PS3 with good commercial's? whats going on?

lol that was pretty good.... and nice job sony keep these adverts going.. show what this baby can do!

bring on the ps3 ads. this will make the movie buffs come pouring in. good job sony. keep em coming

This brings up a few more PSN problems. Movies don't always have the rent feature(a lot actually).

Also the Video store gets update M-F unlike the Game store which only gets updated on THU. I think we all know why, they actually make money off of the Video store.

PS. I'm tired of the afternoon store updates, 2 years and they still don't update during the early morning.

I need more hard drive space quick! XD!

Seriously nice :).

the 1st day it launched, where was this person yet alone their brain? lol

It has been one of the best investments I have made on an electronic, for everything the PS3 does and offer, I couldnt be happier. Sony does need to give consumers more information about what the PS3 can do and how it will entertain the whole family from young children to adults.

I seem this commercial while watching my team lose yet again. I couldn't understand who the commerical was geared towards. Before you guys disagree, how did that commercial help sell PS3's? I seriously doubt anyone is going to ee that and rush out and buy a $400 PS3. My cable box does the same thing with it's on demand feature. I actually used the box to watch the commercial. I liked the last commercial with the buildings and the in game cars jumping onto the passing cars on the street. It was creative, but didn't give a compelling reason to buy a PS3. Still the best one yet.

If I were Sony I would create a commercial that showed the many things the PS3 is capable of in the same 60 second spot. Start with Blu-Ray movies, show some actually in game footage and then throw in a spot for the PSN, but show these surrounding a PS3. Sony needs to show the value of the PS3 and justify the $399 cost.

-Death

Tell me something I didn't already know...

PS3: Jack of all trades, master of none...

As a blu-ray player it's not as intuitive and easy to use as a stand alone where anyone can just press play.

As a game console, too expensive for the average gamer... and suffer from having the worst 3rd party games... not to mention mandatory installs.

As a Linux computer... it does well.. but the lacks the ability to access the video card... so it can be used for games...

well if your saying that cause sony has movies available for download. then you need to take a second look at the netflix feature on the 360. why is it that sony has an identity crisis and not the 360. why does the 360 need movies on it. oh ok 360 has an lacking identity also. its a movie system. but wait isnt it supposed to be a gaming system? haaa you got me there boy.

199 no hardrive 360
299 hdd included 360 + 50$ live
399 ps3 40 gigs
how much is an elite again?
how much would a ps3 cost with no hardrive?

am i missing something? is a 50$ difference that big of a deal to you guys?

If Sony can't do well in the video game market, then start broadening the audience and advertise the PS3 as Media center!! That way Sony doesn't have to admit their gaming functions suck compared to the 360's unified structure, and at the same time: Sony can cover that nonsense up and avert people's attention to the finer things about PS3: namely the Media Center functions, which I think IMO is the best of this gen.

PS3's bar-none when it comes to media-center functions. Kind of a middle finger to the strict-PS3 gamers whom only care about the games. I can imagine how some PS3 gamers are feeling when they see Sony focusing more on useless features than the games that they care for the most. I personally think Sony needs to focus on the games first, then media second.

PS3-Gamer: Hey, we want mandatory support Trophies, Custom-Soundtracks, Youtube Support, Screencap support, Cross-game invites, private parties, and being able to send voice messages. It would make our gaming experiences better.

Sony: We don't care about you guys because we can't compete with Microsoft, therefore in order to protect our reputation we're going to start looking at other markets to advertise the PS3 so that it doesn't look like we suck that much at video games if we got a rockin' media center market!

PS3-Gamer: So what? You don't care about us now? You just gonna give us the finger? What about the sloppy PS3-Ports, and the absence of a unified online structure like Xbox Live? You know how much of a pain it is to get a private party going in Resistance 2 compared to Xbox Live?

Sony: We know that we don't have as great as a structure like Microsoft, but we're going to sweep all that under the rug, so that we don't look so bad. It sucks that you guys are getting shafted, but what can we do? Microsoft patents all their stuff so we can't copy it directly: and we don't got the resources to circumvent that patent. So we just gotta work with what we got to prevent our sales from slumping any further. So here we are.

PS3-Gamer: You guys just aren't trying hard enough!

