I really want the PS3 to succeed. Well, kind of. It's fun to do a bit of Sony-bashing occasionally, but my PS2 has given me so much fun over the years, and I love my PSP to bits.
But the PS3... It only it was cheaper. You know, something that I could afford. Something that any of my friends could afford. 500 quid ($950!) for the console and a game and a SCART cable is just bloody stupid.
And it seems like most folks here are of the same opinion. Three weeks 'till the UK launch and there's NO excitement at all. All shops are still taking pre-orders and seem to be trying hard to get anyone to order it. I passed HMV earlier and there was a guy stood with a table with lots of photos of games and magazine articles (but NO demo machine - in fact, I have not seen ONE demo machine ANYWHERE!). He was approaching people in the shop asking them if they would like to order a PS3. Didn't seem to be many takers... One guy expressed an interest, but didn't like the sound of the £100 deposit, but the sales guy said that'd he'd happily take a 50 quid deposit instead. Damn - is it really that hard to get people to buy one? I guess so...
How pitiful will it be if there are unsold stocks of a new console on launch day? Sigh. I really want it to do well, but Sony don't seem to be doing themselves many favours...
