Why Is Everyone(Media) Biased Against Sony?

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#1 xxThyLordxx
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lets be honest here, if MS or Nintendo created 'Home', the whole internet will be going crazy, media will say its the best thing since slice bread, Nintendo have the best innovations, Xbox Live is the greatest. but because its PlayStation, no one is praising it, no one is acknowledging that it is a great feature, instead some are still hating or just being quiet about the whole thing, like it never happened.

even Gamespot would have made a poll about it, or would have done a 'feature article' about it, but because its PlayStation, they did not. but when Sony announed about Europe PS3 down speccing, the whole internet made such a big deal about it, even Gamespot quickly made a 'gut reaction' article.Kotaku, Joystiq and other sites bashed the PS3 to hell and back.

seriously, why all the hate?
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#2 dhjohns
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lets be honest here, if MS or Nintendo created 'Home', the whole internet will be going crazy, media will say its the best thing since slice bread, Nintendo have the best innovations, Xbox Live is the greatest. but because its PlayStation, no one is praising it, no one is acknowledging that it is a great feature, instead some are still hating or just being quiet about the whole thing, like it never happened.

even Gamespot would have made a poll about it, or would have done a 'feature article' about it, but because its PlayStation, they did not. but when Sony announed about Europe PS3 down speccing, the whole internet made such a big deal about it, even Gamespot quickly made a 'gut reaction' article.Kotaku, Joystiq and other sites bashed the PS3 to hell and back.

seriously, why all the hate?
xxThyLordxx
This posts are just plain silly. You are looking at home in a vacum. There are many other factors out there. Sony is its own worst enemy. I have a PS3 and with VF5 and MS I am finally playing it mrore (alos liked RFOM); however, Sony created some riddiculous hype behind the PS3. The hype was so large there was no way the PS3 could meet these expectations. No 4 months out and no AAA games (according to GS) Sony announces home. I think home is cool and I look forward to it; however, it is only an announcement. It still has to be implemented and work as Sony promised. Sony (in fairness so have the other companies) have let us down before. Finally this is SW, so expect everything to be taken to the extreme. Go figure.
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#3 No_Im_Not
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I think it is largely to do with the fact that in the past couple of years, Sony has not endeared themselves to either the gaming public or the gaming press, due to many contributing factors such as THAT E3, the downgraded European launch, the lackluster sales so far compared to their competitors, etc etc.

The reason this is such a big deal is that for the past 10 years or so, Sony has been the undisputed market leader, and seemed to be incapable of doing anything wrong. When a company with the influence that Sony has, starts to make these kinds of mistakes, it will always generate a lot of negative press.
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#4 Mass_Effect
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but because its PlayStation, no one is praising it,

xxThyLordxx

I stopped reading there. With everything new Sony introduce comes too much praise. So many people said the Eyetoy was the greatest innovation ever, but then they said the DS was just a gimmick

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You must be living in a different internet to me. There has been huge amounts of praise for this feature. Especially considering there is still so much we do not know about it.
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In a way it is true. It is because Sony is doing it that I am not too jumpy about it. It is a great idea, but Sony tends to have a track record of over promising before testing the whole idea. I mean, to keep people interested in this it has to updated regularly, hell, when I joined myspace I got tired of it in 3 days. Sony will really have to foucs on this idea.
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#8 xxThyLordxx
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[QUOTE="dhjohns"] however, it is only an announcement. It still has to be implemented and work as Sony promised.Jandurin
There's your answer. It's not currently available.



then why did GS criticise europe PS3s when they are not yet available. they have no idea how the backwards compatabilty will work. how many games will be compatible. instead they quickly made an article and jumped to conclusions.
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[QUOTE="Jandurin"][QUOTE="dhjohns"] however, it is only an announcement. It still has to be implemented and work as Sony promised.xxThyLordxx
There's your answer. It's not currently available.



then why did GS criticise europe PS3s when they are not yet available. they have no idea how the backwards compatabilty will work. how many games will be compatible. instead they quickly made an article and jumped to conclusions.

