Sony and Kotaku making up? Sony and Immersion finally settling? Ok, who drugged Kaz Hirai and made him kick ass and take names? Could this be the start of the Kazzinator?
I personally don't think this has overshadowed it whatsoever. The Sony/Immersion deal is rather well known in the tech world, just wait until it hits the BBC, then wait until it goes onto IGN, then slowly but surely the mainstream gamers will know. And everyone will go "SIXAXIS X DUALSHOCK PLZ". Now the only problem is the name, lol.
Sony reacting to an article that totally ruined their big press event's surprise is hardly murder. Of course they panicked, but as soon as they saw the reaction to their panic, they went back and fixed what they had screwed up.Sony fixing anything that they've screwed up is a good thing right now with all of the negative press they've gotten.
Did Sony take a PR hit? No.In a week people will not remember this. Are you really going to sit in a store and ask yourself "Well they did pressure Kotaku to keep important information a secret....Nah f**k Sony for wanting a good GDC."But guess what. I see three articles on the front page of the gamer section about this. Two positive and one about how gizmondo hates Sony(this is news?) Its a ton of press for this thing that would not have happened if Sony did nothing. How many more people want to listen to the Sony's GDC event now? I would guess a considerable amount more.
The truth of the matter that I gleaned is that Kotaku came upon information, that they were under no obligation to withhold, and they spoke to Sony about its validity. Sony threatened to retract any invitations to Sony events, or exclusive interviews, and demanded their debug PS3. This is blackmail, and interfering with the freedom of the press. I don't normally like to fall back on freedom of the press. I think it should only come into question when reporting things so trivial and intrusive as the private everyday lives of celebrities, or something so important to saving lives as military secrets or troop movements and the like. The heavy-handed response from Sony seems odd, probably because this rumour was actually their big GDC surprise. I will say this, Sony's reaction was understandable, but attempting to control a source of news in the way they did is wrong. I saw someone suggest that it would have been better to offer an exclusive for the information, or some other exclusive since they wanted to reveal this themselves. Kotaku was stubborn, but as a video game news blog, they made the correct decision. When reporting news, reporting the news is the important thing, not pleasing whomever the news concerns.Kotaku was correct.Sony was wrong.It does not matter what any of you say, if it played out as I understand it, the statements above are indisputably true. Freedom of the press, despite Sony not liking it, in spite of their threats, Kotaku performed their duty as a news blog.To anyone who will try to diffuse the issue by saying gaming news is unimportant and we should all get a life, it is obvious that you just disagree and have found a clever way to oppose me. Gaming news is corporate news, less important than some news, more important than others. The importance of the news does not affect controlling it as being wrong.If I misunderstood what happened then sure I've stuck my neck out pretty far and I should get bitten.
Considering that I find Kotaku to be full of crappy journalism in the first place, I tend to side with Sony on this one and I'm by no means a fan of Sony at all (I don't own any of their systems at present, though I have in the past from time to time).
leo55Mar 2, 2007
Why are they so afraid of Kotaku posting info on PS3 home....?oh wait...people just got the original PS3.
thetjalianMar 2, 2007
Sony and Kotaku making up? Sony and Immersion finally settling? Ok, who drugged Kaz Hirai and made him kick ass and take names? Could this be the start of the Kazzinator?
thetjalianMar 2, 2007
I personally don't think this has overshadowed it whatsoever. The Sony/Immersion deal is rather well known in the tech world, just wait until it hits the BBC, then wait until it goes onto IGN, then slowly but surely the mainstream gamers will know. And everyone will go "SIXAXIS X DUALSHOCK PLZ". Now the only problem is the name, lol.
coheedcollapseMar 2, 2007
Sony reacting to an article that totally ruined their big press event's surprise is hardly murder. Of course they panicked, but as soon as they saw the reaction to their panic, they went back and fixed what they had screwed up.Sony fixing anything that they've screwed up is a good thing right now with all of the negative press they've gotten.
jayd16Mar 2, 2007
Did Sony take a PR hit? No.In a week people will not remember this. Are you really going to sit in a store and ask yourself "Well they did pressure Kotaku to keep important information a secret....Nah f**k Sony for wanting a good GDC."But guess what. I see three articles on the front page of the gamer section about this. Two positive and one about how gizmondo hates Sony(this is news?) Its a ton of press for this thing that would not have happened if Sony did nothing. How many more people want to listen to the Sony's GDC event now? I would guess a considerable amount more.
robbothehoodMar 2, 2007
The truth of the matter that I gleaned is that Kotaku came upon information, that they were under no obligation to withhold, and they spoke to Sony about its validity. Sony threatened to retract any invitations to Sony events, or exclusive interviews, and demanded their debug PS3. This is blackmail, and interfering with the freedom of the press. I don't normally like to fall back on freedom of the press. I think it should only come into question when reporting things so trivial and intrusive as the private everyday lives of celebrities, or something so important to saving lives as military secrets or troop movements and the like. The heavy-handed response from Sony seems odd, probably because this rumour was actually their big GDC surprise. I will say this, Sony's reaction was understandable, but attempting to control a source of news in the way they did is wrong. I saw someone suggest that it would have been better to offer an exclusive for the information, or some other exclusive since they wanted to reveal this themselves. Kotaku was stubborn, but as a video game news blog, they made the correct decision. When reporting news, reporting the news is the important thing, not pleasing whomever the news concerns.Kotaku was correct.Sony was wrong.It does not matter what any of you say, if it played out as I understand it, the statements above are indisputably true. Freedom of the press, despite Sony not liking it, in spite of their threats, Kotaku performed their duty as a news blog.To anyone who will try to diffuse the issue by saying gaming news is unimportant and we should all get a life, it is obvious that you just disagree and have found a clever way to oppose me. Gaming news is corporate news, less important than some news, more important than others. The importance of the news does not affect controlling it as being wrong.If I misunderstood what happened then sure I've stuck my neck out pretty far and I should get bitten.
Closed AccountMar 4, 2007
Secret, what secret? It was a rumor. People speculate and start rumors about existing and up coming products all the time.
wytefangMar 5, 2007
Considering that I find Kotaku to be full of crappy journalism in the first place, I tend to side with Sony on this one and I'm by no means a fan of Sony at all (I don't own any of their systems at present, though I have in the past from time to time).