Sony's PS3 Disappointment Timeline Continued

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#801 fixer293
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And the stones keep piling on top of Sony.

More Weight.

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Great post keep it going.
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I think it's safe to say that Sony shot itself in the foot.:D
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Sony explains UK PS3 price UK managing director tells The Guardian the reasoning behind giving Brits a higher price. By Emma Boyes, GameSpot UK Posted Feb 1, 2007 10:26 am CT The PlayStation 3 will launch in Europe on March 23--some four months after Japan and America. The console has been confirmed for the UK at a price point of £425 (approx. $838 ), with only the 60GB version available during the initial launch period. In the US the 60GB console retails at $599 (approx. £304), and in Japan for 59,980 yen (£253). In an interview in today's Guardian newspaper, Sony Computer Entertainment's UK managing director Ray Maguire explained that there were a "number of reasons" for the console's higher price. The high rate of value-added tax (17.5 percent in the UK), exchange rate considerations, Sony having to pay UK staff higher wages, retailers taking a bigger chunk than elsewhere in Europe, and the generally higher cost of living were all cited by Maguire. He said, "If it were $1.40 to the pound as it was a while ago, then the PS3 would be a bargain compared to the US; if it's anything more than that, the UK price appears to be comparatively expensive. But we're dealing with euros and yen--it's about the relationship between those currencies." Maguire added, "Of course, I would dearly love to have the PlayStation 3 RRP under £400, and at such time as we can afford to do so, we will." http://www.gamespot.com/news/6165112.html?tag=latestnews;title;1 ---------------- http://computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=156582 Answering the question of why there aren't any 20GB PS3s at the UK launch, Maguire said it was a consumer led decision, "They want to put their own media on it from day one. So a big preference has been shown towards the 60GB model". Poor Europeans.  When did these europeans take this vote sony?  Hmm, last time I checked they didn't want an expensive console.
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#806 Dr_Evil_PhD
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this thread wins. :) 
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Oblivion: PS3 technical limitations arise, 360 gets shader fix The 1up rep discussed what Bethesda told him about the limitations of PS3's lack of memory: "There's no horse armor, etc... It's a technical limitation. They just don't have enough memory to load every peice of downloadable content. They tried it, did some work arounds, but the performance isn't there. They hope to have some, but they're going to have to pick and choose [unlike the 360 version, which has tons of downloadable content, all of which can be used in the game]". Furthermore, the shader which helps the textures in the distance is coming to the 360. Good news for 360 fans/Oblivion fans... bad news for PS3 (as usual). Links to the 1up show (thanks Neogaf): http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=140933
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[QUOTE="Natural_Mystic"]
I don't get the "importance" of the following headlines...

Sept 26th, 2006 - PS3 first-party titles announced to be the same price as third party titles, at $59.99
It's the same as 360's price, right? What is the problem?
Nov 8th, 2006 - Sony ships without update. You must update your PS3 out of the box in order to use PlayStation Network
So what? Why is this listed as a negative thing?
Nov 10th, 2006 - Sony's Phil Harrison states that he can no longer confirm a March 2007 launch for Europe
Except that it is now confirmed as March 24...
Nov 14th, 2006 - PS3 has backwards compatibility problems
Everybody knows that this was overblown...200 of the 8000 games had some problems. That is sooo important...
Nov 20, 2006 - Game Devs Prefer 360
And who is this developper? Anyone could write an "article" stating that he/she is a game developper...
Nov 20, 2006 - PS3 annoys Joystiq
For something that will be fixed. It is not that important compared to the rest of this list.
Nov 23, 2006 - Saving Sony, one console at a time
And how is this negative?
Nov 30, 2006 - Sony shuffles senior execs
The same here...
Nov 30, 2006 - Analyst: "I cannot imagine a PlayStation 4"
This is no-news. It should be removed from this list.
Dec 21, 2006 - Sony files patent for wiimote style hand-held controler
Wrong link mate! It is titled: "Technique for processing a computer program" and it has nothing to do with controllers.
Dec 28, 2006 - Sony's PS3: High-Scorer No More
Another opinion by an analyst...ahem! This thread should list bad news, not opinions!
Jan 25, 2007 - Sony Uses PGR3 Screenshot to Promote Gran Turismo HD
This is funny, but too small to be listed...it just a small mistake by an employee.

Jan 29, 2007 - Sony Corp. may report third-quarter profit fell 50 percent after its flagship PlayStation 3 lost market share to Nintendo's Wii.
Except that it reported a "5 percent drop in group net profit for the last three months of 2006 to 159.9 billion yen". So tis report was majorly flawed!

