03 June 2005
Sony sizing up mouth for foot.
Source: GamesIndustry.biz
At E3, Sony seemed to overshadow Microsoft with their huge boasts of features for their PS3 system and their PS3 game demos. As usual, its time for Sony to quietly reduce the specs on their new game machine to lower costs so that people will actually buy their machine instead of flocking to the Xbox 360. Did I mention that their system will probably still be more than the X360, which Jim Allard at MS has stated will be around $300 US? In the article, its rumored Sony is cutting the standard hard drive from shipping with the PS3 in favor of the add-on flavored drive they released late in the PS2's life cycle. Do any of you PS2 owner's butts still hurt from having to buy that little add-on to speed up some of the latest games?
What's next to shave off? The dual HD adapter? Maybe a couple of the USB ports? 1 of the 2 Ethernet ports? Don't be surprised the next time you see a screenshot of Killzone 2 and it seems drastically different than the E3 presentation.
As Console Wars round 2 gears up, it looks like this time Sony may be playing catch up to Microsoft, thats if Nintendo's Revolution doesn't take second with its capability to play or download any Nintendo game ever made. I know if I could download every Legend of Zelda and Metroid game to my console, and play my gamecube titles, I'd be on that like flies on a dung heap.
At E3, Sony seemed to overshadow Microsoft with their huge boasts of features for their PS3 system and their PS3 game demos. As usual, its time for Sony to quietly reduce the specs on their new game machine to lower costs so that people will actually buy their machine instead of flocking to the Xbox 360. Did I mention that their system will probably still be more than the X360, which Jim Allard at MS has stated will be around $300 US? In the article, its rumored Sony is cutting the standard hard drive from shipping with the PS3 in favor of the add-on flavored drive they released late in the PS2's life cycle. Do any of you PS2 owner's butts still hurt from having to buy that little add-on to speed up some of the latest games?
What's next to shave off? The dual HD adapter? Maybe a couple of the USB ports? 1 of the 2 Ethernet ports? Don't be surprised the next time you see a screenshot of Killzone 2 and it seems drastically different than the E3 presentation.
As Console Wars round 2 gears up, it looks like this time Sony may be playing catch up to Microsoft, thats if Nintendo's Revolution doesn't take second with its capability to play or download any Nintendo game ever made. I know if I could download every Legend of Zelda and Metroid game to my console, and play my gamecube titles, I'd be on that like flies on a dung heap.
