The 10 Reasons that Sony messed up with the PS3

[jdnation]

10 - I kinda like the SPider-Man font and I don't have the same problem... it's no more distracting than the Sony logo on my PSP... honestly this first one is just too stupid.


9 - This was definately a bad point, but rumble is returning, and hopefully a more advanced force feedback that blows away rumble as we knew it thanks to Immersion's technology coupled with SIXAXIS tilt sensitivity.


8 - I've gotta greee, it would've been nice if Sony included these.


7 - Agreed, but what did you expect Sony to do? Bomb Nintendo HQ? The only thing they can do is act like it's not a big deal...


6 - Err all they did was reiterate what a good deal in price the PS3 is, which is true... that's not putting down the customer. COmpanies jsut can't give in to every customer demand for a lower price. Go complain to Apple how expensive the iPhone is (costs as much as a PS3) and how unfair that is... Also that whole 'cheap' comment is misinterpreted. America is a 'cheap' country becuase compared to Europe the cost of living and standard minimum wage compared and currency exchange makes the US a country of people who demand low prices on EVERYTHING! Which is why Wal Mart is very successful. In EUrope and other places, high prices aren't that big a deal as people tend to earn more.

5 - I must agree, it'd be simpler to have one version. If they want to update it then do so later and phase out the otehr version. Still, the customer can't complain about being offerred a choice thoguh it would make the decisions simpler.


4 - If there was no online plan then how come Resistence, a launch game allowed people to play 40 player online matches with no lag just fine???


3 - Actually all launches were crappy and the PS3 isn't the worst to date, it's still the PS2, and most of the press tagged the Wii launch lineup as the worst despite Zelda and Wii sports while popular is rated terribly for its simplistic controls. 360 games like PDZ etc were considered dissappointments. Ports don't really make a difference except for those who own both consoles.


2 - Quite a lot of those who bought the PS3 at launch were looking to use it exclusively for Blu-Ray movies first, games... maybe, maybe not. Also anyone who's seen their old DVDs play on an HDTV without upscaling will like an HD format. Sony claims they used blu-ray from a gaming standpoint first and then tossed in movie playback as an afterthought as it wasn't that big a deal to add it. WIth developers like Square Enix and Hideo Kojima finding Blu-Ray necessary it is of trememndous service to gamers. YOU can go back to using CDs or floppies if you wish, I'd like the world to progress.


1 - See #6. And yeah, Sony knows many will wait for a price drop... and many others will still buy it, and they will bring the price down when they feel like, so feel free to wait...

[jdnation]

Add the facts that:

4.Their ultimate console does not have enough RAM to support its power. As a result, the games have beter graphicks in X360!

3.Their disk Drive is not fast enough! This means that there will be lots of loading times! When they asked Sonys representative about this isue, he answered: "There is always the ability to load the game in PS3s hard drive, but dont wory! I'm sure the game companies will found a way to make the loading Backroud while you are playing the game". (notice that there is not enough Ram in the console).

2.The console is to complicated. The game developers have started to abandon their contracts whith Sony since "its not profitable to create games in such a complicate console". Sony have allready lost almost all of their exclusive titles!

1.They does not respect their customers! Especialy the Europeans! It is a fact that europe was receaving only the 1/3 of the games that was beeng released in Amerika, whith crazy prices and delays*! When Sonys representative was asked to make a comment about the 4 months delay of the PS3 to be released to Europe, he sead: "Everything is OK. Actualy this delay has helped the PS3 to make beter sales in Europe" (notice that we are impatient gamers and not Sonys Share holders). My friend boght a PS3 from Japan in half price!

*Notes abou game releases in europe.
The very first "Tales of..." tittle that has been released in europe for a sonys console is "Tales of Eternia" for PSP!
The very first "Dragon Quest" was "Dragon Quest 8 'JotCK"
Europe has reseave only the second episode of "Xenosaga". The first and the third ones are still missing. Thats why it has made Crap sales in europe!
Kingdome hearts 2, Final Fantasy X & XII and Dragon Quest came whith a 6 months delay!

