Haruku

How can...how can someone speak in Japanese...with a Japanese...accent? If you're a native speaker, how can that which you speak which is quite native to you...be an accent?

@ Josh:

".. and I don't think an asian actor could play goku, they can't act.. lol"

Aaaand I'm assuming you're American, right??? That, or some ignorant, ethnocentric Westerner. But my point is that...you can't spell worth sh*t.

/rant

On topic: This movie=epic fail. Besides, a live-action Dragonball has already been made...and honestly, it kind of sucked, but had a better storyline/cast than Hollywood's take.

Wow, I don't think at all that a slimmerER (intentional spelling error) PS2 will "dilute" sales of the PS3 at all, nor cause Sony to somehow self-destruct in their own supposed chaos. The way I see it is that Sony is trying to clean up the mess they left behind when they arrogantly and abruptly made the PS3 the way it is...and released it too soon. Here is my take on Sony (if anyone would care to read):

1 - Throughout the years, Sony has increasingly tried to market their PlayStation brand as a "COMPUTER" entertainment console. In some respects, a PlayStation (1,2,3) is a computer, but not the type that most consumers are familiar with. Remember Linux for the PS2? And what about the PSX (the other, PRICIER console)??? Now that the PS3 is marketed as a "computer gaming console" that can do EVERYTHING entertainment-wise for you, I think this confuses many consumers (I buy my consoles solely for gaming).

2 - At first Sony's PS3 was to compete directly with the Wii and Xbox 360, but now it seems Sony has realized that the PS3 can't directly compete with the Wii, since the demographics for each respective console is more different than the same (purists vs. casuals...etc etc). Price-wise, the PS3 was initially the most expensive console too, so that might have hurt sales a bit.

3 - Gameplay- and graphics-wise, I believe that the only clear contender the PS3 has is the 360. The Wii has carved out a niche in the industry that--unless Sony makes an EXACT clone of the Wii--Sony will have a hard time converting people in the Wii demographics (with the PS3).

4 - The PS2 is intended to indirectly compete with the Wii, since the PS3 failed miserably at that. There are still many tweens and other folks that have either just hopped onto the console gaming bandwagon, or have never really considered purchasing a PS2 until now; Sony's hoping that with continued price drops and changes to the PS2, this will entice said consumers into purchasing a new PS2 (a cheap, fun system that has a shipload of even CHEAPER games to play). Hence, why...

5 - ...the PS3 lost its backwards compatibility and the PS2 is getting a new look at...*gasp* $100!!! It's almost like Sony's saying: "Since the PS3's sales figures are muuuuuch lower than projected, why don't we pull this thirty-something-odd-dollar technology out of it, drop it's price, and refresh the look of the PS2 at $100! That way people who buy a new PS3 ($400 20GB) and still want to play PS2 games will have to shell out $100 more for a PS2 (if they don't already have one)...which will equate to...500 smackers!!! The price of the old 20GB console! And those who just want to play PS2 games will not have to shell out $500 for a PS3, but buy a PS2 at just $100!!!" In layman terms, Sony will kill two birds with one PS2.

6 - Reason 5 is what Sony is attempting to accomplish to try and clean up (or more like "reduce") the mess they made with the PS3. They will continue to squeeze as much life left as they can out of the PS2 console until more support (and games) are available for the PS3. By the way, Sony is losing like, ZILCH, on making the PS2 smaller than it already is. If anything, this move will only cut the already low costs of making a PS2. The money that they make from the PS2 sales can also be used to research ways to make the PS3 less pricey too.

Sooooooooo...in conclusion, smart move, Sony. Smaaaaaaart move. BTW, I'm keeping my eye out for this "slimmerER" PS2. Also, sorry for the EXTREMELY long post; these are just my opinions, so don't take them as the gospel truth.