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- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -6/+71After 3 years of waiting for the PS3 I've decided to get a 360 on Monday - it's down to the games.
- SimonX314, on 10/12/2007, -3/+61Molly Smith, Head of North American PR and Mark Deloura, Head of North American Developer Relations quit before the North American launch.
- Katana, on 10/12/2007, -2/+53Yeah, everyone who wanted a next gen console over here has gone out and bought a 360 or Wii by now.
Also the fact that Sony thinks $ = £ with their pricing scheme isn't exactly going to help them sell in the UK either. - unibomber999, on 10/12/2007, -11/+57Yeah, because every company wants to hire a quitter who leaves you high and dry when you need them the most.
- rebrad, on 10/12/2007, -11/+55Can't blame the poor guy. Who wants to be associated with catastrophic failure. At least this way he should be able to get a job somewhere.
- dgblackout, on 10/12/2007, -2/+45i've asked about in my local games shops, and none of them expect to have any sort of line for the midnight launch of the PS3 over here, it's laughable.
- catalysis, on 10/12/2007, -1/+37Dude, your tax return is your money that you borrowed to the government without interest.
- noahhoward, on 10/12/2007, -7/+38How's life out there in lala land?
Seriously anyone out there who can still say the PS3 and, on a larger scale Sony, doesn't have serious problems needs to start sharing the crack. - catalysis, on 10/12/2007, -3/+33His next job interview:
"Hey, weren't you the head of SCE sales in the UK?"
"Yeah, its ok though. I bailed at the last minute so I don't look bad."
"Oh ok, you're hired" - strictnein, on 10/12/2007, -1/+31This isn't the mailboy quitting. Normally, high level executives don't quit a short time before a career defining moment, unless that moment is going to be a very negative one.
- kylesellers, on 10/12/2007, -15/+44How long till the rest of the bums quit?
- teamparadox, on 10/12/2007, -1/+27Executives leaving a company right before or right after a huge product launch means problems. We may never know what exactly the problem is but this isnt good news for Sony. Whatever happened im sure they will move on in short time but hearing things like this is bad for PR all across the board.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+25@Katana
exactly. any more console companies do that, i'm gonna start my own next-gen import business. - RMD78, on 10/12/2007, -3/+24"MCV is reporting that Jowett resigned to 'pursue new opportunities outside of the games industry..."
That means he jumped ship before the PS3 ruined his career forever in the gaming industry...I'm surprised more people haven't left Sony due to the debacle that is the PS3. It's getting to the point that they won't be able to give them away. What a let down. - TonyCubed, on 10/12/2007, -4/+24@EatingPie
The reason the PS3 gets some much bad publicity is because there is no/little good news to post about it. It's also "keeping informed" for people who want to buy the console. And don't think people are Bias towards Microsoft, because quite frankly, they aren't. Quite a lot of Digg users don't like Microsoft. - dmsean, on 10/12/2007, -1/+19I hate microsoft, love my 360 (I waited one year until after its release to buy it)
Go figure? Well, I like how they put effort into making a clean development platform...I also like how there are video games to play on it. - ZennZero, on 10/12/2007, -4/+21@EatingPie
I think you have a false notion of what the "Digg experience" is. Digg is majority rules, border-line anarchy -- and that is its chief strength. Fortunately, there are some tools to tailor it to your delicate sensibilities. You could unsubscribe from gaming news or, if you just want to avoid PS3 related gaming news, you could set up a Greasemonkey script or use an RSS reader with a custom filter.
The bottom line is that it really isn't of any use to complain about story content on digg. If something makes it to the front page it is because that is what the masses want. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -16/+32@EatingPie
Yes, because I need to see more articles telling me how great Obama is, and I need to see more Colbert videos. I don't think I've been told how much better Linux is today, either. Oh, and I certainly need to be told the hundreds of ways that Bush sucks each and every morning! And I mean, come on! It's been at least 5 minutes since I last dugg a story in support of somebody that got ripped off by someone. I can't be bothered with ANOTHER anti-PS3 story! They're really ruining digg!
Digg me down if your sarcasm detector sucks, or you don't like the truth. - meltingrobot, on 10/12/2007, -3/+19Oh, I wouldn't go that far. If they dropped to like 300$, I would buy one for the Linux possibilities.
