Let it not be said that Sony isn't ambitious. Despite the fact that the PlayStation 2 is still one of the most popular consoles of our time, SCEE's Andrew House believes that the PlayStation 3 will surpass it, aided in its quest by boosted functionality and online capabilities.
"If you look at the PS2, still in some markets going very strong, especially in North America in its tenth year on the market, we still can't predict where that lifecycle will end," he explains to Edge magazine. "I have a theory that with successive generations, and with more value added and built into the console in terms of experience -- and let's not forget that the PS2 really didn't offer a tremendously robust network experience -- that what you effectively do is potentially lengthen that lifecycle more and more as you get to the next iteration."
House believes that the PS3 will "significantly outpace" the PS2 before this generation is done.
The PS3 certainly hasn't had as glorious a career as the PS2 so far, but as prices go down and functionality goes up, do you think the Black Box o' Blu-ray has what it takes to take down its ancestor? All I know is, the PS2 still gets plenty of play here and nothing this generation so far has really topped what it offers.
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12:00 PM on 09.04.2009
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At this point, Sony should just try to keep the Playstation alive - after mucking up the Playstation 3 as badly as they have, there is a very real possibility that there will not be a Playstation 4. I see no advantage to increased graphical fidelity, and Sony's marketting plan of touting the playstation's many superfluous features at douple the price and quadruple the production costs of Nintendo products would absolutely obliterate an $800 Playstation 4 that costs a thousand dollars to make.
I'm not saying the PS3 doesn't have quality titles. I'm saying it doesn't have HALF as many as the PS2 does. The only current-gen console that can even compare is a handheld, the DS, in my opinion.
You would wonder why the PS3 isn't selling as well as it should BECAUSE it can't play PS2 games.
Nitpicking aside, I remember doing a little exclusivity comparison between the PS3 and the 360 a few months back. The lack of exclusives on both platforms is pretty sad I'd say. Right now, I'd opt for the PS3 for 2 reasons...no RROD and Demon's Souls.
I think the PS3 will because it really has become more of a 'media center' for a lot of people. I wish it had PS2 games but think X years in the future when gamestop doesn't bother carrying PS2 games anymore and a PS3 is 100$ because the PS4 is out.
Will PS3 eventually outsell the PS2? Highly unlikely, no matter how long they extend the lifecycle. Will it outpace the PS2? Holy crap, no! It's so far behind now that catching up would be miraculous... as in literally requiring a act-of-God miracle.
The good news is that there is lots of room for it to be an awesome and successful console regardless of how it compares to PS2.
What?
Not gonna happen.
Every single bit of MS bashing in milo's post could apply to Sony fanboys as well if you switched the games around.
When the PS2 first came out, it was not only the first Next-gen system out at the time, it was also was a DVD player, which was also new. Now, don't get me wrong, I'm sure Blu-Ray will have it's time, but for now it isn't exactly stomping DVDs like DVDs did to VHS tapes. Not to mention it wasn't a freaking recession.
So, you were getting the best game system (complete with 100% backwards compatibility), a DVD player, all for a reasonably low price. Now, I know the PS3 has more features, but Blu-Ray hasn't caught on yet (especially with digital distribution stepping up). The PS2 was a deal and a half.
Add that to HUGE game support from the beginning (Square, who was the HUGE name at the time, as well as tons of japanese developers), followed with tons and tons of games made the PS2 a success. It still is a success.
The PS3 has great games, and it is certainly (finally) getting its powerful push with tons of quality games, it just doesn't have the QUANTITY that the PS2 did. In that regard, I'd say the Xbox 360 is the new PS2.
What I'm trying to say is I think PS3 sales will improve dramatically, especially with all the new announcements, but it isn't going to touch the PS2. The entire philosophy behind the PS3 is different then the PS2.
So...there you go.
Ahh the world of downloading things from your living room kicks ass.
However, the PS3 does have free online capabilities with the built in wireless functionality. Xbox doesn't have that. If Sony would finally get around to capitalizing on that fact then they definitely could become more successful. They need to focus on getting more quality games out there to the consumer rather than just repeating over and over how awesome blu-ray movies are. I haven't bought or watched 1 blu-ray movie on my PS3 in the almost three years I've had it.
Yeah, it came out in freaking 2000.
with building blocks like these to go on, achieving that kind of success isnt impossible, hell it wouldn't even be that hard considering the majority off the world just goes with the flow.
NOT WITH THE 360 AND THE WII AROUND!
In my opinion, the PS2 had very little competition, especially two to three years into the "console war" with Nintendo and Microsoft. Not to say the Gamecube or the Xbox(original) weren't great machines in their own right. But the PS2 just had so much more going on for it at the time. Nowadays, each console provides something of value that the other lacks, leveling the playing field. I'm not saying its impossible for them reach such a comparable level, it just seems less likely, especially now that we already have a good feeling of what direction the consoles are heading in. A lot of factors can help them, such as a steady increase of exclusives, better features for lower prices, blu-ray becomes even more profitable, and they included backwards compatibility with PS2 games. Also, if the next generation of games come much later on than we predict, giving them enough time to expand to desired levels.
I think Sony's bullishness is somewhat justified. The PS2 sold the majority of its consoles as a result of its price cut (i think only 20% of the console's overall sales came prior to this) and most of its best games came out after this time also, once the install base was up.
Their main issue will be competition from Microsoft and Nintendo. As Sony and Nintendo can co-exist by targetting different markets, i think the console battle will be decided by geography. XBox will take the prize in the states whereas Sony will triumph in Europe and Japan. Unfortunately this result means that no one truly wins and twat-faced fanboy scumbags will ruin the world with their juvinile, vitriolic, jizz-soaked outbursts.