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Re: Sony unveils Playstation 2
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Tue, 9 Mar 1999 17:15:08 GMT
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cjc@&Spamcake&newsguy.com
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Adam Yulish <bwappo@ee.net> wrote:
> It used to flip-flop back and forth ever since the Atari days, but with
> the advent of the 3D accelerator, I'm inclined to agree. No console will
> ever catch up to a computer again, technology wise. Of course, if the
> PSX will do HDTV, and has USB and firewire ports along with a PCMCIA
> slot, the $400 max pricetag vs. the $1500 computer may be a very
> interesting issue.
Yeah, but you don't HAVE to spend $1500 to get a computer that will
play games better than any console anymore, especially when you remove
the price of the monitor (which you should, since you can't play a
console without a tv).
I built my Celeron 300a/450 with 128mb for $519. That didn't include
HD or CD since I had extras of those, but even figuring in another
$250 for those (more than you'd have to spend to get 5 gigs and a
decent cd, which is what I have in that machine) you're barely pushing
$800.
Still a lot more than $400, though. Although decent little eMachines
can be had for $400.
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| (...) Granted, "not anymore". When the playstation came out, a voodoo card alone was half the cost of a playstation, never mind CPU prices. Now, the cost of a playstation-level computer is under $400. Same thing will happen when the Dreamcast and (...) (26 years ago, 10-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) Actually, I think this point is still up for contention over at Sony, because Sony doesn't want to drop the prices on all of its DVD[-only] machines. I'm guessing they'll still go through with it (making PSX2 do DVD), because DVD just isn't (...) (26 years ago, 9-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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