DCharlie said:
where the hell is all this coming from?
we don't know the price of the PS3, what configuration it's going to be in, how much the add-ons are, how much the software is, what price the online system is going to be, etc etc...
so how on earth can people be making this call on the PS3?
Not sure how it is in the US, but here in Japan for the PS2, we still get raped on things like the controllers, the (non backwards compatible) multitap, the HDD ($180 initially), the $25 memory cards...
Yes, IF sony allow us to use our own drives, if they drop the high pricing of perhipherals, if they blah blah blah blah blah....
No one knows whether they are getting a bargain or not yet, so lets just hold fire huh?
The only if if if if if if if is the HDD...it may be proprietary like X360 or it might use standard SATA Laptop HDDs....
Looking at what has been announced sofar with PS3 makes me think it will use standard Laptop drives....shit, everything else on PS3 is standards based...
HDMI
SACD
Blutooth Controllers
Wifi
Blu Ray
Gbit Ethernet
CF, SD and MS flash cards
Compare this with X360:
HDD....only the X360 one works..
Wifi adapter....cant use standard USB ones, gotta use the MS branded Xbox 1 or X360 model
Game saves....can't use flash card readers even via X360 USB jacks
Wireless X360 controllers.....propritary wireless
If you want to get any of these accessories, you are locked into the expensive Xbox-branded ones, period...
Microsoft even went so far as to include a security chip in X360 controllers and such, ensuring you can *ONLY* use official Xbox 360-licensed products......this is not done to save you money, believe me...
Even If PS3 is expensive, you will still have the option to use off the shelf accessories, unlike X360....
.....Sony has gone on record as saying PS3 will use..