I'm not comparing the PS2 to the PS3, i'm comparing how they stand out from the others upon their release.
As a novice gamer, when the PS2 came out, the graphics were amazing and it doubled as a DVD player and music player. That was the first time I'd seen that. So I bought one. All that other stuff you mentioned doesn't mean diddly-po to the average gamer like me. Nothing about the PS3 has "stood out" to me. Doesn't mean it's not there, but if I don't know about it, chances are others like me don't either. On 7/17/07, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: G Money [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 8:34 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: E3 Press Conference Impressions: Part 3, Sony > > > > Certainly possible. The PS2 was ahead of it's time when it was > > released....the PS3 doesn't offer anything nearly as novel...it's just > > another high-graffix gaming device with a bloated price. > > I'm just curious... what was so novel about the PS2 compared to the PS3? > > Personally I find the similarities much more compelling. Which system am > I > talking about?: > > +) Was released at a price considered "too high" for the general public. > > +) Featured a new, high capacity storage device considered "overkill" for > a > home game system but that allowed the system to double as a cheaper player > for movies in that format. > > +) Incorporated a new, custom processor considered by many developers to > be > "too difficult" to program for. Sony defended the graphical quality the > processor was capable of, going so far as to call the system a "home super > computer". > > +) When released issues with the system's complex development process and > installed base resulted in an initially disappointing, small library and > limited third-party support. However this was somewhat offset by the fact > that the system was backwards compatible with its predecessor giving it a > much larger library of software to choose from. > > +) Featured a controller very similar to its predecessor but incorporating > several new features. > > +) Was touted as a "home media hub" and featured industrial design more > like > high-end home theater components than traditional game systems. > > +) The system was criticized by detractors for having too little system > memory. Because of this, they claimed, the system could not output truly > impressive textures. > > Overall, in my view, the systems are much more alike than different. The > differences are of degree, not kind. > > If Sony fails this generation it will be because they've tried to force > lightning to strike twice. But who can really blame them for trying? > > Jim Davis > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Macromedia ColdFusion MX7 Upgrade to MX7 & experience time-saving features, more productivity. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJW Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:238470 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
