A lot of people don’t realize this, but the same thing applied at an even greater scale with PS3’s Blu-Ray player.
At the time, Blu-Ray players cost $1000 while the PS3 launched at $500 or $600. Sony was legit doing everyone a solid, and they got shat on for it.
It’s so sad how the xbox 360 won that gen, considering it was the more expensive console when you factor in paying for 2nd internet. Then it ended up normalizing the trend of 2nd internet, lol.
Needless to say, I stopped buying consoles at the PS4 era. Thank god emulation is great, PC hardware is cheap, and many console exclusives are getting PC releases anyways.
highenergyphysics@lemmy.world 8 months ago
The early model PS3 had a literal PS2 crammed inside of it for the sole purpose of backwards comparability which was fascinating. The death of physical media (blu ray) and high price kind of caused it to flop that generation. Look who’s laughing now though!
frezik@midwest.social 8 months ago
PS3 still outsold the XB360 globally, barely. 87M vs 85M. That was also the generation Nintendo decided to take its ball and play by itself with the Wii. Microsoft had its own fuckup with the red ring of death. PS3 wasn’t a total flop, though certainly not as dominant as it has been against Microsoft before or since.
Cort@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Plus the whole ps3 Linux controversy, that likely hurt sales to
Blackmist@feddit.uk 8 months ago
Doubt it.
Aatube@kbin.social 8 months ago
I'm pretty sure the PS3 flopped because of its new architecture most developer just cheaped out on, resulting in most 3rd-party game having significantly less graphical quality on PS than other consoles.