bdsams Veteran Posted November 21, 2006 Veteran Share Posted November 21, 2006 NY Times not Sold on Playstation 3by Matt Gibbs Referring to the PS3, Seth Schiesel wrote for the New York Times, "Howard Stringer, you have a problem. Your company?s new video game system just isn?t that great." The media response to the Playstation 3 this far seems to have been very mixed. To take Mr Schiesel's article for example, he says he has spent more than 30 hours on his PS3 over the last week and that he played 13 different games over that time. While he noted that it is indeed the worlds most powerful machine, he was not a fan of the gaming experience that the PS3 provided. He noted the lack of high definition cables in the box, and also thought it difficult to get up and running online. The PS3, which was introduced in North America on Friday with a hefty $599 price tag for the top version, certainly delivers gorgeous graphics. But they are not discernibly prettier than the Xbox 360?s. More important, the whole PlayStation 3 system is surprisingly clunky to use and simply does not provide many basic functions that users have come to expect, especially online. This comes in contrast to his review of the Xbox 360 last year, which was mostly full of praise: Sadly for Sony, the best way to explain how the PlayStation 3 falls short is to explain how different it is to use than its main competition, Xbox 360. When I reviewed the 360 last year, I wrote: ?Twelve minutes after opening the box, I had created my nickname, was in a game of Quake 4 and thought, ?This can?t be this easy.? ? What are your thoughts on the general reaction to the PS3 thus far? Have Sony still got a lot of work to do, as some have suggested, or are these all the usual comments to be expected at a new system launch? sourece: http://www.planetxbox360.com/index.php/art...etails/show/904 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kallel Posted November 26, 2006 Share Posted November 26, 2006 The New York Times reportedly is not happy with PS3 and well so am I. ?Howard Stringer, you have a problem. Your company?s new video game system just isn?t that great. The PS3, which was introduced in North America last Friday with a hefty $599 price tag for the top version, certainly delivers gorgeous graphics. But they are not discernibly prettier than the Xbox 360?s. More important, the whole PlayStation 3 system is surprisingly clunky to use and simply does not provide many basic functions that users have come to expect, especially online . . . Put bluntly, Sony has failed to deliver on that promise. Measured in megaflops, gigabytes and other technical benchmarks, the PlayStation 3 is certainly the world?s most powerful game console. It falls far short, however, of providing the world?s most engaging overall entertainment experience. There is a big difference, and Sony seems to have confused one for the other . . . Then, before you are even using the PS3, you have to connect the ?wireless? controller to the base unit with a USB cable so they can recognize each other. If you bring your PS3 controller to a friend?s house, you?ll have to plug back in again. The 360?s wireless controllers are always just that, wireless . . . As a practical matter, given the limited quantities Sony has been able to manufacture, the PlayStation 3 will surely remain sold out throughout the holiday season. If you can?t find one, don?t fret. Sony still has a lot of work to do.? New York Times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qumahlin Posted November 26, 2006 Share Posted November 26, 2006 The New York Times reportedly is not happy with PS3 and well so am I. ?Howard Stringer, you have a problem. Your company?s new video game system just isn?t that great. The PS3, which was introduced in North America last Friday with a hefty $599 price tag for the top version, certainly delivers gorgeous graphics. But they are not discernibly prettier than the Xbox 360?s. More important, the whole PlayStation 3 system is surprisingly clunky to use and simply does not provide many basic functions that users have come to expect, especially online . . . Put bluntly, Sony has failed to deliver on that promise. Measured in megaflops, gigabytes and other technical benchmarks, the PlayStation 3 is certainly the world?s most powerful game console. It falls far short, however, of providing the world?s most engaging overall entertainment experience. There is a big difference, and Sony seems to have confused one for the other . . . Then, before you are even using the PS3, you have to connect the ?wireless? controller to the base unit with a USB cable so they can recognize each other. If you bring your PS3 controller to a friend?s house, you?ll have to plug back in again. The 360?s wireless controllers are always just that, wireless . . . As a practical matter, given the limited quantities Sony has been able to manufacture, the PlayStation 3 will surely remain sold out throughout the holiday season. If you can?t find one, don?t fret. Sony still has a lot of work to do.? New York Times My main caveat is WTF is Sony's deal with not be able to have their hardware work the first time unless you have it wired a certain way? This is just as asinine as the fact that you can't hook up the PS3 using HDMI out of the box, you first have to hook it up using any other video connection and then enable HDMI through the PS3 interface....what genius thought of that. Although I won't agree on the point of the graphics as of yet. Both Xbox 360 and PS3 are still essentially on their "first gen" games which have been rushed out and redeveloped repeatedly as MS and Sony have updated their dev kits. Upcoming games on both the xobx 360 and PS3 are going to look MUCH better so I'm not going to compare their graphics as of yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stgeorge Posted November 26, 2006 Share Posted November 26, 2006 My main caveat is WTF is Sony's deal with not be able to have their hardware work the first time unless you have it wired a certain way? This is just as asinine as the fact that you can't hook up the PS3 using HDMI out of the box, you first have to hook it up using any other video connection and then enable HDMI through the PS3 interface....what genius thought of that. Although I won't agree on the point of the graphics as of yet. Both Xbox 360 and PS3 are still essentially on their "first gen" games which have been rushed out and redeveloped repeatedly as MS and Sony have updated their dev kits. Upcoming games on both the xobx 360 and PS3 are going to look MUCH better so I'm not going to compare their graphics as of yet Uh, I think PS3 is on their zero-gen games (ported games mostly). MS is already on second-gen (Gears of War, etc...). PS3 will take a year to catch up to what we are seeing now. A lot of PS3 "exclusives" are jumping ship to Xbox 360. The biggest PS cash-cow, GTA is not exclusive any longer. The first day of Halo 3 will counteract the entire run of MGS4 and Final Fantasy XIII. Things look bleak in Sony land. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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