How Sony Screwed Up

Over the course of this (sure to be epic) post, I'm going to look into all the cock-ups Sony has thrown at the fans in the last year as they awaited the Playstation 3. Let this serve as a reminder as to how these guys act and why you shouldn't fall for their marketing crap. It's ordered

Over the course of this (sure to be epic) post, I'm going to look into all the cock-ups Sony has thrown at the fans in the last year as they awaited the Playstation 3. Let this serve as a reminder as to how these guys act and why you shouldn't fall for their marketing crap.

It's ordered chronologically starting from 365 days ago. Enjoy the theatre of carnage that is: Sony: The PS3 Story

Remember: This is just about the PS3. Sony have fouled up in plenty of other market segments (take the rootkit on their audio CDs for one example).

1. Sony announces they're sticking with the "boomerang" control
2. Sony screw Europe by changing their Japanese Blu-Ray discs to Region 1 (US)
3. First hints of a serious delay from the release date of March 2006
4. Rumour-of-Retraction 1: Controller will be re-redesigned
5. Sony says nothing for too long
   
6. Sony: The hard disk is optional
7. $900 price tag, Sony shares tumble
8. Confirmed: PS3 is delayed, Blu-Ray blamed
9. Retraction: Controller will be redesigned
10. Games will be region free
11. Sony refuse to demo in Hi-Def
12. Sony Devs "confirm" Price tag is $499
13. Sony says $499 is incorrect
14. PS3 to be unplayable at E3 '06
15. Sony still bidding on components at T-6months
16. Price: $399 Date: Early November 06
17. Sony will lose $900M launching the PS3
18. PS3 is no more powerful than a 360
19. Partial-Retraction: Price: $499/$599
20. Retraction: 20gig PS3 has no HDMI [PDF Warning]
21. New controller is here [No link, sorry]
22. Ubisoft spits on the PS3
23. Sony Pres: HDMI gives you the same quality
24. Sony: PS3 is 'Too Cheap'
25. Sony silently remove functionality
    
26. No wireless controller or memory card support for cheap model
27. No vibration in the controller
28. Sony screws Europe #2: Price: £425 ($802)
29. Sony: 5M people will buy a PS3 even without games
30. Price (US): Still $599
31. 88% say the PS3 is too damned expensive
32. Sony: "We get no breaks [on the PS3 price]"
    
33. HDMI is useless
34. Porting games to take 3 years
35. Sony: "PC Dead, Nintendo For Kids, We Innovate"
36. Sony: We want the PS3 to be like an iPod
37. Kutaragi confuses the hell out of everyone
38. PS3 controller used to rumble in '99
39. Sony CEO: "PS3 is Future Proof, Xbox 360 is a transitional product"
40. Only 20 PS3s per store
41. Japanese Developers [about the PS3]: "meh"
42. 90% of developers think the PS3 is too expensive
43. First bundle price: $1016
44. PS3 still not in assembly for another month
45. Sony borrows 80 BILLION Yen
46. Rumour that Apple is working with Sony
47. Retraction: Sony say putting the Apple logo on their site was a "mistake"
48. Leak: Internal Q&A document hits the net
49. PS3 Cell CPU yields are terrible
50. Rumoured Re-Retraction: Blu-Ray and Cell are both holding back the PS3
51. Sony are unsure what the PS3 IS
52. PS3 will slow the industry
53. Report: Developers avoid PS3
54. THQ scrap WWE Smackdown vs Raw '07 [Ed - YEY!]
55. More developers ditch the PS3
56. Dev kits ship; Devs are "underwhelmed"
57. PS3 has worse texture capabilities than the 360
58. More cancelled PS3 games
59. PS2 memory cards need an adaptor to work in the PS3
60. Sony still haven't started making retail PS3s but aim for 200k units
61. PS3 launching with 700k units
62. PS3 to have shipped 4,000,000 units by Dec 31^st 2006
63. PS3 will cure cancer
64. Stock Retraction: Only 50% of promised PS3s for Japan
65. Sony underclock the PS3's GPU
66. Blu-Ray laser shortage!
67. PS3 not shipping with HDMI cables
68. Blu-Ray drives are almost twice as slow as the 360's DVD drive.
69. Sony screws Europe #3: PAL delayed until March '07
70. Extreme shortages for launch
71. Sony screws Japan #3: Launch numbers reduced again
72. Sony: No 1080p games at launch
73. Sony shares get trashed again from delay news
74. Sony Devs cannot get a PS3
75. Sony: Eeeek!
76. Hollywood: Blu-Ray sucks
77. Europe: FU too, Sony
78. Gran Turismo HD to cost $1000 for the whole game
79. Sony gives away an Xbox 360 as a first prize... Whoops.
80. Price drop! Oh hang on... No... only for Japan
81. Sony fans: "meh"
82. Game price: $75-$85 Retraction: $59.99
83. PS3s overheat
84. Ubisoft: PS3s have less available memory
85. Preorders start
86. Preorders stop
87. Sony worries about overheating issues
88. eBay bans preorder-sellers
89. PS3 comes with composite but no component cables
90. Sony fake a report
91. Sony might screw Europe (tentative #4): Another delay?
92. IGN rate the new controller as the worst "next-gen" controller
93. Sony definitely screws Europe #4/5: Importing a PS3 is illegal
94. PS3 reviews: "meh"
95. PS1 games still don't work
96. MS retaliates over #90
97. Sony going to miss their lowered targets
98. Europe screws Europe: UK Judge agrees with Sony: imports are not allowed
99. Sony buries Lik-Sang in legal woes
100. PS3 is a massive power hog
101. Sony misses 100k target for Japan
102. PS3 no better than a Xbox 360
103. Nine minutes to install Riiiiidge Raaaacer
104. MS reckon Sony's online gaming network is "busted"
105. SIXAXIS controllers go bad
106. EA (a Sony supporter) predicts Sony missing targets
107. Sony Exec: Sony "overreached" by including Blu-Ray with the PS3
108. PS3 boot & start is too slow
109. Best Buy cancel all preorders due to lack of stock
110. Best Buy Employee: shipments slashed in half
111. First proper review scores 6.4
112. NBA Live '07 cancelled
113. Tony Hawk Project 8 better on the 360
114. Three "launch games" delayed and one cancelled
115. PS3 rated third of third
116. PS3 demos suck
117. Glitches on older games
118. Sony admits backwards-compatibility is nowhere near ready
119. CoD3 is better on the 360
120. You don't get a power cable with the rechargeable controllers
121. 720p games play at 480p on 1080i screens
122. Four people shot waiting for PS3s

