Sony Computer Entertainment America's CEO blames society for PS3's problems

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#201 GrlGmr
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I went to the trouble to type out the entire article here:

http://www.gamespot.com/pages/forums/show_msgs.php?topic_id=25364816

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#202 fartgorilla
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It's not Sony! It's insane xfans that want MS to win because they're perceived as an American company vs a Japanese company. It's gotten out of hand and is tatally obserd behavior.

casey7672


Whaaaa??? Does...not...compute! Are you joking?

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#203 blackace
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Find, I'll stand up for him. I think he's right that the "gaming" society wants them to fail. Everyone looks at the 360 and then says, " Why can't the PS3 be like the 360?" You know what it's better than the 360. PS standards is too high to please the new "online is the future" gamer. Truth be told, there's not that many online gamers. only 50% of 360 gamers have XBL? Online is important, but it is not the main priority. Everybody want to be Jack. Climb up the beanstalk, and kill the giant. Well, this giant is gentle, and the real ugly faces are the ones who wants it to die.Socrates88

Yeah..yeah..!! LMAO!! Go and join Mr. Tretton in the "naughty corner". :lol:

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#204 Patheticus
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sony's just being defensive.they think consumers are just a bunch of monkeys
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#205 solidsnakeEx3
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Wow.  Excuses excuses.
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#206 blackace
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All sony cares about money but mircosoft loves its people =]MoneyGa

At least M$ is giving back 20% profit to small time developers and they replace hundreds of XBox360 for FREE. Sony would never do something like this. They would tell you to return it to the retail store and say that you broke it yourself. Then people wonder why many gamers are disgusted with Sony now. :roll:

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#207 Runningflame570
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[QUOTE="jvonrader"][QUOTE="Runningflame570"] The consumer electronics division has turned around, they learned what their mistakes were there.

Not entirely - in televisions, they've been doing better, but it ends there. VAIO's still aren't doing well, and it's music players are pretty much dead.

Certain areas are unprofitable, but given the amount of different areas the electronics division is in, it has turned around. They are pioneering new uses for technologies (if not new technologies) and are tending to really kind of dominate those areas. Their cameras are extremely popular in the business sector and more popular than they used to be within the consumer sector and their Vaios have actually achieved some recognition, the issue now is to take these technologies and make large, viable markets out of them. That I think you will find, they are working on non-stop.
[QUOTE="casey7672"]It's not Sony! It's insane xfans that want MS to win because they're perceived as an American company vs a Japanese company. It's gotten out of hand and is tatally obserd behavior.

fartgorilla


Whaaaa??? Does...not...compute! Are you joking?

Thats actually a valid point, I know many people who support Microsoft over Sony primarily because they are an "American company" nationalism is not a good thing but it seems to be very prevalent among people in my area and it extends to all parts of their lives.

[QUOTE="MoneyGa"]All sony cares about money but mircosoft loves its people =]blackace

At least M$ is giving back 20% profit to small time developers and they replace hundreds of XBox360 for FREE. Sony would never do something like this. They would tell you to return it to the retail store and say that you broke it yourself. Then people wonder why many gamers are disgusted with Sony now. :roll:

Sony was funding small developers before Microsoft ever made a console, approximately half a decade prior in fact. Sony has also replaced consoles for free, heard of the PSP dead pixel issue? They were replacing consoles for free there..they've also done this in more isolated incidents for their other consoles.
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#208 deactivated-5d560a230ad3c
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At the end of the day, it's all just excuses.  I don't care if the reason is a wide-spread aversion to shiny systems...sales are lower-than-expected---fix it or get on the short list.
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#209 Runningflame570
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At the end of the day, it's all just excuses. I don't care if the reason is a wide-spread aversion to shiny systems...sales are lower-than-expected---fix it or get on the short list.CubeJL
Heres finally a post I can fully agree with. Phil Harrison fully intends to fix it..heres hoping he can. (Phil Harrison answers only the important questions)
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#210 deactivated-5d560a230ad3c
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[QUOTE="CubeJL"]At the end of the day, it's all just excuses. I don't care if the reason is a wide-spread aversion to shiny systems...sales are lower-than-expected---fix it or get on the short list.Runningflame570
Heres finally a post I can fully agree with. Phil Harrison fully intends to fix it..heres hoping her can. (Phil Harrison answers only the important questions)

Go Singstar!

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#211 S0DA_POPINSKI
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haha, this topic proves that System Wars is full of Xbox fans. This guy provided no real proof of this interview ever taking place and you all buy it like it's true. The TC claimed he posted what Tretton said word for word...yet it seems Tretton never gets to finish what he was saying....he adds "...." in the end.....sainraja
and that post shows Cows are blind. I read the interview in the magazine today.
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#212 X360PS3AMD05
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I've seen piles of PS3s at several stores...............:?
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#213 Runningflame570
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[QUOTE="sainraja"]haha, this topic proves that System Wars is full of Xbox fans. This guy provided no real proof of this interview ever taking place and you all buy it like it's true. The TC claimed he posted what Tretton said word for word...yet it seems Tretton never gets to finish what he was saying....he adds "...." in the end.....S0DA_POPINSKI
and that post shows Cows are blind. I read the interview in the magazine today.

He has a point, though. Whether or not what he typed was actually what Tretton said (that is before he put the stupid summaries) he offered no proof.
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Ridge Racerrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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#215 avenger_dot
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wow, sony now owes EGM $1,200Dragonblade01

1200$ x 100.000 PS3 siting in selves = Sony bought by EGM !!!

Oh no, now that i said that he will have his ninjas kill me !!!! Typical Sony policy

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#216 beerm_basic
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. (then talks about how everyone wants them to fail but the PS3 was the most successful launch Sony ever had )

Question 2

EGM: Say they've done checking around and PS3s are sitting on store shelves.

Tretton: Really? If you can find a PS3 anywhere in North America that's been on shelves for more than five minutes I'll give you $1,200. (Then talks about how he can call any retailer and confirm that there are no PS3s on shelves anywhere in NA).

EGM: We just called 18 random locations (Best Buy, EB Games) and half of them had PS3s in stock - some as many as 20 units.

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ROFL OWNED

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#217 mwa
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sony = king of self pwnage
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#218 DrHyde
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I'm ultimately disappointed with Sony. Not the poor workers that have to slave to make posters and the web pages and such, but the PR department that can't do anything right. Jack is a classic example of the most uninformed CEO I've ever seen. He blatantly displays his complete negligence in the light of fact. However, I can't simply hold him accountable entirely because he's technically not the first person to blame society or consumers in general. I remember Microsoft doing nearly the exact same thing in the Windows 95/98 era with Word and such saying that it was user error that caused the program to crash. Fun times. Certainly this is different for sales, but Sony has indeed risen to the Nintendo (circa 95-97) level of arrogance. Perhaps after they're pimp smacked down this gen they'll rise back to the top humbly. Hopefully.
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#219 FireEmblem_Man
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Its official, tchbo!!!! The article is printed out and mailed to subscribers and I am one of them. For those denying that Jack said those words about blaming society, you have no where to run but to a bbq of ownage.

Still, Jack needs to be careful on sales of the PS3, just because two of the generations pumped above 100 million doesn't keep you king. Thats just saying that Nintendo can combine sales of the NES to the GC and to currently the Wii to be king of the gaming industry.