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Some of Sony’s greatest quotes

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A collection of some of Sony’s greatest quotes.

  1. “Itâ??s probably too cheapâ?¦” â?? Ken Kutaragi, Regarding the $499 to $599 price point
  2. “A bit pricey.” – Michael Ephraim, Managing Director of Sony Computer Entertainment Australia, speaking about Nintendo Wii in an interview with the age.com.au
  3. “Microsoft does not concern us. Microsoft is not a technology company.” – Nobuyuki Idei, Sony chief corporate adviser in an interview with BBC NEWS
  4. “We do not care.” â?? Kaz Hirai, current President of Computer Entertainment, regarding competition from Microsoft and Nintendo
  5. “(the PS3) is not a game machineâ?¦” – Ken Kutaragi, Regarding the machineâ??s beefy hardware architecture
  6. “Most people, I think, don’t even know what a rootkit is, so why should they care about it?” - Thomas Hesse, Sony BMG’s president of global digital business, responding to the outcry over Sony’s DRM Rootkit spyware uncovered on its music CDs

Thanks Sony, you guys brought a lot of memorable quotes. Meanwhile in technology news, PlayStation inventor Kutaragi leaves Sony. Since hitting the market seven months ago, PlayStation sales have been outpaced by Nintendo’s Wii and Microsoft’s Xbox 360.read more | digg story

Xbox 360 gets new peripheral QWERTY thumb keyboard

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Engadget notes that Xbox 360 is getting a new peripheral – a QWERTY keyboard no less.

Xbox 360 gets new peripheral QWERTY thumb keyboard

It doesn’t really look too comfortable but it’s perhaps something new. It’s now got a keyboard and it’s somewhat like a computer now. It just needs a web browser, probably not Mozilla Firefox. How about Xbox 360 Internet Explorer? (Please give me some money if you use this name, thank you.)

I was just thinking last week actually – one day gaming consoles and PCs would become some sort of a combine console. And the company that’s likely to make it happen is probably Microsoft. Apple is going a slightly different directly by introducing the Apple TV thing. It’s cool but honestly, I don’t think it would sell that well.

Sony has a great contender in Playstation 3 but the Playstation 3 console pricing is just not as consumer-friendly. But whether Microsoft Xbox 360, Sony Playstation 3 or Nintendo Wii win is really not much of my concern; in the end, they just come and go but the overall technological benefit they bring to the living room – well, those are here to stay.

The whole living room technology is going to be really exciting coming decade, so watch out for it. ;)

[By the way, I'm currently drooling over Command and Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars. Any kind (and wealthy) soul wish to buy it for me? Hehee...] Secret.

Playstation 3 is smarter than you

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Take a look at this amazing video that Sony put up for Playstation 3′s Cell processor. It tells you how gaming can benefit from the Cell processor. A very well done video and I am convinced that Playstation is indeed graphically superior to the other consoles.

Thank goodness they did not mention the 499 or 599 US dollar price tag at the end of the presentation. Yeah, that just spoils everything right?

katamari//roll

Playstation 2: Katamari Damacy.

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I love this commercial. I love to watch all the things rolls up as one. Katamari Damacy just look like such a fun game to play. It is a game made by Namco. The game’s plot concerns a tiny Prince on a mission to rebuild the stars, constellations and Moon, which his father has accidentally destroyed. This is achieved by rolling a magical sticky ball called a katamari around various locations, collecting increasingly larger objects, ranging from thumbtacks to schoolchildren to mountains, until the ball has grown large enough to become a star. The game falls under both the puzzle and action game genres, since strategy as well as dexterity are needed to complete a mission. [Read more from Wikipedia where I copied that chunk of text from.]

An advertisement every Tuesday

playstation//failing

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These days, Sony is in quite a lot of shit. I can’t help but to comment this somehow. I have been seeing Sony news every single day. It seems that lots of people are pissed with Sony. It started off with Playstation 3. Yes, it’s a great machine and blah blah blah but the cost is just too crazy!

