Sony's Timeline of Disappointment

**Timman_24** · 11-15-2006, 01:16 AM

Found this on another forum. I thought you guys might enjoy it. It is a list of all the disappointments Sony has announced over the past few months. I know there was a ton of bad news, but I didnt realise the list was this long!

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First, we start with Sony itself. Yes, I was going to only make a timeline of the PS3 news, but how can you ignore this arrogance from late 2005?

Nov. 10th, 2005 - Sony is caught hiding a rootkit inside music CD's that place a virus on users computer. Sony's Tom Hesse defends the decision by stating that people don't know what it is, so they shouldn't care

Now that we know Sony cares about us, lets move on to the PS3...

Feb. 27th, 2006 - Sony misses it's Spring launch date
May 8th, 2006 - Sony holds it's E3 conference announcing the pricing of the PS3 at $600/$500
May 8th, 2006 - New PS3 controller will have six degrees of motion, but no rumble feature. Sony's Phil Harrison states that rumble was last gen and no longer needed.
May 31st, 2006 - Sony's Phil Harrison denies copying the Wiimote and states that the PS3 will replace the PC
Sept 6th, 2006 - PS3 is delayed in Europe until March 2007
Sept 6th, 2006 - PS3 launch shipment is cut from 2 million to 400,000 in the US (100,000 to Japan)
Sept 8th, 2006 - Sony's President admits that the company's hardware is in a current state of decline
Sept 26th, 2006 - PS3 first-party titles announced to be the same price as third party titles, at $59.99
Sept 26th, 2006 - Square Enix will not exclusively support Sony's PS3 as much as they did with the PS2.
Sept 29th, 2006 - Sony's President Ken Kutaragi states that his company does not care about the Xbox 360 and Wii competition.
October 12th, 2006 - Sony Exec calls the 360 and Wii "too expensive"
October 19th, 2006 - The infamous spec sheet comparison and how Sony claims the Xbox 360 requires HD-DVD to play games
October 20th, 2006 - Announced that Sony may have to replace your PS3 controller for you after it no longer holds charge
October 24th, 2006 - Sony sinks Lik-Sang
October 26th, 2006 - Sony's Q2 profits decrease by 94%
October 30th, 2006 - PS3 will push Sony $1.71 billion into the red
October 31st, 2006 - Japan launch of the PS3 is cut to 80,000 units
Nov 8th, 2006 - Sony ships without update. You must update your PS3 out of the box in order to use PlayStation Network
Nov 9th, 2006 - NBA Live 2007 is cancelled on the PS3
Nov 9th, 2006 - Oblivion is pushed back from launch title to Jan 2007
Nov 10th, 2006 - Sony's Phil Harrison states that he can no longer confirm a March 2007 launch for Europe
Nov 11th, 2006 - PS3 launches in Japan and rewards few
Nov 11th, 2006 - Sony unprepared for Japan launch
Nov 14th, 2006 - Sony will miss 400,000 unit target for the US. Approx 150k to 200k will be shipped for launch
Nov 14th, 2006 - PS3 has backwards compatibility problems

**PointlesS** · 11-15-2006, 01:23 AM

no ridggggggeeee racer? no real time weapon switching? nothing about e3?

**Kamakazie** · 11-15-2006, 01:42 AM

Riiiiiiiiidge Racerrrrrrrrrr was hardly a mark of disappointment... more that of humor and awesome.

**Timman_24** · 11-15-2006, 01:44 AM

Feel free to fill in the blanks!

**Kero-chan** · 11-15-2006, 04:02 AM

the sony battery recall should have been thrown in there if you were going to toss in the rootkit thing

**sublim21** · 11-15-2006, 04:04 AM

nov 8, 2006, sony touched my wee wee

**Transfurzz** · 11-15-2006, 07:44 AM

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Originally Posted by sublim21

nov 8, 2006, sony touched my wee wee

Yesterday I think it stole my belt, sadomachoists.

**taggart6** · 11-15-2006, 09:34 AM

what baout GTA4 not being exclusive and delays on their bigger name launch titles?

**monroeski** · 11-15-2006, 10:04 AM

I don't remember the "Sony Exec calls the 360 and Wii 'too expensive'" thing. Actually, there are a few on there that I don't remember.

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Originally Posted by PointlesS

no ridggggggeeee racer? no real time weapon switching? nothing about e3?

?

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May 8th, 2006 - Sony holds it's E3 conference announcing the pricing of the PS3 at $600/$500
May 8th, 2006 - New PS3 controller will have six degrees of motion, but no rumble feature. Sony's Phil Harrison states that rumble was last gen and no longer needed.

**DJBeanPole17** · 11-15-2006, 11:12 AM

You guys are totally forgetting about....

GIANT ENEMY CRAB !1!!!1!

LOL.

**Timman_24** · 11-15-2006, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by monroeski

I don't remember the "Sony Exec calls the 360 and Wii 'too expensive'" thing. Actually, there are a few on there that I don't remember.

?

I have a link to every quote, I can post them up later.

**angomeka** · 11-15-2006, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by sublim21

nov 8, 2006, sony touched my wee wee

LOL!!!
Nov 15, 2006 Sony Ate My Lunch!

**DJBeanPole17** · 11-15-2006, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by angomeka

LOL!!!
Nov 15, 2006 Sony At My Lunch!

Do you mean ATE my lunch? If not, then I don't get it

**angomeka** · 11-15-2006, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by DJBeanPole17

Do you mean ATE my lunch? If not, then I don't get it

"ate" not 'at' sorry

**DJBeanPole17** · 11-15-2006, 02:24 PM

Was your lunch a seafood buffet of giant enemy crablegs?

11-15-2006, 01:23 AM	#2
PointlesS Oh Yeah! Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Springfield, ?? Posts: 15,686	no ridggggggeeee racer? no real time weapon switching? nothing about e3? __________________ Save ana...!! Cooler Master Mystique 631 \| AMD Athlon X2 4600+ on Arctic Cooling Alpine 64 \| 4GB G.Skill DDR2-800 \| ASUS M2N-E \| BFG 8800GTS 640MB OC edition \| Maxtor Diamondmax 10 300GB + 2-640GB WD drives in RAID 1 \| X-fi Xtrememusic \| Klipsch Promedia 5.1 Ultra \| 20" Viewsonic Q20WB \| Forton Source 500W Power supply \| NEC 3550A \| Dual boot WinXP Pro/Vista 64-bit and a whole lot of lovin..

11-15-2006, 01:42 AM	#3
Kamakazie Awesome. Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Long Island Posts: 18,158	Riiiiiiiiidge Racerrrrrrrrrr was hardly a mark of disappointment... more that of humor and awesome. __________________ Live by honor. Kill by stealth. Currently playing: Everything.

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11-15-2006, 04:04 AM	#6
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11-15-2006, 09:34 AM	#8
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