Sony can't catch a break

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#1 lowkey254
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Last in the console race.

Games get anally reviewed.

LG has an injunction blocking all shipments of their console.

Hackers.

I'm 27, in my years of understanding business I don't think I've seen a segment of a company get battered so much. Especially after such a positive history in the gaming segment of the company.

What's different between now and then?

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#2 JordanizPro
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You forgot that they built a fail called the NGP

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#3 ccagracing
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I think its bad advice being given to/by the company board. As for post number 2 in this thread, thats up there with the best of fanboy comments.

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#4 lowkey254
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You forgot that they built a fail called the NGP

JordanizPro
Can't be fail if it's not out yet.
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#5 Snakemaster9
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Last in the console race.

Games get anally reviewed.

LG has an injunction blocking all shipments of their console.

Hackers.

I'm 27, in my years of understanding business I don't think I've seen a segment of a company get battered so much. Especially after such a positive history in the gaming segment of the company.

What's different between now and then?

lowkey254

Wut?

And they have a bunch of games coming out this year. I think thats a break

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#6 TehOverkill
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[QUOTE="JordanizPro"]

You forgot that they built a fail called the NGP

lowkey254

Can't be fail if it's not out yet.

I'm not gonna say it's going to fail, but they're following the same dangerous path the PS3 did: an excess of expensive hardware, followed by not-so-great software (it took Sony a couple of years to have quality titles come to their console) and a high price-tag which most gamers would rather ignore. But those are just my two cents.

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#7 i5750at4Ghz
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They make great products then don't advertise them. That is there one biggest flaw this entire generation. IMO PS3 crushes the 360 in everyway. But no one know about it because if you go to a site or watch TV all you see is Xbox ads.

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#8 Blabadon
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[QUOTE="lowkey254"]

Last in the console race.

Games get anally reviewed.

LG has an injunction blocking all shipments of their console.

Hackers.

I'm 27, in my years of understanding business I don't think I've seen a segment of a company get battered so much. Especially after such a positive history in the gaming segment of the company.

What's different between now and then?

Snakemaster9

Wut?

And they have a bunch of games coming out this year. I think thats a break

It can be used in different ways then you think. >_>.
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#9 TheMoreYouOwn
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LG and Sony have been doing this for a while. Sony going after LG phones, LG going for BluRay playback tech. Typical business day.
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#10 coltsfan4ever
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You forgot that they built a fail called the NGP

JordanizPro

Please.:roll: How can something be a fail when its not even released yet?

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#11 shadi2020
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Last in the console race.

sony every year are closesing the gap it's only 3 million behind and it still in it 4th year of it 10 years life

at the end of thise gen ps3 will overtake the 360

Games get anally reviewed.

what games ???

LBP2 got 92% on metacritc

killzone 3 got 85%

gt5 got 85%

and those games are only smal part of a larger exclusives coming thise year

and that's only 2011

the ps3 is doning great since 2008

LG has an injunction blocking all shipments of their console.

LG blocked the console from the worldwide ????

NO

Hackers.

like that will make a difference the 360 is haked since the launch ... so8) no thise will never effect the ps3

lowkey254

good day sir

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#12 F0urTwenty
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Anally reviewed games... go on...
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#13 Snugenz
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They make great products then don't advertise them. That is there one biggest flaw this entire generation. IMO PS3 crushes the 360 in everyway. But no one know about it because if you go to a site or watch TV all you see is Xbox ads.

i5750at4Ghz

Same with Xbox last gen, easily the superior console but the presence of the PS2 and the support for the PS2 almost made the Xbox insignificant (even though it was my fave console last gen).

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#14 delta3074
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They make great products then don't advertise them. That is there one biggest flaw this entire generation. IMO PS3 crushes the 360 in everyway. But no one know about it because if you go to a site or watch TV all you see is Xbox ads.

i5750at4Ghz
what game is that in your sig? it looks amazing, anyway, on topic, i think SONY will be fine they are just going through a rough patch.
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Think you're looking to much into a little forum on the internet.

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#16 Adamantium4k2
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Last in the console race.

Games get anally reviewed.

LG has an injunction blocking all shipments of their console.

Hackers.

I'm 27, in my years of understanding business I don't think I've seen a segment of a company get battered so much. Especially after such a positive history in the gaming segment of the company.

What's different between now and then?

lowkey254

Where does anally reviewed games fall under your 'understanding business' concept?

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#18 Doolz2024
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So... what? Should we feel bad for them or something?
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#19 SRTtoZ
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fail thread is fail.

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#20 cainetao11
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[QUOTE="shadi2020"]

[QUOTE="lowkey254"]

Last in the console race.

sony every year are closesing the gap it's only 3 million behind and it still in it 4th year of it 10 years life

at the end of thise gen ps3 will overtake the 360

Games get anally reviewed.

what games ???

LBP2 got 92% on metacritc

killzone 3 got 85%

gt5 got 85%

and those games are only smal part of a larger exclusives coming thise year

and that's only 2011

the ps3 is doning great since 2008

LG has an injunction blocking all shipments of their console.

LG blocked the console from the worldwide ????

NO

Hackers.

like that will make a difference the 360 is haked since the launch ... so8) no thise will never effect the ps3

good day sir

If those confiscated consoles, estimated at a possible 100k, are destroyed, that's a 30 million dollar hit for Sony corp. I own ADR's of Sony, and believe me this could very well affect the almighty PS3 and SCE.
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#21 KC_Hokie
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I honestly don't think Sony is run by the sharpest tools in the shed.
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#22 flatout1976
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yep and consider they were a lock to win this gen, and microsoft and nintendo both handily beating them.
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#23 coasterguy65
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TC most of what you cite has been caused by Sony's own hand.