That is my input!
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[QUOTE="N_Nemesis"]Sony explains UK PS3 price UK managing director tells The Guardian the reasoning behind giving Brits a higher price. By Emma Boyes, GameSpot UK Posted Feb 1, 2007 10:26 am CT The PlayStation 3 will launch in Europe on March 23--some four months after Japan and America. The console has been confirmed for the UK at a price point of £425 (approx. $838 ), with only the 60GB version available during the initial launch period. In the US the 60GB console retails at $599 (approx. £304), and in Japan for 59,980 yen (£253). In an interview in today's Guardian newspaper, Sony Computer Entertainment's UK managing director Ray Maguire explained that there were a "number of reasons" for the console's higher price. The high rate of value-added tax (17.5 percent in the UK), exchange rate considerations, Sony having to pay UK staff higher wages, retailers taking a bigger chunk than elsewhere in Europe, and the generally higher cost of living were all cited by Maguire. He said, "If it were $1.40 to the pound as it was a while ago, then the PS3 would be a bargain compared to the US; if it's anything more than that, the UK price appears to be comparatively expensive. But we're dealing with euros and yen--it's about the relationship between those currencies." Maguire added, "Of course, I would dearly love to have the PlayStation 3 RRP under £400, and at such time as we can afford to do so, we will." http://www.gamespot.com/news/6165112.html?tag=latestnews;title;1

That's just how things are in the UK. It's not just Sony, It's a lot of things.
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Stone by stone the weight builds on Sony.
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We all know Sony has been taking a lot of bad press from the PS3, but lets take a look back at the year that has lead us to the Nov. 17th release date.

First, we start with Sony itself. Yes, I was going to only make a timeline of the PS3 news, but how can you ignore this arrogance from late 2005?

Nov 10th, 2005 - Sony is caught hiding a rootkit inside music CD's that place a virus on users computer. Sony's Tom Hesse defends the decision by stating that people don't know what it is, so they shouldn't care
January 2007 - Sony, Busted Again!

Now that we know Sony cares about us, lets move on to the PS3...

