I can't help but respect your approach to gaming here but also at the same time its one of the most rediculous things I've ever heard. I'm cool with brand loyalty as long as that brand offers the best experience for me. If that is no longer the case, the brand means nothing.

Sony microsoft and nintendo are all faceless corporations that employ 1000s of people. While Ken Kutaragi may decide on the business strategy for the playstation brand name...he doesn't have the slightest clue how the Cell works, how bluray works or how PS3 works.

So by respecting him, you are basically respecting sony price cuts, sony press releases and sony marketting strategies rather than sony products, sony games etc...

To appreciate people that made your precious Ps1, PS2 and PS3 and the games you love you have to respect the faceles engeneers and game designers that worked on it...hence why brand loyalty doesn't make any sense. Most of the people responsible for PS1, PS2 PS3 may not even be working at sony anymore...but toshiba or wherever instead. Maybe even microsoft...lol.

Oh, and if you disagree with me, you sir, are worse than Hitler.

goto chartz then hardware from launch then eat some crow.

The article is kind off biased although some points are true. However for the most part of it, it seems like it's written by a fanboy trying not to be a fanboy.

1) PS3 is doing bad due to a lot of countries being hit by recession and from the 3 consoles available, it is by far the most expensive.

2) I have heard this from various people; from family, friends, colleagues and investors. those wanting to buy a PS3 will not buy a PS3 until they have a HD TV. This again shows why a lot of potential PS3 customers still haven't switched over yet.

3) They had a shite marketing campaign on launch.

4) They lost so much money creating the damn thing, they can't afford to hold onto some of the big franchise games and they lose these games to MS.

5) having had the problems they did with the launch and delays of the PS3, they have lost considerable ground and allowed MS to take the lead.

However, the above being said:

1) The PS3 is gaining good momentum. The sales figures speak for themselves. Even having had a 1 year head start (USA and JAPAN) and 18months head start on UK and AUS, the 360 is only about 5.5 million units ahead.

2) Although the machine is more expensive then the 360, it is still selling good and the sales are continuously going up. Another price cut will probably see another burst in PS3 sales.

3) Many AAA games have been released (Motorsport, Resistance, GT5P, Uncharted) but the most anticipated ones are still to be released (KZ2, Resistance 2, GT5, Jak and Daxter, Motorstorm 2, GoW3). The release of these big gmaes will probably see another burst in sales.

4) Regardless of what people say about Blu-Ray, the format does kick ass. It is by far the greatest next gen format. It will take time for Sony to see profit from it, but they will see it eventually. Even with DVD, it happened gradually over time. People didn't want to lose their VHS collections overnight to a new format. The truth is, currently, the PS3 is the best value for money when it comes to Blu-ray players. It has by far the most functions.



******* WHAT SONY ARE GUILTY OFF ************

I cannot argue this, but the one thing Sony are guilt off is keeping people waiting. I don't think they are in a position to keep people waiting. With the PS1 yes, with the PS2 yes, but the PS3 no! They need to move quick and fast before they get wiped out by a MS cheque book lol

No-one's commented on the most outrageous thing in this post, i.e. the claim that Sony was shamed at E3 by both Ninty and M$. I seem to recall that last week, the posts held a pretty strong consensus that only the FFXIII announcement separated Sony from a comfortable victory. IMO, the R2 trailer alone was worth more than Ninty's entire conference!!

I really don't want to go full moon on this one but as the CEO of a division, you're responsible for what comes out of it. If he doesn't know how blu-ray works or anything about the cell's architecture, that only puts more blame on his head. My sole reason for respecting him is for his original invention the "playstation" because it was generally his idea not sony as a whole or anyone else there for that matter. I was always just a casual gamer who just stopped by my friend's house to play Killer Instinct. His invention has provided countless hours of entertainment for me and even a game as old as Legend of Dragoon rivals MGS4 with the amount of enjoyment I'm getting from playing it. Sure, many have moved on from the old generations and I may sound ridiculous but I'm not done yet and probably never will be lol.

15,000 dollar TVs?  ROFL.  Take it from someone who lives at best buy, you can buy a 1080p TV (or 720 for that matter) for far less than 15,000 dollars.  I hope that was an exaggeration, not sheer stupidity.

Next time you make a point, try getting your facts straight.

And lol at PS3 being a luxury necessity at fifty bucks more expensive than the 360.  Yeah, so much of a luxury.

Just don't reply.  You're wrong, and make no sense.  Leave this thread while you have an ounce of respect and a shred of dignity left.

@Pristine20

Yeah, thats cool...I understand that as I was the same way with sega. Got master system, genesis saturn and finally dreamcast. Even thought the people who were responsible for the Sega brilliance and who made the cool games i liked had left after 1996... I supported them all the way.

But after sega died...now brand name means nothing to me. :)
Unless sega makes another console ofcourse...and fires their whole gaming division...and purchases bungie, Insomniac and Ifinity Ward to make games instead...

I would take the article a little more seriously if the writer went back to the third grade and studied the difference between "its" and "it's".

That must be really sad for you. Back then, I had the mindset that games were for kids and I was a mature person wannabe lol.