Official Playstation Magazine Editor To Buy 360, Not PS3
OPM editor Dana Jongewaard recently stated on her blog why she intends to get a 360 instead of a PS3 first this November. Contrary to what most people may think, magazine editors usually do not receive free hardware for their own personal use. This means that even people like Dana Jongewaard need to make their decisions like every ordinary gamer. And as far as it goes for Dana, she’s all set for a 360 purchase.
Not because she finds “the concept of a $600 console insulting”, higher launch prices are, in Jongewaard’s opinion, inevitable – but simply because it’s hard “to justify shelling out that kind of money” when she can get a competitor’s console for half the price. Of course, the PS3’s going to get the big exclusive blockbusters sooner or later – MGS4, FFXIII – but certainly not too soon after launch, at least according to her.
Another big reason for Jongewaard: Her modest demands for audio-visual quality. She doesn’t care for BluRay, still having “a crummy 12-year-old 21-inch very-non-hi-def TV” at home. “I don’t care if it’s mono, stereo, 5.1, 7.1–I really don’t care how high-res the picture is, (…) as long as it has color and is free from static, I’m good to go.”
Of course, it’s not like Dana Jongewaard doesn’t want a PS3 – but for her, $600 is simply not worth it yet. And with the PS3 in her office instead, it’s not like she’ll be missing out on all the fun – you could just say she’s getting the best of both worlds…
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OPM editor Dana Jongewaard recently stated on her blog why she intends to get a 360 instead of a PS3 first this November. Contrary to what most people may think, magazine editors usually do not receive free hardware for their own personal use. This means that even people like Dana Jongewaard need to make their decisions like every ordinary gamer. And as far as it goes for Dana, she’s all set for a 360 purchase.
Not because she finds “the concept of a $600 console insulting”, higher launch prices are, in Jongewaard’s opinion, inevitable – but simply because it’s hard “to justify shelling out that kind of money” when she can get a competitor’s console for half the price. Of course, the PS3’s going to get the big exclusive blockbusters sooner or later – MGS4, FFXIII – but certainly not too soon after launch, at least according to her.
Another big reason for Jongewaard: Her modest demands for audio-visual quality. She doesn’t care for BluRay, still having “a crummy 12-year-old 21-inch very-non-hi-def TV” at home. “I don’t care if it’s mono, stereo, 5.1, 7.1–I really don’t care how high-res the picture is, (…) as long as it has color and is free from static, I’m good to go.”
Of course, it’s not like Dana Jongewaard doesn’t want a PS3 – but for her, $600 is simply not worth it yet. And with the PS3 in her office instead, it’s not like she’ll be missing out on all the fun – you could just say she’s getting the best of both worlds…
Via 1UP
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