Stop. GS was critical because of the way Sony handled it. Look I own a PS3, but Sony has made so many stupid comments. Sony made fun of MS and the 360 and asked where is the BC. They then release it in Europe with software emulation, just like the 360 and then state BC is not important. lol This is after Sony told us how important it is. BC in Europe will not be a 100% that is known, and thus, Sony lied or at the very least were very arrogant. So please just stop and look at the whole picture before posting.
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Anyway, I was here in E3 2005. I remember when Sony praised the PS3 to the moon and damned 360 to hell. Back then, you couldn't defend the 360 without being damage control. You see how that turned out. Feature after feature was cut out, especially the famous "entitlements". Sony overpromises before they actually begin testing, etc.
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You must be living in a different internet to me. There has been huge amounts of praise for this feature. Especially considering there is still so much we do not know about it.
cakeorrdeath


You're living in the internet?

j/k :P
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#12 dhjohns
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Anyway, I was here in E3 2005. I remember when Sony praised the PS3 to the moon and damned 360 to hell. Back then, you couldn't defend the 360 without being damage control. You see how that turned out. Feature after feature was cut out, especially the famous "entitlements". Sony overpromises before they actually begin testing, etc. Tulak_Hord
See this is the point fanboys can't comprehend. Sony is its own worst enemy. The hype machine of Sony has hurt the company very bad. I am sure Sony will get it together (they better or I bought a $600 paperweight) but the beating it is taking now is a problem of Sony's making. It is not a conspiracy guys.
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[QUOTE="xxThyLordxx"][QUOTE="Jandurin"][QUOTE="dhjohns"] however, it is only an announcement. It still has to be implemented and work as Sony promised.dhjohns
There's your answer. It's not currently available.



then why did GS criticise europe PS3s when they are not yet available. they have no idea how the backwards compatabilty will work. how many games will be compatible. instead they quickly made an article and jumped to conclusions.

Stop. GS was critical because of the way Sony handled it. Look I own a PS3, but Sony has made so many stupid comments. Sony made fun of MS and the 360 and asked where is the BC. They then release it in Europe with software emulation, just like the 360 and then state BC is not important. lol This is after Sony told us how important it is. BC in Europe will not be a 100% that is known, and thus, Sony lied or at the very least were very arrogant. So please just stop and look at the whole picture before posting.



what does 'stupid comments' have to do with the subject? so becuase of 'stupid comments', GS was critical, correct me if I am wrong, but are you admitting that GS was biased against Sony?

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[QUOTE="cakeorrdeath"]You must be living in a different internet to me. There has been huge amounts of praise for this feature. Especially considering there is still so much we do not know about it.
50u1r34v3r


You're living in the internet?

j/k :P



Yes I am SKYNET:twisted:
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#15 50u1r34v3r
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[QUOTE="50u1r34v3r"][QUOTE="cakeorrdeath"]You must be living in a different internet to me. There has been huge amounts of praise for this feature. Especially considering there is still so much we do not know about it.
cakeorrdeath


You're living in the internet?

j/k :P



Yes I am SKYNET:twisted:



What's it like having the power to destroy mankind? :lol:
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If you have owned the systems you'd know.  PSP included
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If you have owned the systems you'd know. PSP includedGamertag-TFTW
Sony systems are only good if you can afford a replacement when they break.
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[QUOTE="Gamertag-TFTW"]If you have owned the systems you'd know. PSP includedBoba_Fett_3710
Sony systems are only good if you can afford a replacement when they break.



I think you are mistaking it for Xbox 360.
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[QUOTE="Boba_Fett_3710"][QUOTE="Gamertag-TFTW"]If you have owned the systems you'd know. PSP includedxxThyLordxx
Sony systems are only good if you can afford a replacement when they break.



I think you are mistaking it for Xbox 360.

I think he is talking about the PS2....you didnt forget about that guy did you.

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[QUOTE="Gamertag-TFTW"]If you have owned the systems you'd know. PSP includedBoba_Fett_3710
Sony systems are only good if you can afford a replacement when they break.

lol Granted I will stick up for sony and say the PS, PS2, and PSP that I owned never totally broke down there was still terrible load times, expensive proprietary crap, revisions, remakes, rehashes, poor design, and lack of games.

Needless to say the 360 (scratching of discs, overheating, freezing, skipping, small controller) or Xbox (hard to read discs later in it's life) ain't perfect either.

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[QUOTE="Gamertag-TFTW"]If you have owned the systems you'd know. PSP includedBoba_Fett_3710
Sony systems are only good if you can afford a replacement when they break.

Which means you have no idea how to handle electronic equipment.
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If you have owned the systems you'd know. PSP includedGamertag-TFTW
I owned the PS2 and I currently own a PSP and I don't know.