PS3 marketing shifts focus to 'total entertainment solution'

"This tells the public that it is a Blu-ray player that also plays games not that it is a machine for the hardcore gamer."

I totally disagree with that point. It tells the public that it can get all of those things you mentioned as well as more. The hardcore gamer knows Sony's resume and what they got available now and whats coming down the pipeline as far as games go. You mentioned third party games and to be honest the 360 doesn't have that many more than the PS3. To be quite honest I would take one first party Sony game over any two maybe three third party MS exclusive games. (Notice I said third party Halo fans)

So to correct your statement:

"This tells the public that it is a Blu-ray player that also plays games not that it is a machine for fanboys". There you go. :)

Tell her to buy Flower from the PlayStation store. It's probably the one game on the PS3 that appeals to everyone. That and Lumines. Gotta love Lumines.

I'm sure there are millions of people who will be much happier paying $300 less than you did in exchange for not getting a ps2 inside. by the way they will get double the hard drive space as well.

its called eztv.it + a usb memory stick. i live in the caribbean i can't access the video store either, couldn't care less they won't let me buy the movies so i guess that's too bad for me eh?

I am encoding my DVD Collection into .mkv....and a lot of Japanese shows I find on the net are in .mkv format....

I would tend to agree with you El Serp, but when you look at companies like Microsoft that supported AVI's when they were really trying to push rented movies. This was before Netflix support which I'm sure killed their Video Marketplace even more.

Not saying Sony is willing to look at the 'big picture'. They seem pretty stubborn. And you are absolutely correct, its mainly HD content. My point is, Win 7 is gonna allow MKVs to be pushed to your 360 and your TV. And you can get a Western Digital HD TV set top box that plays MKVs on your TV for $60. The cat is out of the bag, and if Sony is serious about being an 'all in one' media center, this would be the way to do it.
Not saying I expect them to do it, and it's only my opinion.

I'm sure Sony wants you to be able to download movies but there are just so many copyright laws in place, it's very difficult to make it happen in countries outside of the US. Also Netflix can't even get streaming for that many movies here in the US because there are so many exclusive contracts in place between studios and movie channels, and Netflix is very aggressive in that regard.

yea its a lot of people that miss out on that with both Netflix and the video store....on both systems.....I'm sure its being worked on

Sony does that too!

Ummm Who pays $35 for BD movies???

The most expensive single Blu-ray movie I have ever bought was $25.....and it came with 3 disc(one of which was a DVD Version of the movie)

Hell when I use to buy porn it was like $40 for a 2 hour flick....now I know where to look and dont pay for them at all

"Hell when I use to buy porn it was like $40 for a 2 hour flick....now I know where to look and dont pay for them at all"

Lol

...gah meant to be a 'reply' wish I could edit/delete posts...

ummm MS has done the same....

there has been the Basic, Basic w/HDMI ,Arcade, Arcade, with LARGER internal storage, 20GB Pro, 20GB Pro w/HDMI 60GB Pro, 120GB Elite Bundle, 120GB stripped down version.....and now both the PS3 & 360 will have 250GB version before Black Friday

I've not heard of this 250GB version for the PS3. If I'm not mistaken the slim has 120GB's. And MS's "Elite" line if you will has always seen improvements from what I can tell. Fixing the RRoD issue I would say is all the improving it needed (or add internal wifi...but I nitpick). While they both have attempted to produce a "value" system, the PS3 has been the only one gimping their main system, and have actually rid themselves of a "value" system all together. I still don't own a 360, so it's entirely possible I've overlooked some shortcomings of the newer models, but PS3's subtractions have been painfully noticeable to me.

"Fixing the RRoD issue I would say is all the improving it needed"

HAHAHAHA!!!! Wow, you are so far up Microsoft's ass...

I don't even own a 360. Read the whole post next time....Hell, I don't even own an original Xbox. I use my PC for games I miss out on the 360 and so far the only ones I can't play are Halo 3 and Gears 2, luckily I don't care enough about either to buy a 360.

...Why do I waste my time responding to morons?

Great point why should a consumer by a product when 6 months down the road the system will change and have either more or less that what it already has. Take a look at Slim which has Bravia Link something that should have been included from day one. Had they included that on the first model would Sony have a larger install base of Sony TVs rather than other brands due to SONY PRODUCT INTERACTIVITY? Sony has five different models of PS3 feature wise and just launched a 120 gig hdd with a 250 in the works. Sony should think about having 2 SKUs one with HDD and the other where there is no one and the consumer buys it or a trade in program. Buy the PS3 and if you install a larger HDD than the one it was shipped with send it to Sony for a $XX PSN credit.

They are doing the same thing with the PSP. GO is coming in about a month and there is already word of work on a new processor for new model PSP and that PSP-4000 will have a UMD drive. Why pay the $250 now when next Hune Sony will be showing off the 4000 model that will be competing with the GO by which time will be selling with 32 gig internal storage or more. THE PS# is almost going the way of the Gamecube, how many colors and configurations can we have.

Just pay more attention to your consumers both current and what is going on around you and incorporate more into firmware and upgrades that way rather than the hardware side.

Your PC has Windows on it, moron.

"I use my PC for games"

:D

If you're comparing holiday lineups, you can throw out GOW3 and Heavy Rain.

ODST (didn't say Halo!) and Forza 3 will be big for Microsoft this holiday season. Left 4 Dead 2 should do well, also.

Next year (supposedly): Alan Wake, Mass Effect 2, and Splinter Cell: Conviction are big exclusives.

That said, some of the biggest games are 3rd party, non-exclusive:
Modern Warfare 2, Assassin's Creed 2, Bioshock 2, etc.

Mass Effect 2 won the last big convention (Gamescom) game of the show per IGN.

I think they may have given the last big show (E3) game of show to Uncharted 2. Can't remember...

Obviously both platforms have good titles coming...You aren't 15? So...what are you like 12 then?

you gotta love all these comments that start out stating how Sony doesn't know how to market their system...only to end in I have a 60gb system.

not only did you buy one, you bought the most expensive one! ha. yeah they don't know what they're doing

@ Bad Man "I think Sony knows the deal" If they knew the deal they wouldn't have been raped by Nintendo and Microsoft after 2 generations of total domination. Without Sony courting 3rd party exclusives all you have is a Blu-ray player and a gaming machine with a lot of potential. Any money spent on this bogus ad campaign would be better served buying up exclusives or developers. I miss the days when Sony dominated.

He has a point though, PS3 has no BC because Sony wants to keep selling PS2s.

That's what they want us to think.

they just changed words around for a new marketing campaign.

trying to make us feel that this new shift will impact ps3 sales much, which i don't believe.
the $ 100 price drop and upcoming game releases has more to do with it.