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ssj12 on 12 April 2011
pizzahut451 said:
ssj12 said:

things are far from over

http://www.techspot.com/news/43249-geohot-joins-anonymous-boycott-of-sony-asks-you-to-come-along.html


Should we expect massive drop in PS3 sales next week? Holy crap, Sony better apologize to the mighty hacker community which showed how mighty they are when taking Sony's corporatedick deep in there ass with no lube whatsoever


Probably not, but it should push away some sales. Could give TV and other electronics sales to other manufacturers. Video games tend to sell at walmarts and game stores, not Sony Style stores.



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Xen on 12 April 2011
ssj12 said:
pizzahut451 said:
ssj12 said:

things are far from over

http://www.techspot.com/news/43249-geohot-joins-anonymous-boycott-of-sony-asks-you-to-come-along.html


Should we expect massive drop in PS3 sales next week? Holy crap, Sony better apologize to the mighty hacker community which showed how mighty they are when taking Sony's corporatedick deep in there ass with no lube whatsoever


Probably not, but it should push away some sales. Could give TV and other electronics sales to other manufacturers. Video games tend to sell at walmarts and game stores, not Sony Style stores.

Lol, you grossly overestimate its possible impact. Most people don't give a damn. Did those EA/Activision boycotts hurt anybody? No. And as it stands, most Sony products are superior to their counterparts.

The PS3 hacker community has already showed that they're nothing to be afraid of.



theprof00 on 12 April 2011
Kasz216 said:

And they droppped charges against everybody else.  Likely because it wouldn't of held up anyway.

I thought you were supposed to be studying law Prof?


Whoever said that?



Kasz216 on 12 April 2011
Xen said:
ssj12 said:
pizzahut451 said:
ssj12 said:

things are far from over

http://www.techspot.com/news/43249-geohot-joins-anonymous-boycott-of-sony-asks-you-to-come-along.html


Should we expect massive drop in PS3 sales next week? Holy crap, Sony better apologize to the mighty hacker community which showed how mighty they are when taking Sony's corporatedick deep in there ass with no lube whatsoever


Probably not, but it should push away some sales. Could give TV and other electronics sales to other manufacturers. Video games tend to sell at walmarts and game stores, not Sony Style stores.

Lol, you grossly overestimate its possible impact. Most people don't give a damn. Did those EA/Activision boycotts hurt anybody? No. And as it stands, most Sony products are superior to their counterparts.

The PS3 hacker community has already showed that they're nothing to be afraid of.

Eh?  You could make the arguement videogame consoles wise... but consumer electronics wise Sony's generally seen as medicore and surviving on it's name.



Kasz216 on 12 April 2011
theprof00 said:
Kasz216 said:

And they droppped charges against everybody else.  Likely because it wouldn't of held up anyway.

I thought you were supposed to be studying law Prof?


Whoever said that?


I thought you did.  I guess not.  It always confused me why you seem to mess up so many little legal related things.



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Xen on 12 April 2011
Kasz216 said:
Xen said:
ssj12 said:
pizzahut451 said:
ssj12 said:

things are far from over

http://www.techspot.com/news/43249-geohot-joins-anonymous-boycott-of-sony-asks-you-to-come-along.html


Should we expect massive drop in PS3 sales next week? Holy crap, Sony better apologize to the mighty hacker community which showed how mighty they are when taking Sony's corporatedick deep in there ass with no lube whatsoever


Probably not, but it should push away some sales. Could give TV and other electronics sales to other manufacturers. Video games tend to sell at walmarts and game stores, not Sony Style stores.

Lol, you grossly overestimate its possible impact. Most people don't give a damn. Did those EA/Activision boycotts hurt anybody? No. And as it stands, most Sony products are superior to their counterparts.

The PS3 hacker community has already showed that they're nothing to be afraid of.

Eh?  You could make the arguement videogame consoles wise... but consumer electronics wise Sony's generally seen as medicore and surviving on it's name.

Riiight. While their TV's are inferior to Samsung's and Panasonic's, the audio equipment (bar portable players), the Optiarc DVD/BD burners (the burning quality is fantastic with the right Taiyo Yuden/MCC Verbatim discs) and blu-ray players are brill. If Sony were selling mediocrity, people would've gotten around to that fact by now. The people buying products that are at prices always higher than their competitors' are not that stupid. At least not the ones I got around to seeing.



Kasz216 on 12 April 2011
Xen said:
Kasz216 said:
Xen said:
ssj12 said:
pizzahut451 said:
ssj12 said:

things are far from over

http://www.techspot.com/news/43249-geohot-joins-anonymous-boycott-of-sony-asks-you-to-come-along.html


Should we expect massive drop in PS3 sales next week? Holy crap, Sony better apologize to the mighty hacker community which showed how mighty they are when taking Sony's corporatedick deep in there ass with no lube whatsoever


Probably not, but it should push away some sales. Could give TV and other electronics sales to other manufacturers. Video games tend to sell at walmarts and game stores, not Sony Style stores.

