RancidLunchmeat said:
At least he fell short of saying that the PS3 would be a "Total Entertainment System", but if you read any of the other statements from Sony, you'd see that's clearly what he meant.
The X360 is going to only be a gaming system?
Are you for real?
Kutaragi does have a habit to put things forward quite bluntly, or maybe it's just something "lost in translation"
But to be honest, it is how Kutaragi says. xbox360 is basically just a games machine even though you can do videochat and play cd's and dvd's, but you could already do those this gen consoles, which were really just games consoles, not computers or "total entertainment systems".
If the HD really ships with a full Linux OS, tehn it will surely make the PS3 much more than just a games console.
For him to say that the X360 is targetting the PS2 is ridiculous. The X360 isn't targetting ANY of their competition. The X360 has its OWN goals and ambitions, backed by MS's desire to put a console in every home that is connected to the internet, that will then be able to control and stream whatever content (Games or otherwise) that they have into that home.
But J.Allard himself has clearly said they're targetting the PS2. They even are targetting the xbox360 specs to compete with PS2.
See my sig
Kutaragi is just rightfully responding to what J.Allard said.
If anything, the PS3 is trying desperately to find a way to recover from the fact that the Xbox has a larger installed online user base, in a more data collection friendly manner, in a way that is more controlled and accessible.
Has it? What are the installed online userbases for PS2 and xbox? I'm not sure.
True, Live is a much more controlled and accessible service, but at the same time it is limited to services MS supplies. It's great for games and MS controlled microtransaction marketplaces, but what if people want more? What if people want what they've used to get with PCs?.
PS3 with Linux should approach the same freedom and variety people now get with their home PC's (web browsing, email by freely chosen account, etc...)
Both Sony and MS are in this market for one reason: To gain a foothold in the living room every single person they can. The problem is that Sony only established a BRAND. They didn't establish a MEANS. Xbox was able to do BOTH.
Has MS really established a means strong enough? The Sony brand certainly is still much stronger than MS means
The entire focus of the PS3 should be to get as many of their customers ONLINE as possible, because if their customers aren't online, then they aren't targets for the REAL profit center, and they aren't targets for the REAL purpose of putting a console in every household.
There are well enough possibilities for Sony to collect money from people even witouth needing to fence the people inside one service.
MS is able to control the ir customer base more closely that way, but at the same time they are not really welcoming other partners in cooperation.
