Topic: Sony getting hit Hard lately

[Famicom]

Check out Sony's new fact sheet.

[Arbok]

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Originally posted by: Famicom
Check out Sony's new fact sheet.

Oh that's classic. If Microsoft actually does go through with any type of legal action, which they should without question, Sony could have a lot of egg on their face if the major news outlets pick up this story.

[JonLeung]

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Originally posted by: Luigi Dude
Well everything about the PS3's launch has now been revealed.
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Talladega Nights: The Ballad Of Ricky Bobby as a pack-in Blu-Ray movie?  Now, I haven't seen the movie myself, but surely there could've been a better choice for a pack-in.  The UMD format was garbage but at least the PSP came with Spider-Man 2 (no, I don't have a PSP, but I would guess that in any case Spider-Man is probably more popular than Ricky Bobby).  Heck, maybe even a Blu-Ray version of either Spider-Man film would be better.

Or I should see Ricky Bobby before I put my foot in my mouth.

Or not.

Anyway, it's not like the Spider-Man 2 UMD pushed PSP sales much.  Maybe Sony's just dumping off the Ricky Bobby Blu-Rays that they can't sell.

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

THIS IS NEXT GEN

[Arbok]

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Originally posted by: JonLeung
Maybe Sony's just dumping off the Ricky Bobby Blu-Rays that they can't sell.

Well as cited in the article, they are packing the film in with PS3s before the movie will even hit the home video market. The film was also a pretty good sized hit at the box office, netting $148 million during its domestic run. The only problem is that the film's audience is not even close to the same one that I could see shelling out $600 for a console, during a very limited launch, in order to get that movie early.

Still, I actually think this is a good move by Sony... to make sure that consumers don't forget that the PS3 can also play these things called Blu-Ray discs.

[Blue Plant]

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Originally posted by: Famicom
Check out Sony's new fact sheet.

The Blu-ray drive is free?  Those must be some expensive LEDs on the thing to cost $499-$599! Sarcasm, of course.  Or is it?

[Ceric]

Adding Blu-ray Disc with it was a good call but I think they should have kept with the theme and Packed in a Blu-Ray Remastered Version of Spiderman.   That make the Deal much much sweeter then anything else in there arsenal and there stealing the font anyway.

If you look at the Fact Sheet itself and ignore the price thing its ok but not more than that.

[TrueNerd]

$60 for a controller is a lot of money anyway you slice it, but when you compare the Wiimote to what Microsoft's and Sony's controllers do for $10 less, it's an easier pill to swallow.

I LOLed at the fact that Sony will let you re-download games you already purchased for up to FIVE different PS3's. It's forward thinking, as everyone knows your first four PS3's will be broken by March.

And big time LOL at that "fact" sheet. Sony's Spin For The Win!  

[Zach]

Lol at how they attempt to make the 360 look more expensive.  Another problem with that fact sheet the article didnt notice is that Sony neglected to put on there that The wii comes packaged with a game.  Doesnt a game fall into the category of "Requires users to buy?"

Edit: Admittedly, nobody is gonna buy a wii just for WiiSports.

[WuTangTurtle]

yeah but nobody will buy a PS3 for Ricky Bobby....

This "Fact" sheet is pretty weak, next thing you know Sony will play a 360 game versus the PS3 counterpart....and not mention one is running in HD and one isnt.

[GoldenPhoenix]

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Originally posted by: Ceric
Adding Blu-ray Disc with it was a good call but I think they should have kept with the theme and Packed in a Blu-Ray Remastered Version of Spiderman.   That make the Deal much much sweeter then anything else in there arsenal and there stealing the font anyway.

If you look at the Fact Sheet itself and ignore the price thing its ok but not more than that.

Yeah nothing screams game console like packing in a movie .

[Ghisy]

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"one of the coolest things is that the psp is now starting to show up in movies, and the ds isnt, hahah even the rich people are going for the psp, because they know that they are getting more bang for their buck"

Errr, wow, that's laughable!!
Maybe the reason why PSPs are being showned in movies is probably because these movies were made/distributed by Sony/Columbia. Now wouldn't that make more sense?

[KDR_11k]

Yeah the 59.99 was weird because I could have sworn they said first party games would be 49.99!

I could've sworn they said there wouldn't be two PS3 SKUs, either. And that they're not doing a centralized online service.

I like Sony's fact sheet, it makes it abundantly clear that you should buy the Wii.

