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chemteam
May 2007
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View profile »I noticed that too the first time I put in Unreal Tournament 3 on my ps3. I will stand corrected if I am wrong about this guys but I believe the ps3 installs games onto the hard drive to speed up load times. It is a 1st gen blu-ray drive so load times presently are quite slow for games unless a portion of the game is installed. Remember the very first dvd players and how long they took to load up the discs? Games require access to their respective discs much more frequently than movies so by installing a portion or even all of the game on the hard drive it can bypass this process entirely. Future ps3s will probably have faster drives which will in turn require fewer game installations and even faster load times.
That being said I think all the multiple skews is going to confuse the consumer. They need to just make up their mind about what they want to do or wait longer periods of time before introducing new skews. And yes I realize that the 360 also has multiple skews. The difference though is that M$ has kept their skews the same from day 1 of introduction and each skew is upgradeable to the level of the highest skew.
Love Hendrix!
June 2006
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View profile »Pioneer
Panasonic
Philips
Onkyo
Sharp
Samsung
LG
JVC (in 2008?)
...more forthcoming?
And as for whether any of these -might- produce stand-alone HD-DVD players one day [apart from the 'combo' units made by both LG and Samung], I still believe the primary factor in the "format war" that guides a company's decision is DISC SALES of the content, which has always been more favorable to Blu-ray in the weekly and annual sales reports. Well, either this factor, or perhaps the promotional co-ops/funds between various alliances.
-LH (The Loverboy)
~ HI-DEF DUAL FORMAT SUPPORTER ~
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Tim Raynor
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JPSofCA
May 2007
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View profile »I'm with you on that one, Tim. I gave up consoles long ago in preference to the more extreme Computer.
I bought the PS3 mainly for Blu-ray, but to see those next-gen games in action too (last console I owned was N64). I've got to say I'm way disappointed in it, or rather it's nothing near what I had expected all these years to bring.
I wish I would have just gone 3.2GHz Dual Core instead - I've still got a Phenom Quad 2.2GHz (not very extreme but quad) to put together, but even it's just sitting in it's box untouched after two months now. It's like I don't care anymore.
But yeah, consoles way suck.
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August 2007
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September 2007
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View profile »But that has changed. console cost only..I've spent less on gaming now, its easyer.. more players online to play with, more buddies i know to play with aswell.
PC gaming is dying. badly. barely anything good to play
xplaytendo
November 2007
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View profile »I don't care much (actually, not at all) on the PS3 games. I bought mine for the blu ray player (as it's the only player out there with latest firmware & cell processor) well in-match, against the other standalone blu ray players. So I don't care much for the dualshock or the bigger hdd stomach, as well.
What I wished the would've done was LOWER the retail price of the 40gb, to $299, to make it MORE ACCESSIBLE to the average consumer.... and a 2nd blu ray player for my bedroom.
Mike37
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Well I'm a Movie Buff, then a Gamer... so it's a big deal for me. And I can see a few PS3 Exclusives I don't mind getting.