I'll hit back on a few of those points.
First, you put down the list because it looks like a list of personal disappointments, then you specifically mention that YOU are neither excited nor disappointed. Judging by the massive uproar after the announcement, and frequent news ever since that even the lay person is amazed by the price (such as that survey that said a lot of people expected it to be $300), that is a pretty big disappointment.Quote:
Well, strange list. It's more like someone's personal disappointments than something else.
??? And how is that a disappointment? U were expecting 100$? No kidding I am neither excited nor disappointed by that. Given the features the price is more or less inline with other comparable offerings.
Not really a disappointment as much as it is just another case of bad publicity. They included this feature thinking it would be great, and then they get almost universally ripped for it.Quote:
May 31st, 2006 - Sony's Phil Harrison denies copying the Wiimote and states that the PS3 will replace the PC
How is this one disappointing? Or for whom? Which part is frustrating anyway?
On the grounds that many first party titles have been cheaper in the past, like Shadow of the Colossus. Overall, not really all that big of a disappointment, though.Quote:
Sept 26th, 2006 - PS3 first-party titles announced to be the same price as third party titles, at $59.99
Again, expecting them to be cheaper? On what grounds?
Who is hanging it all on Sony? This is still a disappointment for the PS3 in general, no matter who is at fault. It's one more advantage that they no longer have over the competition.Quote:
Sept 26th, 2006 - Square Enix will not exclusively support Sony's PS3 as much as they did with the PS2.
And that's a disappointment by Sony? U can add about 100000 companies there that won't support Sony exclusively and hang it all on Sony...
Again, more of just bad publicity than a "disappointment," per se. The title of the list doesn't really fit all that well. Still legitimate criticisms, though; Sony is just coming off as really arrogant.Quote:
Sept 29th, 2006 - Sony's President Ken Kutaragi states that his company does not care about the Xbox 360 and Wii competition.
So? Is that frustrating to someone? In general they do care, that is obvious. But still, don't like it don't buy it...
October 12th, 2006 - Sony Exec calls the 360 and Wii "too expensive"
Yeah, terrible, very frustrating. Like U've never heard any exec trashing competitors product before. It was Sony that started it.
I would have to see the actual article to make a judgment on this one, but MS sells their consoles at a loss, too, but they aren't in the red. Their games division, sure, but this looks like the PS3 is dragging their entire company down (along with other stuff, such as the rootkit fiasco).Quote:
October 30th, 2006 - PS3 will push Sony $1.71 billion into the red
Unless you are shareholder I don't quite see how this one is frustrating all that much. Besides this is direct result of console selling @ loss, till they make up the price by selling games, licenses etc. So, someone needs to make up his/her mind whether he wants cheap console or Sony making profits on those immediately.
There's a big difference between updating later on to improve functionality or respond to criticism and shipping a product you know is incomplete or glitchy. Some people are going to be camping out for days to get a PS3, and the first thing they have to do when they get home is update their console?Quote:
Nov 8th, 2006 - Sony ships without update. You must update your PS3 out of the box in order to use PlayStation Network
There will be many updates later on. So? UR gonna get frustrated every time?
Again, it doesn't matter whose fault it is, it matters that the PS3 as a console is taking a hit.Quote:
Nov 9th, 2006 - Oblivion is pushed back from launch title to Jan 2007
Again, is it Sony's fault or Betheda's?
I don't even know what "launches in Japan and rewards few" means. :confused:Quote:
Nov 11th, 2006 - PS3 launches in Japan and rewards few
? Japan cuts were mentioned above, I am not sure i get this one. Is it somehow different? Or just a filler in the list?
Sony has been pushing their awesome backwards compatibility as a main selling point, though, and now they're having trouble delivering. Everyone knew what they were getting into with the 360, though admittedly MS isn't supporting their compatibility like they said they would, either (by not adding too many more games to the compatibility list). Still, whether MS did it too or not doesn't really matter, it is still disappointing. We shouldn't just accept problems because other companies do the same thing, we should press them to do better. Unfortunately, with only three real competitors out there, we don't have much choice in the matter.Quote:
Nov 14th, 2006 - PS3 has backwards compatibility problems
My Xbox 360 has them too. Can't play Soul Calibur for example. Halo needed patch and so on. Yeah, disappointing to some degree but it's not Sony exclusive.
