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Tired of Sony's bull?

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I'm tired of Sony's bullshit.

You may know Sony most readily as the company that recently recalled something on the order of every laptop battery ever made because of a small glitch (they explode). Then there was the "rootkit" debacle, where Sony secretly installed hidden bullshit on your computer. One of Sony BMG's presidents handled the situation with the delicacy of a gang rape with this quote: "Most people, I think, don't even know what a rootkit is, so why should they care about it?" Good point, shit-head! And before that, Sony was known for its shitty optical drives in their PS2s, resulting in a class action lawsuit. The word "shitty" in the previous sentence is a bit misleading, since I also use the word to describe Renée Zellweger's life, and having to void your warranty by adjusting a cog to fix a misaligned laser inside your PS2 is slightly shittier.

Not content with the reaming they give consumers with their shoddy products and condescending attitude, Sony determined that it didn't have enough bad press, so they decided to wield their giant gnarled cock of corporate greed again, this time training it on a small-time import shop called "Lik Sang." Lik Sang was a haven for nerds who wanted to import games and systems from other countries. It turns out that Lik Sang broke some major laws that not only earned them the scorn of Sony, but pissed Sony off to the point where they sued Lik Sang into oblivion. So what was this grave infraction committed against Sony that not only threatened the very foundation of this giant multi-national corporation, but warranted destroying the lives and careers of a group of dorks running a gaming website? Simple: they committed the mortal sin of selling Japanese PSPs to European gamers. Oh no! Not that!

When I read the law suit, I did a double take to make sure I read it correctly. Sony is suing to prevent people from selling PSPs? Great move, morons! Because if there's anything Sony needs right now, it's fewer people buying PSPs. In fact, PSP sales are part of the reason Sony expects to lose $1.7 billion dollars in their gaming divison by March. That means that I and anyone else who makes any money at all between now and March (or at least manages not to lose more than $1,699,999,999.99) will officially make more money than Sony's gaming division. I rule.

This isn't the first time Sony bullied a gaming website for selling PSP imports. In June of 2005, Sony sued a website called ElectricBirdLand (Sony literally hired men in dark sunglasses to deliver the papers to the defendant, because Sony is insecure about the size of its penis), stating that the sale of Japanese PSPs to the UK could hurt their ability to exploit the "excitement and anticipation of the market." Hey Sony, you know what else could help you exploit the excitement and anticipation of the market? The PSP not sucking:

Sony's strategy towards portable gaming seems to be to take the same shitty first generation Playstation games that weren't great to begin with, and make them portable so now we can take an example of Sony's utter-inability-to-stop-sucking with us everywhere we go. SNORE. Nobody wants to buy movies in your stupid proprietary format, assholes!

So why does a company that relies on consumer satisfaction and brand recognition treat its fans with such contempt? Because...

Sony hates you.

Sony would love nothing more than to see you and your family suffer. Sony is like that psycho-ex who you had a few good times with, but was too clingy and the sex got boring. Now it's over and Sony is still stewing about it by leaving you voice mail asking for another chance and promising it "can change."

Tough shit Sony. We've moved on. We're dating your younger, hotter sister, Wii. Even your fuglier step-sister, Xbox 360, looks hotter than you do. At least she's been around the block a few times and knows how to turn tricks. You've got nothing, and it's going to stay that way until you stop being a crabby old cunt.

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Who isn't tired of it?

I seriously see Sony losing more than that. Microsoft isn't looking too well either. Seems Nintendo will have a bright future after all.
 
Oh hell yeah. If there's anything to describe the evil that is Sony, "crabby old cunt" is it. Kudos to the fugly stepsister joke too. (And is it just me, or does Wii suddenly sound like the name of a hawt Swedish chick or something after reading that?)

One thing he forgot though: Paying five hundred frigging dollars for a PS2 in a fancier shell that plays Hi-def and calls itself a different name. (Really, WHAT is so great about that PS3? I'm totally stumped)
 
Apparently, it has these Giant Crabs....or so I've heard.

Hah, crabby old cunt sounds event funnier now!
 
Wired published an interesting article about Sony's future in its September issue. It's definitely worth a read for those interested in the struggles the company is undergoing.

Sony needs to stop trying to be "innovative" with proprietary technology. Did its executives really think [wp]ATRAC[/wp] would be able to compete with MP3? My MP3 CD player, a Sony, is the best CD player I've ever had, but it came bundled with a program that allows one to convert CD tracks to ATRAC3 (instead of MP3); I just threw the installer disc away. Now they're all about UMD with the PSP and Blu-ray with the PS3.

