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Technology Lifestyle Sceptics say PS3 has long way to go yet despite Japanese sell out
Technology Lifestyle Sceptics say PS3 has long way to go yet despite Japanese sell out | Sceptics say PS3 has long way to go yet despite Japanese sell out |
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| by Alex Zaharov-Reutt | |
| Monday, 13 November 2006 | |
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While that point is clearly up for debate, with early reviews praising the super high quality graphics while simultaneously despairing over the small number of games titles at launch, the PS3, especially in its more expensive 60Gb hard drive and wireless equipped model, has the specs, at least on paper, to best Xbox 360 and Wii from the get-go. While Xbox 360 aficionados are saying that the 2nd-generation of Xbox 360 games is really starting to show the 360’s impressive graphical powers in a better light, with the new games better designed to take advantage of the Xbox’s power, PS3 owners and owners-to-be will simply scoff and say that PS3 is the best and that’s all there is to it. An article at Igniq.com points out that before Sony can truly claim success with sales of the PS3, they must reach their goal of selling 6 million consoles by March 2007, with success in the US over the holiday season, and then success in Europe, Australia and the rest of the world come the March 2007 launch for those regions. They also point out, as have others, that the basic PS3 model, with the 20Gb hard drive, was offered at a discount to the previously announced price, further generating excitement in the country of its origin, where homeland support is always strong for Japanese companies, with Sony no exception except when it comes to sales of mp3 players: Apple still creams everyone and everywhere in this regard. Early reports indicate that the iPod is not compatible with the PS3, as it is with the Xbox 360 for non iTunes DRM’d tracks, even though it can plug in via USB. For Sony, who took years to accept that MP3’s were a standard people wanted, this could prove to be a mistake. Why shut out iPod users, especially when Apple and Sony have such a good relationship on many levels, even though they fiercely compete in the portable music player and portable computer spaces. Ingiq.com also points out that we’re yet to hear of any stories of malfunctioning or overheating PS3s as we did with the early Xbox 360 models. Should reports of this occur, it won’t be good news for Sony or the PS3. But the facts are as of right now that the PS3 has enjoyed excellent day one sales in Japan, which is Sony’s home turf after all, and the PS3 is the cheapest Blu-ray player out there, with movies in high-definition already on store shelves and selling well. Nevertheless, Sony executives must be breathing a sigh of relief – at last, something is going well (so far) this year. While 2006 been an annus horribilis in many ways for Sony this year, the PS3 is the bright spark on their horizon. For the sake of the company, they can’t stuff this one up. Somehow, despite everything this year, I don’t think they will. Do you? {moscomment}
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