video games.

Author:	Cybernetic Teenybopper [ Tue May 09, 2006 9:31 pm ]
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Sony only kinda-sorta has Square Enix. They still only make big new Final Fantasies for Sony, but they also make stuff for other companies. Which is good, because I love all that classic RPG goodness, even if I've played enough classic RPGs by now to explode my head.

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Author:	Acekirby [ Tue May 09, 2006 9:53 pm ]
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HA. HA. HA. Stupid Sony. This is why Nintendo is still the king of gaming. Sony is so overrated it's not even funny. Joshua wrote: ButtdanceHR wrote: Why do you guys always rip on any game consol that's not nintendo? Nintendo got its own share of criticism from here... Not to mention from every stupid casual gamer in my school.

Author:	DESTROY US ALL! [ Tue May 09, 2006 10:16 pm ]
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With the new pricing I may end up holding out on the PS3 untill the next Ratchet title. I will be getting a Wii after seeing the Red Steel video on IGN. Plus I can't wait to play Ocarina of Time again, hopefully it will be on the virtual console! And I would much ratcher have the PS3, better graphics, Metal Gear Solid 4, better online, Metal Gear Solid 4, I can use all my old PS2 games, Metal Gear Solid 4....METAL GEAR SOLID 4!!!

Author:	Tompkins [ Tue May 09, 2006 10:39 pm ]
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After watching wii gameplay videos... I WANT A WII!!!

Author:	AgentSeethroo [ Tue May 09, 2006 10:43 pm ]
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DESTROY US ALL! wrote: METAL GEAR SOLID 4!!! Humph. The old dude? More like "METAL GEAR ON STOOL SOFTENER 4!!!"

Author:	Simon Zeno [ Tue May 09, 2006 11:06 pm ]
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Here's how I see it: The thing costs at least $499. This means I'm not going to buy one. And I can guarantee you that I'm not the only one who won't dish out that much, especially when I could get a 360 or a Wii for less. Heck, the maximum possible price of the Wii is half that of the PS3.

Author:	Alexander [ Wed May 10, 2006 12:13 am ]
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Tee Hee... http://chunkps3.ytmnd.com

Author:	Capt. Ido Nos [ Wed May 10, 2006 12:45 am ]
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Alexander wrote: Tee Hee... http://chunkps3.ytmnd.com Haha, good ol' ytmnd...

Author:	Joshua [ Wed May 10, 2006 2:05 am ]
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Out of curiously, how much did the PS2 cost when it first came out? And the GCN and Xbox?

Author:	Code J [ Wed May 10, 2006 2:17 am ]
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Joshua wrote: Out of curiously, how much did the PS2 cost when it first came out? And the GCN and Xbox? GCN: $200 XBOX: $300 PS2: $300

Author:	ikwaylx [ Wed May 10, 2006 7:59 pm ]
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I went off Playstation ages ago. Nintendo are who keep me up at night with their possibly, 50% addictive games, average games, none too bad, none too good either, but, xbox overdoes it. But I have nothing against MS, but Playstation has just gone off their rocker, they're trying too hard to succeed. Thats not going to do anything either.....Maybe.

Author:	Choc-o-Lardiac Arrest [ Thu May 11, 2006 3:06 am ]
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Screw PS3, im getting a Wii.

Author:	DESTROY US ALL! [ Thu May 11, 2006 11:33 am ]
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Alexander, the 3DO was made by an inexperienced console maker and had substandard software that cost more than some gaming systems! The PS3 is not that outrageous. Plus the economy has changed and the videogame industry is larger than ever. You did have a good point, but I still believe that PS3 will be the best selling, for the casual and hard-core gamers. And by the way, is anyone even thinking of a 360 anymore? I hope not, XBOX always represented sub-standard gaming to me. Not every hard-core gamer plays Nintendo games. In my experience all the hard-core gamers I knew got the Dreamcast. But back to the PS3, I think they should of added a 400 dollar version with no hard drive that just used game saves on a mem card. Does anyone know if the PS3 will take PS2 or PS1 mem cards?

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Author:	Funkstar [ Wed May 10, 2006 7:19 pm ]
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It could be 1000 dollars and I would still get one.

Author:	DESTROY US ALL! [ Wed May 10, 2006 7:34 pm ]
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Funkstar wrote: It could be 1000 dollars and I would still get one. Same here Funk, but do most people have 1000 bucs to blow, letalone half that? I know the console's going to sell but there is no way it will match the MASSIVE success of the PS1 and PS2.

Author:	StrongRad [ Wed May 10, 2006 8:37 pm ]
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DESTROY US ALL! wrote: Funkstar wrote: It could be 1000 dollars and I would still get one. Same here Funk, but do most people have 1000 bucs to blow, letalone half that? I know the console's going to sell but there is no way it will match the MASSIVE success of the PS1 and PS2. People said the same of a $200 SNES and a $400 XBOX 360, too...

Author:	Homerun Starrer [ Wed May 10, 2006 8:51 pm ]
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Beyond the Grave wrote: Santa Zeno wrote: My guess: The PS3 will be Sony's last successful system, if it even is successful... I highly doubt that. Did you see how well PS2 sold? It blew Xbox and Nintendo out of the water. I don't see any reason why this won't continue through PS3 and on to the next Sony System. Blew them out of the water? Not hardly. They're still here, being successful and making games, aren't they? No, I think Sony made a very bad move on this one. Not only that, but they're copying the Wii's motion sensor...any informed gamer knows that's a total ripoff. Not a good idea on Sony's part. Plus, the PS3 costs almost twice as much as the Wii. And what do you get for paying twice as much? Shinier graphics, basicly.

