Aaron Greenberg Takes Off His Gloves
"We have been fighting Sony's promises from the day we entered the market. Three years ago at E3 they showed what PS3 games would supposedly look like with the Killzone 2 video, that we are now learning will ship four years later. That means that we will have shipped Gears of War and Gears of War 2 before they can even get Killzone out the door."
"Think back to GDC 2007 when Sony promised to leap ahead in online with the Sony Home unveil. Here we are two years later and multiple delays for a product that has appears to have little to no buzz. Where are the achievements? The friends list integration across all games? Where is the long-promised video store?"
"Where are all the other products using and networking with their Cell chip? How come Blu-ray did not result in better games? What happened with Sixaxis and rumble? Where is the complete 1080p game library we were promised? If Blu-ray, as they said, would be such a catalyst to PS3 console sales, then why have PS3 sales over the past couple months not seen any lift since the format victory?"
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5-09-2008 @ 6:09PM
Ninjakamster (PSN: Chin-Poh) said...
The reason why Microsoft does the repairs for free is because the RROD is much more prevalent than any of the PS3's hardware issues.
If Microsoft did not do this for free, they would have faced a massive shitstorm.
Don't fucking kid yourself, Microsoft didn't do this out of the kindness of their heart, they really were forced to.
I'm not speaking against 360, I actually wanted one but my brother wanted a PS3 and paid for most of it so eh, I like it as well but will try to get a 360 later when I have more time to devote to games.
5-09-2008 @ 2:10PM
borocouncilman said...
"What happened with Sixaxis and rumble?"
It's called DualShock 3 and you can buy them everywhere. There are valid criticisms when it comes to online gaming on the PS3. That said, there actually some decent games on the platform now. If you're a serious gamer, you really need to own both.
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5-09-2008 @ 2:14PM
Bmurph said...
Yeah, because every serious gamer is going to drop $1000.
5-09-2008 @ 2:19PM
Digital Limit said...
What games are forcing me to own both? There's only one game worth the $400 entry fee, and it's not even out yet. And no, I'm talking about Killzone 2.
And the rumble complaint is completely valid, especially when they lied about their inability to use rumble with the sixaxis technology. Sony does so much to make itself look shadier than Microsoft. It's embarrassing.
5-09-2008 @ 5:47PM
Kabapu said...
Puh-lease. That Six-Axis / rumble excuse of "Sony lies" is so ridiculous. They were in the middle of litigation when they said that. They *had* to say it. They couldn't say "We can't include it because it would be infringing on a copyright" while they're in the middle of fighting the point in the courts. It was an excuse that everyone *knew* wasn't true simply due to the fact that they were in a court battle over the technology.
"Lies" implies someone being mislead. If you actually believed the excuse then you were simply ignorant ... kinda like Aaron Greenburg.
5-12-2008 @ 10:43AM
Jer said...
Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Kaz say that the consumer doesn't care about rumble?
5-09-2008 @ 2:12PM
borocouncilman said...
Agreed. People make too big a deal of RROD. Every 360 at our office has failed, but the replacement boxes soldier on without incident.
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5-09-2008 @ 2:21PM
Digital Limit said...
That's a great point.
Sure, my 360 died. Didn't stop me from getting it replaced within the month. And I picked up a temporary 360 to occupy myself with in the mean time. It's ridiculous that I had to do it, sure, but to use it as the catch-all for deflecting Sony's negatives is even sillier.
5-09-2008 @ 2:27PM
Big Bird said...
Since when did "Serious Gamer" = Brain Dead?
5-09-2008 @ 2:14PM
Brucie B said...
HAHAHA Let the Fanboism Begin!
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5-09-2008 @ 2:20PM
ccc said...
Well, he makes very valid points and no one can deny that only say just wait. While I think 360 is the best console ever made I am planning on picking up a ps3 for the sheer fact of Tekken 6 and the king of Fighters 12. Two very key games MS either has no intrest in acquiring or cannot (tekken).
These are games that are just fun to me and I can play without thinking about achievements.
Ofcoarse if the above mentioned games hit the 360 I have little intrest in this machine.
Its a shame, the people at MS that decide what should and shouldn't be on the 360 is leading me down another road. One that leads to the ps3.
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5-09-2008 @ 2:21PM
ez054098 said...
Wait, what did Porkens say?
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5-09-2008 @ 2:35PM
Gemini Ace said...
Who cares what Greenburg says? He's a corporate stooge. Nothing more.
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5-09-2008 @ 2:42PM
Green_Ogre said...
Eh, sony may have better hardware, but their games suck. Even the ones that are multiplatform pale in comparison to the version that comes out on the 360. Sure, for a very select few, the trend is actually reversed, but 9 times out of 10, the 360 game is probably going to be better than the PS3 version. (UT3 is one noticable exception. PS3 has one over us 360 fanboys. COD4 is supposedly unnoticable. GTA IV however, runs at a lower resolution than the 360's version.) Also, one of the worst examples was Madden NFL 08 and a few other ones released by the same company including NCAA, run at 60fps on the 360 and 30fps on the PS3. So yeah, PS3 hardware might be better, but the 360 has better games. (Halo 3, Bioshock, GoW)
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5-09-2008 @ 2:57PM
kyle said...
this is y im happy with the 360, the ps3 announces things but are not all available atm, yes its nice they r not rushing but its the pt of it not being there
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5-09-2008 @ 3:00PM
The Mighty Ant said...
meh...buy what you want, play what you want...remember "the cake is a lie"
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5-09-2008 @ 3:10PM
Adam said...
What i have been saying all along.I get called a idiot that makes no sense but because greenberg says it people listen.
This is all 100% true the ps3 is a piece of shit that doesnt belong on the market.It doesnt do what it is marketed as.
A game machine thats supposed to be the best but it lacks so bad it might as well be a wii.
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5-09-2008 @ 3:10PM
Justin said...
I smell fear.
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5-09-2008 @ 3:21PM
xboxrulez1985 said...
This guy looks like a retarded sloth.
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5-09-2008 @ 3:22PM
NeoJedi Knight said...
Way to go Greenberg!!!
That said, I enjoy my PS3 for what it is, a Sony game player (MGS, Ratchet, Jak), just like my Wii is a Nintendo player (Mario, Zelda, Metroid). Anything that's cross platform gets defaulted to my 360 because of the online (when it's not down...), achievements, integrated friends list, and my rumble-enabled controller (I shouldn't have to fork over more money to replace my Six-Axis with a DualShock 3...).
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