There. 122 reasons for you to drop that crazy idea in the back of your head, put there, do doubt, from watching too many Sony adverts.

The very last thing you want to do is get swept up in "operation human shield". Let other morons waste all that money on a PS3. Let them find out that the controller sucks. Let them find out that they look (and play) worse than the same games on your 360.

Why people are queuing for this crap is beyond me... But at least its not my money they're wasting.

Written by Oli on Thursday, 16 November 2006. Tagged with sony, ps3, funny. Read 21838 times. If you liked it, please give it a digg.

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#1 /* 3 years, 4 months ago */

If you want people not to buy a ps3, you shouldn't spout out nonsense and do a list of 122 reason where 115 of them don't have anything at all to do with the ps3 or what it can and will do when released.

You should have stuck with a top 10. That could have included. Multi-platform games will look better on the 360 and on your pc at least for now. Ps3 draws 200W compared to maybe 100-120 on the 360. MS fanboys will take any chance they get to mudsling on your new and shiny console. Not enough consoles at launch. Very few games at launch.

But I guess you just needed to vent :)

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Pedro Anonymous User

#2 — Author comment /* 3 years, 4 months ago */

Yeah this is more a dig at Sony and their shocking incapacity to manage a project like this, or any of their other ventures, but specifically here, just the PS3 development and release.

All 122 of those points have Sony as the cause. They seem to embrace the "any PR is good PR motto". Anyway...

I've seen power figures for the PS3 rating it at 300-350W under load. Considering they're planning on using idle-time for protein folding projects that means there's very little idling.

And regardless of fanboys, really don't get a PS3. If you want to play the best graphics get a 360 or a PC and if you want the most innovation, get a Wii. The PS3 is too expensive and owned by such incompetants. I'm just a h8rboi...

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Oli Numero Uno

#3 /* 3 years, 4 months ago */

You guys need to make a list of reasons to buy a PS3!

Oh wait.. there are none. I hope PS3 burns.

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Bob Anonymous User

#4 /* 3 years, 4 months ago */

While not strictly all 122 items are reasons not to buy a PS3 most are somewhat related.

Let's see how right you are in a years time when the PS3 has (or was supposed to be out) been out for a year.

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Andrew D Burton Anonymous User

#5 /* 3 years, 4 months ago */

I'm a silly spamming monkey. I lose at the game of life.

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dgfd Anonymous User

#6 /* 3 years, 4 months ago */

I must admit, since holding a 360 controller i'm moving that way. But there are just better games for the PS3 that call to me. But wont be able to get one till probably this time next year!

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Black Dragon Anonymous User

#7 /* 3 years, 4 months ago */

From about 2 months ago in PC Gaming/Max pc stated that they were only able to get 1/8 cores to function properly.

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Randolph Anonymous User

#8 /* 3 years, 4 months ago */

OK these reasons are total bull-shit for one there is already proof that the PS3 is better to the Xbox 360 although there were some problems with some PSone games on it who cares i sure as hell dont im not saying the Xbox sucks cuz i know damn well it dont i dont own one and never will i wont support microsoft, xbox and the wii both have very good things going for both of them but this is BS there is nothing here that says anything so way to go think about it for a minute if you take every thing in the PS3 and build a computer with all the same things will it be greater then $600 ya so who cares people will do what they want and wont care wht people think one thing PS did better then Xbox is that the HD is replaceable you can change it for a bigger one (from wht iv heard) so come on but on the other hand the wii can download games for NES, SNES that sounds awesome to me and the interactive controller kicks ass

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ya sure Anonymous User

#9 /* 3 years, 4 months ago */

Hiya guys.
PS3’s avalible right now at my online store for purchase. Check out www.cheepzone.com They ship in 2 days! Prices will go up soon as demand gets high… Buy quick.
-Chris

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Chris Anonymous User

#10 /* 3 years, 4 months ago */

No offence but would you buy a PS3 from a website that has spelt cheap wrongly? I went on it and it looks professional but still, that's like when my friend was considering getting surgery done at http://www.plasticsurgery4u.com/

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Nicholas Anonymous User

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