- xerokitsune, on 10/12/2007, -1/+16When the PS2 came out there were some negative stories(mostly involving breakdowns, a few incompatible games and a few other minor bits) but it was sold out of most places for months after the holidays. This was nowhere close to the fiasco that the PS3 has been, I still say it's too soon to wright the PS3 off but the start is far far rockier than the PS2 or even the PS1.
And I hate to tell you this but your the tax payer, refunds are normally the result of overpaying the government and them holding your money for you till it's refund time. - heinousjay, on 10/12/2007, -1/+16I don't need to do much research, I remember it well. Everyone wanted a PS2. I spent months trying to get people interested in the Dreamcast, but no one wanted that because the PS2 "could do Toy Story in realtime."
The biggest difference now is that people know Sony lies, and they aren't listening anymore. Shame, really, but you can only ***** on someone's head for so long before they realize it isn't a hat. - stealthboy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+15> (oh.. and the New York tax payer paid for my ps3... got to love my tax return)
It's amazing how the Government has managed to fool people into thinking that a "return" is somehow free money.
What a moron. - Teemu, on 10/12/2007, -4/+13Yeah Sony! First annoy us with the launch date and then with the price.
- stealthboy, on 10/12/2007, -3/+11What happened to Sony? One word: ego.
- Antialias, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8MrFlesh,
In the US at least, the PS3 is looking to be a distant 3rd unless some of their huge games come out and can sell insane numbers of consoles. The PS3 is almost 8 million units behind the 360 and the gap is actually increasing as the 360 sells more per week than the ps3. Wii sales have actually been increasing in the post holiday season, so there could be a viral spread there, but we'll have to wait and see.
Couple that with rumors of the first ps3 price drop coming in 2009 with the 45nm cell chips they've got a tough uphill battle.
That said, Gamecube was 3rd place last gen and it was my favorite console. - strictnein, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8"Dude, your tax return is your money that you borrowed to the government without interest."
Well, actually he lent it to them. The one receiving the money borrowed it. - Chompy, on 10/12/2007, -3/+9Also the fact that Sony thinks $ = £ with their pricing scheme isn't exactly going to help them sell in the UK either.
Abuh? I was just on vacation in England and I can confirm that the $ most assuredly does NOT = £. Oh man, my wallet is still feeling the pain of the £. - OwdenBowden, on 10/12/2007, -6/+12Strictly a carrier move. Rumor has it he is now in Redmond Washington...
- AntBing, on 10/12/2007, -3/+9I did buy one, mainly for the Blu-ray and Linux. I'm happy with it now, hopefully the games situation picks up soon though.
- porcupus, on 10/12/2007, -8/+13Well it's not like the big wigs at Sony are helping to make this launch easy. The price they are going to charge for the console is silly plus all the rumors of price cuts.
Even Jesus couldn't put a good marketing campaign together in this debacle.
Sony misses the point yet again. - btgoss, on 10/12/2007, -3/+8Since Sony is a Japanese company, aren't the higher ups expected to commit ritual suicide or something? Or is working for Sony career suicide?
- dogfurnace, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7@unibomber999 & catalysis:
It saddens me that you are so quick to defend a corporation. Who gives a ***** about a faceless multi-national like Sony? They'd fire his or for that matter all of your asses in a heartbeat if economics so dictated. The guy can obviously see the writing on the wall and is taking care of number 1, something any smart person would do don't you think? - strictnein, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5How else would I express my interest to them?
Maybe I could express my interest by performing avant-garde interpretive street dancing in front of their store? - RunnyBabbit, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3The 360 didn't release within those few weeks, and it really isn't indicative of the quality of the upcoming titles to look forward to for the system since most are third-party.
While I don't think it's as simple as "The guy quit so something must be wrong," your comparison doesn't make sense to me. - acurism, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5Well,
they have overtaken Samsung in the TV business...
http://www.reuters.com/article/technology-media-telco-SP/idUST3989820070214
and their stock is at it's highest in four years in Japan ...
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601101&sid=ajbKoZXI2hOk&refer=japan
So things aren't going as bad for Sony as some of you anti-Sony diggers would like to believe - JayD16, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Smart guys realize abandonment is a much darker mark...
