IGN picks PS3 as best new console of 2006
Blake Snow over at Joystiq has offered a rather interesting take (which I'm sure some of you agree with) on IGN's choice of the PS3 for best new console of 2006. Here's what he had to say about it:
Hell froze over. We've got some positive Sony news today. IGN has
picked the PS3 as the best new console of 2006 despite its lackluster
launch and widespread criticism. Even though there were only two new
consoles to choose from and despite its lack of games, IGN says the PS3
wins the best console award on potential alone:
"Judging the
consoles based upon a broad perspective that includes software now
available and coming in the future an entirely different argument could
be formulated. However, from a hardware perspective, the PS3 is by far
the more interesting console. Though the launch software hasn't blown
anyone away, the 360's launch titles were equally unimpressive, and the
system will certainly mature. Sony's embrace of the PS3 as a computer
rather than just a console, and the availability of supported Linux
distributions for the console will also develop and will likely bear
entirely unexpected fruit in future."
It's refreshing to
see someone play Devil's Advocate, but that reads like IGN's best new
computer award, not best console award. Hardware, Linux distros ...
sounds exciting! Anyone else stoked for the PS3's future potential?
Blake Snow
January 16, 2007
Read the IGN article here...Source:
Joystiq