Ben-DutkaWith everyone hoping for a PlayStation 3 price cut, we've seen many different rumors crop up around the Internet. One of the most recent was when Janco's Mike Hickey predicted Sony would issue a Blu-Ray-less PS3 that would be cheaper than the current model.
Of course, this made little sense to many people (including us) who simply replied, "…wait, aren't all the games on Blu-Ray?" Yes, yes they are, and according to what Sony marketing manager Kim Nguyen told Silicon Alley Insider, Blu-Ray isn't going anywhere. "That would pretty much destroy the PS3's backbone," he said, and then added: "Our games were built on Blu-Ray. Blu-Ray will always be part of the PS3." So that's that; we call it logic . Then there has been the question of the free PlayStation Network, as many journalists have postulated that with the increase in content and functionality, Sony will decide to start charging a fee, like Microsoft does with Xbox Live. But that isn't happening, either. Said Sony's Susan Panico: "Online gaming is like a First Amendment right." That's what we like to hear, and we all continue to enjoy the fact that it costs us nothing to leap into an online multiplayer match or download the latest and greatest demo. Free is good .
Therefore, anything you may have heard in the recent past concerning a PS3 without Blu-Ray, or the idea that Sony will start charging for the Network…you can ignore it all. We still want that price cut, of course, but that will come in due time; we're still anticipating a drop some time later this year.
well i never believed the BD-less PS3 thing.
as far as the Free Online Gaming. thank you Sony. i mean im sure DC Online is gonna have a monthly fee (which i wont mind), but i dont need to have a fee just to play the game online, and end up paying another fee.
Example: xbox live membership and then also paying to play FFXI online.
I call that an MS clusterf*ck to the consumer.
i heard, dc online turned into vaporware, that true?
@LegendaryWolfeh,
No.
Free online and BD are the two things that made me choose the PS3 over the 360. Also, the PS3 is future proof.
Last edited by Big_Boss on 3/12/2009 11:29:50 AM
Cool free, not start putting more stuff on the PSN in terms of games. PS2, PS1, PSP.
Good news. I like the idea that it doesn't matter if I online game 24/7 or once per year, it's free
Same here, BR and the free PSN made it easy to choose the PS3. Not mention the hardware grunt in itself! Classy stuff!
Q!
"i am home"
That's good news to hear that psn will remain free. II still don't mind paying for xblv though II only renew it when a new game comes out for 360. Speaking of blu ray II gotta pick up role model almost forgot it came out this week.
I really do not see why 360 fans still try to defend paying an anual fee to play games online. It must be like trying to defend diabeties, trying to make every one jealous that they don't have it and because you do you're better than them.
I'll bet Mike Hickey is an Xbox 360 fanboy.
well we all knew that sony wasnt goin to change anything n if u did shame on u sony has been good with all it offered on the ps3….besides i think if they started chargin for online the way the 360 does less people would buy it because i know plenty of people who chose the ps3 over the 360 because of the free online before they started taking a likein to the system as a whole because even 360 fanboys must admit that the ps3 is great same way i as a ps3 fanboy admit that many xbox live features are pretty cool
p.s we all knew that bd less ps3 was as good as the dam blade series was lol y would sony do that that is just a whole buncch of doodoo god dam jibba jabba shmigan smash 🙂
Last edited by bxshotboi on 3/12/2009 12:34:26 PM
I, for one, believe there will eventually be a BD-less PS3. I also believe they'll release one that doesn't have a power switch.
Why wouldn't they have a power switch?
He's being facetious
lol duh
meh i watch dvd more than blu-rays anyway.
For now, but there was also probably a time when you watched VHS more than DVD…
Even though it's a slowly dying format, we aren't going to see it dissapear completely for a while yet. I'd be willing to bet that we'll see at least one more Playstation with a disc drive before they start dropping them off completely. Why would Sony drop Blu-ray now? It's just getting started.
We are going to see more and more options though to have games downloaded as HDD's get bigger and cheaper, but Discs won't dissapear too soon.
True, but, if you are old enough you probably remember watching VHS tapes more than DvD's.