Sony: Not trying hard enough? You have any idea how much it cost to get Killzone 2 to the level that it is? We're going all the way on that game!

PS3-Gamer: I bet that Killzone 2 won't have Custom Soundtrack support, screencap support, Youtube Support, Cross-Game invite support from Home, or Private Parties!

Sony: $10 says we might get some of it.

PS3-Gamer: No need to bet, it's already been proven that 90% of PS3 games don't support your promised functions, and the 10% are a crippled mess of inconsistencies with some games supporting Trophies and Custom Soundtracks, yet other games only support Trophies and Youtube Support. WTF Sony?

Sony: So....$10 right?

PS3-Gamer: **** you guys man, I'm going over the 360.

Sony: Hope it doesn't RRoD on you!

*Former* PS3-Gamer: It's alot better than the trash I'm being given with PS3. You guys need to refocus your priorities. I'll be back in about 1-2 years and I might buy a PS3 again when you guys get your act together and start putting the games first, and everything second.

Sony: You'll be waiting for some time. Meanwhile that $10 bet is going to collect interest when you LOSE. We're going to bring in the big-guns with Killzone 2.

/end scene. (I know, I have some time on my hands)

I'm glad that they're segmenting the product's functionality into individual ads. It's cleaner, and allows for more information to be conveyed.

Why can't we have these kind of Ads (any kind would do tbh) in the EU. :(

when will the eu have movie downloads? i want it..... now. Jebus!!!

thats what i told my parents. i told them it's a movie player, mp3 player, photo viewer and internet browser. then i added.. "well... it plays games too." q:

Now that Jim Ryan is gone just need to remove Herman Hulst from his position! And maybe give Shuhei the position he deserved.

This gen hasn't been the best for games, last gen consoles are still out there and now there's been talk of the PS6 and Xbox Two for a year or so. Many games this gen will be ported to next gen and the cycle will continue. The re-release of the Neo Geo AES+, games on cartridge for £70 ($95), gaming is going back in time. Gaming has gone pricing mad with the high cost of games, consoles and controllers. The men and women at the top are clueless.

It’s always interesting to hear behind-the-scenes stories like this, especially involving veterans like Shuhei Yoshida and leadership figures like Jim Ryan. That said, there are usually multiple sides to decisions at that level. It could be less about not “listening” and more about differences in long-term vision for PlayStation. Yoshida played a huge role in shaping the brand, so whatever the reason, his impact is undeniable.

If true, and I'm inclined to believe it is, it goes to show that Sony lost their way when they became more western/didn't respect the PlayStation origin story. Andrew House and Jack Tretton did great work, but they also didn't try to fundamentally change the PlayStation DNA. Ryan oversaw the death of Japan Studio and a live service direction.

I already figured this, good lord imagine if Shuhei took over instead, would've been a platinum era 😩

I miss the first three generations of PlayStation. The way they turned PS3 around, we knew they meant business. We were all worried for a bit there around launch. Eventually from 2008 they started shifting slowly. But since Yoshida was fired, it's never been the same. Still enjoy my PS5 daily. I got a backlog dating back to PS2 lol So I'm fine but new games aren't as appealing anymore.

It seems like we were thrown on to the worst timeline possible where everything is too expensive and the wrong people were put in positions that makes the world a shitty place. We could have had Shu as the head of PS but we got the shitty alternative. Same goes for everyone in power around the world. Doesn’t matter the company or country the majority of us got the shitty picks and the world is declining like never before. I do think PS can come out of this because of their studios, talent and IP but they need someone more in touch with gamers leading things like Shu was. They’re still the best place for console gaming imo but it could be much better than it is especially without the massive live service failures. The rest of the world I have a lot less hope for right now. Hopefully the pendulum swings back towards the good ole days but I’m preparing for the worst.

There goes illuminati distraction story

So now there's certifiable proof that Ryan was in fact "fired", as opposed to when it was first announced that he "retired", in order to save face.

There's another guy who recently "retired" as CEO of another large gaming company, after doing a dismantling job as lead for well over a decade.

seems legit, the business man, fires the one who has ideas to move the business forward.

Jim Ryan is the reason why we are entering year 6 since the PS5 launch and many of us don't feel like the PS5 has gotten started as yet.

I hope going forward, we will see a return to form.