Larry Qualig wrote:
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> > Report: PS3 will take lead in console wars
> >
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> > | A new study on Sony by Dublin-based firm Research and Markets spends
> > | some time predicting the success of the PlayStation 3 console, which
> > | it says will outsell the Microsoft Xbox 360 and the Nintendo Wii.
> > | The report says there will be 75 million PS3s sold by 2010, leading
> > | the 360 and Wii, although the report does not offer sales predictions
> > | for those two consoles.
> > `----
> >
> > http://www.fiercegamebiz.com/story/report-ps3-will-take-lead-in-console-wars/2007-01-02
> >
> > Just imagine 75 million living rooms running PS3 Linux within 3 years. And
> > that's PS3 /alone/... PS3 Linux is free.
>
> Your imagination is the only place this will happen. There are about
> 110 million PS2 consoles out there with Linux available for the PS2.
> How many of these PS2s run Linux and why will it be any different for
> the PS3?
>
> Get it through your head... this is a GAMING CONSOLE and the vast
> majority of people who buy one only want to play games on it. If they
> wanted something to check email and surf the web they would buy a PC
> which is much cheaper (and faster) than a PS3.
It is not cheaper for comparable specs. Even the blue ray player alone
is expensive for now, and you would still have to add a rather
expensive video card to the cheap PC to have anything comparable. But
that assumes you go with the cheap full size PC. The small form factor
setups are usually more expensive still.
That said, most people will only use them as game consoles and DVD
players. Sad, but true.
Dean G.
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