3rd in console sales.....Introducing a console at $600 even though pretty much everyone told then it was too much. Refusal to drop the price even when software companies threatened to withhold games from the system, etc. Sony came into this generation thinking that because they led the last gen, people would just bend over backwards to pay $600 for a PS3.

Injunction.....Sony starts messing with LG because of patents, and when LG turns around and slaps Sony back with a little taste of their own medicine, we should feel sorry for Sony?

Hackers...both other systems have had hackers for years, and Sony pretty much dared someone to hack the PS3 by constantly bragging how it was un-hackable.

I like Sony, but I have a hard time feeling sorry for them sometimes. Especially when they cause their own pain.

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#24 lundy86_4
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The temporary injunction won by LG is just that, temporary. It's only for 10 days. Still, it does suck.

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LG and Sony have been doing this for a while. Sony going after LG phones, LG going for BluRay playback tech. Typical business day.TheMoreYouOwn
Yup, they'll settle this lawsuit business, but there's going to be drama first of course. Sony's biggest problem is the hacked PS3 at the moment, which apparently they're going to bring out a new "unhackable" PS3 so... Sony has taken some hits this generation, but they're on the up and up IMO. Their game line up is stellar and they dont show signs of slowing down, which makes me optimistic.
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#27 caseypayne69
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I think all this heat on Sony has caused them to push out some of the best exclusive games this generation, period.
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#28 pl4yer_f0und
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[QUOTE="lowkey254"]

Last in the console race.

sony every year are closesing the gap it's only 3 million behind and it still in it 4th year of it 10 years life

at the end of thise gen ps3 will overtake the 360

Games get anally reviewed.

what games ???

LBP2 got 92% on metacritc

killzone 3 got 85%

gt5 got 85%

and those games are only smal part of a larger exclusives coming thise year

and that's only 2011

the ps3 is doning great since 2008

LG has an injunction blocking all shipments of their console.

LG blocked the console from the worldwide ????

NO

Hackers.

like that will make a difference the 360 is haked since the launch ... so8) no thise will never effect the ps3

shadi2020

good day sir

1. The xbox has been beating the ps3 every month in terms of sales for awhile according to ngp.

2. Games dont meet expectation like gt 5 and kz3, and then sony doesnt advertise them, so games dont sell that much.

3. I would say Europe is a pretty big place, that will cut a lot out of ps3's sales.

4. From a person who owns both consoles I can say there are ALOT more hackers on the ps3, especially CoD. Its horrible, I cant even play cod 4 on the ps3 anymore becuz of it.

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#29 lamprey263
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PS1 and PS2 dominated their generations, the Xbox 360 and Wii have both earned a considerable chunk of the market, that's what happened, it's not like the console is failing it just isn't top dog like it used to be, but it's still a major player, both MS and Nintendo brought their game this generation
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#30 bamboomahah
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You forgot that they built a fail called the NGP

JordanizPro
Umm ngp is the best handheld ever, no handheld had dual analog sticks untill ngp. dual analog changed gaming forever son, not stupid ass wiimote.
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#31 bamboomahah
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I know for a fact i could pwn someone on dual analog no auto aim/aim assist vs ps move/wiimote player in a fps. Hell crysis 2 demo on pc i kill people easily with aim assist disabled and 99% of people using keyboard and mouse. keyboard and mouse or dual analog will always be best for shooters.
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#32 bamboomahah
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If you actually grew up playing shooters on consoles since nintendo 64 days you can easily aim without auto aim or aim assist on a controller. It's not that the controller isnt good for shooters it's there because new players would get destroyed badly it's just fact.
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#33 bamboomahah
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It takes some practice to be good at aiming on analog without auto aim/aim assist just like keyboard and mouse takes some practice getting used to, they just want to let new players jump and get some kills without having to earn a skill. it's sad the community stooped to this level.
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#34 bamboomahah
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auto aim was not invented because of controllers, auto aim was invented because in wolfenstein 1992 and doom 1993 the game's didnt support mouse/freelooking u couldnt look up and down and auto aim allowed dev's to place enemys on elevators or higher platforms and for you to be able to still kill them. it was invented because pc shooters didnt support mouse freelooking and once shooters did support it's pretty much pointless. sucks developers add it for newbies though.
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#35 MaskedHoodlum
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Last in the console race.

Games get anally reviewed.

LG has an injunction blocking all shipments of their console.

Hackers.

I'm 27, in my years of understanding business I don't think I've seen a segment of a company get battered so much. Especially after such a positive history in the gaming segment of the company.

What's different between now and then?

lowkey254

yep that's why the PS3 got the first AAAAE with MGS4 and got the superior version of Dead Space 2. Oh and LBP 2 got AAAE. Plus before i forget KZ3....AAE :P

in terms of sales its outselling the 360 worldwide and rapidly catching up to it in terms of total units sold.

The shipments are blocked only for a week and hackers....are hackers lol. Nobody made a big deal about the 360 and Wii getting hacked and let me tell you the hacking on those consoles are FAAARRRR worse I should know i have a hacked wii and my roomate has a hacked 360

sooooo yeahhhh Sony is doing fine hate to break the news to ya :P