The Growing Hate of Sony
I am starting to hate Sony more and more now a days. Sure, the PS2 is alright. But now the company is going to an all-time low. The PS3 is $500+ and filled with unneeded crap like Linux. A preorder for a PS3 is going to be around $200. A near 3:1 ratio. Sony wants your money to make more consoles! PSP is sh*t. (I’ll explain later.) They are shoving another format down our throat (Blu-ray will work, because UMD movies, the minidisc, and Betamax did too!). They aren’t making customers happy either, with ATRAC music format or overpriced Memory Stick’s. To be frank, Sony hates customers, therefore, I hate Sony.
The PS3 isn’t making anyone happy. Quotes like “It’s no longer a console, it’s a computer” and “5 million will buy a PS3 on launch, no matter what” piss me off. A console going too far when it has Linux and a video editing program in it. We don’t need it! I bet 99.9%+ of buyers of the PS3 have both a computer and the intellect to put Linux on it, for free. WE DON’T NEED IT! Also, developers are running away at the sounds of high production costs for the Blu-ray. The Wii is using normal discs, similar to that of a DVD disc. Much cheaper. Sony just wants to gloat, “Hey! We’ve got new technology!” I don’t care.
ATRAC isn’t fun. I had a Sony MP3 player once. Returned it after a week of trying to figure out how to work the damn thing. Never did. Found out I had to convert my MP3s and WMAs to ATRAC back then. Pain in the ass.
I don’t like the looks of the PSP either. Not that many great games are out for it. The only good exclusive I see is Lumines (GTA went onto the PS2 and it’s cheaper). UMD as movies has gone down the crapper.(Hey, Benchwarmers is coming out on UMD. Any takers?) The only fun I see in the PSP is hacking the thing, which was not Sony’s intentions in the first place. “Woo! I can play Sonic on my PSP!” said one of my friends a couple months ago. I said, “Whoohoo! Illegal emulation mixed with homebrewing which Sony doesn’t want! Thanks Sony!” He shut up. Browser isn’t that great, especially with no keyboard. DS shows more promise, with the great browser that is Opera and actually writing stuff out. Sony’s not showing much love for the PSP, they are just juicing out the fact that it is a multimedia portable console. (And I am impressed. Alright not really.)
In the end, screw Sony. They don’t care about us. They care about being the strongest technology-wise.
That got out some steam.
You forgot all about the DRM/rootkit fiascos!
I have to agree with you on most things, but I’m still hoping the PS3 will be a success. If only because I dislike Microsoft more than Sony. Slightly. For now…
I think you’d like this, if you haven’t already seen it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQRcjvDqU6M&search=X-Play - Console test
The PS2 is the most fragile of them all =P
But yeah, I’m also mildly annoyed at the PS3 cost… I just want a damn console, not a multitasking monster. I upgraded my computer for that purpose. But the PS’s so far have had the widest choice of games, at least in the shops around here.
And you just KNOW a bunch of Playstation fanboys/girls are going to blindly buy/get their parents to by the damn thing on the first day at that rediculous price.
Oh well, everyone is allowed to spend their money however they like o_o
Yay Nintendo (^OO^)