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jlmurph2 said:
OneKartVita said:


I didn't say video games or consoles.  I mean when the media single out a single brand.  They know it can be damaging to the brands image.


So you're mad that Xbox the brand isn't synonymous with school shootings...ooook


Mad?  I'm having a debate and offering a different opinion. If you consider that mad then you live in an angry world.  

 

I'm saying they should refer to them as consoles.  and without any evidence he's assuming the ps4 was used for terrorism.  Playstation is the worldwide console brand.  So maybe due to its popularity over the competition this is an unfortunate bi product given a lot of these people are likely to have one.  

 

In the interest of fairness these American writers should associate the Xbox's or Playstations the school shooters in the US with their terrorism.  Mention that they were probably playing shouting games that influenced them.  

 

Because it's not fair to do it on European terrorists and not the American terrorists. 



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The threat has been mentioned before, years ago.



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PenguinZ said:
I wouldn't really call the potential methods listed here hilarious...


You either laugh or cry at the world... I choose to laugh.



thranx said:
Eikichi134 said:

Without speaking or typing a word? Does he think us PS gamers have some kind of telepathic link with each other?

No. He thinks you guys have a peer to peer link with each other that is harder to track than normal cell phone use. Think that is what he stated isn't it? or was that part not legible? Perhaps they use the many other options of cummunicating in game that dont invovle typing or talking. I know I have never had to type or talk in a multiplayer game and can still use the in game gesters of most characters to communicate something. But what he is highlighting more is the fact that peer to peer communication is harder to track. PS4 is probably being used because it has been released in more countries world wide, and is cheaper than xbxox one and is more poplular in europe and the rest of the world than other psosible peer to peer video games systems. But hey who cares, this is a games forum and we must see that this is an attaack on sony, not someone stating what they ahve found in their job trying to help others.


Yes I understood what he was talking about in this article, just tried to make light of the situation. Nice of you to use "us guys" in a serious manner implying we could also be terrorists. :P



BraLoD said:

The worst thing is not even the potential damage to the brand, which will be insignificant at best, but media vehicles keeping their nonsense shit writting/reporting to capitilize over tragedies as much as they can.

With this kind of junk news, they once again want to link gaming with violence, there must be people who actually get happy when this kind of things happen, the bigger the tragedy the most shit reports can be done, the most atention them get. It's not a problem about videogames, just that the previous ridicilous linking made it a base to write shit articles about it.

Forbes and some others can just go fuck themselves. Bunch of cold sensationalist bastards.


Yeah, it is about capitalising off tragedy really. It's all about tying the brand to fresh wounds and waiting for the clicks and outrage. 



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Bryank75 said:
Insidb said:
Japanese communicators? + Japanese automobiles + American weapons + American political support = terrorism?


Certainly a reliable combination. 

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OneKartVita said:
jlmurph2 said:


So you're mad that Xbox the brand isn't synonymous with school shootings...ooook


Mad?  I'm having a debate and offering a different opinion. If you consider that mad then you live in an angry world.  

 

I'm saying they should refer to them as consoles.  and without any evidence he's assuming the ps4 was used for terrorism.  Playstation is the worldwide console brand.  So maybe due to its popularity over the competition this is an unfortunate bi product given a lot of these people are likely to have one.  

 

In the interest of fairness these American writers should associate the Xbox's or Playstations the school shooters in the US with their terrorism.  Mention that they were probably playing shouting games that influenced them.  

 

Because it's not fair to do it on European terrorists and not the American terrorists. 

But the game is what's blamed, not the console itself. The reason PS4 is aimed at here is because there's not any games mentioned. If Xbox Live itself was used by school shooters to communicate plans to shoot up schools then yeah, Xbox should be a target.



existenz2 said:
Protendo said:
PS2 was a nuclear threat do to it's computational power...so...why not?


do=>due

 

if you are going to post please at least check what you have written.


Thank you. Rules like this are still challenging. 



V-r0cK said:
Stupid article, what's next? It's as ridiculous as saying...

Toyota is the car terrorist use to get to their destinations!

Iphones are their cell phones of choice! (I doubt the PS4 was their only use of communications)

Bread is what they eat to fuel them!

Is this Forbes (an American company) trying to take a jab at a Japanese company in hopes to help shift the console war? lol


Forbes has a LOT of clickbait, trust me.

 

I usually keep up with companies such as Apple, Samsung, LG, etc., and they always make their titles mislead the post and have it be a slideshow for more $$$.

 

Disgusting, but that's online business for ya.



 

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jlmurph2 said:
OneKartVita said:


Mad?  I'm having a debate and offering a different opinion. If you consider that mad then you live in an angry world.  

 

I'm saying they should refer to them as consoles.  and without any evidence he's assuming the ps4 was used for terrorism.  Playstation is the worldwide console brand.  So maybe due to its popularity over the competition this is an unfortunate bi product given a lot of these people are likely to have one.  

 

In the interest of fairness these American writers should associate the Xbox's or Playstations the school shooters in the US with their terrorism.  Mention that they were probably playing shouting games that influenced them.  

 

Because it's not fair to do it on European terrorists and not the American terrorists. 

But the game is what's blamed, not the console itself. The reason PS4 is aimed at here is because there's not any games mentioned. If Xbox Live itself was used by school shooters to communicate plans to shoot up schools then yeah, Xbox should be a target.

Do they have proof the ps4 was used for that?  And do they have proof the school shooters didn't talk about it on live?  

 

It's fine reporting it as part of what they found but making a standalone article focusing only on the Ps4 with that headline is bad journalism.