1 Dec
1999
1 Dec
'99
5:22 a.m.
As for PC's eating into PS2 sales, don't hold
your breath. When you can
buy a PC with a 128-bit reconfigurable integer CPU with 10 floating point
units organized into two vector processors, synchronous rambus, a dedicated
rendering engine, ethernet, 56K modem, DVD drive and sound for $300
(they also throw a PS1 chipset into the box, since the PS2 chipset
cannot run PS1 code) then SCE will find themselves in the same position
they were in 12 months ago. But then I'd expect the PS3 to be in the
works by then ;-)
--
Chris Kennedy
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http://www.mainecoon.com
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The Playstation has another added benifit. You buy it, and you buy the
games. Sure you might buy some additional controllers, but there really
aren't any upgrades. The Playstation I bought two years ago plays todays
games. How many of todays games does that PC bought two years ago play
well?
Of course neither platform really has any good US-Soviet land based
Strategy games, though that should change very soon. Which reminds me,
gotta go check on TacOps...
Zane
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