Ken Kutaragi's fingerprints have nearly faded completely. His farcically ambitious PlayStation 3 hardware design, finalised six years ago, left Sony with the preposterous task of pitching a high-end console at £425 and yet still make a loss on each sale.
Fortunately, or not, the loss-making system didn't exactly sell spectacularly at first. Sony's curse of cost had repelled consumers. The company could huff and puff all it wanted; even the most fanatical PS3 fan couldn't part with £500 for a new console and game.
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I never got around to mass effect - I’m skeptical that it would hold up if I were to try it now
Originally launched in 2011, El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron is coming to Nintendo Switch, so It's time to look back at the original.
Still have my ps3 copies. Bought it at launch and another one when I found it cheap and in perfect condition about 10 years ago. I wouldn’t buy it on Switch but if they made a PS5 version I would. I still have one of my PS3 Fats hooked up so good to go either way.
Id play it again on the switch. I wished my 360 version was bc but this is still a good way to play.
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People are stupid I get it. No one should feel unsafe,
But I think they need to talk about why they cut so many corners during the development process and why none of their games ever look current. And why they think all of this is okay while they charge full price.
I think for every two steps forward (cross-buy, cross-play, Vita controller, new IPs, hardware redesign) they take one step back (Linux craziness, PSN hack, ridiculous PSOne NA Vita rollout, advertising, etc.). But they also put out some pretty killer games and seem committed to lowering the price, making it a more affordable piece of kit. With PS+ coming to Vita and NOT having to pay twice, I'm proud to own 2 PS3s and a Vita.
I'm confused... what is the curse?
It's not the selling hardware at a profit, they've been doing that since 2009 and have said so. If it's the cell architecture, that's not done either until PS4 is announced.
Is Kutaragi the curse?
I'm confused.
I wonder how many hardware companies wish their best year was on par with the PS3's worst year.
Console pricing. It's all just numberwang to me.