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...Most gamers know that the PS3's delay was caused by its Blu-ray drive, and many suggest that the Blu-ray advantage isn't worth the price or the wait. Sure, movies on Blu-ray have a picture quality six times higher than a standard DVD, but the vast majority of so-called high definition TVs don't even have the 1920 x 1080 pixel resolution (known as 1080p) to show Blu-ray's full glory. From a home-theater point of view, though, the PS3 was not only the first Blu-ray player to be priced well under...
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...
Ironically, analysts who once criticized Sony for falling behind the technological curve are faulting it for being too advanced with the PS3. Blu-ray discs can show game graphics and movies in gorgeous detail, for instance, but few households currently have TVs that can display the full resolution of the format. That will change as prices for those TV sets decline. But consumers may also be reluctant to invest in the PS3 given that Sony and Toshiba are waging a format war over next-generation DVDs--no one wants to be saddled with another Betamax. "A lot of the technology...
...barbs were hurled at the PS2 when it launched in 2000. Yet the PS2 became a monster hit, and still outsells even the 360. The Cell processor, moreover, isn't just going into the PS3. It will find a home in hundreds of products--horizontal, remember? As for Blu-ray, at worst it loses to Toshiba as a movie format but lives on in the gaming world as a top-notch platform...
...stunning shooter just out for the Xbox 360. Resistance isn't enough to drive sales of a $600 console, or it shouldn't be. Playstation 3 doesn't have a battle-tested, feature-rich online service the way the Xbox does. It doubles as a Blu-ray player (that's the main reason for the high retail price), but guess what? Nobody cares. And did I mention Playstation 3 controllers don't rumble? Whose genius idea was that? Without rumble, it just ain't a jungle...