Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter said that Nintendo's lead over its competitors in hardware sales is no cause for alarm for Sony and Microsoft, even though console sales in the recent month saw declines Xbox 360 and the Wii declining over the month prior. Even though console sales are still within expectations, the analyst said the Xbox 360 and PS3 will see at least a $50 price reduction by the Holiday.
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I knew all of those things. I'll add one that many dont know (if you are a hardware person you do). you CAN actually swap bluray drives between systems. The drives themselves are interchangeable but the board that interfaces is not. So anyone who has a dead optical drive can just get a replacement and swap the interface board and be back to reading discs in no time. I've had to do this myself on both a 20gb B01 as well as a 40gb L01 unit.
you can also replace the spinning hdd with an SSD for improved (not life changing) performance as well as quieter and cooler system reliability. The physical spinning drives draw more current and generate heat as a result. Using an SSD means no moving parts and thus will have less current draw and reduced fan noise from not having to spin as much as usual to offset any heat generated by the spinning hdd.
I never even thought of that. If I can ever track down a reasonable true backward compatibility one the first thing I'll do is ssd it up.
I actually have three B01 units. 1 worked but had cosmetic issues and the other two had their own issues like YLOD and no video display. so I took them all apart and cobbled all the good looking exterior pieces to form a good working (and looking) unit. The hard part was removing the bulk of the surface scuffs but i used a plastic polish that is for headlight repair and that did the trick. It looks all shiny and new. It now just sits on my shelf next to a chrome/black 80gb E01 and gun metal 40gb Metal Gear Solid H01.
The two remaining B01 units im not sure what I will do with them as they are really just parts machines but i imagine with a bit of work they could be restored to their former glory.
I didn't know PS3 allowed screenshots to be taken. I knew that about PSV and every subsequent PS so far has a dedicated button for that but I didn't know that PS3 did that, too.
Darth,
You ever hear of those Frankenstein ps3s. I'm personally not sure I could do something like that. Could be a little off but they basically mix parts from a slim into a fat ps3. It said to keep it cooler to prevent overheating and such.
For the moment as far as ps2 aside from my collection since the disc won't work I've just dabbled a bit on the series x dev mode. It's pretty good.
Still one of my favorite Playstations next to the Playstations that came before it and after it.
You missed some great games then. Especially the variety. Ps3 lacked compared to before and after.
It had great games but it lacked compared to every other ps system. The variety went out the window. Game budgets got higher that's when developers stopped taking chances. Indies weren't quite going full speed like the ps4 generation. It's my least favorite of all the Playstation. Also jrpgs disappeared like a mf, there were some but sht compared to previous gens.
Agreed. My favorite gen next to PS1. The leap from jagged PS2 games with blurry textures to HD bliss like in Ridge Racer 7 or Motor Storm was unbelievable.
PS4 was just a refinement of PS3 games, and PS5 is just so more spit-and-polish on top that.
shuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut up
Sony needs one in august, if you ask me. It'd cripple the competition into submission. Think about it. Mgs4 boosted the sales a great deal and will continue to do so for the next 2 months. August is when they'll drop big time. Sony should take this opt and make a dramatic cut by 100 bucks and call it a day. Leave the ps3 at 300 until holiday 09.
*facepalm*
Next thing he'll predict is that there's doom and gloom ahead for the PS3.
...Why do these stories get through?
Compared to 9.25 million last fiscal year. We all know how slow last fiscal year started for them. So either Sony is being ridiculously conservative or they will not drop the price this year. You may see a Holiday bundle packing in a game or two and a blu-ray movie but I think thats about it. They also stated in the same report that they expect to turn a profit on the PS3 business later this year. I don't believe a price cut is inducive to that goal.
= guaranteed no price cut ;)