Sony has always been at its best as a personal hardware company, coming up with nifty gadgets that delight consumers. In recent decades, though, it's become oddly fixated on imposing its own standards – Betamax for VCRs, the Mini-Disc for digital music players, the Universal Media Disc for PlayStation Portable, the Memory Stick for anything you can think of – despite the world's unwavering rejection of those standards.
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Despite all this and the absolutely ridiculous price of the PS3, I'm sure the new system will do fine. I think a lot of people are going to be loyal to PlayStation (based on its software library) no matter what Sony does.
 
Unfortunately, Sony can shit on their consumers all they want and still win the console war with the PS3.

Which is why they continue to do it and get away with it. Gamers aren't just gamers any more. The majority of PS2 owners are just normal people who will barely play games and only get it to play GTA or the latest FIFA game on. These are the people that will happily spend £200 more on a PS3 than a 360 to play the exact same game just because it says Playstation on it.

That's why Sony will have a success with the PS3 (When they actually have any to sell) and will get away with the past 2 or so years run-up to it where they have continiously done nothing more than completely fuck over the very people that will buy their system.

The PS3 wont do as well as the PS2 though. If anything, at least the online gaming community has wizened up to the fact that Sony is only out to screw them. I can't think of many people that would happily settle for a PS3 when they can get a cheaper 360 and play the same games on it.

In fact the sole person I know that's solely devoted to the PS3 is only so because of MGS4.
 
Ah, it's all about price elasticity of demand, isn't it. Personally, I would have imagined that the normal people who barely play games would be the ones who would be the ones most affected by the question of, "Do I really want to pay so much for a PlayStation?"
 
I think if they don't play games too often, they'll end up getting Wiis. Wiis are way much cooler than PS3s.
 
Stereotypical "macho" American teenage boys and young men, all about violence and shoot-em-ups, aren't going to choose Wii over PS3 or XBox. No fucking way.
 
Precisely. The situation appears to be reversed in Japan, however...
 
Argy said:
Stereotypical "macho" American teenage boys and young men, all about violence and shoot-em-ups, aren't going to choose Wii over PS3 or XBox. No fucking way.
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Place the shotgun wiimote shell, Red Steel, Call of Duty and Legend of Zelda in the most prominent places next to the console. Problem solved.
 
In fact the sole person I know that's solely devoted to the PS3 is only so because of MGS4.
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That's exactly what I thought the first I heard of it. I thought for one second: "Oh my god Metal Gear Solid 4! I have to have it!" But then I realised, "Konami has always released the MGS games on Playstation first. But then they don't bring in enough profit and go to X-Box anyway. I can wait."

And I agree, Sony's main fanbase is comprised of idiots. You know the type: It's-a-new-playstation-so that-makes-it-better-than-everything-go-fuck-yourself, type people. The Wii may apper kiddish to some people, but Sony is just digging themselves in deeper - They appeal, games and all, to the absolute lowest common denominator possible. That way, they can sell games and keep feeding them the bullshit they'll never understand.
 
Sony stinks.

Anyways, I'm so glad to see that the Nintendo Wii is doing incredibly well, and it looks so much more freakin' fun. Go Nintendo!!
 
It's hilarious to hear all the elitist gamers have their little Sony crap session while mocking average people who *gasp* are casual gamers who don't care about what evil Sony's secret conspiracies, or whatever the latest complaint is. I don't care about the game systems either way, but it's just silly to not only abhor Sony products as if they were covered in swastikas or something, but to then mock with smugness at how only the proles eat up the PS3 and the "enlightened gamers" know the true story. It's especially stupid when people whine about Sony enforce copyright laws (how dare they care about legalities!). Sony may be overzealous in piracy fights and may release substandard stuff, but some people treat it as if Osama bin Laden were CEO. It's ridiculous.
 
It's especially stupid when people whine about Sony enforce copyright laws (how dare they care about legalities!). Sony may be overzealous in piracy fights and may release substandard stuff, but some people treat it as if Osama bin Laden were CEO. It's ridiculous.
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When consumer-bought products mess up the computers of users using rootkits and spyware on PCs of people who never even attempt to pirate them? Yes, they SHOULD get upset. They're being PUNISHED for buying the product instead of pirating it.
 
Girafarig_Magcargo said:
It's especially stupid when people whine about Sony enforce copyright laws (how dare they care about legalities!). Sony may be overzealous in piracy fights and may release substandard stuff, but some people treat it as if Osama bin Laden were CEO. It's ridiculous.
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There's a difference between "enforcing copyright laws" and "screwing up customers' computers". Sony crossed that line. Their rootkit opened up a HUGE security hole that spyware began to exploit before they acted on it.

- Trip
 
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