Feb 27th, 2006 - Sony misses it's Spring launch date
May 5th, 2006 - SCEE CEO David Reeves: "It doesn't really matter what ships at launch." "The first five million are going to buy it, whatever it is, even it didn't have games,"
May 8th, 2006 - Sony holds it's E3 conference announcing the pricing of the PS3 at $600/$500
May 8th, 2006 - New PS3 controller will have six degrees of motion, but no rumble feature. Sony's Phil Harrison states that rumble was last gen and no longer needed.
May 17th, 2006 - Kutaragi: PlayStation 3 is "too cheap"
May 31st, 2006 - Sony's Phil Harrison denies copying the Wiimote and states that the PS3 will replace the PC
Sep 5th, 2006 - Gamers looking to get the best picture out of Sony's premium PlayStation 3 package will need to shell out extra for proper hookups.
Sept 6th, 2006 - PS3 is delayed in Europe until March 2007
Sept 6th, 2006 - PS3 launch shipment is cut from 2 million to 400,000 in the US (100,000 to Japan)
Sept 8th, 2006 - Sony's President admits that the company's hardware is in a current state of decline
Sept 26th, 2006 - PS3 first-party titles announced to be the same price as third party titles, at $59.99
Sept 26th, 2006 - Square Enix will not exclusively support Sony's PS3 as much as they did with the PS2.
Sept 29th, 2006 - Sony's President Ken Kutaragi states that his company does not care about the Xbox 360 and Wii competition.
October 12th, 2006 - Sony Exec calls the 360 and Wii "too expensive"
October 19th, 2006 - The infamous spec sheet comparison and how Sony claims the Xbox 360 requires HD-DVD to play games
October 20th, 2006 - Announced that Sony may have to replace your PS3 controller for you after it no longer holds charge
October 24th, 2006 - Sony sinks Lik-Sang
October 26th, 2006 - Sony's Q2 profits decrease by 94%
October 28th, 2006 - Sony president Ken Kutaragi said he expects the PS3 to be capable of running games at a stunning 120fps
October 30th, 2006 - PS3 will push Sony $1.71 billion into the red
October 31st, 2006 - Japan launch of the PS3 is cut to 80,000 units
Nov 8th, 2006 - Sony ships without update. You must update your PS3 out of the box in order to use PlayStation Network
Nov 9th, 2006 - NBA Live 2007 is cancelled on the PS3
Nov 9th, 2006 - Oblivion is pushed back from launch title to Jan 2007
Nov 10th, 2006 - Sony's Phil Harrison states that he can no longer confirm a March 2007 launch for Europe
Nov 11th, 2006 - PS3 launches in Japan and rewards few
Nov 11th, 2006 - Sony unprepared for Japan launch
Nov 14th, 2006 - Sony will miss 400,000 unit target for the US. Approx 150k to 200k will be shipped for launch
Nov 14th, 2006 - PS3 has backwards compatibility problems
Nov 16th, 2006 - PS3 downscales 720p games instead of upscaling to 1080i 
Nov 16th, 2006 - Sony's Jack Tretton comments on the PS3 BC problems and states that the Wii has 0 backwards compatibility
Nov 20, 2006 - NYT not impressed with PS3
Nov 20, 2006 - Game Devs Prefer 360
Nov 20, 2006 - PS3 annoys Joystiq
Nov 21, 2006 - PS3, PSP Rainbow Six held till '07
Nov 23, 2006 - Saving Sony, one console at a time
Nov 25, 2006 - Sony retracts 1080i fix statement, leaving customers in lurch.
Nov 26, 2006 - More PS3 exclusives head to 360
Nov 26, 2006 - Bloomberg: Sony missed PS3 ship targets
Nov 30, 2006 - Sony shuffles senior execs
Nov 30, 2006 - Analyst: "I cannot imagine a PlayStation 4"
Dec 4, 2006 - Sony Australia: Wii "More Fun" than PS3
Dec 8, 2006 - Court rules for Immersion; Sony to pay up
Dec 11, 2006 - Industry watchers weigh in on "record-low tie ratios" for Wii and PS3 and other results from the month of the new systems' debut.
Dec 13, 2006 - Sony Admits Launching Fake Blog to Promote PSP
Dec 19, 2006 - Time says PS3 was a bust
Dec 20, 2006 - PC World Calls PS3 a top tech mistake of 2006
Dec 20, 2006 - Forced bundles and high retail price put consumers off, claims tracking firm.
Dec 21, 2006 - Virtua Fighter 5 dukes it out on Xbox 360
Dec 21, 2006 - Sony files patent for wiimote style hand-held controler
Dec 27, 2006 - PS3 Greymarket Watch: Scalpers Returning PS3s Back To Stores.
Dec 27, 2006 - Gamers who queued for days to buy Sony's PS3 are frantically trying to trade them for the much cheaper Wii.
Dec 28, 2006 - Sony's PS3: High-Scorer No More
Jan 4, 2007 - Sony spokesman David Karraker: "Everything that we put on store shelves sold out,"
Jan 4, 2007 - SCEA confirmed that there would be no supported force feedback technology with its PlayStation 3
Jan 8, 2007 - PS3 demand slows, stores stocked aplenty
Jan 9, 2007 - Sony Misses Worldwide PS3 Shipment Targets. They shiped a million in the US, but not in Japan.
Jan 10, 2007 - Motorstorm isn't going to be running in 1080p at 60FPS, despite Sony VP of Marketing David Dille saying this week that it would.
Jan 10, 2007 - Senior VP of Marketing Peter Dille: Every Sunday in the paper, there's a new deal with a free controller or a free game or $100 off all discounting the 360. I don't think you take those measures if you're selling as expected. (see Jan 13, 2007 entry)
Jan 11, 2007 - Analyst: Lagging PS3 Sales 'Troubling'
Jan 11, 2007 - ArsTechnica slams "misleading" Sony
Jan 13, 2007 - EB offers a deal, trade in your PS2, cables, a second controller and a memory card, to get $100 off a PS3, in what people assume is an attempt to actually move PS3 units.
Jan 15, 2007 - Analyst: Sony missing sales goals by 25%?
Jan 15, 2007 - Valve Software's chief Gabe Newell says PS3 a "total disaster on so many levels"
Jan 15, 2007 - PS3 sales figures 'not good' - IDC "Sony needs more must-have first-party titles to sell consoles"
Jan 17, 2007 - Sony CEO Howard Stringer: PS3 Only Using 20-25% of its Power
Jan 25, 2007 - Sony Uses PGR3 Screenshot to Promote Gran Turismo HD
Jan 26, 2007 - PS3: Now $50 More Expensive in Canada
Jan 26, 2007 - Epic Games' once-PC-and-PS3-exclusive shooter is now headed to Microsoft's new console with a slightly tweaked title, Unreal Tournament III.
Jan 29, 2007 - Sony Corp. may report third-quarter profit fell 50 percent after its flagship PlayStation 3 lost market share to Nintendo's Wii.
Jan 29, 2007 - Sony calls on Ken to save PS3
Jan 29, 2007 - Tetsuya Nomura, designer of FFXIII, has confirmed that Final Fantasy will not debut on the PS3 until 2008.
Jan 29, 2007 - Nvidia Shares Affected by Weaker Playstation 3 Demand
Jan 30, 2007 - Sony blamed the launching costs of its PlayStation 3 game console for much of the 5 percent drop in group net profit for the last three months of 2006
Jan 31, 2007 - SCEA spokesman David Karraker:"Nintendo's new console doesn't belong in the same category as the PlayStation 3." "Sony was selling out shipments of 100,000 PS3s in the US every week"




While it's not all of Sony's fault, they have done little to apologize for their delays and arrogant statements. It's a bad trend that they've started, and the more they continue the more we'll be seeing article after article on Gamespot.....day after day about something else they've done to flaw the PS3's image.

I'm sure I'm going to get a lot of flaming cow responses, but hey that's expected. I can understand their crankiness b/c I know I'd hate to be in their shoes atm. Hopefully Sony will have some sort of eye-opener to the amount of distaste they've started among gaming consumers, and will get back to what they used to do best.
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[QUOTE="Natural_Mystic"]We all know Sony has been taking a lot of bad press from the PS3, but lets take a look back at the year that has lead us to the Nov. 17th release date.

