solarplexus
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5 years ago: Sony says PlayStations to overtake PCs
November 16 2004 by silicon.com
source http://hardware.silicon.com/desktops/0,39024645,39125944,00.htm
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5 years ago: Sony says PlayStations to overtake PCs
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5 years ago: Sony says PlayStations to overtake PCs
November 16 2004 by silicon.com
source http://hardware.silicon.com/desktops/0,39024645,39125944,00.htm
Late Stage Marxist
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Sony would need Blizzard, id and Valve in their back pocket to accomplish this.
Sony would need Blizzard, id and Valve in their back pocket to accomplish this.
You could say the exact same thing towards the Super Nintendo. Doesn't dispute the fact that the head honcho's at Sony are wankers who spew out random bullshit most of the time.segasonic said:
What's next, a prediction that everyone playing games will have a HDTV by the end of 2005 in preparation for the PS3? Or better yet, Internet on a TV yet again.
"uhm Playstation overtook the PC in game sales many years ago...."
The point is that Sony suggested that PS2 would replace the use of PC. He's probably just talking about games.
But it hasn't. Try playing Warcraft 3, or Half Life2/Doom 3 (without bullshit auto-aiming), or WoW on a PS2.
The point is that Sony suggested that PS2 would replace the use of PC. He's probably just talking about games.
But it hasn't. Try playing Warcraft 3, or Half Life2/Doom 3 (without bullshit auto-aiming), or WoW on a PS2.
teh_pwn said:
To be fair think of pre-95 PC gaming compared to now. Now there are still top-notch games, but you're talking about 2-4 games a year. Back in pre-95 I remember always reading PC Gamer and looking forward to the tons of PC games coming soon. There were big name platformers, RTS, FPS, rpgs, adventure games, puzzle games, flying, driving, sports, you name it.
IMO PS1/DC really hurt the PC gaming market. I mean even ignoring the systems what killed a lot of PC stuff was the move to 3d and ironically or not 3d getting huge was during the time of the Playstation.
mashoutposse
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Well, it's not like they even tried. Heck, the hardware isn't even capable of doing that right now -- I doubt they expected it to be the #1 method for going on the internet by magic.
If the Network Adaptor came in a $59 bundle with an internet browser disc and cheap keyboard and received a heavy marketing push, they probably could have gotten a couple of million in each region easily. Of course, they would have done that already if that was really their goal.
If the Network Adaptor came in a $59 bundle with an internet browser disc and cheap keyboard and received a heavy marketing push, they probably could have gotten a couple of million in each region easily. Of course, they would have done that already if that was really their goal.
Teknopathetic
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What has hurt PC games the most was the focus on a few genres and abandoning those that hardcore PC gamers originally loved. Graphic Adventures, Space Operas/Sims, so on, so forth.
MS wasn't just reacting to this comment. Gates wanted PS2 to use MS developer tools and Idei said no. The meeting this occurred at also showed MS that Sony was serious about making PS2 an alternative to PC, even if that's not how it turned out now. I mean, they seriously projected selling 100-150 million by this year. Actually, this wasn't out of the question if they killed GCN and XBX they way they did with DC.
Anyway, MS started moving towards a console of their own from the top in March 99 (Gates, Balmer, Bach, Thompson, and lots of other important people) after this meeting and from the bottom after that year's GDC (Blackley, Berkes, Hase, Bachus) - way before this infamous quote.
Anyway, MS started moving towards a console of their own from the top in March 99 (Gates, Balmer, Bach, Thompson, and lots of other important people) after this meeting and from the bottom after that year's GDC (Blackley, Berkes, Hase, Bachus) - way before this infamous quote.
mashoutposse
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Subitai said:
Wow, really? Link?
Kai Dracon
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PhatSaqs said:
I hear there's still a group of people in an underground bunker in Utah who wait for the PS2 to extend an ethernet cable to Heaven and download Jesus for them.
ironichaos
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Solitaire and Minesweeper still owns all.
soundwave05
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It's comments like this that got Microsoft's attention though, definitely.
I mean obviously if you're sitting at Microsoft something like would make you go "hmmmmm".
Sony also again took a shot at MS when they unveiled the PS2 in March 1999 by saying the PS2 and its custom architecture (along with future iterations like PS3) would eventually break the Wintel empire.
What MS feared (and still does) is that instead of having Windows Media Center on your TV, you'd have some Playstation-based interface that went beyond just gaming and excluded say the Windows OS/browser (hello Netscape).
I mean obviously if you're sitting at Microsoft something like would make you go "hmmmmm".
Sony also again took a shot at MS when they unveiled the PS2 in March 1999 by saying the PS2 and its custom architecture (along with future iterations like PS3) would eventually break the Wintel empire.
What MS feared (and still does) is that instead of having Windows Media Center on your TV, you'd have some Playstation-based interface that went beyond just gaming and excluded say the Windows OS/browser (hello Netscape).
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