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Sadly, many PS owners are inevitably going to rush out and buy a PS2 despite the dull games, bad DVD player and no internet access. However, even though all these features seem to make the machine even more anticipated by PS owners there’s one thing that most of them have forgotten about. If Sony releases it’s new hardware for a price of £250 or £300 then it doesn’t matter how many people want a PS2, they simply won’t have evough money to buy one. Who’s going to spend that amount of money on a games console when the Dreamcast will be available for about £150 with games and the N64 will be about £60. Owners of the origonal PS who do fork out for Sony’s latest console are in for a shock when they find that they are being charged similar prices to N64 games which they have always criticised as being too expensive.
The Playstation’s success was mainly because it attracted casual gamers who were happy to buy any console as long as it, and the games, were cheap. Now Sony is turning it’s back on the people who made it so popular in the first place and with stiff competition from the Dreamcast, the Dolphin and the X-Box. Sony doesn’t have the mass market all to themselves anymore and unless they realise that, soon then they’ll go the way of the N64 with overpriced hardware and a limited catalogue of games. I only hope Sony can get it’s act together before the PS2 is released.
The Playstation’s success was mainly because it attracted casual gamers who were happy to buy any console as long as it, and the games, were cheap. Now Sony is turning it’s back on the people who made it so popular in the first place and with stiff competition from the Dreamcast, the Dolphin and the X-Box. Sony doesn’t have the mass market all to themselves anymore and unless they realise that, soon then they’ll go the way of the N64 with overpriced hardware and a limited catalogue of games. I only hope Sony can get it’s act together before the PS2 is released.
As well as all that stuff, here are a few more things about the PS2...
->In Japan, the PS2 came with a free memory card. Over here it will not, and it'll cost £30ish!
->However, instead we get a space to put an internal hard drive! Only problem is that it'll cost loads, and if you don't buy one then you'll have a hole in the back of your PS2!
->Sony will also be releasing broad band modems! But not many people in the UK have faster-than-telelphone access, and it'll cost loads for the modem!
->Seeing as the PS2 costs about £450 to make, and sony makes a huge loss on each console (unlike Sega who only lose a few pounds), then don't expect a price drop soon!
-Rav
->In Japan, the PS2 came with a free memory card. Over here it will not, and it'll cost £30ish!
->However, instead we get a space to put an internal hard drive! Only problem is that it'll cost loads, and if you don't buy one then you'll have a hole in the back of your PS2!
->Sony will also be releasing broad band modems! But not many people in the UK have faster-than-telelphone access, and it'll cost loads for the modem!
->Seeing as the PS2 costs about £450 to make, and sony makes a huge loss on each console (unlike Sega who only lose a few pounds), then don't expect a price drop soon!
-Rav
Sadly, many PS owners are inevitably going to rush out and buy a PS2 despite the dull games, bad DVD player and no internet access. However, even though all these features seem to make the machine even more anticipated by PS owners there’s one thing that most of them have forgotten about. If Sony releases it’s new hardware for a price of £250 or £300 then it doesn’t matter how many people want a PS2, they simply won’t have evough money to buy one. Who’s going to spend that amount of money on a games console when the Dreamcast will be available for about £150 with games and the N64 will be about £60. Owners of the origonal PS who do fork out for Sony’s latest console are in for a shock when they find that they are being charged similar prices to N64 games which they have always criticised as being too expensive.
The Playstation’s success was mainly because it attracted casual gamers who were happy to buy any console as long as it, and the games, were cheap. Now Sony is turning it’s back on the people who made it so popular in the first place and with stiff competition from the Dreamcast, the Dolphin and the X-Box. Sony doesn’t have the mass market all to themselves anymore and unless they realise that, soon then they’ll go the way of the N64 with overpriced hardware and a limited catalogue of games. I only hope Sony can get it’s act together before the PS2 is released.
The Playstation’s success was mainly because it attracted casual gamers who were happy to buy any console as long as it, and the games, were cheap. Now Sony is turning it’s back on the people who made it so popular in the first place and with stiff competition from the Dreamcast, the Dolphin and the X-Box. Sony doesn’t have the mass market all to themselves anymore and unless they realise that, soon then they’ll go the way of the N64 with overpriced hardware and a limited catalogue of games. I only hope Sony can get it’s act together before the PS2 is released.