PS3 really is state of the art and worth 700 dollars

[Gizmo_Duck]

Even more if you factor in inflation

Edit—-

I completely forgot the ps3 went up against the nintendo wii back then. That was an absolute bloodbath for sony.

 

[Monsanto]

Canadian dollar

 

[Insensitive]

It was and it wasn't.
Another way to look at it is ps3 was supposed to have two cell processors, then ken realized that
he couldn't make another ps2. So all of that money that was poured into what was supposed
to be the future of computing had to have another bill on top of it (buying a 7800 from nvidia)
then the blu-ray drive added in to push market penetration.

You get a console with a massively inflated price but roughly on par with the machine which
released a year prior, with a weaker cpu, more performant GPU and a reliance on an aging
technology (DVD) which resulted in a cheaper price altogether.

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

It was and it wasn't.
Another way to look at it is ps3 was supposed to have two cell processors, then ken realized that
he couldn't make another ps2. So all of that money that was poured into what was supposed
to be the future of computing had to have another bill on top of it (buying a 7800 from ps3)
then the blu-ray drive added in to push market penetration.

You get a console with a massively inflated price but roughly on par with the machine which released
a year prior, with a weaker cpu, more performant GPU and a reliance on an aging technology (DVD)
which resulted in a cheaper price altogether.

It really came through in the end though. Very rough start.

 

[-DMP-]

PS3 was the GOAT hardware feature wise.

 

[The Minister Of Culture]

PS3 is my favorite side gaming system now especially with CFW.

 

[humminbird]

that was a hard sell for my parents
I laughed at motion sensing controls

 

[Hey_zeus]

PS3 phat felt premium. Krazy Ken was fun. Wonder what he would do with the tech out now/near future. Ps3 will always be my fav system because it was the first i bought with my own money. First online experience. Media streaming from my pc to it before Netflix and chill. They was still doing DVDs

 

[PS5 Pro]

PS3 was the GOAT hardware feature wise.

and yet it couldn't do half the shyt the Xbox one did

 

[Phillyrider807]

When u get cfw on the ps3 it really opens up. It's limited media compatibility is the only reason i still don't have mines hooked up to my tv. But for a solid 3 years or so i had my ps3 hard wired to my router and was streaming ps2/ps3/psp games directly from pc harddrive. Online still worked and everything.

 

[iceberg_is_on_fire]

I'll never part with my PS3. I have a spare in the event my launch date ps3 shyts the bed.

 

[Jchr is]

Thank god they got Mark Cerny in to design the systems after this cause this shyt almost cost them the generation.

Allowed Microsoft to usher in the birth of microtransactions and paid online

 

[Malik1time]

ps3 hype was disgusting
nikkas was getting robbed left and right