Following the “what-should-I-buy” type of articles, I’ve just read one that intends to help deciding among Wii, Xbox 360 or PlayStation3 (pt_BR only). Nothing changed my idea about buying a PS3, I just realized that it would be more difficult than I thought because Sony won’t officially sell it in Brazil. Dam! 
Well, besides it, here are my points that made me choose PS3 over the others:
- PS3 comes with a Blue-Ray drive, which IMHO is much better than HD-DVD.
- PS3 can run Linux (another article).
- PS3 will run legacy games from PS{1,2} (even emulation from other platforms).
- PS{1,2} market is very big in Brazil, so it will be easy to find games for PS3.
- Xbox 360 is from Microsoft (big negative point).
- Wii looks fun, but the graphics are just horrible (maybe I’ll buy one just to satisfy my geekness).
So, despite the fact that I will probably need to spend some considerable amount of money, PS3 looks much better to me, and it’s in my 2007 Christmas’s shop list. Why not now? Because I first need a decent TV. 
novembro 29, 2006 às 10:41 |
#5 is foobar. Microsoft doesn’t segment the world and then sue a retailer into oblivion* if they export to ‘bendover’ countries in Europe. Sony is just as evil as MS if not worse.
* http://www.lik-sang.com
novembro 29, 2006 às 13:09 |
Jakub is right. Sony has a history of evilness that makes Microsoft seem small fish. My reason for not buying an Xbox is simple: its culture favors PC-style games, and I don’t play PC-style games.
It was interesting to see the reasons someone would buy a PS3. It made even clearer why I won’t:
#1 doesn’t matter to me because I couldn’t care less about the media my games come on;
#2 is a good point, but not enough for me to want to pay that much money (I’m also skeptical, given the lousy hackability of PS2 Linux);
#3 is bogus because a) Wii has emulation too and b) these days you can unofficialy emulate mostly anything on everything (I play NES on my DS, SNES on PS2 etc.)
#4 is also a good point, though you’re being euphemistic (the PS has a large market of unlicensed copies in Brazil). However, although PS1/2 got thousands of games, 90% of them are ugly worthless pieces of crap.
#6 also doesn’t matter because graphics are the last thing I’m worried about in games. Even to this day most of the games I enjoy are 2D.
A PS2 is worth three months of my earnings.
Sony is pure evil.
I do care about innovation in videogames, and I’m excited with the Wii.
Wii has most of my favourite franchises: Mario, Zelda, Metroid, Made in Wario, Bokujou Monogatari, the list goes on.
novembro 29, 2006 às 13:11 |
Er… sorry for the formatting, that was supposed to be an unordered list.
novembro 29, 2006 às 13:15 |
Also, s/A PS2 is worth/A PS3 is worth/. I’m awful today
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