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

On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 13:38:52 -0700, "khee mao"
<big_bad_buddha_daddy@yahoo.com> wrote:

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>"Zomoniac" <the_proper_one@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> On 2007-03-20 18:12:31 +0000, "khee mao" <big_bad_buddha_daddy@yahoo.com>
>> said:
>>
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>>> "Zomoniac" <the_proper_one@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.
>>
>> --
>> 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?
>
because you haven't got your mp3s tagged properly. all mine work fine.

>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.
>
because your pc is poorly configured or your network is slow. I've an
AMD64 3200+ w/ 2Gb ram and it plays music seamlessly. i'll admit MCE
isn't perfect, but then i'm more likely to stream music through the
360's Music Blade than MCE, as you get the visual display thing then,
rather than just a dull screen with an album cover on it.

I'd seriously get your PC or your network looked at.

>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?

and what are you going to do exactly if you could?

> 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?

that swoosh sound that is optional?

>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.
>
everything is categorised and sub-categorised.

you just don't know what you're talking about frankly.


>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.
>
i'd rather have a replacable rechargable pack with an additional quick
charge cradle than have to be stuck with no other option than having
to plug the pad in to charge it up.

>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.
>
why don;t you PRESS PAUSE then?

>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.
>
while paying for Live is still a bit of a bugbear of mine (even more
so now that they charge you for DLC and all sorts) it's by far the
most stable online platform i've ever used.

sure some games have lag issues, but theyre usually fixed pretty fast
and are only really noticable if you're playing people on the other
side of the world.

>ah, well. that felt good. back to work now.
>
ah i see, rather than take a lunchtime trip to the toilet, you just
let it out on here...
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"Chris F" <chris@asifimtellingyoulot.com> wrote in message
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>
> because you haven't got your mp3s tagged properly. all mine work fine.
>
that wasn't the problem. look right above this to my response to Paul.
>
>
> because your pc is poorly configured or your network is slow.
>
>
I usually average 36mb on my wireless connection, and I assure you that my
PC is setup fine.
>
>
>>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?
>
> and what are you going to do exactly if you could?
>
the ad is usually advertising new content. would be nice to just go
straight to that content by hitting the ad instead of digging around,
wouldn't 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?
>
> that swoosh sound that is optional?
>
dunno. I haven't had my 360 on much since getting a PS3.
>
>
>>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.
>>
> everything is categorised and sub-categorised.
>
> you just don't know what you're talking about frankly.
>
>
you're telling me that everything isn't some long list of alphabetized text?
like 'all demos/themes' or 'recent demos' or some crap like that?
>
>>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.
>>
> i'd rather have a replacable rechargable pack with an additional quick
> charge cradle than have to be stuck with no other option than having
> to plug the pad in to charge it up.
>
at least a rechargeable battery and charger are bundled
>
>>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.
>>
> why don;t you PRESS PAUSE then?
>
rumble can occur in Pause. I'm thinking Doom3 was one of the offenders?