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- darthrsg, on 10/12/2007, -5/+73Dang, I thought 1UP peeps were totally Sony owned. She got balls of aluminum.
- siodine, on 10/12/2007, -2/+63Where the hell do you get your video cards? The chinese black market?
- Axios, on 10/12/2007, -3/+52Official PlayStation Magazine (OPM), actually. Makes it all the funnier.
- deadbaby, on 10/12/2007, -4/+53Sony's too cheap to give their editors a free PS3?
- dr3wster, on 10/12/2007, -3/+47haha, the PS3's too expensive even for Sony =)
- BBX25, on 10/12/2007, -5/+43*Spits coffee all over LCD screen*
Of all people, an editor of PSM is the last person I'd expect to get an Xbox 360! - gothicx00, on 10/12/2007, -0/+29@Ignignokt01
Yeah, i dunno what kind of crack you are on bro, but *1* 7950, cheapest price, is gigabyte's version for $536. So yeah, if you got some sort of wholesaler in that none of the rest of us have, enlighten and hook us up. - s7r1k3r, on 10/12/2007, -16/+41No they won't buy it as a cheap blu ray player because blu ray players will be alot cheaper in a couple years and ps3 wont be. Aside from that the ps2 was a horrible dvd player and so will be the ps3.
- Settra, on 10/12/2007, -17/+40Anyone that refers to Microsoft or MS as "M$" deserves to be dugg down.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -6/+27I heard the ps3 is just 3 nintendo Wii's wrapped together with black ducky tape :P
- interiot, on 10/12/2007, -2/+22On the other hand, magazine editors probably don't make enough dough to drop on a $2-3k on an HDTV willy-nilly, so it sounds entirely reasonable.
- interiot, on 10/12/2007, -7/+27@Smwbigboss: Not very many people have HDTV's. Some people will use the PS3 has a cheap Blu-ray player, sure, but there aren't enough HDTV owners to make that group a large percentage of PS3 owners.
- Lumiras, on 10/12/2007, -2/+22Every new story that surfaces just chips away more and more at the PS3's shiny, overpriced facade. I'm sorry, even if Sony is capable of building a great game machine and they're able to convince consumers to plunk down $600 on an unproven format, they will still have to dig out of the mountains of bad press about their system.
Next thing you know, Kutaragi's going to be spotted hacking away at zombies in Dead Rising
It's gonna get ugly, and I'm pretty sure that Sony won't come out on top this time - daldredge, on 10/12/2007, -1/+21Everyone submit your applications now, I think they will be having an open editor position real soon.
- yoda133113, on 10/12/2007, -4/+24@ rsims
She said SPECIFICALLY that she didn't need the Blu-Ray, why would she need the HDDVD drive, she is like a lot of folks, she is getting this to PLAY GAMES, and not to play movies, yeah the HDDVD drive will drive the 360 to the same price, but I can choose if I want that drive, with the PS3 I can't say, I don't need BR, so i'll save $200 and not get it. - rakslice, on 10/12/2007, -4/+23True dat...
"So ultimately, I can't justify it. $600 is a lot of money, especially when I can get what--for me at least--will be a very similar experience for $400."
On the other hand, I usually try to avoid kicking my employer in the balls just so I can save $200.
Sounds like someone's just scratched an item off of the list entitled "Things to do before accepting that job offer from the official XBox magazine" =) - Hoov, on 10/12/2007, -1/+18Watch her get a free PS3 out of this.
- Lumiras, on 10/12/2007, -2/+191) A 90-day warranty is pretty much the default out of the box warranty on all electronics.
2) It only costs $50 to get 2 years of coverage for your console from Microsoft. This protects against all hardware failures, and I would say that a $50
3) Failures were widely overreported by upset fanboys - nethag, on 10/12/2007, -7/+24$ony?
- xerox, on 10/12/2007, -1/+18uh... she.
- victoryroadrage, on 10/12/2007, -1/+17But the whole point of consoles is that the hardware inside is static.
If they allowed you to upgrade, then developers would have to take into account all the different configurations possible if they want to sell their games.
That is one of the major advantages consoles have over PCs, and you want to take that away? - ahatter, on 10/12/2007, -2/+18'Failures were widely overreported by upset fanboys'
agreed there are many more 360 on the market now and i haven't heard anything about it since right after launch. i got mine last december and it is going strong. - salmonmoose, on 10/12/2007, -2/+18However, I live in Australia, and here all merchandise is required by law to have a 12 month warranty, including my 360.
- crammaz, on 10/12/2007, -2/+17Yay us living in Australia.... and yay our laws for once!!!
- mike_p, on 10/12/2007, -2/+17It's the same argument Peter Moore made right after E3. The fact that you can buy the other two consoles and have a huge library of games already available. Xbox Live/Arcade and Wii's large library of classics. Plus great 2nd generation titles are coming out for the 360 this season. There's nothing to lose because for either of these consoles because they are pretty much guaranteed successes with large 3rd party support.
Given the way Sony is receiving lots of bad press, falling well short in their propietary formats/media dept. (UMD, BluRay, ATRAC) and the cost of the PS3... i'm not sure they will meet or even get close to the success of previous PS1/PS2 consoles. They're still going to sell and people will place them on ebay for $1000+... for what? I'll wait til Sony realizes everyone isn't going to go for it, especially moms/dads around Xmas time!