First, we start with Sony itself. Yes, I was going to only make a timeline of the PS3 news, but how can you ignore this arrogance from late 2005?

Nov 10th, 2005 - Sony is caught hiding a rootkit inside music CD's that place a virus on users computer. Sony's Tom Hesse defends the decision by stating that people don't know what it is, so they shouldn't care
January 2007 - Sony, Busted Again!

Now that we know Sony cares about us, lets move on to the PS3...

Feb 27th, 2006 - Sony misses it's Spring launch date
May 5th, 2006 - SCEE CEO David Reeves: "It doesn't really matter what ships at launch." "The first five million are going to buy it, whatever it is, even it didn't have games,"
May 8th, 2006 - Sony holds it's E3 conference announcing the pricing of the PS3 at $600/$500
May 8th, 2006 - New PS3 controller will have six degrees of motion, but no rumble feature. Sony's Phil Harrison states that rumble was last gen and no longer needed.
May 17th, 2006 - Kutaragi: PlayStation 3 is "too cheap"
May 31st, 2006 - Sony's Phil Harrison denies copying the Wiimote and states that the PS3 will replace the PC
Sep 5th, 2006 - Gamers looking to get the best picture out of Sony's premium PlayStation 3 package will need to shell out extra for proper hookups.
Sept 6th, 2006 - PS3 is delayed in Europe until March 2007
Sept 6th, 2006 - PS3 launch shipment is cut from 2 million to 400,000 in the US (100,000 to Japan)
Sept 8th, 2006 - Sony's President admits that the company's hardware is in a current state of decline
Sept 26th, 2006 - PS3 first-party titles announced to be the same price as third party titles, at $59.99
Sept 26th, 2006 - Square Enix will not exclusively support Sony's PS3 as much as they did with the PS2.
Sept 29th, 2006 - Sony's President Ken Kutaragi states that his company does not care about the Xbox 360 and Wii competition.
October 12th, 2006 - Sony Exec calls the 360 and Wii "too expensive"
October 19th, 2006 - The infamous spec sheet comparison and how Sony claims the Xbox 360 requires HD-DVD to play games
October 20th, 2006 - Announced that Sony may have to replace your PS3 controller for you after it no longer holds charge
October 24th, 2006 - Sony sinks Lik-Sang
October 26th, 2006 - Sony's Q2 profits decrease by 94%
October 28th, 2006 - Sony president Ken Kutaragi said he expects the PS3 to be capable of running games at a stunning 120fps
October 30th, 2006 - PS3 will push Sony $1.71 billion into the red
October 31st, 2006 - Japan launch of the PS3 is cut to 80,000 units
Nov 8th, 2006 - Sony ships without update. You must update your PS3 out of the box in order to use PlayStation Network
Nov 9th, 2006 - NBA Live 2007 is cancelled on the PS3
Nov 9th, 2006 - Oblivion is pushed back from launch title to Jan 2007
Nov 10th, 2006 - Sony's Phil Harrison states that he can no longer confirm a March 2007 launch for Europe
Nov 11th, 2006 - PS3 launches in Japan and rewards few
Nov 11th, 2006 - Sony unprepared for Japan launch
Nov 14th, 2006 - Sony will miss 400,000 unit target for the US. Approx 150k to 200k will be shipped for launch
Nov 14th, 2006 - PS3 has backwards compatibility problems
Nov 16th, 2006 - PS3 downscales 720p games instead of upscaling to 1080i 
Nov 16th, 2006 - Sony's Jack Tretton comments on the PS3 BC problems and states that the Wii has 0 backwards compatibility
Nov 20, 2006 - NYT not impressed with PS3
Nov 20, 2006 - Game Devs Prefer 360
Nov 20, 2006 - PS3 annoys Joystiq
Nov 21, 2006 - PS3, PSP Rainbow Six held till '07
Nov 23, 2006 - Saving Sony, one console at a time
Nov 25, 2006 - Sony retracts 1080i fix statement, leaving customers in lurch.
Nov 26, 2006 - More PS3 exclusives head to 360
Nov 26, 2006 - Bloomberg: Sony missed PS3 ship targets
Nov 30, 2006 - Sony shuffles senior execs
Nov 30, 2006 - Analyst: "I cannot imagine a PlayStation 4"
Dec 4, 2006 - Sony Australia: Wii "More Fun" than PS3
Dec 8, 2006 - Court rules for Immersion; Sony to pay up
Dec 11, 2006 - Industry watchers weigh in on "record-low tie ratios" for Wii and PS3 and other results from the month of the new systems' debut.
Dec 13, 2006 - Sony Admits Launching Fake Blog to Promote PSP
Dec 19, 2006 - Time says PS3 was a bust
Dec 20, 2006 - PC World Calls PS3 a top tech mistake of 2006
Dec 20, 2006 - Forced bundles and high retail price put consumers off, claims tracking firm.
Dec 21, 2006 - Virtua Fighter 5 dukes it out on Xbox 360
Dec 21, 2006 - Sony files patent for wiimote style hand-held controler
Dec 27, 2006 - PS3 Greymarket Watch: Scalpers Returning PS3s Back To Stores.
Dec 27, 2006 - Gamers who queued for days to buy Sony's PS3 are frantically trying to trade them for the much cheaper Wii.
Dec 28, 2006 - Sony's PS3: High-Scorer No More
Jan 4, 2007 - Sony spokesman David Karraker: "Everything that we put on store shelves sold out,"
Jan 4, 2007 - SCEA confirmed that there would be no supported force feedback technology with its PlayStation 3
Jan 8, 2007 - PS3 demand slows, stores stocked aplenty
Jan 9, 2007 - Sony Misses Worldwide PS3 Shipment Targets. They shiped a million in the US, but not in Japan.
Jan 10, 2007 - Motorstorm isn't going to be running in 1080p at 60FPS, despite Sony VP of Marketing David Dille saying this week that it would.
Jan 10, 2007 - Senior VP of Marketing Peter Dille: Every Sunday in the paper, there's a new deal with a free controller or a free game or $100 off all discounting the 360. I don't think you take those measures if you're selling as expected. (see Jan 13, 2007 entry)
Jan 11, 2007 - Analyst: Lagging PS3 Sales 'Troubling'
Jan 11, 2007 - ArsTechnica slams "misleading" Sony
Jan 13, 2007 - EB offers a deal, trade in your PS2, cables, a second controller and a memory card, to get $100 off a PS3, in what people assume is an attempt to actually move PS3 units.
Jan 15, 2007 - Analyst: Sony missing sales goals by 25%?
Jan 15, 2007 - Valve Software's chief Gabe Newell says PS3 a "total disaster on so many levels"
Jan 15, 2007 - PS3 sales figures 'not good' - IDC "Sony needs more must-have first-party titles to sell consoles"
Jan 17, 2007 - Sony CEO Howard Stringer: PS3 Only Using 20-25% of its Power
Jan 25, 2007 - Sony Uses PGR3 Screenshot to Promote Gran Turismo HD
Jan 26, 2007 - PS3: Now $50 More Expensive in Canada
Jan 26, 2007 - Epic Games' once-PC-and-PS3-exclusive shooter is now headed to Microsoft's new console with a slightly tweaked title, Unreal Tournament III.
Jan 29, 2007 - Sony Corp. may report third-quarter profit fell 50 percent after its flagship PlayStation 3 lost market share to Nintendo's Wii.
Jan 29, 2007 - Sony calls on Ken to save PS3
Jan 29, 2007 - Tetsuya Nomura, designer of FFXIII, has confirmed that Final Fantasy will not debut on the PS3 until 2008.
Jan 29, 2007 - Nvidia Shares Affected by Weaker Playstation 3 Demand
Jan 30, 2007 - Sony blamed the launching costs of its PlayStation 3 game console for much of the 5 percent drop in group net profit for the last three months of 2006
Jan 31, 2007 - SCEA spokesman David Karraker:"Nintendo's new console doesn't belong in the same category as the PlayStation 3." "Sony was selling out shipments of 100,000 PS3s in the US every week"




