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Originally Posted by BloodyAugust I think the top people at Sony are smoking crack, expecting me to shell out $600 then pay up to $105 (they offically said early this week that prices for games can range from $65 to $105 on some games) for some games when I do not even have a big flat screen HD tv is crazy. They have lost sight of their target audience here, I know $2500 60 inch plasma screens are sweet but what percentage of the total market has all that? And whilst Blueray is neat, no game is going to ever be made that takes up even half of the max space they can hold so what is the point when the friggin Blueray drive adds $200 onto the system? I have never watched a DVD on my PS2 and do not expect to watch any Blueray DVD's on it anytime soon. What a waist, if they had only cut the Blueray and dropped the price to $450 it would kill the Xbox 360 and the Wii sideways, now it is all up for grabs. |
uhmm...it's not Blue...it's Blu-Ray...
actually, the point of having a BD-Drive for ps3 is that, yes, for BD Movie Playback...PS3 will be your choice in getting a BD Player than to buy a standalone one...
recently, i went to bestbuy and a Standalone BD Player costs $1000...so why bother getting a standalone BD Player if PS3 will cost $600...
And the purpose of BD is to enable HD scan of 1080p...A two hour movie fits exactly on a 25gb while displaying the said resolution...and probably, most games for ps3 will only go for the 25gb disc, and it'll take about many years before developers will need the 50gb and 100gb bd-medias for games...and developers will use the almost 50-75% of the 25gb space for upscaling the pictures...this will also let the ps3 have a better frame rate...if you are talking about the 50/100gb bdrom then, yeah, games will not take 50% of the capacity.
i agree that sony wants us to spend more...and i hate that idea. but losing too much hope will end you to disappointment...i have brought an 19" HDTV for $600 and it can go up to 1080p it's enough for me to play ps3...not like the 60 inch hdtv...what will i do with a 60inch? if you are gonna spend $2500 for a tv, then i'd rather buy a small hdtv like mine and spend the rest for my house...
and it's probably only you but i know some people who still watch dvd on their ps2...
it's not like sony's forcing you to get an hdtv. hdtv will be recommended but not required. ps3 will still have the good old composite av outputs so meaning you can still use your good old edtv for playing ps3...you're just ignoring the small details and ending up losing hope...