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    Sony's Timeline of Disappointment

    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!


    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
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    no ridggggggeeee racer? no real time weapon switching? nothing about e3?
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    Riiiiiiiiidge Racerrrrrrrrrr was hardly a mark of disappointment... more that of humor and awesome.

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    the sony battery recall should have been thrown in there if you were going to toss in the rootkit thing
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    nov 8, 2006, sony touched my wee wee
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    Quote Originally Posted by sublim21
    nov 8, 2006, sony touched my wee wee
    Yesterday I think it stole my belt, sadomachoists.

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

    Quote Originally Posted by PointlesS
    no ridggggggeeee racer? no real time weapon switching? nothing about e3?
    ?

    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.
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    You guys are totally forgetting about....

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    Quote 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.


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    I have a link to every quote, I can post them up later.
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    Quote Originally Posted by sublim21
    nov 8, 2006, sony touched my wee wee
    LOL!!!
    Nov 15, 2006 Sony Ate My Lunch!
    Last edited by angomeka; 11-15-2006 at 02:21 PM.

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    Quote 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
    Last edited by DJBeanPole17; 11-15-2006 at 02:08 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DJBeanPole17
    Do you mean ATE my lunch? If not, then I don't get it
    "ate" not 'at' sorry
    Last edited by angomeka; 11-15-2006 at 02:23 PM.

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    Was your lunch a seafood buffet of giant enemy crablegs?

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