While it's not all of Sony's fault, they have done little to apologize for their delays and arrogant statements. It's a bad trend that they've started, and the more they continue the more we'll be seeing article after article on Gamespot.....day after day about something else they've done to flaw the PS3's image.

I'm sure I'm going to get a lot of flaming cow responses, but hey that's expected. I can understand their crankiness b/c I know I'd hate to be in their shoes atm. Hopefully Sony will have some sort of eye-opener to the amount of distaste they've started among gaming consumers, and will get back to what they used to do best.
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JANUARY 2 ,2008: PS3 OUTSELLS 360 ,XBOTS COMMIT MASS SUICIDE.

Yeah.... You juts have to "wait" for it right?
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#814 holmesforlife
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Not that I have the time at the moment but lets look at MS.

Launches Xbox in 2001 KILLS Xbox in 2005. (LOOK AT gamespot's list of 5 best Xbox games for 2006 and then look at PS2's list of 5 best games and next year PS2 will still get God of War in addtion to Rouge G. not to mention plenty of other games that still will come out!!) AND MS spent Billions!!
http://msftextrememakeover.blogspot.com/2006/11/portrait-of-emerging-business-as-older.html

Sells are equal to Xbox over the first year after launch. ( not end of year sales!!)
http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/15/xbox-360-only-sold-about-58-compared-to-original-xbox !!
SO there you go I guss PS3 bad start can get worse like Xbox 360 has already done, But I don not think so.