Lol, you grossly overestimate its possible impact. Most people don't give a damn. Did those EA/Activision boycotts hurt anybody? No. And as it stands, most Sony products are superior to their counterparts.

The PS3 hacker community has already showed that they're nothing to be afraid of.

Eh?  You could make the arguement videogame consoles wise... but consumer electronics wise Sony's generally seen as medicore and surviving on it's name.

Riiight. While their TV's are inferior to Samsung's and Panasonic's, the audio equipment (bar portable players), the Optiarc DVD/BD burners (the burning quality is fantastic with the right Taiyo Yuden/MCC Verbatim discs) and blu-ray players are brill. If Sony were selling mediocrity, people would've gotten around to that fact by now. The people buying products that are at prices always higher than their competitors' are not that stupid. At least not the ones I got around to seeing.

What are you basing that on?  The consumer reviews i've seen have placed Sony in the middle of the pack in both of those... not to mention the durability issues.

Besides, people haven't caught up to the mediocrity in the TVs.

You actually think most people who buy electronics equipment do any research whatsoever?

It's one of the reasons why boycotts like the above are worthless.



Xen on 12 April 2011
Kasz216 said:
Xen said:
Kasz216 said:
Xen said:
ssj12 said:
pizzahut451 said:
ssj12 said:

things are far from over

http://www.techspot.com/news/43249-geohot-joins-anonymous-boycott-of-sony-asks-you-to-come-along.html


Should we expect massive drop in PS3 sales next week? Holy crap, Sony better apologize to the mighty hacker community which showed how mighty they are when taking Sony's corporatedick deep in there ass with no lube whatsoever


Probably not, but it should push away some sales. Could give TV and other electronics sales to other manufacturers. Video games tend to sell at walmarts and game stores, not Sony Style stores.

Lol, you grossly overestimate its possible impact. Most people don't give a damn. Did those EA/Activision boycotts hurt anybody? No. And as it stands, most Sony products are superior to their counterparts.

The PS3 hacker community has already showed that they're nothing to be afraid of.

Eh?  You could make the arguement videogame consoles wise... but consumer electronics wise Sony's generally seen as medicore and surviving on it's name.

Riiight. While their TV's are inferior to Samsung's and Panasonic's, the audio equipment (bar portable players), the Optiarc DVD/BD burners (the burning quality is fantastic with the right Taiyo Yuden/MCC Verbatim discs) and blu-ray players are brill. If Sony were selling mediocrity, people would've gotten around to that fact by now. The people buying products that are at prices always higher than their competitors' are not that stupid. At least not the ones I got around to seeing.

What are you basing that on?  The consumer reviews i've seen have placed Sony in the middle of the pack in both of those... not to mention the durability issues.

Besides, people haven't caught up to the mediocrity in the TVs.

You actually think most people who buy electronics equipment do any research whatsoever?

It's one of the reasons why boycotts like the above are worthless.

Reviews of said consumers. Perhaps we've seen different ones? I mainly read the ones on Club MYCE, with occasional ebay and Amazon reviews.



kitler53 on 12 April 2011
Spankey said:
ssj12 said:
 


nope, your entirely right. Sadly people are blind and will think its a good thing PS3 owners get features removed.

Trophies, in-game menus, home, and the friends list can be removed now I guess. They are all over a year old now, so by Sony's logic they can expire and no one will care. I want them to test this theory.


Although I partly agree with what you're saying (removal of features sucks somewhat), don't you think it's unreasonable for a company to support and maintain something from purchase date to some unspecified date approaching infinity?

to infinity and beyond!

EA had no right to drop online support to it's older games therefore we must sue sue SUE their ass!!

./sarcasim.



Kasz216 on 12 April 2011
Xen said:
Kasz216 said:
Xen said:

R

What are you basing that on?  The consumer reviews i've seen have placed Sony in the middle of the pack in both of those... not to mention the durability issues.

Besides, people haven't caught up to the mediocrity in the TVs.

You actually think most people who buy electronics equipment do any research whatsoever?

It's one of the reasons why boycotts like the above are worthless.

Reviews of said consumers. Perhaps we've seen different ones? I mainly read the ones on Club MYCE, with occasional ebay and Amazon reviews.

Must be.  By "consumer reiviews" I mean reviews done by company's whose job it is to review stuff. 

Though... Amazon reviews seem to refute your claim.  The top reviewed burner is a LG afterall.