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Sony is angry. Microsoft originally promised to play nicely and not use their online service for downloading movies and TV shows. But on its 1st US birthday it launches a whole host of downloadable entertainment including South Park, CSI and a load of movies.
So Sony, being Sony, bite back. Dave Karraker snarls "PlayStation 3's content is designed for everyone to enjoy right out of the box, no matter which configuration you purchase...We would never shut anyone out of the entertainment experience because they didn't have the money to buy the top of the line system..."
Sour grapes? Not that Sony would ever use a cut down version of anyone else's ideas in their system of course...
That Bill Gates bloke decides to hit back by saying "You know, Sony can make 80,000 bricks, and people would buy them." So, not a great one for an insult, methinks...
So Sony, being Sony, bite back. Dave Karraker snarls "PlayStation 3's content is designed for everyone to enjoy right out of the box, no matter which configuration you purchase...We would never shut anyone out of the entertainment experience because they didn't have the money to buy the top of the line system..."
Sour grapes? Not that Sony would ever use a cut down version of anyone else's ideas in their system of course...
That Bill Gates bloke decides to hit back by saying "You know, Sony can make 80,000 bricks, and people would buy them." So, not a great one for an insult, methinks...
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FantasyMeister wrote:
> XBox Live is basically what the PS2 could have been in
> terms of online gaming, but Sony blew their chance by not
> listening or not implementing what gamers have been telling them
> for the last 5 years.
Yep, I did manage to play the PS2 online briefly, the experience was terrible though. Especially after playing on Live. Sony really messed up there and I hope they've learnt their lesson. Havent heard much about what the PS3 is like online though.
> XBox Live is basically what the PS2 could have been in
> terms of online gaming, but Sony blew their chance by not
> listening or not implementing what gamers have been telling them
> for the last 5 years.
Yep, I did manage to play the PS2 online briefly, the experience was terrible though. Especially after playing on Live. Sony really messed up there and I hope they've learnt their lesson. Havent heard much about what the PS3 is like online though.
Dunno, don't really care to be honest.
Your Dringo generalisation comment was pretty funny. What did he put before the edit?
Oh noes I'm ignored.
No-one can deny that the PS2 was a great console. PS3 could have been brilliant.
Machie wrote:
> It's like I'm in a completely different universe. Not long ago
> you were all Sony fans, the PS2 was the best console out there.
> Now with the PS3, it's suddenly become the worse console ever,
> everyone hates it.
Personally speaking, after 3 PS2's (and the third one is giving me disc read errors), SOCOM bugs and the unwieldly Central Station I got fed up and moved to XBox, then XBox360, and never looked back. I think my only regret is I might not get to play FFXIII, but on the plus side by the time it comes out there should be enough equivalents in the genre in Microsoft's stable.
XBox Live is basically what the PS2 could have been in terms of online gaming, but Sony blew their chance by not listening or not implementing what gamers have been telling them for the last 5 years.
Maybe they'll get it right for the PS3 but I'm not willing to spend a monkey to find out they haven't, nor do I wish to go through another 3 years of "Yeah, it's glitchy, we'll patch it later" when it comes to buying new games and finding out they have problems online, which particularly hurts when you take into account that most of the online problems were reported dutifully during beta testing.
If I had to sum up Sony in one word it would be a tossup between 'arrogant' or 'complacent'.
> It's like I'm in a completely different universe. Not long ago
> you were all Sony fans, the PS2 was the best console out there.
> Now with the PS3, it's suddenly become the worse console ever,
> everyone hates it.
Personally speaking, after 3 PS2's (and the third one is giving me disc read errors), SOCOM bugs and the unwieldly Central Station I got fed up and moved to XBox, then XBox360, and never looked back. I think my only regret is I might not get to play FFXIII, but on the plus side by the time it comes out there should be enough equivalents in the genre in Microsoft's stable.
XBox Live is basically what the PS2 could have been in terms of online gaming, but Sony blew their chance by not listening or not implementing what gamers have been telling them for the last 5 years.
Maybe they'll get it right for the PS3 but I'm not willing to spend a monkey to find out they haven't, nor do I wish to go through another 3 years of "Yeah, it's glitchy, we'll patch it later" when it comes to buying new games and finding out they have problems online, which particularly hurts when you take into account that most of the online problems were reported dutifully during beta testing.
If I had to sum up Sony in one word it would be a tossup between 'arrogant' or 'complacent'.
I reckon Nintendo wii may come second after the 360.
The PS3 will still be big, there are enough fans to see to that. But it won't necessarily be enough to see it beat the other 2 systems. Japan will ne Sony's main territory, but even that is threatened by Nintendo.
It really remains to be seen if the Wii can keep up the momentum without the graphics, ie: a year on, will the Wii Remote be enough?
It really remains to be seen if the Wii can keep up the momentum without the graphics, ie: a year on, will the Wii Remote be enough?
oops better edit that out it is a family forum afterall :D I'll just put him on ignore for now.
We weren't all Sony fans...
You're as bad as Dringo for ignorant generalisation.
You're as bad as Dringo for ignorant generalisation.
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