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Thats nothing compared to the problems of the PS3...
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#815 Brutal01
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Four Wii units sold for every PlayStation 3 in Japan http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=22595
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Sucks to be them lol
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#817 tango90101
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i don't think sony could have done worse if they TRIED... :lol:

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sony is doing a bang-up job. of losing its market leadership.
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man talk about thorough cow ownage...nicely done TC
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February EGM front cover - pretty much says it all (somebody make it show up please). :D

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j152/Jersey826/mediaig0ea0.jpg

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Yup, it says a lot right there :D gnutux
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February EGM front cover - pretty much says it all (somebody make it show up please). :D

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j152/Jersey826/mediaig0ea0.jpg

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#823 Shadow_op
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you know your system sucks when it's getting it's ass kicked by a thing called a "Wii"
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#824 fixer293
Member since 2003 • 4770 Posts
Sony just keeps disappointing.
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#825 Shadow_op
Member since 2006 • 4566 Posts
[QUOTE="Availery"]

February EGM front cover - pretty much says it all (somebody make it show up please). :D

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j152/Jersey826/mediaig0ea0.jpg

Kriact

I never got that EGM! Mine was "2007 is gonna be the Best Year Ever!"
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#826 ryan_mirow
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nice
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#827 SmashBrosLegend
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My god... this thread is unstoppable.
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#828 Kev_Unreal
Member since 2007 • 2818 Posts

Bump.....

I bump this thread because its the ultimate cow ownage.

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#829 ZeLeam
Member since 2006 • 726 Posts

Bump.....

I bump this thread because its the ultimate cow ownage.

Kev_Unreal
It just proves how bored Lemmings are. You DONT want a Microsoft Timeline... Maybe nintendo would fare good tho :P
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#830 mwa
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[QUOTE="Kev_Unreal"]

Bump.....

I bump this thread because its the ultimate cow ownage.

ZeLeam
It just proves how bored Lemmings are. You DONT want a Microsoft Timeline... Maybe nintendo would fare good tho :P


no, please, i would LOVE to see a microsoft timeline...show us what you've got cows
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#831 nextgengaming18
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[QUOTE="ZeLeam"][QUOTE="Kev_Unreal"]

Bump.....

I bump this thread because its the ultimate cow ownage.

mwa
It just proves how bored Lemmings are. You DONT want a Microsoft Timeline... Maybe nintendo would fare good tho :P


no, please, i would LOVE to see a microsoft timeline...show us what you've got cows

I'll make one... Give me time.. It will come up probably tommorow..
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#832 The_Nemacyst
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[QUOTE="mwa"][QUOTE="ZeLeam"][QUOTE="Kev_Unreal"]

Bump.....

I bump this thread because its the ultimate cow ownage.

nextgengaming18
It just proves how bored Lemmings are. You DONT want a Microsoft Timeline... Maybe nintendo would fare good tho :P


no, please, i would LOVE to see a microsoft timeline...show us what you've got cows

I'll make one... Give me time.. It will come up probably tommorow..

Love to see how short it is compared to this Or will you start putting games as ownage like the other "Microsoft timelines" that tried to copy this thread. On those timelines all I saw were "DOA4, Saints Row" basically much of the flops.
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#833 nextgengaming18
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[QUOTE="nextgengaming18"][QUOTE="mwa"][QUOTE="ZeLeam"][QUOTE="Kev_Unreal"]

Bump.....

I bump this thread because its the ultimate cow ownage.

The_Nemacyst
It just proves how bored Lemmings are. You DONT want a Microsoft Timeline... Maybe nintendo would fare good tho :P


no, please, i would LOVE to see a microsoft timeline...show us what you've got cows

I'll make one... Give me time.. It will come up probably tommorow..

Love to see how short it is compared to this Or will you start putting games as ownage like the other "Microsoft timelines" that tried to copy this thread. On those timelines all I saw were "DOA4, Saints Row" basically much of the flops.

I will put all the data they lied about. The teamnelson tech blog. The announcement that only 5 % of the xbox 360 during launch were broken. The shipped predictions quickly  diminishing numerous time. The loss of money microsoft is taking with xbox 360. Bill gates numerous comments about the wii is for kids. The numerous comments from bill gates that ipod is a joke. The numerous comments about zune being the greatest mp3 player. The comments about windows vista being hack free. The comment about how microsoft was innovative through making voice chat opperations  on windows vista.The cost of xbl.. I will go on..
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#834 jxditu
Member since 2005 • 718 Posts

wow this thread will not stop.

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#835 Kriact
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[QUOTE="The_Nemacyst"][QUOTE="nextgengaming18"][QUOTE="mwa"][QUOTE="ZeLeam"][QUOTE="Kev_Unreal"]

Bump.....

I bump this thread because its the ultimate cow ownage.

nextgengaming18
It just proves how bored Lemmings are. You DONT want a Microsoft Timeline... Maybe nintendo would fare good tho :P


no, please, i would LOVE to see a microsoft timeline...show us what you've got cows

I'll make one... Give me time.. It will come up probably tommorow..

