WARNING: Rumors of more PS3 downgrades

well theres also a good rumors for PS3 like it is upgradable like a computer

 

ffxTidus : hi, that's a good point not many talk about it being upgradable but they love talking about it being downgraded.

The hard drives will be upgradable as well as some other features.It definitely won't be as upgradable as a computer though.But the same could be said about any console.I'm glad it isn't like that because then people with more money would have a more powerful system similar to the pc.Ps3 will have linux os like a pc too.

 

Then online play would dominated by rich hardcores with all the upgrades . I'll say it again, the best thing about consoles is buying a game with the comfort of knowing it's gonna run at an acceptable standard. I get sick of worrying about minimum requirements!!

 

bammm! exactly.Nothing is more frusterating then playing an online game with someone who has better hardware because they have more money.

With everything upgradable the graphics would get choppy and you would have to upgrade the gfx card which would set you back like $400 for a good one.Plus there would be no need for a ps4 in the future because everyone would just upgrade.It would never end.

 

A very valid point. Such a move would almost be against Sony, and they wouldn't make more money by being able to release a true next gen console. I think the extent of these upgrades would be nothing more than a larger hardrive and maybe even just some software upgrades that would be downloadable. It would be cool if you could download software with better media capabilities etc. If they upgrade the graphics all the time, then wouldn't the platform be even harder for developers to produce on? They'd get to know the console and then would have to adjust for any hardware upgrades...

 

Yeah there will be software and firmware upgrades.Similar to 360 and psp.What's cool about ps3 is online service is free as where the 360 you have to pay.

 

Ah, but will all of it be free. I mean Xbox 360 Silver (for downloads such as patches) is free to all, but Gold (to play games) costs a service fee. Wouldn't be surprised if Sony caught you all off guard with that one. Besides if PS3 online pales in comparison to 360 online the way PS2 online did to Xbox Live, then it should be free lol.

 

true xbox live is the best right now but from what I hear ps3 online will be completely free even to play.This comes right out of the mouth of the president of scea ken keturagi (or wtf his name is lol).If that's true it will be popular and may even surpass xbox live.Of coarse xbox live could always make their service free

 

Yeah they could for the sake of competition. But is it such a smart move by Sony considering they're making such a loss on each sale of their console. It's marketable because its free - no doubt about that - but Sony may end up making less profit than MS on the basis of some strange decisions...

 

yeah true.I wouldn't even give sony's online service a second look if it were not free.I would just get xbox live.But anything that's free and will be in millions of homes is bound to pick up steam.

as far as losses sony think that knocking off xbox live will result in lackluster sales in the long run for MS after all xbox live is really all xbox had to offer over the ps2.And if you take that....well you know.

 

knocking off xbox live?, Sony's online service is not even out yet. It could be totally differant

 

not saying they will but that's what sony's aiming for.

 

Yeah. My argument is not what they aim to do, but how they will try and make some profit out of the loss on the sale of each console. They have free online services, so more consoles are bought, and more loss is made. They would only make up profit in software by small increments. Surely an online service fee would be a wise way to make up for some of the loss. Running an online service must have a large cost (It's worldwide!) of maintenance etc, and therefore it's just another loss. So the only way that Sony will make a profit is from Software sales? (until of course the PS3 becomes profitable). Just doesn't seem quite right...

 

true but they know that the more consoles they sell the more people will be buying games and bluray.Sony makes a cut on each game or movie licensed.Plus They only take a loss per console knowing they will make a profit when the technology comes down.After that they make up the losses and start making profit.

 

Yeah, but Software won;t be as accesible to people at such a price tag. Maybe they could have made the games a little cheaper and had a similar online fee to MS? Regardless I guess they must know what they're doing by now... They've been infront by the end of the last two generations of consoles by a mile.

 

if its upgradable then they dont need to make a new PS they can keep it as Ps3 and upgrade the games while you upgrade the consol just like computer - if u think bout it - u dont need to waste hundreds of dollor to by a new consol every single time

 

what? Dude you would still be spending even more trying upgrade every 2 seconds.

 

oh! oops! >_< my bad maybe ur rite but if there is lot of new consol then ur room will be full no place to sleep wen ur 50years old or something

 

Well I dont keep every console forever lol.When those bi***es get old I can em or sell on ebay or trade em for games.But retro consoles are kinda cool.

 

well i only hav ps1 (since i was 8)
and i got psp last year i like to keep them man, they will be ancient

like keeping the history of sony playstation consols