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Wii/PS3 taking on the Internet: performance results |
Listed in: PS3, Wii Tags: Amazon, GMail, Google Maps, Opera Software, YouTube
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With the release version of Opera for the Wii out, Games-Digest wanted to do a side-by-side between that and the PS3's built-in web browser. The short version of their findings is that when it comes to surfing the Web 2.0 hallmarks, the Wii does have a slight edge compared to the PS3 in some cases (it is Opera, after all), but things can, after all, change with an update.
The more concrete results:
- Games-Digest found that Google Maps and Bloglines, for example, "didn't work at all on the PS3 browser." On the other hand, a comment to that article charged that is is possible to do Bloglines ("hold down the X button on a news link and the RSS feed will open in a new window").
- The PS3 browser does have some issues formatting certain sites, or that browsing on some sites is less smooth or incomplete (e.g., Digg, Last.fm, MySpace). Both browsers also have browsing hitches with other certain sites (del.icio.us and Vox being examples, as well as Gmail).
- The PS3 seems to hold the advantage in uploading photos "and (possibly) video" vs. the Wii (Flickr).
- Both browsers performed equally well on other sites (Twitter, YouTube, eBay and Amazon).
Besides, this is just one comparison. People will need repeated tests to get definite results.
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Oh noes! Nintendo is making money off their system! What jerks! Now what kind of thinking is that? Excuse me, but I believe we live in a capitalistic country here. The whole point of making ANYTHING is to make a profit. If it weren't, then why do it to begin with?
And besides, Nintendo IS giving the browser away, just for a limited time. The point? DOWNLOAD IT NOW, if you want it!
And who's really gonna sit around using their PS3 or Wii as their main internet browsing machine? Seriously? Of course Mozilla/Firefox is the way to go, but don't compare console browsers to PC ones when their purposes are slightly different (quick/convenient vs. everything else).
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Concerning Sony's market strategy, this is not new:
they used the same strategy for ps2 and it really worked, no matter if they're losing money by now they'll be selling more consoles. Besides quantity is always a decisive factor when it comes to total amount of money received.
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The PS3 is 600 dollars. That's ridiculous.
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Idiot.
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they sell it for $600
238$ dollars of debt or loss on each console that means sony need money back on games, well How many games do they need to sell to come even on production costs to make and publish the game around 20mil-10mil then they need a overall profit so how much profit of each game do they get maybe $10 dollars for the licence so umm to make a profit everyone with a ps3 must buy 20 games+ and they%u2019ll cut even, and after a few years they will get profits
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