Sony Boss Howard Stringer: "If we fail, it is because we positioned PS3 as the Mercedes of the video game field"

On Mar 20, 3:38 pm, "khee mao" <big_bad_buddha_da...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> "Zomoniac" <the_proper_...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> > On 2007-03-20 18:12:31 +0000, "khee mao" <big_bad_buddha_da...@yahoo.com>
> > said:
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> >> "Zomoniac" <the_proper_...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> >>>> the PS3 doesn't have half baked menu systems
>
> >>> You just lost all credibility right there. The 360 interface is perfect.
>
> >> yet you dispute none of my other points.
>
> >> and yes, the blade system, with its gaudy/tacky themes and swooshy-click
> >> sounds, is ugly and poorly designed.
>
> > It works fantastically, and has loads of content but makes it easy to
> > navigate. Yes, your other points are all valid, so I haven't disputed
> > them. But that doesn't mean to say there isn't a long list of 360 pros,
> > like replacable batteries, rumble, a superior online infrastructure,
> > better versions of all the cross-platform games to date, MC extender, etc,
> > etc.
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> > --
> > Zo
>
> the following rant is nothing personal against you:
>
> having a Media Center PC and a 360, I can say without hesitation that the MC
> Extender 'functions' of the 360 are complete crap, probably because Media
> Player itself is a load of trash. never before have I had to spend entire
> DAYS tweaking ID3 tags so that a media player would know what to do with
> songfiles, even then, MP11 STILL manages to **** things up by splitting
> albums into two different versions, some with or without album art, some
> with the wrong art period, half an album displayed correctly while the rest
> of the tracks get stuck in 'unknown', and basically just arbitrarily ****ing
> up my entire collection in spite of everything being properly tagged and
> organized. a prime example is my Alice in Chains album: Facelift being
> split into THREE DIFFERENT ALBUMS/EPS AFTER massaging all files with MP3Tag.
> Audioslave gets similarly ****ed up. why don't I have these issues with
> iTunes? why is it that song files in iTunes all appear in the right album
> and by the right artist?
>
> anyway, back to MCE sucking ass. why can't an AMDx2 4200 with a gig of ram
> stream songs without a 2 second gap of silence to a 360 which has a triple
> core processor running at 3200 and 512 ram? that's enough memory to cache
> entire ALBUMS in memory, much less 2 contiguous ****ing songs that weigh in
> at a couple of megs each. what is the problem with this picture? why does
> it take an eternity to browse through pages of my collection of albums using
> MCE, where I'll get stuck on a page, press down, have to wait a minute
> without any result, press down again, then two minutes later it scrolls down
> 2 pages? ugh! what an unmitigated piece of **** Media Center/Media Player
> is.
>
> back to the 360's menu system and what garbage that is. why does each blade
> have the same big advertisement on the right for whatever and you can't even
> click on it? why don't the downloads have thumbnails? why is it just a
> long list of ugly text? what's up with that stupid swoosh-click sound?
> I'll grant that things look a bit more cleaned up with the recent updates,
> but it's still a poorly conceived and implemented experience. there IS some
> good content there though if you have the patience to wade through an
> alphabetized list of text to find it.
>
> batteries? the PS3's controller comes with a battery. it's rechargeable
> even and it has an included charger. while more difficult to replace than
> the AAs in the 360, it's certainly no chore to do and replacements can be
> ordered with no problem. even then, the controller should last for YEARS
> before the battery even needs replacing.
>
> rumble? nothing annoys me more than putting my rumble controller down on my
> glass table to go take a piss and it starts rumbling, trying to jackhammer
> its way through my tabletop. while it can be used to good effect (PGR
> series), I honestly don't miss it.
>
> LIVE? couldn't care less about it. I have the Gold equivalent for a few
> years but cancelled when Silver became available. playing in online
> lagfests with pre-pubescent dumb****s isn't my idea of fun. downloads for
> games like Splinter Cell was the reason I kept it for so long. glad I don't
> have to pay $50/year for that privilege anymore (both systems). I'll again
> give MS/360 big props for content, but I like the browsing experience on
> PS3's network better,and Sony should have a lot more content to offer soon.
>
> ah, well. that felt good. back to work now.


I agree with you on everything EXCEPT rumble amd Live! gold...if
you're only grip with rumble is it ****s your coffee table up, then
chuck your controller on the sofa when you get pissed...I can't
(couldn't) live without it...and let's face it, XBox Live is a
fantastic experience, the only lag I've experienced is with COD3. Yes
you get the kids, but you'll get them on the PS3 network too...you are
right with the 360/PS3 comparison though...only MS fanboys could EVER
say that the 360 is equal in quality to the PS3...