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Misc. => Other Gaming => Topic started by: FamicomRetroGamer on May 10, 2010, 04:19:00 pm

Title: Sony just keeps getting better
Post by: FamicomRetroGamer on May 10, 2010, 04:19:00 pm
^ I'm just kidding. ;D

Two more lawsuits against Sony for removing the Other OS feature.

Full story here: http://www.edge-online.com/news/two-more-suits-filed-over-ps3-other-os-removal

If you've added let it say the way it was meant and no one will ever complain, unless faulty hardware shows up (like PS2's laser problem - "back in the days").
Title: Re: Sony just keeps getting better
Post by: manuel on May 11, 2010, 08:10:08 am
Well, they deserve it, as they advertised that function quite a lot.
I don't use it, but if I did I know I would be pissed.
Title: Re: Sony just keeps getting better
Post by: FamicomFreak on May 12, 2010, 02:10:42 pm
Wow I see, well Sony just doesn't surprise me anymore. They just disappoint me....
Title: Re: Sony just keeps getting better
Post by: Cam3ron@FW on May 15, 2010, 12:12:22 am
Sega was killed because this company happened to make a dvd player selling for cheaper than any other and it just happened to be a game console too.  Sony sucks(imo), give us back sega.
Title: Re: Sony just keeps getting better
Post by: Cam3ron@FW on May 17, 2010, 07:44:21 pm
I believe if the PS2 had no DVD player, the dreamcast might not have won but it might have hung in there easily enough.  Like I said.  The PS2 was the cheapest DVD player out there early on.
Title: Re: Sony just keeps getting better
Post by: FamicomFreak on May 18, 2010, 11:18:12 pm
Didn't they do the same with blue ray? They released it when blue ray was just getting out and they did the same deal. I don't think they were that successful but I would get me a PS3 in the future for media purposes, that's about it.
Title: Re: Sony just keeps getting better
Post by: FamicomRetroGamer on May 19, 2010, 10:41:57 am
Blu-Ray won over HD-DVD, but that's because Blu-Ray had more space than HD-DVD.

I see it as Sony stole the idea of HD-DVD and tweaked it more then named it Blu-Ray, it can handle up to 50GB but damn that's not a lot now.

Like OnLive is coming, maybe it's the console killer and so a Blu-Ray killer can also be coming out soon.

This is just me thinking but anything is possible now.
Title: Re: Sony just keeps getting better
Post by: nintendodork on May 19, 2010, 01:09:21 pm
Quote from: FamicomRetroGamer on May 19, 2010, 10:41:57 am
I see it as Sony stole the idea of HD-DVD and tweaked it more then named it Blu-Ray
Sony didn't create Blu-Ray
Title: Re: Sony just keeps getting better
Post by: UglyJoe on May 19, 2010, 01:37:15 pm
Quote from: FamicomRetroGamer on May 19, 2010, 10:41:57 am
I see it as Sony stole the idea of HD-DVD and tweaked it more then named it Blu-Ray, it can handle up to 50GB but damn that's not a lot now.


Blu-Ray was developed before HD-DVD.  If any copying was done (and there wasn't) it was the other way around.

Both formats are useless, anyway.  Digital distribution will kill them and any future formats off.
Title: Re: Sony just keeps getting better
Post by: FamicomRetroGamer on May 19, 2010, 02:22:07 pm
Ah okay thanks for the feedback Joe'.

Digital distribution is actually good but a hard-copy is better.
Title: Re: Sony just keeps getting better
Post by: UglyJoe on May 21, 2010, 08:00:34 pm
Fact: not everyone can stream high-quality video.
Fact: not everyone prefers digital to hard-copy.

The tipping point will be when those two markets become so small that it is no longer profitable to cater to them.  I'm not saying physical media will be dead tomorrow, but it will die off in favor of digital distribution eventually.