Sony Disappointment Timeline Cont...

We all know Sony has been taking a lot of bad press from the PS3, but lets take a look back at the year that has lead us to the Nov. 17th release date.

First, we start with Sony itself. Yes, I was going to only make a timeline of the PS3 news, but how can you ignore this arrogance from late 2005?

Nov 10th, 2005 - Sony is caught hiding a rootkit inside music CD's that place a virus on users computer. Sony's Tom Hesse defends the decision by stating that people don't know what it is, so they shouldn't care
January 2007 - Sony, Busted Again!

Now that we know Sony cares about us, lets move on to the PS3...

Feb 27th, 2006 - Sony misses it's Spring launch date
May 5th, 2006 - SCEE CEO David Reeves: "It doesn't really matter what ships at launch." "The first five million are going to buy it, whatever it is, even it didn't have games,"
May 8th, 2006 - Sony holds it's E3 conference announcing the pricing of the PS3 at $600/$500
May 8th, 2006 - New PS3 controller will have six degrees of motion, but no rumble feature. Sony's Phil Harrison states that rumble was last gen and no longer needed.
May 17th, 2006 - Kutaragi: PlayStation 3 is "too cheap"
May 31st, 2006 - Sony's Phil Harrison denies copying the Wiimote and states that the PS3 will replace the PC
Sep 5th, 2006 - Gamers looking to get the best picture out of Sony's premium PlayStation 3 package will need to shell out extra for proper hookups.
Sept 6th, 2006 - PS3 is delayed in Europe until March 2007
Sept 6th, 2006 - PS3 launch shipment is cut from 2 million to 400,000 in the US (100,000 to Japan)
Sept 8th, 2006 - Sony's President admits that the company's hardware is in a current state of decline
Sept 26th, 2006 - PS3 first-party titles announced to be the same price as third party titles, at $59.99
Sept 26th, 2006 - Square Enix will not exclusively support Sony's PS3 as much as they did with the PS2.
Sept 29th, 2006 - Sony's President Ken Kutaragi states that his company does not care about the Xbox 360 and Wii competition.
October 12th, 2006 - Sony Exec calls the 360 and Wii "too expensive"
October 19th, 2006 - The infamous spec sheet comparison and how Sony claims the Xbox 360 requires HD-DVD to play games
October 20th, 2006 - Announced that Sony may have to replace your PS3 controller for you after it no longer holds charge
October 24th, 2006 - Sony sinks Lik-Sang
October 26th, 2006 - Sony's Q2 profits decrease by 94%
October 28th, 2006 - Sony president Ken Kutaragi said he expects the PS3 to be capable of running games at a stunning 120fps
October 30th, 2006 - PS3 will push Sony $1.71 billion into the red
October 31st, 2006 - Japan launch of the PS3 is cut to 80,000 units
Nov 8th, 2006 - Sony ships without update. You must update your PS3 out of the box in order to use PlayStation Network
Nov 9th, 2006 - NBA Live 2007 is cancelled on the PS3
Nov 9th, 2006 - Oblivion is pushed back from launch title to Jan 2007
Nov 10th, 2006 - Sony's Phil Harrison states that he can no longer confirm a March 2007 launch for Europe
Nov 11th, 2006 - PS3 launches in Japan and rewards few
Nov 11th, 2006 - Sony unprepared for Japan launch
Nov 14th, 2006 - Sony will miss 400,000 unit target for the US. Approx 150k to 200k will be shipped for launch
Nov 14th, 2006 - PS3 has backwards compatibility problems
Nov 16th, 2006 - PS3 downscales 720p games instead of upscaling to 1080i 
Nov 16th, 2006 - Sony's Jack Tretton comments on the PS3 BC problems and states that the Wii has 0 backwards compatibility
Nov 20, 2006 - NYT not impressed with PS3
Nov 20, 2006 - Game Devs Prefer 360
Nov 20, 2006 - PS3 annoys Joystiq
Nov 21, 2006 - PS3, PSP Rainbow Six held till '07
Nov 23, 2006 - Saving Sony, one console at a time
Nov 25, 2006 - Sony retracts 1080i fix statement, leaving customers in lurch.
Nov 26, 2006 - More PS3 exclusives head to 360
Nov 26, 2006 - Bloomberg: Sony missed PS3 ship targets
Nov 30, 2006 - Sony shuffles senior execs
Nov 30, 2006 - Analyst: "I cannot imagine a PlayStation 4"
Dec 4, 2006 - Sony Australia: Wii "More Fun" than PS3
Dec 8, 2006 - Court rules for Immersion; Sony to pay up
Dec 11, 2006 - Industry watchers weigh in on "record-low tie ratios" for Wii and PS3 and other results from the month of the new systems' debut.
Dec 13, 2006 - Sony Admits Launching Fake Blog to Promote PSP
Dec 19, 2006 - Time says PS3 was a bust
Dec 20, 2006 - PC World Calls PS3 a top tech mistake of 2006
Dec 20, 2006 - Forced bundles and high retail price put consumers off, claims tracking firm.
Dec 21, 2006 - Virtua Fighter 5 dukes it out on Xbox 360
Dec 21, 2006 - Sony files patent for wiimote forbidden>Natural_Mystic

