Quote Originally Posted by Darth Holmes
And as stated before, the Estimated price of a PS3 will be 500-600 dollars. A 360 now costs 399 (299 without the extra features.)
You know, you've said this in other threads as well, and the fact is, no one knows how much the PS3 will cost because Sony hasn't said what it will cost yet. Let's look at the facts: any estimations have basically been based on manufacturing costs which as I recall are just over the $400 U.S. mark, and these estimates seem to assume Sony will sell the PS3 at a profit. I'm 99% certain that Sony never made a profit off of their PS2's until maybe recently during the later stages of it's life cycle. The fact is they make enough on games to more than make up for it. The idea that Sony would come in $100-200 dollars above the price of their admittedly comparable competition is ludicrous. It would essentially be suicide for them to try, and if you really think they don't know it, you're dreaming. If they actually do it, I'll be happy to say I was wrong and they're crazy, but I doubt it will happen.

If you want some articles giving the most concrete information on Sony's price strategy available, check out my post about half way down this page: http://forums.eyesonff.com/showthrea...90#post1369590 . Both of those articles show that Sony was no where near deciding on a price strategy several months ago, and has even considered a reasonable PSX/PS2 level launch price.

Also, the PS3 supports up to 1080p, not just 1080i. It may be splitting hairs, but it does make a difference. And saying that it not being required is a bad thing is rediculous. The main reason Nintendo isn't supporting HD at all is because it drives up development costs, and they don't want to scare away smaller developers. By offering the option to not go HD, Sony isn't forcing developers to spend more to make the same game. Would it be nice if every developer used HD? Yes, but I'd say it's better to let those who can actually afford the added costs use it and those who can't can save some money.

And as for the development side of things; numerous developers early on complained that the PS2 was overly difficult to develop for. Now let me think, which console came out on top this last generation? Not to mention how Sony has sub-licensing agreements for the Unreal 3 engine, Havok Physics engine, and other tools designed to make development easier built right into the dev kit.

And also for the record, I saw an article recently that specifically stated the PS3's GPU is more powerful than even the most recent GeForce cards. It's not simply technology that will be available in a few months.

Yeah I managed to rant quite a bit there, but what do you expect when most of those arguments against the PS3 are either garbage or opinion.