PS3 Launch

Ceph · Post by **Ceph** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 3:06 pm

The people at Sony are idiots. They should have launched the PS3 this spring fitted with exchangable dual-layer DVD-drives and offer Blu-Ray upgrades as soon as they become available rather then delay the launch for almost a year.

Twiddle · Post by **Twiddle** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 3:19 pm

a+ thread keep it up

dynagod · Post by **dynagod** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 3:20 pm

in all honesty, do launch dates make or break a console?
i dont think so..
the PSP could could be released summer winter or fall,now or later..
so song as they release something solid, there will be hordes of people lined up to buy it.
My Xbox360 has image tearing on FMV and texture darkening ingame. I wish they had taken a few extra months to iron shit out instead of rushing their hardware to meet an imaginary and completly arbitrary deadline..
i grew up playing games that predate graphics, a month or two for some "working" next gen is nothing...

Ceph · Post by **Ceph** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 3:28 pm

Maybe I'm overestimating the xbox 360, but a one-year headstart can't be good market-share wise. We all know what happens to companies that rest on their laurels too long. (Atari [2600], Commodore [Amiga], Nintendo [NES]). Sony, unlike M$ does not have billions of surplus revenue lying around which they could waste on reclaiming lost market share.

benj · Post by **benj** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 4:15 pm

Yeah, just like how the Dreamcast totally obliterated the PS2 because of it's earlier launch.

raiden · Post by **raiden** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 5:00 pm

or how the Playstation obliterated the N64 by its earlier launch.

Ceph · Post by **Ceph** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 5:05 pm

raiden wrote:or how the Playstation obliterated the N64 by its earlier launch.

Why, indeed it did!

Hopefully the Playstation customer-base will wait for the PS3. Still, if the Blu-Ray drives are indeed the only problem, then they should release the system without. 8 GB of space should be more than enough for any game for the time being.

bigbadboaz · Post by **bigbadboaz** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 5:08 pm

With what games?

Ganelon · Post by **Ganelon** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 5:12 pm

Are you serious?

Anyway, or how the SS obliterated the PS by its earlier launch.

And dude, if they tried releasing Blu-Ray upgrades, chances are very good that nobody would buy them since consumers nowadays are highly resistant to add-ons, esp. ones that'll cost in the least an additional $200-300 if Sony doesn't plan to lose money (although they'll undoubtedly be taking a loss on the PS3 for a good while).

raiden · Post by **raiden** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 5:21 pm

Why, indeed it did!

that´s what I was trying to say. At the time the Playstation was released, Nintendo was in a similar situation to the one Sony is in now. It was incredibly successful, no one doubted they would continue to dominate the market, no one took the Playstation seriously.
I´m not saying Microsoft will dominate, because no one can know that yet, I´m just saying the possibility should be taken into account.

But lack of games, yes, that IS a reason to postpone a launch date.

Ceph · Post by **Ceph** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 5:21 pm

Ganelon wrote:Are you serious?

Anyway, or how the SS obliterated the PS by its earlier launch.

And dude, if they tried releasing Blu-Ray upgrades, chances are very good that nobody would buy them since consumers nowadays are highly resistant to add-ons, esp. ones that'll cost in the least an additional $200-300 if Sony doesn't plan to lose money (although they'll undoubtedly be taking a loss on the PS3 for a good while).

That's a good point. Abnother idea would be to simply charge the same amount for the DvD-PS3 they would for a Blu-Ray PS3 and include Blu-Ray coupons which would become valid when as soon as the drives become available.

Ceph · Post by **Ceph** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 5:23 pm

raiden wrote:
Why, indeed it did!
that´s what I was trying to say. At the time the Playstation was released, Nintendo was in a similar situation to the one Sony is in now. It was incredibly successful, no one doubted they would continue to dominate the market, no one took the Playstation seriously.
I´m not saying Microsoft will dominate, because no one can know that yet, I´m just saying the possibility should be taken into account.

But lack of games, yes, that IS a reason to postpone a launch date.

I completely agree. Lack of games upon release is what killed the Saturn outside Japan.