wow...that's terrible..

i almost forgot just how disreputable sony really is.... :(

Gotta love this. Nope, MS has gotten no bad press.

Whatever makes you MS-boys feel better. Your best year is almost up and you have so many worries on what to do with your 360 afterwards. Well, it will be a cold winter, maybe use it as a heat source.

Care to also post all the crap MS has done as well?hiryu3

go ahead.. :)

Care to also post all the crap MS has done as well?hiryu3

Come on now this is Gamespot it is only cool to bash Sony.......

Gotta love this. Nope, MS has gotten no bad press.

Whatever makes you MS-boys feel better. Your best year is almost up and you have so many worries on what to do with your 360 afterwards. Well, it will be a cold winter, maybe use it as a heat source.

The_Crucible

:|, MS is God, they can do no wrong, ever...360 is Jesus, and Halo 3 is the second coming of Jesus....get your facts straight..

[QUOTE="hiryu3"]Care to also post all the crap MS has done as well?tango90101

go ahead.. :)

Wow so basically what you are saying is that MS is perfect.........wow that is pretty impressive.

wow, I must say I am impressed with that detailed account of Sony's misadventures. but do you want to know something? the PS3 itself is awesome! I don't give a damn about their arrogance. I worked hard for the money to get a PS3 because it is a powerful multimedia device. I listen to music on it, watch movies, download demos, and then there's the games, which are also awesome. by the way, do have some kind of vendetta against this company? this looks like a good set of sources for you to write up a college thesis on how much sony sucks. writing that thesis would be a good use of your time, so good lI gotta go enjoy some more PS3 right nowuck. Mordred19

lI gotta go enjoy some more PS3 right nowuck.

by the way, do have some kind of vendetta against this company?

Really! The PS3 is practically 100% reliable and has the best hardware and features and delivers from HD gaming, HD movies, and music. I think I'll go enjoy some more great PS3 myself.

wow...that's terrible..

i almost forgot just how disreputable sony really is.... :(

tango90101

[QUOTE="Mordred19"]wow, I must say I am impressed with that detailed account of Sony's misadventures. but do you want to know something? the PS3 itself is awesome! I don't give a damn about their arrogance. I worked hard for the money to get a PS3 because it is a powerful multimedia device. I listen to music on it, watch movies, download demos, and then there's the games, which are also awesome. by the way, do have some kind of vendetta against this company? this looks like a good set of sources for you to write up a college thesis on how much sony sucks. writing that thesis would be a good use of your time, so good luck. I gotta go enjoy some more PS3 right now. ElToRo_14

lol $600 on ps3. What games are you talking about?

The games that are available? Not everyone goes by GS scores..