Love to see how short it is compared to this Or will you start putting games as ownage like the other "Microsoft timelines" that tried to copy this thread. On those timelines all I saw were "DOA4, Saints Row" basically much of the flops.

I will put all the data they lied about. The teamnelson tech blog. The announcement that only 5 % of the xbox 360 during launch were broken. The shipped predictions quickly diminishing numerous time. The loss of money microsoft is taking with xbox 360. Bill gates numerous comments about the wii is for kids. The numerous comments from bill gates that ipod is a joke. The numerous comments about zune being the greatest mp3 player. The comments about windows vista being hack free. The comment about how microsoft was innovative through making voice chat opperations on windows vista.The cost of xbl.. I will go on..

Prove a link to it in this thread when it gets done?
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#836 harry2k5
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is there no limit to such awesome ownage?
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#837 DXGreat1_HGL
Member since 2003 • 7543 Posts

is there no limit to such awesome ownage?harry2k5

 Not as long as Sony reps continue to speak...

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#838 KingManifest
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[QUOTE="harry2k5"]is there no limit to such awesome ownage?DXGreat1_HGL

 Not as long as Sony reps continue to speak...

what happened on Jan. 26th 2007?
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#839 Bleach_is_basic
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So I guess the "Killzone 2 @ GDC" circle jerk has stopped too. Apparently that game WILL NOT be making an appearance... ...color me surprised [/sarcasm] http://ps3.ign.com/articles/762/762629p1.html
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#840 harry2k5
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[QUOTE="harry2k5"]is there no limit to such awesome ownage?DXGreat1_HGL

Not as long as Sony reps continue to speak...



how can this not be stickied? btw just to be fair with this ownage can we have a nintendo and microsoft version?
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#841 rpg9000owner
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How much longer do you guys think this thread will last for? Say around 2 months. Then i would say it will die. Surely Sony can't have aymore bad news they have pretty much covered it all.
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#842 Krudus
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seriously this wouldnt be half as bad if it wasnt for the arrogant and sometimes downright moronic statements the sony reps decided to spew out every once in a while. i can understand that they are confident because of the ps1 and ps2, but now they are kneedeep in trouble, and still being more arrogant than ever before. while ps1 and ps2 got to where they are on their own merits, sony basically say that you should buy a ps3 because ps1 and ps2 were good. nevermind that there is no good software, nevermind that you are buying a format that might aswell dissapear in the upcoming years, nevermind that the console costs 599 dollars, nevermind all the setbacks and uncertainties, nevermind the lukewarm enthusiasm from developers, and please, whatever you do, ignore the success of 360 and wii. BUY A PS3, BECAUSE PS1 AND PS2 WERE GOOD CONSOLES. quality of the present console is overrated.
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#843 lawlessx
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seriously this wouldnt be half as bad if it wasnt for the arrogant and sometimes downright moronic statements the sony reps decided to spew out every once in a while. i can understand that they are confident because of the ps1 and ps2, but now they are kneedeep in trouble, and still being more arrogant than ever before. while ps1 and ps2 got to where they are on their own merits, sony basically say that you should buy a ps3 because ps1 and ps2 were good. nevermind that there is no good software, nevermind that you are buying a format that might aswell dissapear in the upcoming years, nevermind that the console costs 599 dollars, nevermind all the setbacks and uncertainties, nevermind the lukewarm enthusiasm from developers, and please, whatever you do, ignore the success of 360 and wii. BUY A PS3, BECAUSE PS1 AND PS2 WERE GOOD CONSOLES. quality of the present console is overrated.Krudus
well said..
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#844 Shadow_op
Member since 2006 • 4566 Posts
I think the 3rd console curse has done some damage already :D
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#845 glitchgeeman
Member since 2005 • 5638 Posts
Wow, this thread is still going? Sure shows that Sony's not performing at their best these days.
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#846 Optusnet
Member since 2003 • 11065 Posts
:lol: I love this thread! Oh **** my fanboy is showing.
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#847 Tony_aaaa
Member since 2007 • 475 Posts
If this thread is still being updated, here's another one---Sony rep admits Wii is more fun: http://ps3.ign.com/articles/749/749019p1.html
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#848 fonzie313
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We all know Sony has been taking a lot of bad press from the PS3, but lets take a look back at the year that has lead us to the Nov. 17th release date.

First, we start with Sony itself. Yes, I was going to only make a timeline of the PS3 news, but how can you ignore this arrogance from late 2005?

Nov 10th, 2005 - Sony is caught hiding a rootkit inside music CD's that place a virus on users computer. Sony's Tom Hesse defends the decision by stating that people don't know what it is, so they shouldn't care
January 2007 - Sony, Busted Again!

Now that we know Sony cares about us, lets move on to the PS3...

