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

On 20 Mar, 20:38, "khee mao" <big_bad_buddha_da...@yahoo.com> wrote:


> > 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.
>
> > --
> > 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?

Oh dear, you've ****ed the pooch on this one. Why is it NOBODY ELSE
has this problem? CLearly it's your MP3 ibrary that's ****ed, not the
360 and Media Centre software!


>
> 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.

You have a crap wireless network, or a poorly configured router, or a
bandwidth eating virus on your PC.

It's not the fault of the 360 or WMP 11. Mine works fine in all
instances!

Even streaming high def, transcoded XVIDs work without a flaw.

>
> back to the 360's menu system and what garbage that is.

I find it hilarious that you find so many faults with the 360 menus
and none with the Ps3s. Clearly a PS3tard at work.


> why does each blade
> have the same big advertisement on the right for whatever and you can't even
> click on it?

Duh - and do what exactly?!

> why don't the downloads have thumbnails?

As opposed to text? Why do you need a thumbnail!

>why is it just a
> long list of ugly text?

Yeah, fugly text! Damn Text for telling me somthing in, I duno,
ENGLISH! How backwards is that?!

What a PS3tard you are.

>what's up with that stupid swoosh-click sound?

You mean the one you can turn off if it annoys you?

> 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.

You havent used a 360 for a while, have you.


>
> 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.

Oh dear. You are grasping at straws. I can go to my local convenience
store and grab a pack of AAs if I need to, no problem. Or buy a cheap
pack of NimH rechargeables. So while you have to get a chair to sit
nearer the TV while your pad is tethered during charging, I can still
sit on my sofa and enjoy my wireless!


>
> 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

Do you have a weak bladder? Get your prostate checked!!
Nobody needs to go for a wizz that desperately that they forget to
PAUSE the ****ing game!
no, wait...
What an idiot. Ever heard of PAUSE?!
Clearly your arguments are ill thought out here.
>

> 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.

You really have ZERO credibility here. Lagfest? One or two games had
bugs that were fixed, like Call of Duty 2 - but other than that I've
had ZERO lag.

This suggests your router really IS ****ed.

Better browsing experience? In your fantasy PS3tard world. That PS
Network shop is little more than a half baked ITunes clone and is very
poorly implemented. Text is too small, the categorisation options
poorly implemented, and until the 1.6 update is out, no way to queue/
background downloads.


>
> ah, well. that felt good. back to work now.

Yeah, you clearly havent used a 360 for a while now have you. Your
PS3tard mentality shows through and through, Fanboi.