Hell, Marvel vs Capcom 2 for the PS2 is one of my most played and favorite games. That got about a 7.2 on here, by System Wars standards it would be a sin to play. The 360 with all its AAAs still bores the hell out of me. You guys name BioShock..ok? That game was beaten in a week and collects dust now. Halo 3? Dust collecting.

People actually play what they like out in the real world, not what they're told to like.

Hey cows, feel free to make a "Microsoft Disappointment Timeline." Really, if you believe it's completely equal, what's stopping you? We can compare the two right now.

Hey cows, feel free to make a "Microsoft Disappointment Timeline." Really, if you believe it's completely equal, what's stopping you? We can compare the two right now.

Tsug_Ze_Wind

I find it funny you are bringing this up again becasue sony has taken alot of steps to correct these problems (such as price of the syestem adn lack of games) so sorry, please try again. black_awpN1

Agreed, its almost imposible for them to bash the Ps3 with new arguments... -sigh-...

[QUOTE="black_awpN1"]I find it funny you are bringing this up again becasue sony has taken alot of steps to correct these problems (such as price of the syestem adn lack of games) so sorry, please try again. AgentA-Mi6

Agreed, its almost imposible for them to bash the Ps3 with new arguments... -sigh-...

[QUOTE="ElToRo_14"]

[QUOTE="Mordred19"]wow, I must say I am impressed with that detailed account of Sony's misadventures. but do you want to know something? the PS3 itself is awesome! I don't give a damn about their arrogance. I worked hard for the money to get a PS3 because it is a powerful multimedia device. I listen to music on it, watch movies, download demos, and then there's the games, which are also awesome. by the way, do have some kind of vendetta against this company? this looks like a good set of sources for you to write up a college thesis on how much sony sucks. writing that thesis would be a good use of your time, so good luck. I gotta go enjoy some more PS3 right now. xDonRobx

lol $600 on ps3. What games are you talking about?

The games that are available? Not everyone goes by GS scores..

Hell, Marvel vs Capcom 2 for the PS2 is one of my most played and favorite games. That got about a 7.2 on here, by System Wars standards it would be a sin to play. The 360 with all its AAAs still bores the hell out of me. You guys name BioShock..ok? That game was beaten in a week and collects dust now. Halo 3? Dust collecting.

People actually play what they like out in the real world, not what they're told to like.

May 5th, 2006 - SCEE CEO David Reeves: "It doesn't really matter what ships at launch." "The first five million are going to buy it, whatever it is, even it didn't have games,"

and he got it wrong

it was 5.5 million people

This is pointless, we all already know that Sony sucks big time.SER69

[QUOTE="SER69"]This is pointless, we all already know that Sony sucks big time.Airacomet

Your logic is flawed in so many ways.

I find it kind of sad that people are this into insulting Sony...Kahuna_1

he wasn't really insulting them, he wwas posting facts...with links.

[QUOTE="Kahuna_1"]I find it kind of sad that people are this into insulting Sony...Joshywaa

he wasn't really insulting them, he wwas posting facts...with links.

[QUOTE="Joshywaa"]

[QUOTE="Kahuna_1"]I find it kind of sad that people are this into insulting Sony...blue_hazy_basic

he wasn't really insulting them, he wwas posting facts...with links.

First of all, I am not a cow....second, he is insulting them because he brought this thing back from the dead without any sort of update too it..

[QUOTE="blue_hazy_basic"][QUOTE="Joshywaa"]

[QUOTE="Kahuna_1"]I find it kind of sad that people are this into insulting Sony...Kahuna_1

he wasn't really insulting them, he wwas posting facts...with links.

First of all, I am not a cow....second, he is insulting them because he brought this thing back from the dead without any sort of update too it..

However, you're right that bringing it back with no update is little better than trolling.

(However, alot of the newer cows should read some of those links)

May 5th, 2006 - SCEE CEO David Reeves: "It doesn't really matter what ships at launch." "The first five million are going to buy it, whatever it is, even it didn't have games,"

and he got it wrong

it was 5.5 million people

muff07