Official Sony E3 2006 Press Conference Thread

wow http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=16971

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"SCEI president Ken Kutaragi has defended the PlayStation 3's high price tag once again, declaring that not only will consumers be prepared to pay the cost but that the console is "probably too cheap.""

too cheap? classic. get off you fucking horse already. you didn't make yourselves without your fans. yes you're putting great tech into it but its meaningless if your system sales die outright once the initial batch is sold through after the people with money to blow got theirs.

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Originally Posted by marwan

Playstation 3 User Interface...

http://pspupdates.qj.net/PS3-s-inter...g/49/aid/38576

i like!

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I am not impressed with this, can't Sony come up with something more intuitive then the PSP interface on steroids?

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Originally Posted by BrAnDX105

I am not impressed with this, can't Sony come up with something more intuitive then the PSP interface on steroids?

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judging by the live ripoff? no.

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Originally Posted by BrAnDX105

I am not impressed with this, can't Sony come up with something more intuitive then the PSP interface on steroids?

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seeing how the Playstation name remained for 3 generations and with the same controller, i say the XMB will be around in every Sony product! PS4 and PS5 anyone? :)

anyways, XBL is cool, not great, but i can live with it....with a blue background that is.

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Originally Posted by Dragonmaster Dyne

judging by the live ripoff? no.

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would you rather see a limited and retarded code based Live service like the Wii/DS on the PS3 instead? ...i don't think so!

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Originally Posted by Dragonmaster Dyne

wow http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=16971

first paragraph

"SCEI president Ken Kutaragi has defended the PlayStation 3's high price tag once again, declaring that not only will consumers be prepared to pay the cost but that the console is "probably too cheap.""

too cheap? classic. get off you fucking horse already. you didn't make yourselves without your fans. yes you're putting great tech into it but its meaningless if your system sales die outright once the initial batch is sold through after the people with money to blow got theirs.

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The blinding arrogance in Kutaragi's statement is incredible. It shows how out of touch the company is with what most of America wants.

Sony Truly has no fucking idea what they are doing anymore.

I saw this coming when they made the PS2 too hard to develop games for against the outcry of the smaller dev studios, and now we are finally there.

This is Peter Moore's fantasy coming true. I mean, he doesn't even have to try anymore.

Microsoft wins.

As down as I am on the PS3 and its price tag, this is a quote to a Japanese publication. From what I remember, the Japanese don't have the same thoughts on value as Americans do. They view something more expensive as more deserving of their money, or something like that. I'm sure shidoshi or the like could clear it up.

Maybe I'm remembering wrong.

Winning Japan isn't winning America, well not anymore anyway.

It just seems to me like Sony decided to lay off their common sense department.

I agree. Unless something changes in the way of price between now and launch, Sony's going to have to accept 3rd in the US, and probably Europe/Australia as well. Yes the Playstation brand name is popular, and yes they'll sell out their shipments, but there's just too much going against the thing in the long run.

I mean, if they had shown amazing looking games and some killer apps, then I think you'd see people saying, "yeah, it's $600, but it's amazing!" That's not happening, though, and your average consumer isn't gonna care that it comes with a Bluray drive until at least a couple years from now, assuming bluray doesn't tank in the first place.

I don't have anything against the PS3 or Sony outside of the price. Nothing justifies the extra $200, and I don't want to pay $699-799 for my next game console, so I hope the thing tanks worldwide. Obviously the chance of it tanking in Japan, however, are slim and none.

I know I'm coming off as a fanboy here, but this is too funny not to post!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=pJElsNaC6yQ

Gold!

I can't stop laughing like an idiot.