Weekly Poll 10/14/07

[shaggy]

People are going to be ticked off when they find out that their 40GB PS3 does not play PS2 games.

Oh, shit!  I forgot about that.  I'm glad I'm not looking for a PS3 right now.

[shaggy]

I don't know why people harp on multi-disc games so much. Who cares if a game comes on 2 or more discs? The PS1 did it, the PS2 did it, the Gamecube did it, the Wii prob will at some point, PC's have done it for decades.

I care. It's a pain to have to swap discs over all the time. I've never liked it. Just because it's been done in the past doesn't mean it's a good thing. The fact that PCs have always done it is irrelevant because once the game is installed you only need one disc to play it.

New PC games do that but not older ones, you played off of whatever disk was necessary.

Don't forget that the PS3 has to balance it's storage media. Most of that extra space is used for 1080p textures and such not gameplay because it doesn't have a 1080p scaler onboard. Eventually even the PS3 may need to use 2 discs for a game.

Those 60 gigers will become collectable one day I'm sure of it and not just because they are launch systems. The real confusing part is that overall if you consider all the options, the order of the PS3's from best to worst go 60, 80, 20, 40. You could argue that an extra 20 gig would make the 80 superior but you could always add to a 60 gig, you can't buy the EE PS2 chip.

I totally agree.  You can't get your fat, lazy ass up and switch a disc out?  I don't see the problem with it.  I see it as a blessing because you have more to play than as opposed to being on one disc and options being cut, etc.  I was also going to say, but Tan beat me to it, PC games on multiple discs were NOT also played off of install.  You physcially had to switch the discs at the correct point in the game.  I have plenty like that.  Man, this topic has me fired up!!   

[The Metamorphosing Leon]

rawr

[Tynstar]

I think so.

[Cobra]

I'm even lazier I guess, I don't like having to change CDs at all. I rather it if I can just run any game with a simple click

[Alx]

I voted "Yes, the consumer is confused and doesn't know what they are buying." Although this doesn't apply to all people, Sony is really throwing too many different versions at the consumer.

[logical123]

I've personally lost track at all the variations with the PS3 and Xbox360. For the modest gamer like most people are, 50 million different types of 2 different systems is a bit much to handle. Meh, I'm not going to buy either of them until their down to at least 150 bucks, so why do I care?

[Tondog]

Well, the 40gb model sure as hell helped out in the UK...

Sales jump 173%

[Tynstar]

Well, the 40gb model sure as hell helped out in the UK...

Sales jump 173%

So they sold 50 now?

[Tondog]

Somehow I knew that joke would be made...

[Cobra]

Sales jump 173%

Holy crap... to jump by that much they must of been hurting more than I though they were.