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PlayStation 3 will be profitable by August, says analyst
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article published on 22 April, 2008
Nikko Citigroup analysts have upgraded their rating for Sony Corporation citing their anticipation that the company will break even or even turn a profit on the PlayStation 3 beginning in August.
If their prediction is accurate, then Sony will break even at least three months earlier than analysts had previously speculated. Sony itself was not sure when it would hit profitability on ... [ read the full article ]
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viny1313
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26. April 2008 @ 12:26 |
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Halo 2 wasn't bad with the mods... Some of the online maps were nice but Halo 3 was just crap. All for the money. What a horrible way to end a series...
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26. April 2008 @ 12:46 |
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Originally posted by viny1313:
Halo 2 wasn't bad with the mods... Some of the online maps were nice but Halo 3 was just crap. All for the money. What a horrible way to end a series...
I have Halo 2 PC running on XP,and I did finish the Xbox version but tis just not as great as Halo was.
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wetsparks
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27. April 2008 @ 00:10 |
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I thought Halo was crap personally, a failed attempt to make Starcraft into a shooter. And I never said new games were perfect, you just think that old games were so great but they were the same as these games are now, except in 2d instead of 3d.
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27. April 2008 @ 16:19 |
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(wetsparks) i'll have to disagree with you on that. there were more good games realeased then than there are now.. its a given that there will always be bad games but think for a second.. alright out of my head there were good games realesed every 3 months then Now we Wait 3-4 years for another Good game to be released. with all intent i dont mind the wait, but the wait is to long and its only going to get longer with each new system as the programming gets more and more complicated. the people that churn out this hardware are afraid that somebody might hack there hardware. Sow even new SDK that go to Developers are being locked to what you can and cannot Due.
this kills 3rd party support and give the 3rd parties 2 options ether go out of bussiness or join EA or other Crappy Company that only cares about the buck.
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wetsparks
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27. April 2008 @ 22:51 |
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There are plenty of good games coming out and you don't have to wait 3-4 years, unless you are talking about one company and in that case they are being lazy. Insomniac is able to put out a PS3 game every year, and the PS3 is supposed to be the hardest to program for. Remember also that video games used to be so bad before Nintendo that video games virtually died. And even Nintendo allows crap like movie tie ins and barbie and my little pony on their system.
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30. April 2008 @ 19:35 |
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This is probably off topic, but I need to find this out before I let my wife go out and spend big bucks, my son has a ton of playstaion 2 games, my wife wants to get a a playstation 3, is it true that you can not play ps2 games on a ps3, I've heard some people say yes and some say no, I put my trust in what members at AD say.
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30. April 2008 @ 19:44 |
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Originally posted by FredBun:
This is probably off topic, but I need to find this out before I let my wife go out and spend big bucks, my son has a ton of playstaion 2 games, my wife wants to get a a playstation 3, is it true that you can not play ps2 games on a ps3, I've heard some people say yes and some say no, I put my trust in what members at AD say.
you should PM an addict,for they will know...if not they will know pooo....
The US 60GB and 20GB units have 80%+ BWC for PS2 titles, the 40 and 80GB units have a 40-70% compatibility ratio, if you got the money go for a 60GB IMO it will best serve you, if not a 80GB unit is fine just have a PS2 handy because it can not play some games.
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30. April 2008 @ 20:09 |
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Thanks for thre comeback zip, this whole thing still freaks me out, I myself am not into any games, I have a handicapped son who loves to play them and does great with them, we don't mind spending the extra bucks to give him a litle extra happines, but holy crapola, these people are really ripping us off, we go out and buy a ton of ps2 game, you would thing these moguls would give us a little break and let us also play our 2 on the 3 consoles, man what a rip.
Now I hear that if we get a 60 or an 80 that might do it, I also heard a guy at a blockbuster store say something simular, he said sony was selling an 80, but not anymore for now anyway, he said the 80 could play the 2, but he also said he was pretty sure it did, so you see you really can't get a difinate answer, regardles, this whole thing leaves a really bad taste in my mouth, we are really getting it up the old gege whole.
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30. April 2008 @ 20:54 |
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Fred, i know it might be hard, but you should continue To use the PS2 for PS1, PS2. The Playstation 3 is a power house if you will and Backwards comatiability is an issue For most. if you can find one the 20 gig units are nearly completly Backwards compatiable i think around 98%. stay away from the 80 gigs they have software that runs PS2 games about 60-70% BC. 40 gig dont touch as they have no BC.
right know. i would recommend ether a 20 or a 60 gig unit they have the highist BC.
as i said before keeping your PS2 is the bestway to play the PS2 games.
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wetsparks
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1. May 2008 @ 00:41 |
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did a quick google search and I found this
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1. May 2008 @ 01:08 |
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Thanks to all, I have just learned more about what choice I should make in this one little thread than I have tried to learn about this issue for the past two months, leave it the people of AD to set the records straight, again, thank you everybody.
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1. May 2008 @ 04:34 |
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Originally posted by wetsparks:
did a quick google search and I found this
the 40GB unit can play PSX games, the 80GB unit has trouble with 30-40% of PS2 titles.
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Gnawnivek
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1. May 2008 @ 09:29 |
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The 60gb is the best IMO, you can always upgrade the hdd size afterward of course... I believe all models allow you to play PS1 games via the PSP (remote play), but certain games don't work well due to lagging issues.
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