Comments on: [E3 2010] What You Need to Know From Sony’s E3 Media Briefing

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 09:41:22 +0000

What is it with people and constantly trying to be a fan boy. Yes 360 users have a grudge PS3 users and vice versa. end of. Fact is the PS3 is the better overall system, perhaps the 360 is better for video games however.

Also, I struggle to find how a presentation can’t be arrogant, is that not the point of a presentation? to show off?

Chris – blackopsinfo.co.uk

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 00:12:09 +0000

Oh yeah, and Sony’s new ad campaign for the PSP is just plain awful. They need to just stick with Kevin Butler.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 23:38:30 +0000

Wait, how is it Sony’s fault that you decided to throw money at all four iterations of the PSP? I still have my launch PSP and there are some features I’d like to have with one of the newer models, but I don’t feel like I’m missing anything major by not upgrading. I feel more wary of buying Apple or Nintendo portables in that regard — without a DSi I’m missing the online shop (and thus DSiWare games) and other features, and with Apple gadgets every time I buy one there’s a newer model within a year with significant upgrades.

I agree with you on the PSN store in terms of poor value. Some games (like ModNation Racers) are cheaper digitally than on UMD, but by and large they are the same price, which doesn’t fly. And it also sucks that there is no guarantee of same-day PSN/UMD launches, and that Sony failed to provide a way for PSPgo owners to transfer over their UMD collections. Sony definitely dropped the ball on all these things.

And yep, the PSPgo has been a total flop as well, and Sony’s attempts to sugar coat that are laughable. However, the Go never was positioned to take over as the lead PSP model moving forward. Sony did say from the beginning that the Go was going to be for the techie early adopters and that it was going to test the waters for digital distribution.

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 20:59:50 +0000

I use the thousands upon thousands I’ve put into buying 4 PSP’s and at least 250 PSP games as justification to complain … 😀

Sony does themselves no favors here:
– They have a solid library on the PSP, but allow Apple to play the ‘more is inherently better’ card, and fight back with the ‘but we iz teh h4rdcorez!’ commercials … a strategy that has never worked for them before!
– They really have learned nothing from the PSP Go debacle – they continue to blame the customers, saying in an interview I saw today that the PSP Go failure is because people love UMD games. WHAT?!?! No – it is because people saw through your attempt to royally screw them! I mean, I’ve professed my love for the PSP Go hardware, but it is *the* worst value currently available in gaming – between the hardware and the boutique priced PSN game shoppe.

I know it sounds like a cop-out, but I honestly don’t believe anyone with a First Class system (PS2 previously, PS3 now) can really understand what it is like to TRY to be a loyal Sony PSP fan in the face of obvious second-class citizen status from Sony.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 20:20:06 +0000

I don’t see that they treat PSP owners like crap, but yeah, we’ve argued that over and over at this point 🙂

However, they do still treat the PSP as a complete afterthought compared to the other systems. They gave it what, like five minutes of time during the briefing? A God of War trailer and a montage of the other games coming out was it. There are a bunch of other great games coming, but because they won’t show them people continue to perceive the PSP as having a terrible software library, which it doesn’t.

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 18:10:26 +0000

I think that the hate and sensing of arrogance comes from me being a PSP fan … and the fact that Sony treats PSP customers like absolute crap.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 16:56:15 +0000

What was arrogant about Sony’s presentation? They hyped their products like both other companies did — I thought it was anything but arrogant. You always seem to see nothing but negatives in everything Sony does, good or bad. I don’t understand the hate lol.

And the PS3 and 360 are coming close to neck and neck at this point, and the PS3 launched a year later than the 360 at a more expensive price. So this notion that Sony has been this huge failure this generation is complete nonsense.

Fact is, all three platforms are sort of drawing even at this point. The Wii got off to a crazy hot start, has been gradually fading, but may pick up steam again after all the core franchise games announced this week. The PS3 is picking up a lot of momentum after the price drop, and as shown in their briefing third-party support seems to suddenly be shifting from 360-first to PS3-first. And the 360 is remaining the consistent seller it’s always been, with the sexy new system remodel sure to give it another boost too.

But frankly, I could care less who leads in sales numbers and all that jazz, because the highest sales don’t always equate to being better. The Wii is crushing both the 360 and PS3 combined when its overall game library isn’t half as good as either rival platform.

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 14:57:13 +0000

I still find the classic Sony arrogance to be surprising in light of the fact that they are DEAD LAST in every possible way in gaming for the last 4 years … heck, they have to trot out the PS2 to make their gameplay numbers sound good since the PS3 came in 4th place … out of 4!