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"PS3 to be Sonys LAST console"

This will probably be trashed’n’flamed… (and… lets be honest… with good cause)… :)… Never the less…


Consoles are dying… The next generation systems will probably be the last generation of consoles to be produced for about 10 years. Though fantastic machines coming packaged with custom chips, innovative design, even with a company philosophy. People hold to their consoles as adamantly as they will hold true to their football teams…

Consoles are limited, ultra-safe machines. Once the newest gen console has been brought, little can be done with them that could not be done with the previous range. It may have nicer graphics, but at the end of the day, the limitations of the machines input and output capabilities make it unable to adequately handle Gaming Genres that are universally considered standard game types. The PC has born, raised and killed many a genre that never saw the light of day on a console (not because of lack of system spec… but because of lack of input spec)

The Future…

Well… It all happened in the eighties… and it’s on the middle of happening now… consoles are changing… evolving… And… Even though Sony claim their strategy is to develop the complete ‘entertainment system’ … All consoles are converting back to their computer roots…

Its important to note here… that I don’t mean consoles are becoming IBM style PC’s…

I mean it to be closer to the more dramatic evolution from Atari to Spectrum, Intellivision to C64…

The difference between primarily gaming computers and IBM PC’s is slight… theoretically there may be no difference at all… but to anyone who participated in the 8-bit/16-bit era, the difference between their machines and IBM PC’s is a very large and very obvious.

This change can be seen to be beginning already… with Keyboards, Mice, Hard drives all being released for consoles… coming as standard to consoles, etc…

Well… almost… Nintendo with their GC seem to be sticking to the gaming style of old… their not adding mice, Hard Drives…

Is this philosophy completely foolish or inspirational genius?

Well… to be honest… I don’t have a clue… but I really hope they do…???

What would you rather play… for the sake of comparison… imagine the PS and X-Box become the equivalent of the current iMacs,

Would you prefer?

iMac : costing 299.99 and has 10-30 games released per month
GC : costing ??? 150? And has 10-30 games released per month

I think a safer bet would be a nuclear war between me and Votta.

Look shut up about the PS3, we haven't even seen the best of the PS2 yet, and we don't even know whether their will be an earth around in 2005, there might be a nuclear war between Microsoft and Nintendo later this year which kills us all, so go to sleep and stop worrying!!

Good....

the PS3 wont come out for another 5 years

yeh but PS3 dont come out until 2005

beef wrote:
> The psx was a good toilet after 5 years the ps2 was a good toilet
> after 5 months whats next a good toilet in 5 weeks i can't wait. We
> can always hope sonys next atempt won't kill nintendo like the ps2
> killed sega.

Sorry Beef! I totally dissagree with you about one minor thing! Sony did not kill Sega off! The PS2 (as called by some non-experienced gameplayers the best games console ever) is the worst excuse for a games console i have seen in years! Why have one of these for around £270 when you can have Sega dreamcast with far more(better)games for £80!
Sega are still producing bigger and better games as we speak.
Sorry but if the PS2 is not a giant money consuming flop,then why are less and less games coming out for
it! The PS2 came in at the wrong time and I hear that Sony
re already trying to get a newer console(PS3) before the PS2
we had quality games! In fact, Sega are not stopping the production of the dreamcast! If you do not get the picture
try comparing say shenmue to say Army Men Green rogue!
Somebody said to me in school today "The dreamcast has a lot less RAM than PS2!" Excuse me, but I think i am very right in saying that they both have 128bit RAM!
Thank you for listening to my views on how hype
loses many people money and kills many good consoles. I would also like to thank you for your time!
If you would like to e-mail me about any of these topics feeel free to e-mail me at [email protected]!

Meka_Dragon wrote:
> beef wrote:
> The psx was a good toilet after 5 years the ps2
> was a good toilet
> after 5 months whats next a good toilet in 5
> weeks i can't wait. We
> can always hope sonys next atempt won't
> kill nintendo like the ps2
> killed sega.

After drinking a
> glass of cola during his game of SSX, Beef feels the need to
> urinate.

He checks the calendar.

5 months since the launch of
> the PS2.

Beef stands above his console and unzips his trousers,
> he takes on final glance at the television displaying the Game Over
> screen.

He proceeds to urinate on his console........

turbonutter wrote:
> Fact is, GT3 already equals what Ninty know what the GC can do, but
> even Sony don't know what the PS2 can do.

Eh?

Fact is, GT3 already equals what Ninty know what the GC can do, but even Sony don't know what the PS2 can do.

POP!