Well THAT'S disappointing...

[seawasp]

The responses to my prior post on videogame consoles has revealed that Sony, apparently, has decided to shoot itself in the foot again; having created the PS3 with backwards compatibility, they've now removed all or much of that capability.

This means that I will almost certainly NOT be getting a PS3, or at least not in the near future, unless I happen across one of the first-generation systems with full hardware compatibility.

And alas the Wii appears to be hard to get indeed.

Comments

[xyzzysqrl]

Considered a 360?

[howardtayler.livejournal.com]

Yeah... I was reading some industry analyses of the video-game market, and it began to look more and more like Sony was misstepping their way from a #1 position to a #3 position.

Nintendo made a brilliant move, going after new customers with a message of "video games can be for everyone." They also kept their price low.

Microsoft was similarly brilliant, wooing current gamers with the promise of better resolution, better performance, and more realism in what they play. That and the raft of connected options.

Sony blew it. They tried to do both, mimicing the Wii controller, and offering a high-end system, but they were late to market and didn't put enough product out to meet demand. Then they struggled with the fact that their price-point was a lot higher than Nintendo's. This meant that for gamers who wanted to have more than one system, but could not afford all three, the PS3 was going to be the console they did NOT buy (instead of, as Sony hoped, the ONLY console they bought.)

And now Sony's biggest selling point -- the massive library of PS1 and PS2 titles, and full backwards compatibility -- is being done away with? That's nails in the coffin, right there.

[denubis.livejournal.com]

Actually, I'm moving to aussy land in 3 months, and I've got a wii, quite a few games, and controllers. Interested?

[chuk-g.livejournal.com]

Is the Wii shortage a regional thing? I'm up in Canada (BC), and when we wanted one a few months ago, we just ordered it online from Costco (a decent bundle with an extra remote and a game we would have bought anyway, for about $10 less than the retail would have been). A friend works at Toys-backwards R- Us and he says they've got some in -- they do go out fast, though.