So Now the reasons are 14!

4. Actually it has the same amount of RAM it's just split into two different places. So it'll take some unique programming and usage that one isn't used to with the Cell

3. The 2x Blu-Ray Drive is comparable to the fast 12x DVD drive in the 360. The 360 drive is stil lfaster btu the difference is pretty much negligable. Also the PS2 has one of the slowest DVD drives in the world... look how bad the games play on that one huh? ANd yeah the standard hard drive is very beneficial, thanks Sony! Enough ram for that too...

2. Which developers have abandoned SOny? Name them... Any revolutionary piece of hardware will be difficult to get into. It ain't the same old thing, and that's why when mastered it will be far better! And which of all theiur exclusive titles have Sony lost... especially considering that many exclusive titles are by first parties and Sony themselves? Which ones hmmm? Let's see, titles that people care about... GTA is one (althoguh SAn Andreas released on 360... Devil May Cry is another... and... what else? Two? all the other games were all announced as multiplatform or not announced as exclusive anyway...


1. Actually the delay did help SOny have a good launch as shown in Europe. Europe usually gets the back end of things, but sometimes also is first for others like the recent PSP camera and other utilities. It sucks that the European continent is made up of so many nations that makes it more work and more difficult to release things there so everyone is happy. As for 1/3 of games and the games you mentioned... So now Sony is responsible for third party developers? Huh? Wha? Put that alongside the Spiderman font problem...

[Shadowblind]

He's right though. It cost Nintendo $75 CAD to fix my Wii.

Thats nothing compared to the sick $150 Micro$oft charges to fix the 360. Microsoft showed a real bad side when they issued that cost...

Granted, they fix it, but still...

[**1_Man_Matrix**]

Some people live to b1tch... Pretty sad if you ask me.

If I don't like something, I steer clear of it, dont use it, and dont participate at all in any way with it.
So if you don't like the PS3, don't go near it, and let the people that do have their fun, eh?

Remember, theres a big difference between a Review and a Rant...

[F9zDark]

Fascinating. That same Gamcube 1.5 you speak of blasted a hole 3 times through your precious PS3. Check the sales. Check the fans. Check everything and anything. They love the Wii. No one I know (with sanity) hates it. So fascinating you should say that.

No other console has as amazing AG (activity Gameplay). Not the 360, and certainly not the PS3. Given, Sony will try and take the Wii's wireless idea, but that'll just screw them up too.

And how long with that last? Really. My friends 'like' their Wiis too, but they rarely play them. Its more of a thing to do when the guys are over, drink some beers and throw some bowling balls.

The Wii is winning now, I'll grant ya that, but I have said for a long time now that the Wii is a gimmick and gimmicks get old eventually. Nintendo had it right with the DS, good graphics for a handheld and innovative gameplay.

After year 2 of the Wii, you'll be seeing them on ebay for 50 bucks. Its interesting, many puport that Sony stole Nintendo's motion sensing technology (even though Sony had a patent on it before the Wii-mote ever existed publically) and yet, Sony made it better. IR is certainly not the way to handle motion sensing and the fact that Nintendo used IR (rather than other more sophisticated technology) reflects how unwilling Nintendo was to gamble on it.

When I take a step back and look at the Wii, really, it just seems to me that Nintendo had a gut feeling it would never work out; hence why they opted to use such low level technology. At least then if it failed it would come at no cost to them (and making Wiis doesn't come at a cost to them...)

I don't think I could ever own a product from a company who has such little faith in it. Fortunately for them it is selling well; for now.

[VFerg]

That motion sensing crap is really fustrating. I have yet to see anything use it either perfectly. I hate it for the Wii and PS3. The only times it comes close to fun is when you play some sports games or all you have to do is shake the hell out of it because thats the only time it works. Hopefully some company can find some more clever ways to perfect this but until then I just want to avoid using it all together.