Console Manufacturing

People whine about wanting PS2 BC, but they choose not to buy the machines with PS2 BC. Most won’t even purchase a PS2 game but I guess they want that option. Which is fitting because people always want what they won’t use. It is getting annoying. There are 120+ million PS2’s out there but for some reason no one owns any. When I picked up the PS3, I didn’t care about PS2 BC because I had a PS2. I have NO PROBLEM keeping the PS2 hooked up if I ever needed to use it. Oh but the space. Well, I have a 1080p Up-scaling DVD player, the PS3 is great at playing movies so, I could always just swap those two items out. I will get better playability on the PS2 than I would on the PS3, but then you will have people start crying about wanting their games up-scaled.

Listen, you asked that your console make you bacon, it does, you bitch about the price. You ask Sony to fix the price, they did, you bitched. You tell Sony you want PS2 BC, they offer it, you bitch. There are 2 PS3 SKU’s people. One with and without PS2 BC. PS2’s are priced at $129.99 and are rumored to drop to $99. They are the slim models with built-in power supply and are TINY! I guess no matter what, people will always bitch, they just like to find something new to complain about when the previous complaint is resolved…

Which reminds me. IBM plans to switch over to 45nm Cell architecture pretty soon. When thinking about the PS2 and where it is at now in its life, I am reminded that Sony is incredible with its hardware manufacturing. Seeing that they made a profit in 07 and that they are now breaking profit on the PS3, it is just crazy. I will compare the PS3 to the 360 for a bit:

360 Manufacturing

• 05-released
• 06-err
• 07-65nm
• 08-45nm???

PS3 Manufacturing

• 06-released
• 07-65nm
• 08-45nm???

Now, I cannot remember what the processor shrink is for, cpu or gpu, so I won’t say. I just find it very interesting to say the least. Of course I am talking out my ass so I could very well be off on everything…well not everything but I don’t feel like researching the details right now. I was just impressed with what I have seen thus far in Sony’s manufacturing process.

~ by tirminyl on February 12, 2008.