Yeah Sony, I'm talking to you! Don't you try 'n act like you don't see me.
I never thought I would say [hell, even think] the things that are about to come out of me and make up this post. For years I have been a loyal, card carrying member of the "Playstation kicks [insert game console name here]'s ass" club. I skinned my PS2, gave one to my nephew, keep my games stored in a pristine disc binder...I've done it all people. But now...now I might have to turn in my PS2 card, patches, and mini buttons because Sony has LOST THEIR DAMN MINDS!
Don't believe me? I can understand that. I don't want to believe me myself. But I'm going to give you a lil prereq info and then tell you about the straw that broke this camel's back.
You ever heard of a lil gadget Sony made called the PSP? I know you saw that dumb assed commercial with the squirrels..."PSP, it's like a nut, you can play with outside" Did they aggravate you as much as me? Anyways, moving on. The PSP has thus far, failed.
Problem One: Proprietary Media Format.
The PSP uses a media disc called an UMD or "Universal" Media Disc. I put universal in quotes because the only device on the planet that can uses these universal discs is the PSP. UMD's do not allow the user to write data to the disc. So they aren't very versatile at all: the only UMD discs in existence are pre-pressed discs.
Problem Two: Poor Game Development.
The PSP came out at a time when developers were starting their work on games for the next generation of consoles, so the games that came out on the platform were quick ports of existing games. These quick ports tended to not offer any new gameplay elements. There were some new and interesting games that came out, but not enough to justify buying a PSP.
Problem Three: Pricing, Pricing, Pricing!
Question to Sony: Why the HELL would I pay 40 bucks for PSP version of a game I can buy for 30 bucks on the PS2? Ooooh, I have another question: Why the HELL would I pay 30 bucks for a UMD version of a shitty movie I could buy a DVD version of at Wally's for 9 dollah? That's right, I wouldn't. I'D BE OUT MY DAMNED MIND!
That all said, why am I complaining about Sony now? Why do I think they've lost their damned minds? Because they just announced yesterday that their new system, the big and bad PS3 is going to be available Nov. 2006...Oh yeah, and cost either $499 or $599. I'll give you a second to re-read the previous sentence.
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Yeah, you read that right. A new PS3 [without a game, without a second controller...To add those, estimate another hundred dollah to the prices that follow] is going to set you back either 500 or 600 dollah. The $500 dollah version will come with a 20GB HD and a controller. [whoopee] While this system will have the cell technology and play the BlueRay HD games, it will NOT be able to play BlueRay HD DVD Movie discs. You'll need the $600 dollah version to do that.
To say that this price is shockingly high is an understatement. I am so disappointed in Sony on this one. I can tolerate the PSP bungle...But this? This is unforgivable. I'm so upset I can't even type straight. Please believe you will hear more about this when we bring you our E3 podcast.
For now, PissedOff NinJaSistah out --
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