Ken Kutaragi reportedly said that the PlayStation 3s $600 price tag is too cheap.

(Ken Kutaragi reportedly said that the PlayStation 3′s $600 price tag is “too cheap.”)

The pricing has been ridiculed – selling a console in 2 packages (the Microsoft way) of US$499 and US$599. That is around SG$785 and SG$940 respectively (conversion rate is about 1.57 SG dollar per US dollar now I think). But Ken Kutaragi, the Playstation guy, says that it’s too cheap. What the fuck is wrong with him? He is damn freaking rich apparently.

I think your parents would probably recommend you to go buy a computer at Sim Lim Square – which is a real good advice by the way. You can buy a simple computer at SG$700 and spend the rest on a World of Warcraft subscription for a year or something.

Then, Sony decides that there are going to be some shortages and plans to release 400,000 in America and Japan, forgeting about the rest of the world until next year. This gamer is pissed:

Today was the breaking point. Delaying the PlayStation 3 to March 2007 because you couldn’t make enough machines in time is the ultimate betrayal. Remember that slide show you put up at E3, Sony?

It said November 17.

Not March 2007.

And then there’s the reduced American ship numbers and the paltry Japanese launch – how long until you start letting me down on those promises, too? I can’t wait for you to show me any sign of commitment any more. It’s over. I’ve returned my pre-order slip. The lies, the delays, the embarassing press conferences…I’ve had enough. You can keep your precious Japanese and American release dates. Your pathetic indifference to the promise you made to me about the November release date show you just don’t care about my happiness. Fuck you, you selfish prick.

Source: Angry-Gamer.net

Even Microsoft decides to join in the fun and mock Sony. “We know how challenging it is to pull off a global launch, so it’s not surprising that Sony has backed away from their previously announced launch plan, due to the unproven technology they are trying to pack in to their console,” UK boss Neil Thompson said [Source].

Apparently, there is some sort of shortage. Even the developers aren’t pleased about it. Turns out there aren’t even test kits for the developers. If the developer doesn’t even have the test kits, they can’t really finish a game.

“Sony has run out of PS3 test kits to give to developers. Since the announcement of the European launch being delayed, nobody has any idea what’s going to happen with the PS3 port of F.E.A.R… specially since we only have the one PS3. And it’s a devkit. In case you haven’t seen those things, they sound like giant vacuum cleaners. They’re reportedly ridiculously complicated to use, specially when upgrading the firmware. It has just the one controller, and it’s not even the proper PS3 one even! It doesn’t have those “innovative” changes from the PS3 controller, it’s just a Dual Shock 2 with a USB Mini port.”

Source: Kotaku

And recently, Sony says that they aren’t going to bundle HDMI cables to either of the Playstation 3. You just have to buy your own. Standard HDMI cables can cost as low as US$10. You can get a 100 dollar one of course but it’s kinda redundant since HDMI is a digital cable and won’t be subjected to noise.

Once again, Ken Kutaragi's holy grill.

_(Once again, Ken Kutaragi’s holy grill.)_

It just show how much trouble Sony is having delivering the Playstation 3 package, they’re trying to save as much money as possible.

Now, even investors are not confident with Sony. Sony shares drop to a 6-week low.

Microsoft’s Xbox 360 retails at around US$100 lesser than that of Sony’s Playstation 3. And Nintendo’s Wii is expected to be priced at US$250. Sony lost on price. Then they lose on consumer confidence. Then they lose on availability. Then they lose on time.

Actually all this bull crap is due to Blueray and the Cell processor. Both took longer than expected to release. And Blueray is just too expensive. Sony has great technology lined up. They just come in at the wrong time, the console is just too expensive! Maybe they would even end up pushing the release date further. Microsoft did that all the time and get away with it anyway, Sony can do the same. It’s bad publicity but right now, it’s really more important to examine the profits and losses