Squilliam said:
Root Kit. PS1 hardware faults. PS2 hardware faults. Anticompetitive behaviour with the PS1/PS2. Slowest (or nearly the slowest) of the hardware manufacturers to come forward with bumpgate.. Proprietary formats. Etc. I could google some more specifics if you really really want it. |
Root Kit. That was just plain stupidity, not greed. PS1 hardware faults. PS2 hardware faults. Both of these consoles have fairly low failure rates. I have 3 PS1's and 2 PS2's, all of them work as if they are new, the only time I have known of a Playstation console failing is when I went round my friends house and his PS2 wouldn't turn on. That was one hell of a boring weekend. All electronic devices will break at some point, you can't expect every single one of them to work forever, compared to the competition the PS1 / PS2 have fairly low failure rates. Even if the consoles did fail, once again, it isn't an example of greed. Anticompetitive behaviour with the PS1/PS2. Succeeding doesn't mean that SONY were not being competitive. The N64 and the Sega Saturn were fairly flawed compared to the Playstation. The N64 lacked a CD drive which restricted developers and the Sega Saturn's hardware was a mess, sure SEGA could brag that the thing had 3 processors but it struggled with 3D gaming. The PS2 just rode on the success of the PS1, no foul play there either. Slowest (or nearly the slowest) of the hardware manufacturers to come forward with bumpgate.. Never heard the term "bumpgate", what is it? Proprietary formats. Never really heard of that term either, but I guess you are referring to Betamax, DVD, Blu-Ray etc. I don't see how SONY competing in the format war makes them greedy, especially if they put their format out first. Etc. I could google some more specifics if you really really want it.
Wow, I can't believe how off topic these comments are, want to switch to personal messages? xD
