madskillz said:
Here's your problem right here - Sony has NEVER cared about gamers - they have never listened, especially in this generation. Case and point - the disk read error. Sony flat out denied it - and I had to turn to the Web to find answers. A blog said they'd repair it for free - just like the RROD drama. I called Sony and they said it would be $129 - but guess what? They *waived* the fee. They have made no attempt whatsoever to listen to gamers like MS does with Major Nelson's blog, or like Ninny did in Wash. St. with folks - letting families test out Wiis before rolling them out. Sony didn't listen to gamers one bit while making the PS3. At least MS, when they said they were axing BC, heard the chatter on forums and reversed course. Sony didn't listen when folks balked at paying $499 and $599 - and higher overseas - for their Blu Ray reading, video game console. They didn't listen when folks told them it wasn't selling as fast as it was. And they didn't listen to gamers when they removed PS2 BC - for one of the most popular consoles of all time. They will listen if folks just boycott them and don't stand for their foolishness. However, a lot of folks are still buying whatever crap Sony throws out. I was dead serious when I said I would never buy a PS3 without BC. I ended up with one because it was essentially a free one - games for the PS3 - and I would have *settled* for that POC. Yet, after having it shipped - I found the PS3 I wanted. Am I a PS3 fan? No. I see good points, great points and horrible points with it. Am I a 360 fan? No. I see it as a good gaming machine, but having RROD and the LIVE drama sucked big time. I have been fed up with Sony for a while, but it matters little to the cute girl at the counter at Starbucks. Take those rants, $3.50 to Starbucks and get some java. Yes, no one cares.
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Microsoft cares about gamers because there is competition. Their goal is monopoly. Do they care about users when they were releasing Vista? I think not.
"Naturally the common people don't want war: Neither in Russia, nor in England, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, IT IS THE LEADERS of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is TELL THEM THEY ARE BEING ATTACKED, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. IT WORKS THE SAME IN ANY COUNTRY." --Hermann Goering, leading Nazi party member, at the Nuremberg War Crime Trials
Conservatives: Pushing for a small enough government to be a guest in your living room, or even better - your uterus.
