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In the latest embarrassment to strike Sony Corp., the company acknowledged today (Wednesday) that many games designed for the original PlayStation and PlayStation 2 consoles are not compatible with PlayStation 3. News of the problem follows the rash of bad publicity over production delays involving the device, consumer hesitancy over the company's Blu-ray high-definition DVD devices, and especially a recall of laptop batteries that the company had manufactured. Sony had been hoping that the hugely hyped Casino Royale, due out this weekend, would produce revenue to offset the earlier ordeals. Sony managers were in London Tuesday to demonstrate how they planned to integrate the marketing of their products with the new film. Later in the day they attended the premiere of the movie at the Odeon Leicester Square theater -- along with Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip.
Okay...I own a PS2. I don't hate (it's my second favorite game system right now). But I have NO DESIRE to buy the Playstation 3. For one thing, it's too damn expensive. Secondly, name three games on it? I can't! There are no "Wow me" launch titles. Now we find out that it's not going to be completely backward compatible. Now, I hear you saying "But Jason, the PS3 is the most powerful gaming system available." Okay...so? I don't give a shit about Blue-Ray discs or HD-TV compatibility. I don't own either of those things. As far as "most powerful" the first generation XBOX was more powerful than the PS2, yet most people prefer ed it over Microsoft's system. Why? Because it 1. came out first 2. Had more games on it. Well by coming out last Sony is basically making sure that it's the system with the "fewest games." This problem hampered the XBOX (1) . Time will only tell if the fanboys are going to be able to save this system. Me personally, I've written Sony off. A mistake many people (me included) made about Nintendo. Speaking of Nintendo, it's new console the Wii is poised to take the gaming public by storm. Why? For one thing, this X-mas season YOU WILL BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY BUY IT. Secondly, the Wii is not the "same old thing." Have you seen the PS3? It looks like a PS2. The controller is nearly identical in appearance. The Wii has like three different controllers and Nintendo is hinting at an entirely new gaming experience. For the first time...in a long, long while gamers and non-gamers are going to be on a (semi) level playing field. That's how radical this new game play is. The PS3 is a joke compared to the XBOX 360. Why? Lets start with the games. There are more games on it that the PS3 will have at launch. Duh, right? Okay...fast forward two years from now...that won't change. Even if Sony releases twice as many games a year as Microsoft. How is this possible? Because the XBOX 360 is backward compatible with the old XBOX video games. HA HA! Nice try Sony. You suck. Hope the PS3 doesn't explode like you stupid laptop batteries. The XBOX 360 also has a better online community. XBOX LIVE rules. I've been on it/used it. It's great and fun and easy for retards like me to figure out. Plus, they have games that work well on it . First person shooter, XBOX LIVE Arcade...I could go on and on. PS3 is sunk.
Microsoft has fucked me over (my XBOX 1 was very buggy and I ended up having to buy two). Sony's PS2 was cool because when I owned it I had games that most normal people played. "God of War" and "Grand Theft Auto" are awesome and it sucked not being able to play these very popular games. I felt...connected to my fellow nerds. I wasn't left out. The Ps3 is not going to be the "generic gamer" or "default" game machine like the PS2 was. It's too expensive and won't appeal to most people because of the lack of innovation and games. Honestly, Nintendo is the only company to NOT let me down. The GameCube had it's problems (mico-sized game discs), a small library of games, a crappy controller (sorry...the 'cube controller is my least favorite controller of ALL TIME. How often do you remember to use the thin, little Z button on the top left side? Exactly.), and a less than great engine (some games had amazing graphics, but most did not). That said, with the exception of HALO, all my current favorite multi-player games are on the Gamecube. Sony's PS2 had not multi-player games worth a damn (and I'm sorry, I shouldn't be punished/forced to buy a multi-tap to play with two of my friends). So, despite a less-than stellar Gamecube, Nintendo really hasn't ever let me down. Not like Microsoft and Sony. And Nintendo has had WAY longer to let me down. All the hand-helds and first party games...all rock. The closest thing to a failure this company has had is the red screened "Virtual Boy." Okay, so they let me down once. Nintendo DS beats the Sony PSP (Microsoft is smart enough to stay out of the hand-held market). Nintendo will, mark my words, dethrone XBOX as the #2 system. Here's how the console wars will end (my prediction):
1. XBOX 360
2. Nintendo Wii
3. Word Jumble
4. Seduko
5. Cup and ball games
6. checkers
7. That crazy Japanese chess game Jaimie told me about
8. punching yourself in the groin
9. horse shit tossing
10. PS3
Nice. And there ya go.
