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Ok it may seem a bit stupid but nobody has yet been able to answer this simple question. So I put it to anybody reading this message:
Why in a four player Console world did Sony in there immense wisdom choose a two player design?
Even the new Game Boy has four player so why they chose two player I don't know
Why in a four player Console world did Sony in there immense wisdom choose a two player design?
Even the new Game Boy has four player so why they chose two player I don't know
koorb wrote:
> Sony put allot of effort into working out the cost of the PS2, link
> they put a slightly over clocked fan on the system saving them about
> 0.5p on every console made.
So if Sony sell one million consoles
> and save o.5p on every one just by having a cheap nasty fan on the
> console that makes them half a million pound profit! That’s good
> considering that they still charge you the same price with or
> without the cheap nasty (not to mention noisy) fan.
Well actually I believe that 0.5p multiplied by 1000000 is actually only £5000, so it wouldn`t make any difference to them at all.
The real
> reason why Sony has not got four player is that they have just
> recycled the same controller chip from the PSOne saving them a bit
> of cash!
Makes sense from a Business point of view but seems a
> bit scabby to the end user, considering they would still charge you
> £300 if it did have four player because according to market
> research £300 is the most end users will pay for a new console
> with a strong brand name.
This has been discussed endlessly already.
(pleas feel free to throw abuse at my
> general direction as a few mates already have :-(
Alright then.
> Sony put allot of effort into working out the cost of the PS2, link
> they put a slightly over clocked fan on the system saving them about
> 0.5p on every console made.
So if Sony sell one million consoles
> and save o.5p on every one just by having a cheap nasty fan on the
> console that makes them half a million pound profit! That’s good
> considering that they still charge you the same price with or
> without the cheap nasty (not to mention noisy) fan.
Well actually I believe that 0.5p multiplied by 1000000 is actually only £5000, so it wouldn`t make any difference to them at all.
The real
> reason why Sony has not got four player is that they have just
> recycled the same controller chip from the PSOne saving them a bit
> of cash!
Makes sense from a Business point of view but seems a
> bit scabby to the end user, considering they would still charge you
> £300 if it did have four player because according to market
> research £300 is the most end users will pay for a new console
> with a strong brand name.
This has been discussed endlessly already.
(pleas feel free to throw abuse at my
> general direction as a few mates already have :-(
Alright then.
Sony put allot of effort into working out the cost of the PS2, link they put a slightly over clocked fan on the system saving them about 0.5p on every console made.
So if Sony sell one million consoles and save o.5p on every one just by having a cheap nasty fan on the console that makes them half a million pound profit! That’s good considering that they still charge you the same price with or without the cheap nasty (not to mention noisy) fan.
The real reason why Sony has not got four player is that they have just recycled the same controller chip from the PSOne saving them a bit of cash!
Makes sense from a Business point of view but seems a bit scabby to the end user, considering they would still charge you £300 if it did have four player because according to market research £300 is the most end users will pay for a new console with a strong brand name.
(pleas feel free to throw abuse at my general direction as a few mates already have :-(
So if Sony sell one million consoles and save o.5p on every one just by having a cheap nasty fan on the console that makes them half a million pound profit! That’s good considering that they still charge you the same price with or without the cheap nasty (not to mention noisy) fan.
The real reason why Sony has not got four player is that they have just recycled the same controller chip from the PSOne saving them a bit of cash!
Makes sense from a Business point of view but seems a bit scabby to the end user, considering they would still charge you £300 if it did have four player because according to market research £300 is the most end users will pay for a new console with a strong brand name.
(pleas feel free to throw abuse at my general direction as a few mates already have :-(
I think there will also be the option of using the USB ports to plug in controllers, though that option isn`t around yet.
Probably to help keep the cost down.
It's certianly no major flaw in my book - get a multitap and you can have 5 players; get two, and you can have 8.
Even with the multitap, there have historically been few games for more than 2 players on PS1 - so it's not really a big deal, IMHO.
It's certianly no major flaw in my book - get a multitap and you can have 5 players; get two, and you can have 8.
Even with the multitap, there have historically been few games for more than 2 players on PS1 - so it's not really a big deal, IMHO.
Ok it may seem a bit stupid but nobody has yet been able to answer this simple question. So I put it to anybody reading this message:
Why in a four player Console world did Sony in there immense wisdom choose a two player design?
Even the new Game Boy has four player so why they chose two player I don't know
Why in a four player Console world did Sony in there immense wisdom choose a two player design?
Even the new Game Boy has four player so why they chose two player I don't know