LoL, my parents just got a standalone DVD player a couple of years ago (we always rented VHS and if we couldn't, we used the PS2)
u got that right i totally watch dvd more than blue ray
@troy powers…..sony should make a ps3 with a built in disc changer that would be so cool lol….or maybe a system that is voice controlled as well i would love to try either 1 as a prototype
yeah i like that voice recognition idea. I turn my ps3 on so much, im getting sick of physically walking to it to press the power button. I would rather just say "PS3 ON!" and then play 🙂
@ photo k…
you do have a sony brand controller with a "home" button paired to your ps3 right??? thats yer lazy alternative to getting up 2 turn it on until that VRS(voice recognition system) stuff comes out…
Holographic disks will replace bluray, wikipedia the disk.. 1TB storage space… thats like 20 brd's… dvd is a dying video storage device, thats y its going to completely take over the CD in terms of audio storage… say hello to dvd's son, DAD (DIGITAL AUDIO DISK)
No that is 40 Blu-ray discs, 20 dual layer ones. Each BD is 25GB
That's it Sony. So to MS what they did to Netscape with the Web browser. Now all you have to do is get the word out about it.
All I want sony to do is bring some more games especially rpgs I love kz2 but I need a jrpg fixed right now.
Last edited by rell on 3/12/2009 12:59:10 PM
yes u are so rite bring on the rpgs cuz rite now i been dien to play 1 and decided to play final fantasy 10 again
next rpg game after that is legend of dragoon for the ps1 AWWW BABY here i come lol 😉
Free online makes a lot of sense. You buy a PC, and you pay your ISP to go online. You buy a PS3, and you pay your ISP to go online. It's the content providers who compete to get your business, and in an open market, competition is good.
"Free is good." I agree .
the system itself isnt that expensive anymore, when compared to what you get out of the box as opposed to other systems.
a blu ray player and built in wifi are at the top of the list, along with region free gameplay.
no need to mod anything, and ruin warranties.
Wouldn't it be epic if there actually was such a thing as a commercial FOR the PS3 system, and on they mentioned that the network was totally free always and forever?
360-only boys who say they don't mind paying for xlive have got to at least consider that if they got it at launch, that's $150 extra bones on that "cheaper" system already. If Sony charged I'd be upset, free online is a goddamned first amendment right for gamers, otherwise you basically buy a bunch of gimped games.
i also think that if sony were to advertise the great specifics of its system more people would buy it….i personally dont think it is only the money involved that sways a person to buyin a system because wen my girl was a superviser in circuit city i used to pass by to play rock band wit sum friends and me and her managed to convince plenty of people to buy the ps3 instead of the 360 ( its kinda mean towards ms but i enjoy seein people leave a store knowin they got the best (too bad cc closed down it was a great store)
lets just hope no more good stores close down
Last edited by bxshotboi on 3/12/2009 2:28:28 PM
tell me about it i was planin on gettin my ps3 ever since the first mgs4 tease lol i was so impatient and the reason i didnt get the 60gb was cuz my girlfriend was on sum stupid crap sayin i dont need the ps3 (blah blah blah thats all i heard) but wen i finally got my motorstorm ps3 she wanted her own wat a nincampoop
tell me about it i was planin on gettin my ps3 ever since the first mgs4 tease lol i was so impatient and the reason i didnt get the 60gb was cuz my girlfriend was on sum stupid crap sayin i dont need the ps3 (blah blah blah thats all i heard) but wen i finally got my motorstorm ps3 she wanted her own wat a nincampoop
I was worried they would try to drop the Blu-ray movie fuction kind of like what M$ did with the first XBOX it used a dvd format for the games but they made you pay extra to unlock the movie feature.When I first heard a rumor that Sony would drop the BD thats what I assumed they were planning.
@ deadman
thats the only way dropping BD actually seems possible..
Yeah but when reality hits Sony aint about giving you little and selling more, but to keep the price of the system down? nothing can be ruled out
Who is this analyst to make such an failed prediction?
the analist is nuttin but a crazy person for even thinkin sumtin so crazy lol
ps3 ownz
I never believe the BD-less PS3 made no sense to me when i first read about it, as for the Free online staying thanks Sony, these are two of the top resons i bought the PS3. I'm already paying out the butt having a great internet connection to handle my gaming obsession lol.
lol well ill have to exclude myself from payin for internet my broke ass cant afford it thats y i take advantage of the ps3 wifi and get sum signal from sum1 here in the projects
I want to know what that analyst was smoking when he made that prediction… And will he share it with all of us?