Feb 27th, 2006 - Sony misses it's Spring launch date
May 5th, 2006 - SCEE CEO David Reeves: "It doesn't really matter what ships at launch." "The first five million are going to buy it, whatever it is, even it didn't have games,"
May 8th, 2006 - Sony holds it's E3 conference announcing the pricing of the PS3 at $600/$500
May 8th, 2006 - New PS3 controller will have six degrees of motion, but no rumble feature. Sony's Phil Harrison states that rumble was last gen and no longer needed.
May 17th, 2006 - Kutaragi: PlayStation 3 is "too cheap"
May 31st, 2006 - Sony's Phil Harrison denies copying the Wiimote and states that the PS3 will replace the PC
Sep 5th, 2006 - Gamers looking to get the best picture out of Sony's premium PlayStation 3 package will need to shell out extra for proper hookups.
Sept 6th, 2006 - PS3 is delayed in Europe until March 2007
Sept 6th, 2006 - PS3 launch shipment is cut from 2 million to 400,000 in the US (100,000 to Japan)
Sept 8th, 2006 - Sony's President admits that the company's hardware is in a current state of decline
Sept 26th, 2006 - PS3 first-party titles announced to be the same price as third party titles, at $59.99
Sept 26th, 2006 - Square Enix will not exclusively support Sony's PS3 as much as they did with the PS2.
Sept 29th, 2006 - Sony's President Ken Kutaragi states that his company does not care about the Xbox 360 and Wii competition.
October 12th, 2006 - Sony Exec calls the 360 and Wii "too expensive"
October 19th, 2006 - The infamous spec sheet comparison and how Sony claims the Xbox 360 requires HD-DVD to play games
October 20th, 2006 - Announced that Sony may have to replace your PS3 controller for you after it no longer holds charge
October 24th, 2006 - Sony sinks Lik-Sang
October 26th, 2006 - Sony's Q2 profits decrease by 94%
October 28th, 2006 - Sony president Ken Kutaragi said he expects the PS3 to be capable of running games at a stunning 120fps
October 30th, 2006 - PS3 will push Sony $1.71 billion into the red
October 31st, 2006 - Japan launch of the PS3 is cut to 80,000 units
Nov 8th, 2006 - Sony ships without update. You must update your PS3 out of the box in order to use PlayStation Network
Nov 9th, 2006 - NBA Live 2007 is cancelled on the PS3
Nov 9th, 2006 - Oblivion is pushed back from launch title to Jan 2007
Nov 10th, 2006 - Sony's Phil Harrison states that he can no longer confirm a March 2007 launch for Europe
Nov 11th, 2006 - PS3 launches in Japan and rewards few
Nov 11th, 2006 - Sony unprepared for Japan launch
Nov 14th, 2006 - Sony will miss 400,000 unit target for the US. Approx 150k to 200k will be shipped for launch
Nov 14th, 2006 - PS3 has backwards compatibility problems
Nov 16th, 2006 - PS3 downscales 720p games instead of upscaling to 1080i 
Nov 16th, 2006 - Sony's Jack Tretton comments on the PS3 BC problems and states that the Wii has 0 backwards compatibility
Nov 20, 2006 - NYT not impressed with PS3
Nov 20, 2006 - Game Devs Prefer 360
Nov 20, 2006 - PS3 annoys Joystiq
Nov 21, 2006 - PS3, PSP Rainbow Six held till '07
Nov 23, 2006 - Saving Sony, one console at a time
Nov 25, 2006 - Sony retracts 1080i fix statement, leaving customers in lurch.
Nov 26, 2006 - More PS3 exclusives head to 360
Nov 26, 2006 - Bloomberg: Sony missed PS3 ship targets
Nov 30, 2006 - Sony shuffles senior execs
Nov 30, 2006 - Analyst: "I cannot imagine a PlayStation 4"
Dec 4, 2006 - Sony Australia: Wii "More Fun" than PS3
Dec 8, 2006 - Court rules for Immersion; Sony to pay up
Dec 11, 2006 - Industry watchers weigh in on "record-low tie ratios" for Wii and PS3 and other results from the month of the new systems' debut.
Dec 13, 2006 - Sony Admits Launching Fake Blog to Promote PSP
Dec 19, 2006 - Time says PS3 was a bust
Dec 20, 2006 - PC World Calls PS3 a top tech mistake of 2006
Dec 20, 2006 - Forced bundles and high retail price put consumers off, claims tracking firm.
Dec 21, 2006 - Virtua Fighter 5 dukes it out on Xbox 360
Dec 21, 2006 - Sony files patent for wiimote forbidden>Natural_Mystic
actually self pwnd for the TC for going to all that effort when sony or M$ wont even caer lolol
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#849 Kriact
Member since 2006 • 746 Posts
If this thread is still being updated, here's another one---Sony rep admits Wii is more fun: http://ps3.ign.com/articles/749/749019p1.htmlTony_aaaa
That link is there.
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#850 Pro_wrestler
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LMAO omg I see no sony fanboys posting in here haha. Everyone should put a link to this Thread in their sig.