Destructoid speculate on what would have happened if Sony had waited a year to launch the PlayStation 3 and how it would have affected the consumer experience and sales of the system.
Here's a highlight of four advantages they point out:
1. Lower production costs of Blu-ray drives and smaller 65mm processor.
2. Larger quantity of games available.
3. Rumble could have been put into their controllers as standard.
4. Less competition as not launching close to the Wii.
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.
The artist behind Fallout 4’s Deathclaw reveals just how bad things got back when Bethesda took over the series
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.
As much as Bethesda deserve criticism, that's not really relevant to the reveal of Fallout 3 in 2007.
The default angle Kotaku always go for is to highlight the worst in gaming.
I would’ve focused on the creative.
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As PS3 goes into 2008, price would still be lower, game selection would still be larger, competition from wii would still be there; the only thing it will be missing is the 3-5 million pre-install base...of 2007. Launch earlier has an advantage IMO. Not to mention 3rd party won't even release any crap on ur platform if your install base is not big enough. GTA DMC and other games (FFXIII MGS) would have been 360 exclusive if Sony launch 2008...
Whoever wrote this thinks they have insight, but they really just lack business foresight IMO.
The market demanded 2006. However, it does seem that the PS3 would have been fully loaded for a 2007 release; but, the hardware specs would have remained the same. So, what did they gain from a launch a in 2006? As the gentleman above me noted, the install base, which in turn would have effected the developers opinion of what to make and what not to make.
if it came out around 2008, 360 would have got more user base and HD-DVD would have taken a huge lead (or would have become standard by 2008)... that would have been a disaster for PS3 and Sony. so now that the PS3 is out... games will start rolling.
anyway, i think PS3's intro last year was good for Blu-ray. it did miracles for the Blu-ray camp.
I agree with the general consensus presented so far by the above commenters. Sony may have appealed more to the media and general public if they had released a console at a lower price with an increased quantity and range of games, but it would have been a disaster from their loyal hardcore gamer base.
Adding one year may have been enough to persuade a significant number of them to just go ahead and buy the 360 or even a Wii. All console makers need the hardcore gamers and early adopters as they're the ones who'll buy consoles at more or less any price just so they can be first. When the PS3 price does drop and there's a greater selection of games it'll be interesting to see whether more casual gamers will enter the market like they did for the PS2 after its price drop.
If developers and publishers saw that the PS3 was being delayed further they'd have to make a financial decision and create for the 360 and no doubt yet more exclusives would have gone multi-platform. Some people may think that things haven't gone too well for the PS3 so far and only time will tell whether Sony'll be able to pick up the ball, but imagine how worse it would have been if it'd been delayed further still ...
they just re-due the system design....
and deliver it when it's ready to fulfill its promises..
trust me...
PS3 owners will be pleased