Sony must create more first-party gaming titles

mucho 99 - 1079 days 1 hour ago

well, If the ps3 does not begin to sell better, Sony may have to give up on the brand alltogether, then, the people that like playstation over xbox or wii, are going to have to go for something else. Afcourse, what matters to me is the games, so if they stop producing playstation, I just need to get an xbox, and I'll still get all the great that I love now.

Hmm, did I just contradict myself? O_o

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DJ - 1079 days 14 hours ago

Your GPUs have RAM modules already built-in. The CPU runs off of a separate RAM setup. The two are connected by either a PCI or AGP connection.

Even custom PCs have a setup that's nearly identical to what the PS3 has. That's right, PCs that have GPU cards literally have split ram. Sorry bub. Try again next time.

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Genki - 1079 days 7 hours ago

1 - Not for every game, and while there have been some, you can't say that for every game, that's as asinine as the PS fanatics saying the 360 isn't next-gen.

2 - ...? Perhaps you're referring to the initially proposed launch date. Can't argue with that, it was BS, but not everyone bought into it(not that this makes it any better...).

3 - Don't understand this comment "The Blu-Ray drive it's self" What do you mean "it's self"? Anyway, if you're arguing the necessity of Blu-Ray, I think this has become a pointless argument to say the least.

I think there's a good middle-ground for this argument, and that Blu-Ray isn't exactly necessary, but it IS a GOOD IDEA for one thing. Sure, games could be multiple discs, but you CAN't deny that not every genre can support multiple discs. Many genres would be perfectly fine with multiple discs, but seriously now, if you had the choice of changing discs or not, what would you pick. Honestly. DVD's are fine, sure, but history suggests that they will hit the wall eventually, and it's a good possibility that it will happen in this generation.

A lot of you speak of the bottlenecks of the PS3, which is a completely valid argument(for those of you who know what you're talking about at least). With that in mind though, you can't simply dismiss the bottlenecks of the 360, as it's not perfect, and one of the imperfections is a last-gen media format. Does it cripple the system? Of course not, games like Gears and Alan Wake are proving otherwise, but it is a legitimate issue.

4 - True, can't argue with that, this was a BS move from Sony. I personally don't care much for rumble, but from a business standpoint, you can't argue with tens of millions of YOUR customers.

5 - This is just silly. Do you buy a car to drive it from point A to point B and then never use it again? Do you lift a weight a single time and expect to gain muscle? Of course not. This is among the most foolish arguments, because like many things in this world, a video game console is AN INVESTMENT. An ENTERTAINMENT INVESTMENT at that. You can't expect everything to be perfect from the get-go, as the 360 community themselves had to wait at least one year for titles like Gears, Lost Planet, and even continues to wait for Mass Effect, Alan Wake, etc. Surely you didn't quit on your 360 after launch, or you probably wouldn't be here right now, correct? If you had this mindset in the business world, you would surely fail. Invest stock in a company and expect to get rich in a matter of seconds, see if that falls through. Do you see where I am going with this? Rome wasn't built on a day, and I think it's safe to say that every console gamer buys what they buy for POTENTIAL. The right now is fine and dandy, but like all things, we get bored of the here and now.

6 - Ludicrous. Let me put this in perspective for you:

360 has a BC list of around 200

the PS3 has one of around 8000, while around 200 are not BC. I wouldn't exactly call that horrendous. Would you rather have 2% of a good thing, or 92%?

7 - Again, can't argue with that, this has been true for all but MAYBE one or two games. Who knows, it may change, it may not, but just remember, developers have been used to the 360 architecture for at least one full year. Cant deny this though.

8 - I don't recall any Sony rep saying that Blu-Ray would "make up for" the Cell and RSX. If that were the case, they would inadvertently be downplaying their own hardware...which would clearly be stupid, doesn't matter what company you come from.

9 - ...you're joking, right? Every PC with an NVIDIA or ATI graphics card has split ram...which is why when you choose the specs, the amount of ram the GPU has is usually stated in the name. I hope you realize that when you choose actual RAM, it's for the CPU...

As far as integrated graphics, I'm not exactly sure, so correct me if I'm wrong, but I would THINK integrated graphics use CPU ram...but again, I don't know that for sure.

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DJ - 1079 days 14 hours ago

Immersion's lawsuit prevents that from happening. If Sony did put force feedback in they would have to pay penalty fees for using, what the courts say, is immersion's technology. 3rd party manufacturers would have to cough up money as well.

Of course, Microsoft owns a significant chunk of Immersion, so they don't have to worry.

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