Yahoo Console Breakdown: LMFAO

[dnpmakkah]

Sony's recent announcement that they're dropping the cheaper 20GB PlayStation 3 package at retail.....Sure, there are plenty of ways to spin that move, but few that seem to make sense for PS3 buyers. The basic PS3 model certainly looked like poor value next to its better-equipped colleague, and what's an extra $100 when you're already blowing $500 on a new toy?

Microsoft decided to introduce a third retail package: the Xbox 360 Elite. The $479 box includes everything from the $399 Premium edition, as well as an HDMI port and 120GB hard drive. It seems consumer choice is working for Microsoft.

So Sony retailing only one SKU is bad but Microsoft introducing yet another one is great? Not to mention the fact that he says $500.00 is blowing away but fails to mention the same opinion for a console that costs $479.00? Does $20.00 really make that much of a difference between blowing away your money and not blowing it away.

With all three consoles in the middle of a release drought. There's only light at the end of the 360's tunnel

Really? Shoot Sony should just pack it up and us gamers should as well since it seems Microsoft is the only one with light at the end of the tunnel.

Sony is shedding exclusives faster than a cat sheds hair in August. April saw another big PlayStation exclusive, Guitar Hero, land on the Xbox 360

Although it is true that Sony is losing exclusives is it not true that Microsoft has also lost exclusive, which should have been mentioned? Games like Ninja Gaiden and Oblivian? No I guess not.

There's only light at the end of the 360's tunnel, with May holding two triple-A exclusives: Forza Motorsport and online shooter Shadowrun. This fall, the Grand Theft Auto 4 bombshell will drop on the PS3 and 360 simultaneously, representing the loss of another high-value card in Sony's hand. What's left? A handful of 2007-scheduled unknown quantities like Lair or Killzone? Metal Gear Solid 4? The vague promise of Gran Turismo 5 sometime next year? PlayStation Home, whatever that turns out to be? No wonder the higher-priced PS3 model outsold the basic nine to one -- it's not like there's any games to spend the extra cash on.

LMFAO unknown quantities? Since when is Metal Gear Solid an unknown quantity yet Shadowrun is a known quanity? Maybe it's just me but I thought Metal Gear and Killzone are more of a known quanity than Shawdowrun not to mention they have sold more too.

The PSP continue to come up short in the software department

Now I know this is opinion based but I feel the PSP has the better games. The only downfall is it's more expensive both the games and the heldheld itself. This guy is speaking like the PSP is just crap or something. I would much rather play GTA: LC, Socom, GTA VC, MGS, etc...on my PSP than Pokemon on my DS. Now granted the DS is killing the competion but to negate the PSP as some piece of junk with no games is silly.

All Sony needs to do is show us one big exclusive game -- something that'll stand up to this fall's heavyweight tag-team of Mario Galaxy and Halo 3. Something that'll wow us like Grand Theft Auto 3, Wipeout, or Gran Turismo did, back in the days. Some indication that Killzone 2 will live up to the snippet of footage we saw in 2005, perhaps. Something, in short, that'll give PlayStation 3 owners a reason to get excited about their console. How about it?

I don't know about other PS3 owners but I'm pretty excited about my console. I don't need to see a game that would give me a reason to be excited about it...I already am. I never understood this logic. It always seems like those who don't care for the PS3 seem to be the ones who think those who do like it have nothing to be excited for. Like they think they know what I'm feeling about the console.

Anyways the guy is entitled to his opinion and I by no means consider this a FUD article I just find a lot of his points silly and since it's a slow day/weekend in gaming I thought we could discuss this. By the way has this been posted already? I thought I saw it but I can't find it anymore.

Yahoo link here

[LiquidEagle]

Don't even bother locking this thread, just delete it. This is a waste of internet space.

no offense to you, Dnp, I'm just saying this article's complete garbage.

[dnpmakkah]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I rarely actually make threads. But if it's been posted and majority don't feel like discussing it then by all means lock/delete away. lol

[gibmonster]

^I agree. It's just someones misinformed opinion...A very retarded one.

[LaLiLuLeLo]

sigh.
why is this here. I'm not gonna delete it, but guys, let's try to avoid posting stupid articles, just for the sake of deconstructing them, and going on about how soooo wrong they are.