PS3 Shuts Up Gabe Newell!

[Pristine20]

Khuutra said:

Pristine20 said:

Khuutra said:

Pristine20 said:

Khuutra said:
He's not badmouthing them. Everything he said was true. Just because a person says that the PS3 was a mistake does not make him anti-Sony or in Microsoft's pocket or anything like that. He's right, in every single way that counts to a business. You can't rag on him for speaking the truth.

 

Read my previous response to Godot who claimed the same thing as you. There are many ways to speak the truth. The way he said it was just not right. There's no defending that.

Yes, there is. There was no other way to say what he meant-  and what he meant was that the PS3 was a mistake and that Sony needs to recoup their losses and try again.

 

So " PS3 is a bad console, a failure, [and] that Sony should stop making it and try again" is the best way to put things? LMAO. What extent would you go to defend this guy. He's not a god my friend.

First rule of quoting a person, wherein one uses quotation marks, is to actually quote them. Do not paraphrase.

"The PS3 is a total disaster on so many levels, I think it's really clear that Sony lost track of what customers and what developers wanted," said Newell. "I'd say, even at this late date, they should just cancel it and do a 'do over.' Just say, 'This was a horrible disaster and we're sorry and we're going to stop selling this and stop trying to convince people to develop for it.'"

Nothing he says here is particularly objectionable. Sony did lose track of what customers wanted, Sony did lose track of what developers wanted, that have been many people who suggested Sony should recoup their losses and try again, and if Sony said what he suggests they should, they would go a long way toward repairing their image.

Given that it's an interview where he gave the answer on the spot, I think he did fine.

If you ask me, that was the sentiment that got sega to canning saturn and creating DC which was an excellent console in it's own merit but look what happened. Something tells me he'll be the first to run far away if sony had canned the ps3 to develop another console. When it's not one's money or time, it's easy to pull statements out one's ass. Who would trust sony again if they had canned the ps3 to produce something else. I still think his wording was rather strong but I don't thnk we'll ever agree on that one so I'll leave that aside.