Sony exec: nobody will ever tap full power of PS3

Iria · Dec 20, 2006, 06:57 PM

Source: Ars Technica
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In an interview with MTV, Sony executive Phil Harrison talked about the PlayStation 3 and where his company was planning on taking their latest game console.

To start off with, Harrison talked about how excited he was about the new possibilities offered by the online capabilities of the new generation of game machines. "The video-game business for the past 20 years was about shipping closed experiences," he said. Somebody made a game. Gamers bought it. They played it. End of story. Now comes a new trend, he said, where "the start of the relationship with the consumer is when you launch the game."

WhO_KnOwS · Dec 20, 2006, 07:49 PM

With statements like this, how can Sony expect us to believe anything they say?

**dj_stick** · Dec 20, 2006, 09:01 PM

god sony is arrogant

and no one will ever tap the full power because sony have made it impossible to do so with their backwards logic

WhO_KnOwS · Dec 20, 2006, 09:07 PM

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Originally Posted by dj_stick

and no one will ever tap the full power because sony have made it impossible to do so with their backwards logic

You are probably more right with this statement than you realise...

Brutality · Dec 20, 2006, 10:07 PM

So why the hell do they invent something that's so damn complicated, noone can make a full use of it? idiots, lol

Judas · Dec 20, 2006, 10:15 PM

Yeah, i'm sure no one will be able to take full advantage of the 16Mb/s bandwidth bottleneck.

Erroneus · Dec 21, 2006, 12:25 AM

Well thats fair but lets get some numbers. Eg. if they only able to use 50% of the full power, lets price it at 50%

Customgamer1 · Dec 21, 2006, 03:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Judas

Yeah, i'm sure no one will be able to take full advantage of the 16Mb/s bandwidth bottleneck.

Not only that but it has 256mb of video ram... So I guess if no one can tap the power of the ps3 we have not reached the max of the 360?

SFOSOK · Dec 21, 2006, 05:08 AM

Its like they are preparing themselves for failure.

So when they fail they can just say, well...it was too damn advanced for its time.

Then eventually use it as a marketing scheme "Sony, making products ahead of their time".

YAYitsAndrew · Dec 21, 2006, 07:20 AM

All that says to me is they should have made a cheaper machine that will actually be utilized completely.

Sony: Throw your money away on extravagence!

Mazuko · Dec 21, 2006, 11:14 AM

Funny, to think people say PC gaming is dead.

Full potential re-realized indefinately, PC gaming.

Dec 20, 2006, 06:57 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 87	Sony exec: nobody will ever tap full power of PS3 Source: Ars Technica __________ In an interview with MTV, Sony executive Phil Harrison talked about the PlayStation 3 and where his company was planning on taking their latest game console. To start off with, Harrison talked about how excited he was about the new possibilities offered by the online capabilities of the new generation of game machines. "The video-game business for the past 20 years was about shipping closed experiences," he said. Somebody made a game. Gamers bought it. They played it. End of story. Now comes a new trend, he said, where "the start of the relationship with the consumer is when you launch the game."

Dec 20, 2006, 07:49 PM	#2
WhO_KnOwS The Knows Mister Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Slovenia, Europe Posts: 409 Rep Power: 55	With statements like this, how can Sony expect us to believe anything they say? __________________ How you can help DriverHeaven by using Digg!

Dec 21, 2006, 12:25 AM	#7
Erroneus Get off my lawn! Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Denmark Posts: 13,343 Rep Power: 114 System Specs	Well thats fair but lets get some numbers. Eg. if they only able to use 50% of the full power, lets price it at 50% __________________

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SFOSOK 939 Goin Strong Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Ontario Posts: 7,033 Rep Power: 89 System Specs	Its like they are preparing themselves for failure. So when they fail they can just say, well...it was too damn advanced for its time. Then eventually use it as a marketing scheme "Sony, making products ahead of their time". __________________ Warning - Explicit Content Preceeding METAL!!

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YAYitsAndrew Anti-Piracy Poster Boy Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: NJ Posts: 2,605 Rep Power: 77 System Specs	All that says to me is they should have made a cheaper machine that will actually be utilized completely. Sony: Throw your money away on extravagence! __________________ "It is because the resistance to paying for copyrighted material, although often characterized as arising from a supposed technical burden or principled concern for the public interest, arises rather from exactly the same segment of the brain that is dominant in shoplifters." - Mark Helprin, Digital Barbarism In other words, it's never okay to steal even if you think you have a good reason! www.yayitsandrew.com

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Brutality DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Estonia Posts: 887 Rep Power: 39	So why the hell do they invent something that's so damn complicated, noone can make a full use of it? idiots, lol

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