My Xbox1 DVD drive (Phillips) literally died today and I was already thinking about getting an Xbox 360 soon anyway. Now it looks like the right time is now. - interiot, on 10/12/2007, -2/+17Editors get a free PS3... at work. They don't get a second free PS3 to keep at home, no.
- EochaidRiata, on 10/12/2007, -0/+14They can't even give her a decent Sony TV? How is she supposed to fully appreciate the PS3 on an old 21" TV?
- Lumiras, on 10/12/2007, -2/+15SelfAppointedMe, that's exactly the point. When the editor for the mouthpiece of Sony declares that she can't afford a PS3, you know things are bad
- staticneuron, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13She is not an editor working for Sony. She works for Ziff Davis Media. Sony just gave them the go ahead to name thier magazine the official. Take a good look at what Ziff Davis Media owns and you should get a good idea of how this copany works.
- VeganG, on 10/12/2007, -10/+21You must have a lot of faith in your wallet if you have faith in the PS3.
- staticneuron, on 10/12/2007, -3/+14"On the other hand, magazine editors probably don't make enough dough to drop on a $2-3k on an HDTV willy-nilly, so it sounds entirely reasonable."
Managing Editors made an average of $56,900 (median $50,000), with a maximum of $200,000.
Somehow to me it doesn't - metallikop, on 10/12/2007, -2/+13Maybe she is kicking her employer in the balls, but I think she has a valid point. Even though many people (Sony fan boys) will disagree with me, I really think that Sony has screwed up on their price point. They've left the casual gamer market and stepped in to a new realm of "high end console gaming". Back when the big players were Nintendo and Sega they had similar price points geared towards the same market while SNKs Neo-Geo was roughly 4 times more expensive. SNK wasn't trying to compete on the same playing field that Nintendo and Sega were, whereas Sony IS trying to compete with Nintendo and Microsoft.
Putting themselves in a totally different price bracket will turn people away, except those looking for a console system that offers a little extra for a lot more cash. The HD-DVD/Blu-ray battle isn't over yet, I personally will not invest in what could be the next Betamax/VHS contest. - daeyeth, on 10/12/2007, -2/+12What are you, stupid? You have the logic reasoning of Peter Griffin.
- DarkPhoen1x, on 10/12/2007, -2/+12"They have no "views" of their own."
except the editor, apparently. - ajchavar, on 10/12/2007, -10/+19i think that, as an editor, and obivously a big name in the business, she's trying to send a bit of a message to sony that maybe they need to rethink a few things about their target audience
- aboyd, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11Yeah, just like Nintendo's dual-screen handheld, with its weird stylus controller. Nobody went for that, either.
- furiousmonk, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9Why is she waiting until November?
- metallikop, on 10/12/2007, -3/+12@themacx
They're going to give her a sex change as punnishment? - spoonard, on 10/12/2007, -7/+15I bet he'll be getting a Wii also!
- tizz66, on 10/12/2007, -3/+11It's clear she only posted it so that Sony offer her a free PS3 ;) Genius.
- TheXeno, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10Wow, you know what I got out of this? She's gonna buy the console that best fits her. Everyone should do that. Really. Buy what you like, and what'll fit your gaming budget. Screw these bash fests. For me, I have an HDTV, surround sound, and I've been waiting to purchase movies in HD for a good while now. So yeah, the PS3 sounds kick ass to me. To each thier own.
- chaosmachine, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7this is kind of like coca-cola's vp of marketing publicly announcing that he's switching to pepsi.. weird stuff.
- dharm, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8i dont see why she wouldnt be getting a free one... she is the damn editor for the official magazine
- sleepyness, on 10/12/2007, -3/+9Buy both a Xbox360 AND a PS3, what are you, spoiled?
Making them upgradable would work out too well for the console makers, can't charge as much for new generations since people would just keep upgrading the old. Also that'd be too much like a PC. Average Joe and Jane do not want to touch the inside of a console and upgrade it.
Computers take up too much room, and no a Mac Mini can't do graphics worth *****, so that case design is out. - heavyness, on 10/12/2007, -5/+11anyone find it weird she doesn't have a 360 already? how can you be an editor of a video game magazine and not have every system? how can you compare and be educated in the game industry if your not sampling everything out there?
maybe she is looking for a new job!? why would you want to be stuck writing about one system when that company puts their own technology advancement in front of their customer's needs and wants? - Smwbigboss, on 10/12/2007, -4/+10Look like someone hates their job...
It only a matter of time before she gers the Wii - salmonmoose, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7John Carmack? :) trying to cover up that story when one of the fathers of gaming is coming out with it was a pretty futile move.
- ChicagoDS, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7I just wonder why she'd publicly state this, the feels this strongly about sony doing us wrong?
- xerox, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7"Why don't they make these things more upgradable. Pluggable modules would be nice. Consumers would love it because they have investment (if you can call it that) protection on their purchase and the manufactors can sell upgrades. It works with networking gear. So why not sell us a small chassis with some small slots? Then you can upgrade the CPU, GPU, media drive, and I/O ports."
they have these magical things called a personal computer, you should look into it. - ronaldst, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5I want to see the games in their final versions before making up my mind about the PS3.
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