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http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,998343,00.html
还记得这些PS2首发时的种种么？ 
Time magazine, Monday, Oct. 30, 2000
Even before this Thursday's official launch, Sony has lost goodwill, not to mention sales, for PlayStation2 with its glitchy product rollout. The company's recent announcement that it was cutting the number of PS2s available on launch day by 50% was a cruel blow to parents who had promised Junior one of the first units. And it is a headache for the 20,000 retailers selling PS2s--many of which began taking orders six months ago. The stores are bracing for hordes of irate customers."There will be people lined up in front of the doors," sighs Dan DeMatteo, president of Babbage's Etc., the nation's largest specialty video-games retailer. Babbage's has prepaid orders from five times as many customers as it will have units for this week.
PS2: 北美首发数量减半, 商家接受的预约数量大大超过实际拿到的数量~
PS3: 首发数量大减, GS/EB的PS3入货量少于预期
But many of the most eagerly anticipated titles, like Metal Gear Solid 2 ....won't be available until spring at the earliest.
PS2: 许多大作没有首发, 起码要到第2年春天
PS3: 没有大作护航, 最快也要到明年春天
The early word on the playing experience--outside of Sony's launch party--is not particularly enthusiastic. "There is nothing on the PS2 that I've seen that gave me that jaw-dropping feeling I got with the Sega Dreamcast last year," says Dan Clark, 29, CEO of a New Hampshire credit union and an active gamer. Madden NFL 2001 is good, he says, but no better than games currently available on Dreamcast.
PS2: 首发游戏跟DC比并没有惊人之处
PS3: 首发游戏跟XO比并没有优势, 甚至略逊一筹
Part of the reason for the underwhelming array of games, gamemakers say, is that PS2 is hard to program for. "The PS2 is definitely more powerful than Dreamcast," says John Carmack, the multimillionaire, ponytailed master gamer behind legendary shooters like Doom and Quake. "But it's less convenient to extract performance from it."
"The PlayStation2 doesn't live up to Sony's hype," says Carmack. "It's just a next-generation machine, and they were acting like they'd invented the steam engine."
PS2: John Carmack说: PS2理论上比DC强, 但是开发环境没有DC方便
PS3: John Carmack说: PS3理论上比XO强, 但是开发环境没有XO方便
The potential to monetize all this fun is also growing. The money isn't in the hardware--Sony is losing about $100 on every PS2 it sells.
PS2: 每卖一台就损失大约$100
PS3: 每卖一台就损失大约$200
But the biggest prize of all lies in turning gaming consoles into broad-ranging entertainment centers. Sony acknowledges this future by calling PS2 not a game console but a "computer entertainment system." And Sony, with its wealth of consumer-electronics devices and enormous movie and music businesses, may have the most to gain by branching out. Count on it to use PlayStation2 in the future as a platform for an array of synergistic nongaming applications, from editing digital movies made on Sony camcorders to downloading Sony-brand music and music videos.
PS2: Sony没有把PS2单单定位为一个游戏机, 而是computer entertainment system
PS3: Sony没有把PS3单单定位为一个游戏机, 而是可以代替电脑, 蓝光播放, 模拟地球, 治疗癌症 
There will no doubt be more griping this week, as gamers weigh the glitz of the PlayStation2 rollout with the reality of the gaming experience. "The PlayStation2 doesn't live up to Sony's hype," says Carmack. "It's just a next-generation machine, and they were acting like they'd invented the steam engine."
PS2: 没有达到Sony预期的高度, 那只是一台次时代机器
PS3: 没有达到Sony预期的高度, 而且在A9每天接受新闻轰炸 
最后...
But most gamers remain bullish on PlayStation2 and Sony. "In the fullness of time, PlayStation2 will still be the primary console out there," says Jeremy Schwartz, a games analyst at Forrester Research. Which may not be terrible news for Microsoft, Sega and Nintendo. The way it's growing, this may be one category that's rich enough for many players to win big.
PS2: 最终还是会成为王者
PS3: 同样不好的开始, 同样最后的胜利者？  . |
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