- AndrewDB, on 01/10/2008, -0/+2Mr.Flesh-- Statistically speaking, HD & Blu-ray, are both a miserable failure. The average joe consumer is still wanting to buy a SD DVD player, partly because of how cheap they are now.
Come Feb 29th 2009 (the day all major tv networks have to be HD Compliant/Streaming), Blu-ray, and HD-DVD will see a pick up in sales because HD-TVs will drop dramatically in price. Come that date, we'll see who wins, Blu-ray, or HD-DVD
I've made my mind up to not buy either until 2010 to play it safe. :) - JayD16, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4What are you basing your 360 growing sales faster then PS3 sales on? I can't find anything unless you count xmas which actually was supply inhibited.
- MrFlesh, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4I don't know what your talking about I live in Metro Phoenix area and every gaming store or Best Buy I go to has........No Wiii's....None or a handful of PS3's and stacks of 360s......Now maybe in back water georgia or fly-over-state-america there are tons of PS3s but In Phoenix, LA, and Las Vegas all places I've been to since launch have I seen more than five or six ps3s on the shelf in any given store.
- scabbers, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5One of the local games stores has a small piece of paper in the window with "come in to express interest for pre-ordering ps3" scrawled on it.
- ZeroMP, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4Get out while the getting's good!
- 3dom, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3They arent bashing the PS3 for no reason. It's a consequence of Sony bashing the consumer harder than the competition.
- DrunKao, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2MrFlesh, mainly it's a failure compared to Wii's extremely impressive performance. The Wii is still selling much better than the PS3 and it's still hard to find while the PS3 is not. If the Wii hadn't been released, I don't think people would be so hard on the PS3 at this moment. Still being available and catching up to demand so soon after launch is a bad thing, but I don't think it would be as noticeable or people would care as much, if there wasn't that contrast...
- uberdesigner, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3You gotta love Sony at this point. They just keep on giving.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2I have the Wii-60 with no plans to get a PS3. But I think once the PS3 gets one or two system-seller games (like Gears of War for 360) opinions will start to shift. That is, if any developers stick around.
- TDR25, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Tis better to quit than to be blamed and fired for Sony's mistake...hopefully nobody else has wrote this.
- tsaxer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@RandomGuySteve re:"So how many high level executives have you seen quit lately?"
To quote a fellow digger:
Molly Smith, Head of North American PR and Mark Deloura, Head of North American Developer Relations quit before the North American launch.
That is a lot of heads to jump ship. Interesting to note that this guy left the gaming industry completely. - 3dom, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1The fact it's been constant arrogance and consumer disrespect from the likes of Kutaragi and Harrison (see claims of 120fps on screens that havent been invented yet, despite severe fps lag issues - especially at 1080p) from the beginning, added with the screwing over of Europe/UK in terms of launch dates and ridiculous pricing and the actual proven inferiority of the graphics when directly compared with the xbox (see COD3) has really put me off from buying a PS3. It seems everything Sony does these days leaves a nasty taste in my mouth. I was still considering buying one just for MGS4 but that doesn't look likely now. Personally I'm waiting to see if this much-rumoured "special edition x360" weighs up worth its price.
- hansjudas, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3finally someone else who looked at figures and isn't worried about being dugg down. I have a wii-360 system at home and aint thinking of getting a PS3, but this Sony bashing for bashings sake is crazy! People keep on saying that the great thing about digg is that majority rules, but the fact that it also develops into mob mentality never gets raised. People with different opinions get dugg down and eventually will leave, leaving only a bunch of people who agree on issues. Where's the prospect for interaction and discussion in that? The whole thing is turning into a henhouse, much like congress...
- MrFlesh, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Actually, here it is just PS3 bashing.........you see very little going the other way that isn't backed up by fact. It's mostly false statements that everyone agrees with because they come from thier side........e.g.
False Statement: Nobody is buying a PS3 for Blu-Ray play back and Blu-ray is doomed for failure. It's the next betamax
Fact: Blu-Ray has caught up to and surpassed HD-DVD since the PS3 launch
There are a miriad of others but I've just had my 6th screw driver and don't wnat to be on the computer anymore. -
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