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I didn't turn into anything. All I am saying is that it is too early to say the PS3 is a failure. I know I am buying one, I am just waiting for Motorstorm to be released. If a year from now they have only moved 10 million units is that a failure? If so then I guess the 360 is a failure too. Don't forget it's where you finish, not where you start that counts. I believe the PS2 got off to a similar start.
[QUOTE=JustLikeHeaven]Yea I agree with Shawn on this one. The system has been out for a few months. The Wii is smoking it and if you want to call it a failure because of that then thats fine. The PS3 is on the same track as the 360 was last year. I find it hard to call it a failure. A disappointment maybe, but not a failure.
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The standards for Sony are much higher than the standards for Microsoft. The PS2 sold over 100 million systems while the game cube and xbox both sold around 25 million. The fact that it has gone from 1st place dominating to 3rd place in one generation is a failure. Now I'm just calling the 1st year of the system a failure. It still has several years left and maybe Sony could turn it around. But at this point the PS3 is nothing but a failure. And the fact that you are even comparing it to the Xbox 360 is proof of it. The PS3 should not be doing about the same as the 360. It should smoke it, and the fact that it isn't doing it is a sign its a failure.
In another analogy, lets say that Windows Vista sells about the same as the Macintosh OS (Extremely unlikely) We would call that a huge failure because Microsoft has dominated the competition for the past 15-20 years. The same for Sony. Sony has dominated the competition for the past 10 years. If it does about the same as a competitor, its a huge failure because of its expectations. But its even worse for Sony. Not only is it doing about the same as a competitor (actually worse) It is also being outsold by another competitor 3 to 1. That is just an insane fall from greatness and by any definition, a failure. I expect plenty of people to get fired from Sony because of this.
This is much nicer, but this has turned into another Sony sucks no it doesn't thread.
On the vibration issue, didn't the CEO say that vibration doesn't matter in the interview where he called the Wii an impulse buy?
Cousin Vinnie
As far as I am concerned, lack of vibraton would not bother me, I always thought it was overated. The Wimote is the first controller that it is really a necessity, and really adds to the experience.
But I know most people don't agree with that, and I would be surprised if PS3 does not quietly make it standard (again) on their controllers. I remember when that lawsuit started, there was a possibilty that Sony would have had to pull all of their PS2's off of store shelves until the matter was settled, but that of course did not happen. And apparently should not have happened, considering they won the case. On the other hand, God help anyone who goes toe to toe with the lawyers of a huge coroporation!
As far as I am concerned, lack of vibraton would not bother me, I always thought it was overated.
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I think I'm in the same boat as you on this. When rumble is well implemented its great, sadly its hardly ever used that way. The best use was Metal Gear Solid and that was on the Playstation 1. Most times the rumble is non stop like an earthquake or it is too soft to notice. Its a great feature, but it feel like an afterthought in most games. I could care less if controllers had it in the future. Does it feel cool to shoot a weapon and have the controller rumble? Sure....back in 97 when it was new to home consoles.
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Rumble is not the most important thing in the world, but it could lead to problems with multiplatform game sales. Allow me to explain. Im a gaming fanatic like most people here. I already own the 360 and wii. And I will be picking up the PS3 whenever the good games come out like MGS4 and Devil May Cry 4. So basically, I will own all 3 systems.
My deal is, that even though rumble might seem like a minor deal, it will probably be the deciding factor in me choosing the 360 version over the PS3 version of game. That and the awesome gamerscore program. It could be for many people also.