PS3 and XBOX360
Forget about terrorism and reform to social security; and forget about all the fighting and killing that is going on in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere in the world in the name of, er. . . I forgot why we started fighting to be honest. The real fight and the real war begun just few days ago with the unveiling of the new gaming consoles.
In one corner we have the Heavy Weight Champion for the last years: Sony Corporation with their Playstation, which is now in its third redesign, the PS3 -that's why it is call like that. duh. It has a lot of specification and ports and slots and plenty of memory and processors and micro processors and memory RAM and REM and RIM and maybe if you mix some RUM with Coke it could be a nice afternoon wasted in front of the TV driving fast cars and smashing them against whatever you can find in that virtual world, or perhaps immersing yourself in those futuristic shooting games where you can forget that is Sunday and that is sunny outside and just shot people or monsters or aliens for hours at a time.
On the other side there's Bill Gates and his wife Melinda. No shit man, they are the proud owners of Microsoft Corporation which also owns pretty much everything under the sun -excluding my rotten soul- and that now wants to have you hooked to their new version of their gaming console: the XBOX 360 -is only the second version, but I guess the 360 makes reference to the circumference of a circle, but on the other hand if you turn 360 degrees, that means that you're exactly where you started. But what do I know?
Anyway the web is filled, literally filled with pornography, we all know that. But it doesn't matter for this little article, what really matter is that these days, after the unveiling of the two consoles, the web is filled with people commenting on which console is better and which one is going to dominate the market. The current "discussions" -which are pretty much non sense at this point- are based on the technicalities of the products: which one is faster, or have more memory, therefore the graphics in one will kick ass even though the other console's graphics will look pretty much the same, etc., etc., etc. There's even people threaten others in chats and using the F word (fuck you) arguing that they don't know what the "fuck you're talking about". And everybody is also kind of taking sides on what console they're going to buy this time. Funny enough, the final decision on this on line forums comes down to what games they like and which console plays them, more than anything else.
On the previous war my younger sister -yes, you read it fine, my younger sister- bought the PS2 and I had the chance to play it extensively and to really enjoy it. When I came to the US, one of my roommates had the XBOX and I also had the chance to play day and night and I also enjoy it a lot. I kicked both my younger sister's ass and my roommates' fat ass in a whole variety of games and always had a very nice time. There isn't a big difference between both consoles when it comes to graphics, sorry to turn the light on for you.
The war comes down to marketing and convincing people to choose one over the other. In one hand you have the 'extras' that each console has, like being able to play DVD's or storage music, and in the other hand you have the technical specifications that promise you that one is better than the other one. But at the end it comes down to the games: the one with better and more popular games, will surely get the largest part of the gaming pie. Which you also have to consider that the more companies making games for one console, the better the chances to find more variety of titles and more kick ass games.
The price for each console with few games and some 'extras' and subscriptions and memory cards and whatever they sell, is going to be in the neighborhood of six to eight hundred dollars. Maybe it won't be that easy to buy both consoles as many people have vowed to do in those online forums. My prediction would be that PS3 will still dominate the market with more than 50%, but XBOX will gain more market share this time. The reason being that last time XBOX went on sale a full year after PS2 and it was a "new" console and no one knew anything about it. Today it is well positioned and is hitting the shelves for Christmas, way before PS3 which is planned for Spring '06.
As for me, I'm just going to sit back and relax. I know that my ex roommate will get the XBOX360 so for sure I'll bring the RUM with me to check out the new machine and to kick his -hard to believe but true- even fatter ass. And another of my friends for sure will get the PS3 so I'll also go and check it out. I ain't planning to buy neither one in the near future to be honest. For eight hundred greens I can build a PC that can play all the major titles on both sides of the 'console war' and so many more titles that will make the new platforms look like an Atari 2600.
But seriously, what the hell do I know?
In one corner we have the Heavy Weight Champion for the last years: Sony Corporation with their Playstation, which is now in its third redesign, the PS3 -that's why it is call like that. duh. It has a lot of specification and ports and slots and plenty of memory and processors and micro processors and memory RAM and REM and RIM and maybe if you mix some RUM with Coke it could be a nice afternoon wasted in front of the TV driving fast cars and smashing them against whatever you can find in that virtual world, or perhaps immersing yourself in those futuristic shooting games where you can forget that is Sunday and that is sunny outside and just shot people or monsters or aliens for hours at a time.
On the other side there's Bill Gates and his wife Melinda. No shit man, they are the proud owners of Microsoft Corporation which also owns pretty much everything under the sun -excluding my rotten soul- and that now wants to have you hooked to their new version of their gaming console: the XBOX 360 -is only the second version, but I guess the 360 makes reference to the circumference of a circle, but on the other hand if you turn 360 degrees, that means that you're exactly where you started. But what do I know?
Anyway the web is filled, literally filled with pornography, we all know that. But it doesn't matter for this little article, what really matter is that these days, after the unveiling of the two consoles, the web is filled with people commenting on which console is better and which one is going to dominate the market. The current "discussions" -which are pretty much non sense at this point- are based on the technicalities of the products: which one is faster, or have more memory, therefore the graphics in one will kick ass even though the other console's graphics will look pretty much the same, etc., etc., etc. There's even people threaten others in chats and using the F word (fuck you) arguing that they don't know what the "fuck you're talking about". And everybody is also kind of taking sides on what console they're going to buy this time. Funny enough, the final decision on this on line forums comes down to what games they like and which console plays them, more than anything else.
On the previous war my younger sister -yes, you read it fine, my younger sister- bought the PS2 and I had the chance to play it extensively and to really enjoy it. When I came to the US, one of my roommates had the XBOX and I also had the chance to play day and night and I also enjoy it a lot. I kicked both my younger sister's ass and my roommates' fat ass in a whole variety of games and always had a very nice time. There isn't a big difference between both consoles when it comes to graphics, sorry to turn the light on for you.
The war comes down to marketing and convincing people to choose one over the other. In one hand you have the 'extras' that each console has, like being able to play DVD's or storage music, and in the other hand you have the technical specifications that promise you that one is better than the other one. But at the end it comes down to the games: the one with better and more popular games, will surely get the largest part of the gaming pie. Which you also have to consider that the more companies making games for one console, the better the chances to find more variety of titles and more kick ass games.
The price for each console with few games and some 'extras' and subscriptions and memory cards and whatever they sell, is going to be in the neighborhood of six to eight hundred dollars. Maybe it won't be that easy to buy both consoles as many people have vowed to do in those online forums. My prediction would be that PS3 will still dominate the market with more than 50%, but XBOX will gain more market share this time. The reason being that last time XBOX went on sale a full year after PS2 and it was a "new" console and no one knew anything about it. Today it is well positioned and is hitting the shelves for Christmas, way before PS3 which is planned for Spring '06.
As for me, I'm just going to sit back and relax. I know that my ex roommate will get the XBOX360 so for sure I'll bring the RUM with me to check out the new machine and to kick his -hard to believe but true- even fatter ass. And another of my friends for sure will get the PS3 so I'll also go and check it out. I ain't planning to buy neither one in the near future to be honest. For eight hundred greens I can build a PC that can play all the major titles on both sides of the 'console war' and so many more titles that will make the new platforms look like an Atari 2600.
But seriously, what the hell do I know?
Jean-Francois was drunk at 8:15 AM
1 Comments:
You know what? I really like this post and don't know why nobody has comment it on it. I did my research, gave equal space to both products and reached some pretty deep/interesting conclusions on the subject matter.
So the only thing left to say is: Good post dude!
Jean-Francois
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