Why do you Love/Hate Sony?

[Michael-5]

forevercloud3000 said:

Michael-5 said:

forevercloud3000 said:

Michael-5 said:

GT5, UC2/3, GoW3 Yes, Killzone 2 maybe, the rest, no.

I put "exclusives not my taste" as a separate reason because I'm not a fan of GoW, LBP, and I'm not as crazy about Uncharted as I am 360/Wii Exclusives.

Bleh at bolded, obviously your taste buds are DEAD! :P

Why I love Sony-

They consistantly try to out do themselves instead of only workin in the vain to make money. Sure, they are a multibillion dollar company(less so much these days) but they spend a lot of time just trying to be creative and I love that. Many of their games stimulate me mentally, a requirement for me to enjoy anything. Stuff like Heavy Rain would have never happened without them and I love them for it. I didn't feel I became a gamer till I got my first PS1, and they have kept me around ever since. Sony Playstation convinced me to go into game design as well.

Why People Hate Sony-

Like some have said, its not exactly Sony they hate, rather the fans of Sony they despise. The thing is, many Sony fans come off "Better than thou" to other console affiliates and they find it aggrevating. I accept this is something many think of me as well as I am a very opinionated person and will often speak freely about things I loathe. There is still some pint up resentment from Nintendo Fans from the PS1 era where their fav was dethroned instantly by the new kid on the block. Many felt jaded by stolen exclusives (like PS3 fans do now). It feels like over due payback for some of them so they relish in every possible failure of Sony. As for 360 fans, a bit of the same, plus the added bonus they resist the fact they bought into a shoddy product and an opinionated person such as myself takes every opportunity to remind them of it. Also its kind of "Rich kid syndrome where people hate what they can't/ or just don't have. That is why the stellar-ness of PS3 exclusives will be frequently downplayed as if  they are of the normal ilk by opposing fans. I don't kid myself into fully believin that my opinion isn't also skewed by similar outlying factors, nevertheless I feel PS fan's vocal issues with NIN and MS are usually pretty founded while the inverse is not.

You realize, in your con about fanboys....you sound very egotistical. You sound exactly like you descibe, that the PS3 and Sony in general is "Better than thou." and you even insult other consoles in your dislikes about Sony. In your cons against Sony, you are giving pro's for Sony and critisizing everyone else. You even end with essentially the statement "Sony is perfect, any flaws mentioned are mentioned in spit."

LOL

Lol, I understand what I wrote.

Line 3, 2nd Para: " I accept this is something many think of me as well as I am a very opinionated person and will often speak freely about things I loathe."

I purposely wrote this while channeling what I spoke of, so my entire statement became a physical representation of what I was describing.

I don't think Sony is in any way flawless tho, they have serious problems as a company. Yet, I feel they are far better at the gaming craft than MS or NIN. MS, buyin their way into the industry simply cuz they were afraid of PS taking over the Personal Computer market, all the while forgot they had Apple breathing down their neck, and was willing to put out a shoddy product JUST so they can have a leg up on Sony and release a yr early. No sense of pride for what they make, all they care about is the money(more so than Sony or NIN). NIN are good at what they do, yet I tire of Mario and his appearances in anything big coming from NIN(I use him not in the singular but as an example of NIN games as a whole). Those games are indeed the life blood of their consoles and in some gens were the only thing keeping them alive. I just wish they tried harder at making more "mature" material.

As most would expect, when I weigh my opinion and then someone elses to descipher whose has more merit, mine undoubtedly comes out on top(and this is not the norm for me, for I at least can come up close to even with other's opinions on other things) :P

I disagree about game crafting ability. While Sony does produce more games, using more IP's and more studios, I feel Nintendo is still king of Quality, and MS does ocassionally have a beauty. I mean take a look at the SRPG genre for example, Sony has Jeane d'Arc, Nintendo has Fire Emblem, it's kinda one sided there don't you think?

Also I think Nintendo's best works aren't always in their Mainstream Blockbuster titles, but their smaller games. I personally like the Metroid Prime trilogy over the Halo trilogy(hexilogy?) and any other shooter. I like Skyward Sword over any other Action Adventure game (even though the format isn't original, but the next one promises to be). I think the best JRPG's are exclusive to Nintendo with the sole exceptions of Lost Odyssey and Valkyria Chronicles (Final Fantasy was best before it went to Sony), and yea. Mario feels like a solid game catered to get people into gaming.

PS1 was an amazing system though, but since the PS1 Sony has been going downhill IMO, where Nintendo has remained consistantly excellent since the NES, and MS is growing.