Author:	Chekt [ Wed May 10, 2006 9:36 pm ]
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I am getting a Wii because there are much better things to spend 600 bucks on. If anybody actually buys the 600 dollar thing, they are either too rich or have their priorities way outta whack (why did they name it the Wii, that is so stupid, oh my god...)

Author:	Acekirby [ Wed May 10, 2006 9:36 pm ]
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A couple days later, and I still love this. Just in this thread alone, you can see how many people said "Well, looks like I'm going to get the Wii". Sony's big price mistake may just be the opportunity Nintendo needs to get back on top of the gaming world, where it belongs.

Author:	Cybernetic Teenybopper [ Wed May 10, 2006 11:26 pm ]
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I do want a PS3 though. It would be nice. Like I said, I may be a Nintendo fangirl, but I respect my brothers from other--uh, design houses. I'm just probably not going to get one because of the enormous price. I might eventually spring for a 360 though, if only because Viva Pinata looks crrrrazy! In short, just like the Rare of the good ol' days. We missed ya, buddy!

Author:	DESTROY US ALL! [ Thu May 11, 2006 2:39 am ]
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Homerun Starrer wrote: Blew them out of the water? Not hardly. They're still here, being successful and making games, aren't they? Yeah it did blow them out of the water. I think Sony had, waht, a 75% market share on the console market? Probably bigger. PS2 games are still out selling 360 games. It won't soon stop with God of War 2 and Guitar Hero 2 coming out soon. And to paint my own toast here, now that I think about it, sony will still sell all of the PS3's and controll the biggest market share. Most people like to continue with what they have, and most people have a PS2. Plus the software sells the hardware. With games liek Killzone 2, MGS4, and FFXIII coming out, a whole heck of a lot of people will want the PS3. Also this forum seems to be extremely Pro-Nintendo biased, not that it's a bad thing, it's just you can't base what people say here as an accurate depiction of what is, and what isn't, going to sell in the real market.

Author:	Alexander [ Thu May 11, 2006 3:01 am ]
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DESTROY US ALL! wrote: Homerun Starrer wrote: Blew them out of the water? Not hardly. They're still here, being successful and making games, aren't they? Yeah it did blow them out of the water. I think Sony had, waht, a 75% market share on the console market? Probably bigger. PS2 games are still out selling 360 games. It won't soon stop with God of War 2 and Guitar Hero 2 coming out soon. And to paint my own toast here, now that I think about it, sony will still sell all of the PS3's and controll the biggest market share. Most people like to continue with what they have, and most people have a PS2. Plus the software sells the hardware. With games liek Killzone 2, MGS4, and FFXIII coming out, a whole heck of a lot of people will want the PS3. Also this forum seems to be extremely Pro-Nintendo biased, not that it's a bad thing, it's just you can't base what people say here as an accurate depiction of what is, and what isn't, going to sell in the real market. Deystroy us all!, I must disagree. There is this thing called, "The Casual Gamer". Back in the NES and SNES days, Nintendo had so much market share in the video game department that it almost became a monopoly. SEGA tried to compete, and while they did have a strong fan base, it was tiny compared to Nintendo. No one thought any company could compete with Nintendo. Then came Sony and the Playstation. But back to the casual gamer, the casual gamer will move to whatever console is usually the most popular or the best looking, in this case, The Playstation 3. If the system was priced $400 it would be able to compete quite well with Nintendo and Microsoft. But, if it's one thing I know, only fanboys and fangirls will stick to their favorite consoles no matter what. This is why I got the Gamecube over the Playstation 2 and Xbox. I'm a Nintendo fangirl. But the point I am trying to make is this, money stands in the way of everything. Remeber the 3DO? It was a console released in 1991 that was going to compete with Nintendo and then Sega. The only situation was, it was priced at $700. It wasn't very succesful. Price can make a difference in sales, while it was only $50 in the sixth generation, it's going to be a $200 to $400 difference in the seventh. In other words, think of the DS vs the PSP. Only on a much larger scale.

Author:	Beyond the Grave [ Thu May 11, 2006 3:08 am ]
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DESTROY US ALL! wrote: I know the console's going to sell but there is no way it will match the MASSIVE success of the PS1 and PS2. I think it will.

Author:	Joshua [ Thu May 11, 2006 5:10 am ]
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DESTROY US ALL! wrote: Also this forum seems to be extremely Pro-Nintendo biased, not that it's a bad thing, it's just you can't base what people say here as an accurate depiction of what is, and what isn't, going to sell in the real market. I think that's because Homestar Runner attracts Nintendo fans.

Author:	Cybernetic Teenybopper [ Thu May 11, 2006 5:18 am ]
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Joshua wrote: DESTROY US ALL! wrote: Also this forum seems to be extremely Pro-Nintendo biased, not that it's a bad thing, it's just you can't base what people say here as an accurate depiction of what is, and what isn't, going to sell in the real market. I think that's because Homestar Runner attracts Nintendo fans. After all, TBC themselves are admitted Nintendo fans. Birds of a feather, after all...