This "Fact" sheet is pretty weak, next thing you know Sony will play a 360 game versus the PS3 counterpart....and not mention one is running in HD and one isnt.

Naah, they'll make their own comic series where MS is an evil syndicate run by robots that want to corrupt our children and whose console ships with a CD shooter that doesn't even compare!!

[GoldenPhoenix]

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Originally posted by: KDR_11k
Yeah the 59.99 was weird because I could have sworn they said first party games would be 49.99!

I could've sworn they said there wouldn't be two PS3 SKUs, either. And that they're not doing a centralized online service.

I like Sony's fact sheet, it makes it abundantly clear that you should buy the Wii.

This "Fact" sheet is pretty weak, next thing you know Sony will play a 360 game versus the PS3 counterpart....and not mention one is running in HD and one isnt.

Naah, they'll make their own comic series where MS is an evil syndicate run by robots that want to corrupt our children and whose console ships with a CD shooter that doesn't even compare!!

Lol you have a point with it making Wii look like the best buy, those N/As for most of the categories tell me as a consumer that you don't need all that pointless stuff for 500-700$ .

[KDR_11k]

Those N/As look to me like Sony forgot Nintendo built equivalent technology into the system.

[couchmonkey]

I'm surprised Sony even acknowledged Nintendo on the fact sheet.  I thought Sony was starting to wake up and smell the Wii, but this fact sheet seems to suggest that it still sees Microsoft as the only serious competition.  I like how the Xbox 360 list of requirements reads like a Sony fanboy post of what the "true cost" of Xbox 360 ownership is.  I don't need High-def movie playback and when I do, I'll buy a standalone player for probably less than the Xbox 360 HD DVD dongle costs now.

Launch lineup: Nice to finally see what it is.   I'm mildly interested in a couple of games, but overall: meh.

Controller price: Just as bad as Nintendo's, considering the relative capabilities of each.  Boo to high controller prices!

[capamerica]

To put into retrospect here is the PS3's line up

SCEA launch titles:
   * Resistance: Fall of Man
   * NBA 07
   * Genji: Days of the Blade
   * Untold Legends Dark Kingdom

Third-party titles:
   * Blazing Angels (multiplatform)
   * Call of Duty 3 (multiplatform)
   * The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (multiplatform)
   * F.E.A.R. (multiplatform)
   * Fight Night Round 3 (multiplatform)
   * Full Auto 2
   * Madden NFL 07 (multiplatform)
   * Marvel: Ultimate Alliance (multiplatform)
   * Mobile Suit Gundam: Crossfire
   * NBA 2K7 (multiplatform)
   * Need For Speed Carbon (multiplatform)
   * NHL 2K7 (multiplatform)
   * Rainbow Six Vegas (multiplatform)
   * Ridge Racer 7
   * Sonic the Hedgehog (multiplatform)
   * Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07 (multiplatform)
   * Tony Hawk's Project 8 (multiplatform)

And truth be told out of their three 3rd party "exclusives" Ridge Racer 7 and Full Auto 2 are really just ports of Ridge Racer 6 and Full Auto from the Xbox360.

Pretty sh!tty line up if you ask me. Anyone who would go into BestBuy and look at the PS3 line up and then the Xbox360 line up would easly go with the Xbox360 since they can save $200.

[MaryJane]

that really puts things in perspective when you look at how many quality third party exclusives the Wii has.

Launch will still do well for Sony though, multiplatform games or not, people buy games for the system they want, I still predict a strong launch for Sony, the true test comes 6months after that.  

[Spak-Spang]

Oh, and its important to note those are launch window games...there is no way in hell all those games will be available day one.

I would love a side by side comparison of the launch lineups...because I believe Nintendo's lineup till March completely destroyes the PS3s lineup.

[JonLeung]

If Sony's production problems continue, six months later maybe not everyone who wanted one at launch would even have one yet.

I'm sure there are some PlayStation fanboys who will still think it's worth the wait, not be soured by the fact that they still don't have one yet, and not use the Internet or have many friends to tell them of the other likely problems and/or dissatisfaction they may have with their PS3s.  Some fanboys are hard to break.

Though I would think that most PlayStation fanboys really just want the most popular console or the one with the most games (even if they could never play them all).  I don't really think many are actually fans of Sony themselves.  So if Sony screws up, it's very easy for them to lose market share since an Xbox 360 or even the Wii could fill their gaming needs for less money and they'd feel little obligation to stick with the PlayStation.

