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...instant classics as Ingmar Bergman's Wild Strawberries, with Bibi Andersson (above), and François Truffaut's Jules and Jim. Janus later spawned the Criterion Collection, the ultra-classy DVD outfit. Now the child is paying tribute to the parent company, with a 13-lb. 12-oz., foot-wide box containing 50 discs of wonderful films once handled by Janus, plus a 240-page, lavishly illustrated book. With important works by Jean Renoir, Sergei Eisenstein and Michelangelo Antonioni, this package really is essential--the perfect starter set for a full film education...
Long term, the idea isn't just to sell the machine to gamers. Sony envisions PS3 as an entertainment command center that will appeal to a mass market. The box features a ferociously fast computer chip, the Cell, a high-definition Blu-ray disc player, a hard drive and Web browser. In Sony's view, you'll use the PS3 to play games, watch movies and surf the Web. You'll be so dazzled by the hi-def images that you'll want to upgrade your TV with a new Bravia set that can display full 1080p resolution. Says Stringer...
...priced for the future too. In the U.S., Sony is charging $500 for the 20-gigabyte edition and $600 for the 60-GB box. (By comparison, the Xbox 360 costs $300 for a basic version and $400 for one with a hard drive; the Nintendo Wii console costs $250.) Throw in a few PS3 games, at $60 a pop, and you're out $900--a sum that may scare off consumers. And PS3 already frightens stock analysts. "We do not believe the machine provides incentives for buyers to buy a new machine ... except some game maniacs," Merrill Lynch analyst Hitoshi...
...require the most advanced hardware--it's their novelty, storytelling and fun factor that count. Moreover, game publishers are increasingly going to multiplatform strategies for big titles, as production costs have soared. That means fewer exclusive games for one console system, an ominous sign for Sony with the priciest box on the shelves...
Read thecrimson.com/sports.aspx for Crimson Live coverage of Harvard-Yale, straight from the Harvard Stadium press box. Join David H. Stearns ’07, the dean of Ivy League football coverage, as he covers every kickoff in The Crimson’s exclusive Harvard-Yale weblog...