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Plus for the ps2 you actually have to buy the modem and buy the harddisk.
Am I overlooking something? aside from the blind loyalty factor?
Erm, the PSX came out when everything was pretty much 2 ports. what i was saying was that ps2 should have progressed to 4 ports when every other console did. the only good reason i can think of not to is to scam more money out of the ps2 owner/purchaser. if it wasn't then Sony's logic is a bit flawed. When competing against 3 competitors (dreamscast was still going at ps2 launch so its included) you don't adopt a "if it aint broke don't fix it" attitude. That's just asking for trouble.
They'll probably do it with the PS3 and once again i probably won't buy one
> I think the middle 'fact' is a little unlikely - people are not that
> stupid. 500 quid for the fanatics only methinks
The Saturn launched at £400 and sold well enough. Take a massivley popular machine like the playstation...and it could easily happen.
> Erm, the PSX came out when everything was pretty much 2 ports. what i
> was saying was that ps2 should have progressed to 4 ports when every
> other console did. the only good reason i can think of not to is to
> scam more money out of the ps2 owner/purchaser.
Well it is the only real reason. It's cheaper, and it gets them more money. Win/win for Sony, and people are willing to pay extra money for a multitap. I don't have one, but I still play multiplayer with friends.
> When competing against 3 competitors
> (dreamscast was still going at ps2 launch so its included) you don't
> adopt a "if it aint broke don't fix it" attitude. That's
> just asking for trouble.
And look how much trouble Sony are in!!!
> They'll probably do it with the PS3 and once again i probably won't
> buy one
Buyintg three extra controllers will cost a fair bit for 4 player gaming, so what's another tenner on top for a multitap? If you won't buy a console, no matter how many great games you want are on it just because it only has 2 slots, then you're really very silly.
10 quids not too bad for a multitap and hopefully the ps3 multitap will be that price. but some of us still remember our friends hiring out the original PSX multitap because 80 quid for a multitap was just stupid. Thats why some of us think long and hard before considering sony
I got my PSX multi tap for £20 on release.
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So yeah at launch it was 80 quid for a multitap (actually it was so long ago it might've been the 8 player one. was there one? i can't remember!)
>
> The Saturn launched at £400 and sold well enough.
Yeah...so well it led to Sega's retreat from the hardware industry.
You dislike sony.
Dunno why, maybe because they have done so well compared to others, maybe because you don't own one. Or maybe like many others on here you just don't know why.
There are loads of biased views on here everyday.