onsdag den 19. september 2012

Ny Playstation3

Sony kunne her til morgen bombardere Facebook og andre sociale medier med billeder af den nye Playstation3. Designet har fået en overhaling, og konsollen er blevet mindre og lettere. Harddisken er kommet op på 500gb, og alt dette lyder fint på papiret, men spørgsmålet er: Hvad tænker Sony på?


Hvorfor blive ved med at udgive nye og opdaterede udgaver af den samme konsol? Mindre og lettere? Har vi virkelig brug for det? En bruger på Facebook bemærkede i denne sammenhæng, at han ikke just vader rundt med sin konsol under armen så ofte, så dens størrelse har ikke den store påvirkning på hans hverdag. Den er heller ikke blevet voldsomt billigere, så skal vi skifte vores "PS3-second model" ud med PS3-third model" pga. størrelsen på harddisken? Det er det eneste, som giver mening. Men her er tricket: Min PS3 bliver næppe skiftet ud med en, som ikke tilbyder bemærkelsesværdige ændringer andet end større harddisk og mindre design. Min kører med en 250gb. harddisk og har ikke rørt sig i måneder. Personligt ligner dette et forsøg fra Sonys side at holde liv i en konsol, som i allerhøjeste grad ikke har haft det nemt sidens dens oprindelige udgivelse. PS3 er en fin maskine, men nu er det på tide, at vi ser noget nyt. Det gælder også for Microsoft! Bring os PS4 og Xbox720! Vi orker ikke at se flere udgaver af samme konsoller. Det er ved at blive en vittighed. En ringe vittighed.

Men har man brug for en ny PS3, som ligeledes tilbyder en større harddisk, så kan man lige så godt købe den nye, da den faktisk allerede udkommer inden for en måned. Jeg har på fornemmelsen, at Sony ikke ligefrem fik den reaktion, som de havde forventet med den nye konsol. Og det er kun forståeligt. Men nedenfor kan du tjekke bæstet ud og se, om den er det værd. Den kommer næppe på min hylde. Men jeg må indrømme, at den har et ret lækkert design.



English version:

Sony hit Facebook and other social media platforms hard with images of the new PS3 model. The design got an overhaul and the console is now lighter and smaller. The hard drive has reached 500gb. and all of this is very nice on paper but the real question is: what is Sony thinking?


Why do they continue to make new and supposedly upgraded versions of the same, old console? Smaller and lighter? Do we really need that? A Facebook user noted that he doesn't exactly travel with his PS3 that often so a lighter and smaller model won't change his day to day life. It hasn't gotten notably cheaper either so are we supposed to change our PS3-second model with the PS3-third model just because of the hard drive? That's the only thing that makes sense. But here's the thing: I probably won't be making that change. The new model, in my oppinion, doesn't offer anything notably new. Mine is the second model and has a 250gb. hard drive and I don't have any problems with its size. Personally I think that this looks more like Sony trying to breathe life into a console that hasn't had it easy since its original release. The PS3 is a nice piece of hardware but it's had its rather troublesome run and now it's time to see something new. And that goes for Microsoft as well! Stop releasing updated versions of old consoles. Bring out the PS4 and the Xbox720! This has become a joke. A bad joke, sadly.

But if you're in need of a new PS3 or just want to buy one then you should wait for the new one as it will be available within a month. I get the feeling that Sony didn't receive the reaction that they had hoped for when they revealed the new PS3. And that is only understandable. You can check it out above and see if it will find its way to your home when it's released. It will hardly reach my door step. But I have to admit that it does have a pretty cool looking design.

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