Kazuya wrote:seanmac31 wrote:Kazuya wrote:
Exactly, it was a horrible story written by an Xbox fanboy, even without the incriminating offense of quoting Joystiq. He bitches and moans about a *one-time* plugging in of the controllers to the unit. Did he mention that at least you can charge the controller without having to buy a $20 addon? Nope. He complains about the PS3 text messaging... WTF, has he ever used the 360s? I can't even type five letters before accidentally backing out, and then plugging in a keyboard out of frustration. Don't even get me started as for him basically implying that the 360 has always downloaded in the background from day one...
There's far too much talk about the 360 for a PS3 impressions... some comparisons are fine but it doesn't have to ape every feature of the 360. Not everyone cares about playing music during their games or gamer achievements or whatever. The majority of PS3 owners I'm assuming are going to be upgrading from the PS2 and have already had a year to buy a 360 if they wanted one. And I always thought Major Nelson's name was Larry something or other...
Ah yes, the New York Times. A.K.A. "Xbox Fanboy Central"
Whatever.
You're quite good at addressing issues, has anyone ever told you that?
Sigh. Fine, I'll address your issues, such as they are. Evidently, you don't care for the fact that the writer didn't like plugging in the PS3 controller. Such things mean nothing to you. On the other hand, you can charge the PS3 controllers without buying an add-on. This is arguably a system-seller by itself. The notion that Sony should have included HDMI cables is, apparently, a product of the notorious Xbox-wing media. The writer doesn't have a problem with the 360 messaging system. You do. Therefore...soemthing. Have I missed any issues yet?
The writer also noted that he didn't need to sit there watching his 360 download content, which is true. Evidently you took issue with this because there was a time when it wasn't true. Only that time isn't now. But because the 360 launched with this problem, it is perfectly acceptable for the PS3 to launch with it, even though the PS3 is launching a full year later. I'm not sure why you are so insistent that the PS3 only be compared with where the 360 was a year ago as opposed to where it is now. If the PS3 wanted to be compared with what the 360 offered at launch, then it should have launched back in 2005. It's roughly like arguing that Xbox users should have been fine with waiting a year to play GTA 3 even though PS2 owners were playing it because the Xbox still had more time before it was "GTA 3-ready" or some such thing. If Sony fixes the download issue in a week, then it's a minor niggle. But it would be negligent of the writer to not point out the various areas in which the newest, latest, greatest console is in fact not matching the features or services of a console that is a year old.
Then, after listing the myriad issues with which the 360 bothers you and where it should presumably emulate the PS3, you then complained that other people are spending too much time comparing the PS3 to the 360. Does that about cover it?
More generally, you've tended to post the following arguments in between the steady hail of pro-Sony PR pieces:
1) The PS3 will blow the 360 out of the water because casual gamers only want to go from one Playstation to the next.
2) Microsoft is a bad, bad company, and they've done bad things in the PC world, so it's all for the best that Sony is going to blow the 360 out of the water with the help of the casual gamers.
To which I would say, who cares? The 360 isn't going to disappear like the Dreamcast did, so it's not terribly important to consumers which console sells more, the 360 or the PS3. Both machines will continue to be supported. And as for the casual gamers who will sit in their Gap clothes eating McDonalds and playing on their PS3, again, who cares? Or more specifically, what does that have to do with us? This is a board dedicated to a more dedicated group of game players. Most of us are fairly well appraised of the current video game landscape. Many of us have already purchased 360s, so the question for us is not whether or not we should upgrade our PS2s for PS3s but rather whether there is any good reason why we should supplement and/or replace our 360s with PS3s. There hasn't been the faintest whisper of a reason for me to do so, but others may feel differently. For the moment, that seems to be what there is to talk about.
Of course, if there were any actual PS3s for sale, we might have some actual impressions in this thread. But until then...
