Created By stephenjmunn on 05/08/2008
Before it launched, everyone was betting on the PlayStation 3, and now it sits a distant third in the console race for a number of reasons. The PS3 is down but not out, and here's why.
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It's still the most powerful console.
While current real-world performance shows the PS3 and 360 on equal footing, it is already starting to edge out Microsoft's machine as developers get better at coding to its strengths.
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It's much more reliable than the 360.
Despite numerous revisions, Microsoft still can't build a 360 that will hold together for any length of time. Failure rates are reportedly very high, and the system has become notorious for its problems. There comes a point when the consumer will no longer tolerate defective hardware, and at that point, Sony is there.
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It's much more palatable to the Japanese than the 360.
While the consumer preferences in Japan might not mean a whole lot to the average western consumer, they mean a lot to japanese game developers. The PS3 handily outsells the 360 in Japan, which can barely move units off shelves at all. As a result, the major japanese exclusives like Final Fantasy XIII and Metal Gear Solid 4 are unlikely to make that jump to the 360.
Eventually, this is only going to work in the PS3's advantage.
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Sony is open with their consumers.
Nintendo's Wii console is the most popular, but Nintendo so far is unwilling to provide solutions to the storage issues and other limitations consumers face due to the company's piracy fears. Online play is, where present, broken on the machine. Microsoft's in second place with a brilliant online system called Xbox Live, but they're unwilling to allow consumer-created content on their system. Sony's online system is limited and certainly imperfect, but free to use and effectively open to users who are able to create their own content and share it at will.
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The PS3's backwards compatibility enables a huge library of great games.
Sony's been confusing us all with their four different models of PS3. All of them offer some kind of backwards compatibility with PS1 and/or PS2 games. The PS1 and PS2 have some of the greatest games ever to be released, and if you can get a PS3 that will run all three formats, you've got an endless supply of gaming gems.
In comparison, the Wii has flawless backwards compatibility with the Gamecube format, which is great, but the PS2's library is far larger. The 360 has very limited backwards compatibility with a small number of Xbox games.
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Nearly everything for 360 comes out on PS3 as well.
With their similar capabilities, it makes real sense to release games for both the PS3 and 360. As a result, most western developers do exactly that. In the end, it is unlikely that a PS3 owner will look at the 360's library and wish they had one of those.
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Frequent incremental firmware updates.
Sony's been issuing updates to its PS3 software as often as twice a month, adding new features all the time. The ultimate goal may be to approach Xbox Live's level of functionality, and if that can be done, the lack of a subscription fee could make all the difference for Sony in the US.
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