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First let me say this- I am not loyal to any one system, i am a GAMER first. Not only am i a fan of vidoe games but i am a fan of business and over the last year it is my opinion that Sony as a business is in BIG trouble.
The PS3 is nothing more then a glorified Blu Rey player. Sony has decorated this player with a videogame system on top. They are forcing customers to become dedicated to Blu Rey whether they choose to or not. Big gamble considering there failures with Beta Max, Mini Disk, UMD's, etc. HD DVD is less expensive and looks just as good and most of all COST LESS. Another problem is MICROSOFT. The Xbox has been out for a whole year and is gaining a pretty nice install base which is constantly growing and what makes matters worse is the iminent price drop that is coming in May, 2007 in conjunction with the release of Halo 3 (wow!!) Another problem--- 3rd party developers are not dedicated to a system like the fans are, they are dedicated to making money. Case in point- Virtua Fighter 5. Sega initially announced this game as a PS3 exclusive but last week it was announced that it will be made for the 360 (i wonder why) Just recently a rumor has surfaced (Virtua Fighter 5 was a rumor too but look what happened) that Tekken 6 will be made for the 360. And recently the maker of Metal Gear Solid has recanted his previous statement that MGS4 can only be made on the PS3 to MGS4 CAN be made on the 360 (i wonder why?)I knew this would happen a year ago. 3rd party developers will start to jump ship.
The PS3 feels rushed and not polished. Simple things like playing custom tracks while playing a game is not possible (cell technology?) Whenever you download something you have to stop playing a game (cell technology?) No universal friends list, friends list only for particular game (why) Xbox does all the above with no problem.
With a year headstart for the Xbox and the Wii selling like hotcakes Sony has put itself in a bad position.
High Price
Loosing exclusive games
no unified internet service
a clunky user interface experience
The only thing thats left is a Blu Rey player and ironically it's the very reason why the Xbox has a year headstart and it's whats going to kill the PS3. Just my opinion.
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