Big Name Tactics? (Cont from MHFU thread)

Doot · Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2009 9:30 am Post subject:

I wasn't being sensitive in the first place. I believe this whole thing spawned off your reaction to my harmless comment. Had it been taken at its face value then we wouldn't have all this hot air blustering about. My comment was generalized as your retort was pointed and full of assumption - no matter how much you want to say it was a joke.

MH and Beautiful Katamari are the only games I've used my PSP for (aside from trying out Loco Roco and PataPon which I haven't touched since and don't plan returning to) solely because of "exclusivity" which I feel is a cheap tactic in the entire gaming industry, period.

It boils down to this - I'm a fan of the games, not the console.

This still hasn't changed the way I feel about Sony and their passing of questionable design at the launch of the PSP. Nothing you argue will change that as I accept the fact that my opinion does not change your sense of duty to fight the good fight for descriminated conglomorates.

Your argument that the PS3 now would be a better purchase than our XBox 360 was at the time we got it is silly. I could say the same for anyone who purchased the PS3 at launch at the cool price tag of $599 for 60GB. What's the new slim size? 120GB? What's the price tag? If I bought a PS3 now, let's just say I utilized the launch/current cost difference my patience awarded me by purchasing my Xbox 360 to bide my time.

Shino · Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2009 11:03 am Post subject:

RivaOni · Full English! Age: 40 Gender: Joined: 24 Sep 2002

Pity you guys don't get BBC's "Watchdog" over there, supposed to be one about Sony's Customer Support service and a possible cover up of problems in regards to the PS3 (from what I've read, something to do with a Yellow Light and another to do with the laser) and hiding failure rate numbers, plus charging £100+ to repair these faults.

I couldn't care less to be honest, but if Sony have been covering things up (and I've been told of posts being deleted on Sony's board that mention such problems, no idea how true those stories are though) then its a bad attitude from them.

Of course, being the BBC its only focused on Britain so they'll only be covering how Sony Computer Entertainment Europe deal with things, bare in mind Sony have mostly treated Europe pretty badly in most generations, so I've no idea what things are like over in the US' or Sony's native Japan.

Shino · Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2009 3:04 pm Post subject:

RivaOni · Full English! Age: 40 Gender: Joined: 24 Sep 2002

It does make me laugh the blind denial there is about this from people commenting on the likes of Kotaku and VG247, also the labelling of Iain Lee (who I believed presented the report on Watchdog) as bias because he's written a handful of articles on MSN.com as a freelancer, (one not long after the launch of the PS3 where he stated that he wasn't impressed with the console at that point and said it'd take something special for him to pick up the control pad again) completely ignoring the fact he's probably freelanced for a number of different companies over the years and written for Sony publications (either official or unofficial) in his career.

Shino · Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2009 4:01 pm Post subject:

Yeah agreed. I could see some of the "fanboy" comments as being valid if Watchdog had left MS alone considering.

But Watchdog has called out MS before.
They did a piece about the disc scratching fiasco a while back.

So what they are doing is not fanboyism more than it is consistency. They are calling out both companies for their faults.

Rightfully so I think.
I'm interested in hearing what is said.

Sciler · Mistress Age: 45 Gender: Joined: 15 Sep 2002

I like pie.

Doot · Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2009 8:39 pm Post subject:

there's no I in team
but there's I in pie
there's an I in meat pie
soo I gonna go with meat is team
ahhhh.... I dont know

Ultrawolf · Mr. Roarke Gender: Joined: 04 Jul 2003

Hit it till it's dead.