Poor Sony. So misguided.
Sony CEO Howard Stringer has described the Nintendo Wii merely a “nice gaming device” and something of a novelty.
“I’ve played a Nintendo Wii,” Bloomberg reports Mr Stringer telling delegates at a business conference in California last week. “I don’t see it as a competitor. It’s more of an expensive niche game device. [...]
As some (avg age 33 yr old) gamers wake up with GTA IV hangovers, literally and otherwise, there seems to be some problem a-brewing with issues that GTA IV is freezing up.
Interestingly enough, the issues seem to be impacting both PS3 and Xbox 360 games, with PS3 games more hit. Rockstar has not commented [...]
For those of you who haven’t been following the PS3 pricing strategy debacle, let me catch you up.
Last year before the PS3 debuted I wrote an article right here on the hallowed pages of Reading for New Times. In it I discussed how I thought Sony’s “luxury pricing strategy” was, to be blunt, insane.
Some quotes [...]
I don’t have any ties to a Blu-Ray or HD-DVD player, don’t really care which wins. All I know is that I will wait to see which one wins as I’m none too keen to buy a freakin expensive player, just to have the honour to buy a more expensive DVD. Sure HD yadda yadda, [...]
These two guys in Toronto (one dressed up like Luigi) got in line for PS3s and Wiis. Bought them and then smashed them with a sledge hammer in front of the people still waiting in line.
They called it performance art. I call it funny.
