Kleegamefan said:
Next gen, PS3 will have most of the advantages of PS2 *AND* it will be the most powerful console.....in fact, this will be the first time a Sony console is the most powerful....
And it will be the most expensive this time around, and will not have any lead time in the market. You guys are acting like a bunch of ADD ridden kids running around foaming at the mouth without considering these basic factors.
And I know what's coming now: "A lot of good the cheaper price and head start did the DC! HAR HAR HAR!" You might want to remember that Sega was running out of operating capital, had to buy back the joe blow consumer confidence due to 32X and Saturn, DVD revolution was already happening in the market, and DC's chips were based on technology 18 months older than PS2. MS has none of these problems.
1. MS will not run out of operating capital. Infact, Not only is MS a much bigger presence than Sony, MS is in a much healthier financials then Sony, and can easily win a pissing match on costs.
2. XBox has just as much credibility to Joe Blow consumer as PS2. There is no hole to dig out of in consumer confidence.
3. There is no market detriment to only having DVD drive since BR-DVD is still a completely alien idea to the market place. Plus, the last time, everyone had a TV to see the DVD difference. There's not enough HDTV onwers to make the difference in the race this time. Average Joe gamer don't know they need it or want it.
4. XeCPU and Xenos were finalized only a few months before Cell and RSX. The basic technology are within the same generation: type of CPU ops and GPU shaders will be pretty much the same. It's just that Sony is more aggressive in tranny count and clockspeed for the chips, which will account for the power difference (which will be no where near DC to PS2). This will actually work in favor for X360 since most games will be ported for both. And the differnce between those games will most likely be in stuff you can't see in screen shots: physics complexity and AI.
As much as some would like to have the repeat of DC and PS2 battle in the market, this will be a much closer race. And no matter what the numbers turns out, you can bet that MS won't be throwing in the towel like Sega did due to running out of operating funds.