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ktay95 on 08 October 2013

Damn I should have bought a Ticket to EB Expo, a flight to Sydney, accommodation and a wheelchair. I could have scored a free PS4... yeah just buying a PS4 is probably cheaper.



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Azerth on 08 October 2013

The FB-guys answer 20 minutes ago:
"Certain games were only upstairs or only downstairs for both consoles. Titanfall, which is what we wanted to play, was upstairs only, hence why we were told what we were. Sony at the PlayStation booth only had consoles upstairs period, but at the Ubisoft booth Assassin's creed 4 was being demo'd on the PS4. Even though this was the case, and we were able to play it there, Sony still took all our details, promised the consoles, and offered to fast track us to the front of the Ubisoft line to play anyway.

Believe it or not, I really don't mind. But I know it is true and never expected that they would go out of their way like they did. It is why I can't thank them enough for making it even more of an amazing day."

https://www.facebook.com/EBGamesAus/...13545955350425

this is the guy who posted

so its really sony messed up by putting everything up stairs while ms has consoles on the ground to play just a couple upstairs.



leo-j on 08 October 2013

how suprising, didn't microsoft do some extreemely homophobic PR not too long ago.... against a lesbian or something?



 

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KingdomHeartsFan on 08 October 2013
Azerth said:
The FB-guys answer 20 minutes ago:
"Certain games were only upstairs or only downstairs for both consoles. Titanfall, which is what we wanted to play, was upstairs only, hence why we were told what we were. Sony at the PlayStation booth only had consoles upstairs period, but at the Ubisoft booth Assassin's creed 4 was being demo'd on the PS4. Even though this was the case, and we were able to play it there, Sony still took all our details, promised the consoles, and offered to fast track us to the front of the Ubisoft line to play anyway.

Believe it or not, I really don't mind. But I know it is true and never expected that they would go out of their way like they did. It is why I can't thank them enough for making it even more of an amazing day."

https://www.facebook.com/EBGamesAus/...13545955350425

this is the guy who posted

so its really sony messed up by putting everything up stairs while ms has consoles on the ground to play just a couple upstairs.

You have no way of knowing if Sony even had the option to have their games downstairs, maybe MS already took all the spots downstairs, this is not Sony or MS's fault, this goes to the people that planned the event and didn't put it any ramps for the disabled.  



UltimateUnknown on 08 October 2013

Why am I not surprised by either company?



 

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TheSting on 08 October 2013
Max King of the Wild said:
TheSting said:
Do we actually know if this is true either way?

youre saying a guy in a wheelchair would lie? Thats racist


I lol'd 



Max King of the Wild on 08 October 2013
FarleyMcFirefly said:
Max King of the Wild said:
FarleyMcFirefly said:
Did Sony do this for the right reasons though?
I mean, they probably did it for good PR, not because they sincerely care for their customers.

I guess a good deed is a good deed in the end though.

But it's not Sony contacting press and telling the story. So I dont know what intentions youd think theyd have


Obviously news of this would get out.  Sony knows this, any company knows this.  They don't have to contact the press.  They have their fans to do it for them.


Yeah, its so obvious the disabled person who go to the media and tell them how wonderful of a company Sony is /rollseyes.

I hear about these stories everyday /sarcasm



Galaki on 08 October 2013

The simple fact is that the MS agent had no power. Meanwhile, the Sony's agent is high up enough to give away company stuff without getting fired. Right time. Right place. Free stuff.



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Max King of the Wild on 08 October 2013
Galaki said:
The simple fact is that the MS agent had no power. Meanwhile, the Sony's agent is high up enough to give away company stuff without getting fired. Right time. Right place. Free stuff.

probably.



Max King of the Wild on 08 October 2013
Azerth said:

so its really sony messed up by putting everything up stairs while ms has consoles on the ground to play just a couple upstairs.

It doesn't work like that. You can't have infinite space in a finite area. There are obvious limitations to these things and the companies rent out floor space. We know MS and Ubisoft already had a presence on the bottom floor which probably took up most of it.