PlayStation breaks sales records

[ZEE]

Q,

so you see me as a "quagmire" and an "elaborate chatbot" eh? you are right to hold me in such high standings... and you definately HAVE stuck your hands into a "tar baby" with me...

you fully realize... i now see... just how badly you have screwed up here. I am DEFINATLY not one to be taken lightly... and it is good you have at least the little enough common sense in your puny mind to see this fact. the fact that i superiorly pwn you every time i respond to one of your lame posts is evidence of the fact that you are so far beneath me... that i am actually LOSING my amazing experience arguing with you...

hahahahahaha

[Q Classic]

Originally posted by AAHZ
Q,

so you see me as a "quagmire" and an "elaborate chatbot" eh? you are right to hold me in such high standings... and you definately HAVE stuck your hands into a "tar baby" with me...

you fully realize... i now see... just how badly you have screwed up here. I am DEFINATLY not one to be taken lightly... and it is good you have at least the little enough common sense in your puny mind to see this fact.

No, I'm simply framing the situation in terms that I find amusing--I have to, since our tête-à-tête is proving to be slightly... well, less than pleasurable.

I still do take you lightly. After all, what are you going to do to me, follow my posts around the forum and derail the threads?

the fact that i superiorly pwn you every time i respond to one of your lame posts is evidence of the fact that you are so far beneath me... that i am actually LOSING my amazing experience arguing with you...

hahahahahaha

Wait, didn't you say you weren't one of those BAMs?

[ZEE]

Originally posted by Q Cubed
No, I'm simply framing the situation in terms that I find amusing--I have to, since our tête-à-tête is proving to be slightly... well, less than pleasurable.

the fact that you are getting pwned into oblivion is understandable of why you are not enjoying this too much...

I still do take you lightly. After all, what are you going to do to me, follow my posts around the forum and derail the threads?

nope... i wont follow you. im not a stalker. sorry to dash your hopes

Wait, didn't you say you weren't one of those BAMs?

the very fact you are comparing me to a BAM is also understandable... as i am just THAT damn good. and you are losing THAT damn bad...

[Q Classic]

...Fez? Is that you?

[ZEE]

AHHH... the good ol DL dance again eh?

Q,

i understand why you are trying to comprehend your horrible situation into something which makes sense... just take your whooping like a man Q Cubed!

[loinburger]

For the record, if I stop posting in this thread because it's even stupider now than it was when I shat on it, then does this qualify me as a "chicken running away from a hypothetical debate," or does this instead qualify me as a "dong-king running away from a toothy vagina"? Because on the one hand it's no fun being labeled a coward, and yet on the other hand toothy vaginas are no fun at all.

[ZEE]

@ Loin

keep em comin' on strong big boy...

im glad i have had such a strong influence on which threads you post in lately. ALSO thanks for bumping this thread when it was at the bottom of the page. any publicity is good publicity they always say...

[Elok]

Originally posted by loinburger
For the record, if I stop posting in this thread because it's even stupider now than it was when I shat on it, then does this qualify me as a "chicken running away from a hypothetical debate," or does this instead qualify me as a "dong-king running away from a toothy vagina"? Because on the one hand it's no fun being labeled a coward, and yet on the other hand toothy vaginas are no fun at all.

Hey, you don't see me posting here, do ya? Oh wait, now you do.

[Asher]

So, I got Happy Feet on bluray today (I know, I know...)

Plop the disc into my PS3 and...black screen. black screen, forever. Have to reboot I guess...hopefully that fixes it.

[MikeH]

Wait... Asher has a PS3?! after however many months slagging it off?

[Asher]

Originally posted by MikeH
Wait... Asher has a PS3?! after however many months slagging it off?

I acquire all shiny toys so I can better bash the ones that deserve it.

[MikeH]

Interesting article:

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/games/archives/2007/03/29/the_playstation_3_isnt_for_games_its_for_business_the_bluray_business.html

[MikeH]

Stupid link is too long:

Today's Guardian Technology has a short piece (by me) titled "Is the PS3 a Trojan horse to help sell Blu-ray films?"
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Unlike almost all stories with a questionmark in the headline, the answer to this one is "yes".

(Apologies, the thumbnail is out of focus. Click for the full size, in-focus version.)

Now, despite the PS3 being the fastest-selling console in the UK in the history of, oh, history, by any objective estimation it's still a bloody pricey bit of kit, especially in the UK.

But here's the thing: it doesn't really need a Blu-ray drive to do its stuff. Oh, sure, "store the game.." Tell us, how big are those games really? You don't need a Blu-ray disc to store them. Else why have a teraflop processor inside?

In retrospect, it's clear that Sony took a very considered decision to make the PS3 as late as it could, as pricey as it could, in order to get the Blu-ray drive inside it. The reason: Sony can make far more money in the coming decades from Blu-ray than from the PS3. Remember, Sony owns a film studio too. Going for Blu-ray might reduce piracy. (We only said might.)

If the Xbox 360 had come with an HD DVD drive, then that format would have got the whole war settled - done and dusted. Except the Xbox360 wouldn't have sold anything like the 10 million it has; you'd be lucky if it had sold a quarter of that, because the price would have been vast.

The shot above is from a slide prepared for Sony by the research company Understanding & Solutions. It shows high-definition market growing fast in a couple of years. But it won't get there if there are two formats competing for it, or if nobody goes there because nobody has won.

I spoke last week to Matt Brown, who is a former Dreamworks executive who now works for Sony in the UK and Europe aiming to get Blu-ray sold. And he's happy. Blu-ray players now outnumber HD DVD in Europe - because of the PS3. Blu-ray players outnumber HD DVD players in North America. If you include the PS3. And that's the key. People buy HD DVD drives because they really want them; they don't buy Blu-ray drives - they find them inside their PS3, which is sold on the basis that it offers high definition. Brown was very happy: Blu-ray titles, he said, are now outselling HD DVD by 3 to 1.

(Sony's figures suggest that by the end of this year there will be 6.5m Blu-ray players in North America, vs 1.63m HD DVD players; and in Europe, nearly 4m Blu-ray players vs 55,000 HD DVD players. The gap doesn't close. Of course, that includes PS3s. I'd bet that in fact the majority will be PS3s. In Europe, it forecasts Blu-ray films and discs outselling HD DVD ones by 10 to 1 by 2009.

The news that the Xbox 360 Elite won't include an HD DVD drive means that, in my view HD DVD hasn't got a chance. It won't get the critical mass, or even a rolling start. Microsoft, which backed HD DVD, will lose.

It may be that following last Friday's launch that this means the high-definition video wars are already over. Yet the intriguing thing is that Blu-ray is the format that Bill Gates rejected because he felt it was too restrictive. So think, as you play on your shiny new PS3, how you've been a player in one of the most valuable format wars in years - and you helped decide the winner. And don't ask how you play the film on multiple TVs at once. You can't. That's the DRM. Enjoy!

[Asher]

That's so ****ing obvious, why an article on it?

But predicting an end of the "war" is stupid, especially when the author uses Sony's predictions as a basis.

Crap UK journalism strikes again.

[DrSpike]

Asher's totally unbiased posts strike again!