Re:Does anyone think the rumors scared SONY? (Score 1)

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Hype does sell units. Let's face it, most people are sheep and gamers are no different. There are so many 'tech jockies' out there who buy stuff just because they buy into the hype. If you remember an earlier /. post you'll recall that ps2 released only half as many units as they had intially planned. That'll drive up the price. Hmm, Sony doesn't seem to care if there buyers get screwed cause they couldn't find manufacturers or push back the release date.

Now what I think is funny is that most people see Nintendo as a minor player in the consol race where the only two competitors are Sony and Microsoft. Looking from a purly technological standpoint, Nintendo's new system, N cube, poses as some serious competion. I could sit here and rattle some specs off and compare the three systems, but I'll leave that to the /. audiance to do. I wont even touch on the issue over the ease of programming for the three systems. I like Nintendo's view of simply making a game consol, not a dvd player or a home computer. Why make a system thats a jack of all traits, but a master of none?

I just have a real issue with both Sony and Microsoft trying to make these all-in-one units. By doing this they can control both the hardware and software. For some reason they see computing going towards these set-top boxes. I like the idea of being able to make my own system. What do you call a company that controls both the supply of a product and the demands it causes? A Trust. Now that's a real problem....
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