Sony's Stringer. 'You Are Paying for PlayStation 3 Potential'

i go with the cheaper product, and wait and see if the new "future-proof" (where do sony come up with this s**t?) turn out good and interesting.

"Future proof"? Sony?
I've heard that one before.

how about i buy a 360/wii now for pennies then when your "future" comes i buy the next generation for pennies, saving myself money in both the long run and short term, and ensuring im not gambling. also i end up with a better product now and a better product later!

in what way is it future proof anyway??? compared to the 360 the only future proofing i see is blu-ray, which will a) need to win the next gen war and b) need to pursuade consumers to adopt it and c) wont really be mainstream (if ever) for another five years when the next gen consoles come out.

ohh Sony, who are you trying to convince?, us or yourself?, $600 for a console (before you even think about a game) its not expensive?, yer maybe not if your a CEO of a large company!! i dont fancy being nearly £500 pound down, so i can play Singstar!!!...

Gears of war anyone!?

hollywooda

Here's one reason why it's "future-proof": Sony do not produce HDTV's capable of displaying 1080P yet, so you're going to have to wait until sometime in the future before you can actually exploit its capabilities!

Question 1: Which of these consoles has had more than 10 years of first-hand hardware sales and active 3rd party development?

Sony Playstation
Nintendo 64
Microsoft Xbox

Question 2: Which of these consoles do we really expect to have a similar lifespan?

Sony Playstation 2
Nintendo GameCube
Microsoft Xox 360

Thought so.

They want us to spend $600 on Potential...HAHAHAHAHAHA
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The more Sony tries to justify the price is the more they sound stupid. First your paying for next gen DVD...as if we asked for it, then is a new age PC (hahahahahaha) and now they want us to pay for potential. That tells they have some fear of a massive let down.

God I sound like a Sony apologist today, but whatever - the course of truth never runs smooth.

Sony produce and sell a 1080p native resolution projector with HDMI - the VPL-VW100.

Now that's a bit expensive at over £5,000 I admit, but it's a home theatre projector, that can be used as an HDTV, that you can buy now, made by Sony.

It's not an HDTV though, is it? Means my point still stands, I'm afraid, in the context of the discussion. Mind you, this is the company that thinks people should work harder/do overtime/take a second job to be able to afford to buy the PS3; talk about arrogance, or what, they want you to buy their product but then not have enough time to actually use it. Another way of future-proofing, it will be ten years before you have the spare time to take it out of the box it came in. ;)

What (TF) is it then?

Only losers put up with pathetically small 50" screens when 100" of magnificence is the same price (often less).

You might still be using CRT/TFT/Plasma, but the cool kids moved on years ago.

Excellent point. Or it would be if:

a) PS3 only worked with Sony TVs.
b) No-one else made TVs capable of displaying 1080p.

As it is, the same logic says the Xbox 360 is useless, because Microsoft doesn't make ANY TVs capable of displaying 720p. Wii? Rubbish because Nintendo doesn't make TVs capable of displaying SDTV.

So what is your definition of an HDTV? "Must have a tuner"? Given that most people in the UK have Sky, cable or freeview, a tuner isn't really required to watch television these days.

A projector hooked up to a sky box is as much a TV as a CRT hooked up to a Sky box. One that displays HD resolutions is an HDTV.

The only future proofing I need is for a system that doesn't break within a year or so (and something that won't "eat" my games). Give me that guarantee then I'll buy a PS3. Heck, I'll take a replacement warranty from now to the far future.

At any rate, what guarantee do we have that Blu-Ray will be the standard in the future? Don't get me wrong, it's a very interesting format, I just don't want to have a format that only lasts so long.

Even if it is 'futureproof', even if it has amazing games, even if blu ray takes off. It's still six hunderd friggin dollars. It doesn't matter if it's worth it or not. Six hundred dollars is six hundred dollars.

That is putting huge amount of faith in thier brand, to think people will shell out that much on a GAMES CONSOLE, even if it's worth the extra crap you get. The core PS2 user doesn't give a s**t about that stuff. They just want to play games.

God, just when you think they cant say anything more stupid, they out do themselves again. Bravo, Sony.

Potentially, if I hooked up my computer with a fancy card that let me output tv signals to my monitor you could argue that was or was not a tv depending on your definition. Of course I'd be ignoring you and watching lost, so it would be academic in purpose. In the broadest sense any device allowing me to watch high def broadcasted content can be considered a tv. But you're not really talking about tv's when you're complaining about 1080p output, rather devices that can output at 1080p.




Or, like the 360, there could be an option to put it through your fancy computer monitor negating further purchase of expensive equipment for the time being and bringing the future home to you today.