In the latest embarrassment to strike Sony Corp., the company acknowledged today (Wednesday) that many games designed for the original PlayStation and PlayStation 2 consoles are not compatible with PlayStation 3. News of the problem follows the rash of bad publicity over production delays involving the device, consumer hesitancy over the company's Blu-ray high-definition DVD devices, and especially a recall of laptop batteries that the company had manufactured. Sony had been hoping that the hugely hyped Casino Royale, due out this weekend, would produce revenue to offset the earlier ordeals. Sony managers were in London Tuesday to demonstrate how they planned to integrate the marketing of their products with the new film. Later in the day they attended the premiere of the movie at the Odeon Leicester Square theater -- along with Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip.
Okay...I own a PS2. I don't hate (it's my second favorite game system right now). But I have NO DESIRE to buy the Playstation 3. For one thing, it's too damn expensive. Secondly, name three games on it? I can't! There are no "Wow me" launch titles. Now we find out that it's not going to be completely backward compatible. Now, I hear you saying "But Jason, the PS3 is the most powerful gaming system available." Okay...so? I don't give a shit about Blue-Ray discs or HD-TV compatibility. I don't own either of those things. As far as "most powerful" the first generation XBOX was more powerful than the PS2, yet most people prefer ed it over Microsoft's system. Why? Because it 1. came out first 2. Had more games on it. Well by coming out last Sony is basically making sure that it's the system with the "fewest games." This problem hampered the XBOX (1) . Time will only tell if the fanboys are going to be able to save this system. Me personally, I've written Sony off. A mistake many people (me included) made about Nintendo. Speaking of Nintendo, it's new console the Wii is poised to take the gaming public by storm. Why? For one thing, this X-mas season YOU WILL BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY BUY IT. Secondly, the Wii is not the "same old thing." Have you seen the PS3? It looks like a PS2. The controller is nearly identical in appearance. The Wii has like three different controllers and Nintendo is hinting at an entirely new gaming experience. For the first time...in a long, long while gamers and non-gamers are going to be on a (semi) level playing field. That's how radical this new game play is. The PS3 is a joke compared to the XBOX 360. Why? Lets start with the games. There are more games on it that the PS3 will have at launch. Duh, right? Okay...fast forward two years from now...that won't change. Even if Sony releases twice as many games a year as Microsoft. How is this possible? Because the XBOX 360 is backward compatible with the old XBOX video games. HA HA! Nice try Sony. You suck. Hope the PS3 doesn't explode like you stupid laptop batteries. The XBOX 360 also has a better online community. XBOX LIVE rules. I've been on it/used it. It's great and fun and easy for retards like me to figure out. Plus, they have games that work well on it . First person shooter, XBOX LIVE Arcade...I could go on and on. PS3 is sunk.
Microsoft has fucked me over (my XBOX 1 was very buggy and I ended up having to buy two). Sony's PS2 was cool because when I owned it I had games that most normal people played. "God of War" and "Grand Theft Auto" are awesome and it sucked not being able to play these very popular games. I felt...connected to my fellow nerds. I wasn't left out. The Ps3 is not going to be the "generic gamer" or "default" game machine like the PS2 was. It's too expensive and won't appeal to most people because of the lack of innovation and games. Honestly, Nintendo is the only company to NOT let me down. The GameCube had it's problems (mico-sized game discs), a small library of games, a crappy controller (sorry...the 'cube controller is my least favorite controller of ALL TIME. How often do you remember to use the thin, little Z button on the top left side? Exactly.), and a less than great engine (some games had amazing graphics, but most did not). That said, with the exception of HALO, all my current favorite multi-player games are on the Gamecube. Sony's PS2 had not multi-player games worth a damn (and I'm sorry, I shouldn't be punished/forced to buy a multi-tap to play with two of my friends). So, despite a less-than stellar Gamecube, Nintendo really hasn't ever let me down. Not like Microsoft and Sony. And Nintendo has had WAY longer to let me down. All the hand-helds and first party games...all rock. The closest thing to a failure this company has had is the red screened "Virtual Boy." Okay, so they let me down once. Nintendo DS beats the Sony PSP (Microsoft is smart enough to stay out of the hand-held market). Nintendo will, mark my words, dethrone XBOX as the #2 system. Here's how the console wars will end (my prediction):
1. XBOX 360
2. Nintendo Wii
3. Word Jumble
4. Seduko
5. Cup and ball games
6. checkers
7. That crazy Japanese chess game Jaimie told me about
8. punching yourself in the groin
9. horse shit tossing
10. PS3
Nice. And there ya go.
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