Sony Screws Europe....
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arcthemonkey
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lordnick5000 said:
The diode is the part that shoots the laser at the disk, and is used in Blu-ray, HD-DVD, and certain medical applications as well.
They can make more, but they can only make them so fast, which is the problem here.
Despain v.1
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SHOOP DA WHOOP
OOPS, I SWALLOWED MAH LAZER
OOPS, I SWALLOWED MAH LAZER
LegacyComplete
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I love how most people say that the PS3 is WAY to expensive, what they dont realize right now is, the PS3 can PLAY BLUERAY CDS (any kind). Normal BlueRay players and drives cost WELL over $1000 USD right now.... now $600 USD for something that plays CD's DVD's BR's and PS1 2 and 3 games?? Stop bitching about the price!!! that is a GREAT F**KING DEAL!!
end rant here.
end rant here.
Despain v.1
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LegacyComplete said:
Blue-Ray Players might be expensive, but it's not a "GREAT F**KING DEAL!!" if it's not worth it to begin with.
Some stuff you should probably know::
Basically the US and Japan are the only places getting the PS3 Nov 17th(Possibly changed a bit though). I work at Eb games in New Zealand, and we now have no Australiasian Release date on our system (and no promotional stuff).
If you have preordered a console before the annoucement (about 2 days ago), then there is a chance you may get one, provided you preordered with someone like Eb games. There is no guarauntee about this, but chances are you may get one before the end of the year.
I think it'll be a blow for Sony, but my theory is that they're going to try and redesign their ugly ass console before they try and make it a household product. I'd rather buy a blu-ray player then have a Ps3 sitting in my living room the way it looks right now.
Peace
Basically the US and Japan are the only places getting the PS3 Nov 17th(Possibly changed a bit though). I work at Eb games in New Zealand, and we now have no Australiasian Release date on our system (and no promotional stuff).
If you have preordered a console before the annoucement (about 2 days ago), then there is a chance you may get one, provided you preordered with someone like Eb games. There is no guarauntee about this, but chances are you may get one before the end of the year.
I think it'll be a blow for Sony, but my theory is that they're going to try and redesign their ugly ass console before they try and make it a household product. I'd rather buy a blu-ray player then have a Ps3 sitting in my living room the way it looks right now.
Peace
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LegacyComplete said:
That assumes you actually want/have a use for a blueray player...
I am so buying as many as I can get my grubby paws on. But not to keep. ^_^
Anonymous
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I sold 4 xbox 360s on eBay, and made about $300 apeice (profit). I expect to do at least as well with the PS3, especially given this new information.
The real question is are there any still on reserve. Chances are half the places reserving them overbooked. If I had the money, I'd reserve like 6, hoping that at least 4 would show up.
Then sell them before their fatal bugs are well known.
Then I'd go to hell, but I'd have a nice car.
Then sell them before their fatal bugs are well known.
Then I'd go to hell, but I'd have a nice car.
arcthemonkey
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Consoles selling out are actually secretly good. The low number of machines is kind of a bummer, but they still swear up and down that they will hit 2 or 4 million or whatever before the year's end.
As for an exchange that took place, I want to emphasise something.
It's not just a $600 Blu-Ray player. It's a $600 Blu-Ray player that plays CDs, DVDs, BDs, PSOne, Playstation 2, and PLAYSTATION 3 games, along with the single most epic third party support imaginable, and the backing of essentially all of Hollywood. You get this all without a HDTV, but an HDTV makes it better.
For $600 you get CDs, DVDs, HD-DVDs, many Xbox games, and Xbox360 games, assuming of course you spring for the HD-DVD addon coming out.
PS3 = same price as a HD video player/gaming machine, but with thousands more games, better hollywood support of its format, a bigger harddrive, and over all better value. Of course much of this value will also be established as the library is established, but regardless of what you think of Blu-ray, it's a good deal for what you get, and is a good price no matter what you want to do it for. i.e. play Final Fantasy games and other games that aren't shooters and sports games. (Not that you don't get those.)
Saying "I don't care about Blu-ray" is akin to saying "I don't care about DVD."
If you don't want it now, you will want it in the future.
As for an exchange that took place, I want to emphasise something.
It's not just a $600 Blu-Ray player. It's a $600 Blu-Ray player that plays CDs, DVDs, BDs, PSOne, Playstation 2, and PLAYSTATION 3 games, along with the single most epic third party support imaginable, and the backing of essentially all of Hollywood. You get this all without a HDTV, but an HDTV makes it better.
For $600 you get CDs, DVDs, HD-DVDs, many Xbox games, and Xbox360 games, assuming of course you spring for the HD-DVD addon coming out.
PS3 = same price as a HD video player/gaming machine, but with thousands more games, better hollywood support of its format, a bigger harddrive, and over all better value. Of course much of this value will also be established as the library is established, but regardless of what you think of Blu-ray, it's a good deal for what you get, and is a good price no matter what you want to do it for. i.e. play Final Fantasy games and other games that aren't shooters and sports games. (Not that you don't get those.)
Saying "I don't care about Blu-ray" is akin to saying "I don't care about DVD."
If you don't want it now, you will want it in the future.
LegacyComplete
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arcthemonkey said:
This is EXACTLY what i talk about! sorry i cant explain as well what with english be 2nd language...
thanks for elaburating
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There is still no guarantee Sony will win this format war. They don't exactly have the best track record. And then we have a very expensive console only. Yeah, it plays CDs. Big deal, I don't buy a console to play music, I have an iPod and a stereo for that. It plays DVDs. Wow. Like I don't already have two DVD players that I didn't have to buy the remote seperately for. Given my experience with the PS2's DVD-playing, I don't hold out much hope for this feature, anyway.
I am not saying it's a better or worse deal than the xBox 360, so don't raise your hackles at me. Just that it's way too expensive for me to think about keeping one right now. Maybe, if the price drops, Sony wins their latest format war, or there gets to be enough content, games, movies, or otherwise, to make it worthwhile.
I am not saying it's a better or worse deal than the xBox 360, so don't raise your hackles at me. Just that it's way too expensive for me to think about keeping one right now. Maybe, if the price drops, Sony wins their latest format war, or there gets to be enough content, games, movies, or otherwise, to make it worthwhile.
Despain v.1
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I already have a DVD player.
What? Who cares about either in the context of consoles? As far as I remember, I've bought my consoles for their games, not formats.arcthemonkey said:
In any other context... no, it's still not the same! Because for most people the difference between DVD and VHS was very clear, and very large. For everyone without an HDTV (most people), the difference is... more DRM! Hurray for killing fair use!