We're paying $200 extra dollars for what again?

[ChuckS]

http://www.1up.com/do/feature?cId=3155393

1UP has a bunch of comparative gameplay vids for both consoles....besides that, this is what the article says....

"Blu-ray. The Cell Processor. The RSX graphics chip. The PS3 was supposed to be the most insanely advanced gaming machine ever created. It was supposed to be able to deliver visuals well beyond anything capable on console or PC. According to Sony, the next generation wasn't supposed to begin until PS3 arrived.


So why is it, then, that all these PS3 games look just the same as they do on the Xbox 360?

When the PS2 first launched, Sony demanded that all games on the system be enhanced visually over their rival platform counterparts. The PS2 represented the next generation of gaming, and software was required to support this notion. With the PS3, Sony seemingly has no such requirements, offering us only that it "expects and encourages publishers working on PS3 titles to take full advantage of the technology and features that PS3 provides." Well, encouraging may not be enough. And promises for better looking games in the future don't really cut it. The PS3 is here now, it costs an extra $200 (at minimum), and the visual difference is questionable.

Don't believe us? We put the PS3 lineup to the test. We captured images and video of several games and their Xbox 360 counterparts - using the same exact capture device, with same type of connection cables, running at the same exact resolutions. Now you tell us, are we just missing something or was the next generation here all along?"

[coogrfan]

Re: We're paying $200 extra dollars for what again?

Great find.

[23]

Re: We're paying $200 extra dollars for what again?

Its because all Sony products are overpriced.

[cjonesfan921]

Re: We're paying $200 extra dollars for what again?

Your paying $200 more for comeplete Wifi, 40GB of more space, and a BluRay player. Everyone knew the games would be the same, at least the third party games.

[TJdaSportsGuy]

Re: We're paying $200 extra dollars for what again?

Everyone knew the games would be the same, at least the third party games.

Everyone here might have thought that, but the main stream consumer actually thinks they are going to get better graphics/games with a PS3. I have quite a few friends who are casual gamers. From what they've read in the newspaper and seen on TV, they all think the XBox 360 is a 2nd rate machine and that the PS3 is really a hell of a lot better.

[23]

Re: We're paying $200 extra dollars for what again?

Your paying $200 more for comeplete Wifi, 40GB of more space, and a BluRay player. Everyone knew the games would be the same, at least the third party games.

Who asked for a blu ray player in their gaming machine? Most people dont even have HDTV's. Don't throw some crap in the machine and tell me Im just going to have to work extra hours to get it.

[cjonesfan921]

Re: We're paying $200 extra dollars for what again?

Everyone here might have thought that, but the main stream consumer actually thinks they are going to get better graphics/games with a PS3. I have quite a few friends who are casual gamers. From what they've read in the newspaper and seen on TV, they all think the XBox 360 is a 2nd rate machine and that the PS3 is really a hell of a lot better.

Then Sony did a hell of a job marketing.

[cjonesfan921]

Re: We're paying $200 extra dollars for what again?

Who asked for a blu ray player in their gaming machine? Most people dont even have HDTV's. Don't throw some crap in the machine and tell me Im just going to have to work extra hours to get it.

Then don't buy it, it's that simple. You can either get a 360 and if you want to, later on expand with add-ons, or get a PS3 now and get all it has to offer.

[xythander]

Re: We're paying $200 extra dollars for what again?

Then Sony did a hell of a job marketing.

That may be changing with all the bad press they are getting in Mainstream newspapers.(USA Today, Times, etc)

[23]

Re: We're paying $200 extra dollars for what again?

Then don't buy it, it's that simple. You can either get a 360 and if you want to, later on expand with add-ons, or get a PS3 now and get all it has to offer.

I didn't get it. Kutaragi isn't greasing me up and going atomic on my backside.

[cjonesfan921]

Re: We're paying $200 extra dollars for what again?

I didn't get it. Kutaragi isn't greasing me up and going atomic on my backside.

Ehh, was funny the couple times you said it before.....................

[ChuckS]

Re: We're paying $200 extra dollars for what again?

Sony fooled a lot of people with their E3 2005 "gameplay" vids. What's happening now is that consumers are expecting to see that when they play their PS3's and their not. I like the fact that MS gives you a choice with the HD-DVD add on. Not everyone wants/needs a next gen DVD player at the moment. Who even knows which format will win out?

[cjonesfan921]

Re: We're paying $200 extra dollars for what again?

Sony fooled a lot of people with their E3 2005 "gameplay" vids. What's happening now is that consumers are expecting to see that when they play their PS3's and their not. I like the fact that MS gives you a choice with the HD-DVD add on. Not everyone wants/needs a next gen DVD player at the moment. Who even knows which format will win out?

I'm not saying MS made a bad choice with that, it's a good move. Now though if I do want a HD-DVD player, I have to pay $200 for it. Sony needs BluRay so they included(FORCED, although it's not really forced because if you don't want it, don't buy the system) it with the system.

[dubplate]

Re: We're paying $200 extra dollars for what again?

I'm not saying MS made a bad choice with that, it's a good move. Now though if I do want a HD-DVD player, I have to pay $200 for it. Sony needs BluRay so they included(FORCED, although it's not really forced because if you don't want it, don't buy the system) it with the system.

Hehe. Sony doesn't NEED Blu-Ray.

http://www.joystiq.com/2006/11/26/re...gb-of-garbage/

[Pared]

Re: We're paying $200 extra dollars for what again?

Well... you guys asked him to justify the price, and he is.

The Blu-Ray player alone makes the system somewhat reasonably priced.