Grade the PS3 in it's first year of existence...

[Gamekid]

Originally Posted by Steelmaker

PROS:

1.) Very solid and reliable hardware. An excellently designed machine
packed with features that really do make it "future proof."

2.) Blu Ray playback is awesome and so far the library has been great!

3.) Very good 1st year exclusive titles such as Heavenly Sword, Uncharted,
Resistance, Warhawk, Motorstorm, Fable, and Ratchet and Clank.

4.) A decent online structure (especially to be free) and I think the XMB is a
much more elegant interface than the folder slides found on the 360.

5.) A steady stream of updates that have improved the system.

6.) Very good exclusive downloadable games such as Warhawk, Everyday
Shooter, Calling all Cars, Pain, Go Puzzle, etc.


CONS

1.) Poor multiplatform support. Games coming out late or coming out inferior
to versions on competing hardware (hopefully getting better).

2.) Important missing features on PSN such as in game XMB access, custom
soundtracks, achievements, etc.

3.) Too many game delays (almost reminds me of the N64 days).

4.) Not enough downloadable content. Need more demos, videos, etc.

5.) Was way overpriced (yes this has been rectified but I paid 600.00 for it
and early on it really hurt the system as far as public perception and
sales. I will NEVER pay that much for a system again.)

6.) Horrid tv ads and an overall lack of information to the public as to what the machine is about
(though hopefully getting better.)


Overall I would give the PS3 a B- for it's first year of existence. 3rd party support really needs to ramp up! If the PS3 versions of NCAA Football and Madden are not at least AS good as the 360 versions next year, I will be forced to go multi-platform.

Talking about the pros and cons that you posted.

Pros
1) Can't disagree with you here. Sony made an outstanding machine. No doubt about it.

2) Works as a blu-ray player. No need to buy anything extra.

3) Most of the games that have come out have shown what the ps3 can do, however I think that we have yet to see something that really uses the ps3 cell 100% and the RSX 100%, but a few games have come close to that number.

4) I can't disagree with you here even though I don't do online play. It's better then it was for the ps2. No monthly fees of any kind. No charge except to download content from the store.

5) It has taken a while, but the ps3 has been improved a lot since launch day. No doubt about that.

6) Sony has offered downloadable games for us to play. I think that both Sony and Microsoft are in the same boat here for downloadable content.

Cons
1) This is a problem. Some games were just left over scraps from the 360 but keep in mind that the 360 was first.

2) There have been missing features not only for the PSN, but also for the ps3 such as lack of co op mode and with the exception of smackdown, no support for 7 players.

3) Game delays are something that we'll always have, but think of what would happen if the game hadn't been delayed in the first place. Would it have done as well.

4) Hopefully we'll have more downloadable content soon.

5) I think that the price was more of a debate. Ask yourself this, would you have paid $400 for an xbox 360, have it break on you and then have to send it in for repair, only to have the next one break on you, until you get a third one that doesn't break or get a ps3 and never have to think about the machine breaking? I think of it like this, "It's not what you pay for something, but what you get for the price."

6) I think that a lot of people out there wanted the ps3 to flop and the 360 to rule because the ps3 is based on blu-ray and this one factor alone took months to get up to speed to a point where it would get more popular. We'll find out what happens next year for sony and the ps3.
Justin