Are they freakin crazy?

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Yay!! More speculation!! Can\'t wait for the actual price :rolleyes:

Originally posted by QuDDus
When and if it does release for 500 we will all still buy it.

Wanna bet?  No way in hell I\'m dropping $500 on a *console.*  Then there\'s the $35 mem card, $40 component/HDMI cables, $35 per extra controller, $30 remote, $50 games...

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Like MP said, there will probably be a "basic" version that just plays games with no HD-TIVO functions.  Sounds like a plan.

[videoholic]

IF you want a tivo, get a tivo.

whats a tivo?

Originally posted by Unicron!
whats a tivo?

It\'s a HDD system that lets you record TV shows and even "pause" a live broadcast and pay it back when ever you want.

You can also programme it will a full listing so that you never miss any of your TV SHOWS.

fpr example ..if you like the WEST WING...then you can programme it to record every show thats broadcast without you having to press record at the start of EVERY show.

hard-disk based VCR.  Basically records your favorite shows so whenever u turn on the tube ur watching something u actually want to watch.

They also have a neat feature where u just type in a person\'s name, ie- Frank Sinatra, and every performance or TV show he\'ll be on will be recorded automatically.

Thats it in a nut shell...

SKY (our Satallite TV company)

Do

SKY + which is just the same as Tivo... but with the exception that you can record two shows that are broadcast at the same time on two seprate stations...

For example you can record the Tennis from  Wimbledon 2004 on BBC 1 ...at the SAME time as a Flim on Sky movies 5...

When ps3  if it does have tivo I don\'t think there will be two versions at launch of the system.

Probably later down the line it would be a second version. But I don\'t think two version will be at the launch of the system.

Probably the PSX is an effort to broaden the use and availability of that hardware function and technology so it will get cheaper in the future for use in later products at lower costs like the PS3.

Ugh.. damn Sony.. many gamers just want a console with specs which guarantees the best fvcking games.
Imo all that high end AV tech should only be there to increase the tecnical quality of the games, not becuz of all things multmedia in one machine.

Everyone has a DVD player, and many are buying other devices for other entertainment purposes as well.So what they are doing is trying to establish a product that is demanded by two kinds of consumer by offering a product that needs less room, offers more functions and with less money.They are targeting the consumer\'s preferences with one product.If they succeed the "playstation" brand name becomes even more popular, and a name to be seen everywhere as well as selling a multimedia product that is prefered more than competing products.

Imagine if a consumer wants to buy a multimedia package like a Tivo or even a DVD and sees a product that is already famous becuase it carries the "playstation" brand name.
We are talking about a console that sells more becuase of a multimedia package thanks to the consumer that wants multimedia entertainment, and a multimedia package that sells more becuase of the console brand name thanks to the gamers.The differece is that its a 2 in one product
They want to merge the two industries.

It didnt work with the PS2 though since its DVD function wasnt good.But the PSX seems it\'s trying to be just that,Ken envisioned the next "playstaion"  next to every TV as the ultimate entertainment system.I believe thats what they are targeting.A multimedia package and a gaming console in one and each use evolving and improving from 2 separated entertainment industries.

Paragraphs dood, paragraphs!  Hitting enter once does count

is it ok now?

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sony is not gonna sell a machine for 500 in the u.s.  2nd the psx did not sell well in japan so why try & mix the two? they\'re becoming a little over ambitious with what they want to do...don\'t they know that by the time they crap all this latest technology into a console it will be outdated & replaced by a stand alone unit that will do it for far less?

the ps2 was supposed to have all these other functions from the door..it didn\'t..sony just needs toi take one step at a time...

I ve heard that it was sold out when it was released
Anyways if it sold or not its irrelevant.It didnt exactly carry the Playstation brand name as a strong motivation and it wasnt a demanded product or offered anything new to the console gaming.The reason why it was released is the subject here.

Sony is indeed taking one step at a time.They didnt feature many of the functions they were planning with the PS2 and some of them that appeared, appeared periodically.Its a product sold as a console with very very limited multimedia features

Then its PSX which is sold as a multimedia device not a console that has PS2 functions.

Its a merge in progress I believe.The PS3 will be highly demanded whether it has multimedia functions or not by gamers.And with PS3 selling well, multimedia functions of the device will be selling at the same amount.
Imagine 60 millions owners owning a device with both the "Playstation" brand name strong and its view as a multimedia product.

Imagine PS3s which wouldnt be just consoles anymore appearing on every Sony shop replacing DVD\'s etc.They will probably replace many DVD players or multimedia devices from competitors in many households as well if they manage to succesfully establish it as a gaming and multimedia device at the same time.I am 100% thats what they are envisioning with the PS3 since they see the increasing popularity and astonishing sales compared to competitors.
Not just a console.But one product that will lead 2 industries.Come to think of it that might eveb reduce their expenditures in marketing and production.