[Ceric]

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Originally posted by: VGrevolution

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Originally posted by: Ceric
Adding Blu-ray Disc with it was a good call but I think they should have kept with the theme and Packed in a Blu-Ray Remastered Version of Spiderman.   That make the Deal much much sweeter then anything else in there arsenal and there stealing the font anyway.

If you look at the Fact Sheet itself and ignore the price thing its ok but not more than that.

Yeah nothing screams game console like packing in a movie .

But I have been enlightened to what the PS3 real purpose in life is.  It is the next iteration in Spider-man distribition.  It's purpose in life is to allow you to view all the Spider-man movies in High Definition.  Allow you to analyze the sweat on the brow of his opponents.  With playing prowless of the PS3 it will allow you to not only watch but PLAY the Spider-man movies as Spider-man himself or maybe even a villian.  Motion control is in for Webslinging.  You'll need two SixAxiS though.

To support my theory:
1) the Hardcore audience that the PS3 is geared toward is part of the traditional Spider-man Demographic.
2)  the Spider-man Font
3) PS3 Spider-man 3 Coincidence?
4) Black like Venom who is in Spider-man 3

The list can go on and on.  Though this is really the release of the Play as Spider-man 3.  The Playstation name is being used as a cover-up.  Now beleive...

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Posted by: Spak-Spang
I would love a side by side comparison of the launch lineups...because I believe Nintendo's lineup till March completely destroyes the PS3s lineup.

First we need Nintendo to release an official launch line-up.

[Ceric]

 Topic Title Sony admits they might not reach current shipping targets.

Date Posted: Fri October 20, 2006 12:12 AM
Posted By: BlkPaladin (PGC Forum User)

This is from Bloomburg that Sony said yesterday that their they might not meet their target of 2million PS3 shipped by the end of the year and 6 million through March. This new item is dated today but it was from their play day yesterday.

Bloomburg article.

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Date Posted: Fri October 20, 2006 2:38 AM
Posted By: VGrevolution (PGC Forum User)

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   Originally posted by: BlkPaladin
   This is from Bloomburg that Sony said yesterday that their they might not meet their target of 2million PS3 shipped by the end of the year and 6 million through March. This new item is dated today but it was from their play day yesterday.

   Bloomburg article.



I am so shocked, and Sony was doing EVERYTHING right up to this point.

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Date Posted: Fri October 20, 2006 6:17 AM
Posted By: Mr. Jack (PGC Forum User)

In the words of Nelson from the Simpsons "HA HA!"

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Date Posted: Fri October 20, 2006 10:28 AM
Posted By: couchmonkey (I tye dyed my Wii and I love it)

Totally expected. Anyone with two brain cells to rub together could see that 0.5 million consoles at launch plus 1.5 million more in the following six weeks didn't add up. By the same token, I'll be surprised if they meet the 6 million target in March, although that's at least within the realm of possibility.

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Date Posted: Fri October 20, 2006 10:55 AM
Posted By: capamerica (^______^)

I've been saying this since they announced they will only be launching in US and Japan first.
So much has been going wrong for them since day one of the PS3 why should anything go right for them.

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[Donutt007]

Funny how on the fact sheets they always fail to mention the fact that some Blu-ray titles will not play on a PS3. If you navigate their website you'll find it.

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Blu-ray discs and other media may not operate properly when played on the PS3 system. This is primarily due to variations in the manufacturing process or encoding of the software.

Wonder if the HD-DVD add on for XBox 360 is gonna have the same problem?

[Arbok]

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Originally posted by: JonLeung
I'm sure there are some PlayStation fanboys who will still think it's worth the wait, not be soured by the fact that they still don't have one yet, and not use the Internet or have many friends to tell them of the other likely problems and/or dissatisfaction they may have with their PS3s.  Some fanboys are hard to break.

Yep, although at least the PSP has been working wonders on some of them.

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Originally posted by: Ceric
With playing prowless of the PS3 it will allow you to not only watch but PLAY the Spider-man movies as Spider-man himself or maybe even a villian.  Motion control is in for Webslinging.  You'll need two SixAxiS though.

The great part is that you still know that Activision will release the next Spider-man 3 game (if there is one) for all systems (hell, they even gave the Xbox the best version of the first Spider-man movie game).

[couchmonkey]

I try not to convert fanboys, because honestly I'd be annoyed if a PS2 owner tried to convert me from GameCube, even though there are definite similarities.  I will try to get them to be more open-minded, though.  Just because I love Nintendo doesn't mean every single thing out of Sony and Microsoft sucks.