You know I noticed a pattern from people's replies throughout the Destructoid articles that I'm a little curious about. Whenever I see a new article posted about PSP,PS3, PS3 games, or multi-system games; there is an overwhelming amount of hate posted. Things like what stereotypical fanboys would say like, "PS3 IS THE SUCKS, 360 FTW!!!" to more subtle like, "If Sony would care about fixing (post Sony fault here) then they might be selling more." Granted Sony is going through some hard times and bad publicity, but the sheer volume of hate is startling. It almost seems that everyone on the internet is against Sony and even when Sony does have good news come out, everyone which even includes the Destructoid staff belittle it. Its as if the hate for everything that is Sony has reached every corner of the internet. Fanboys of the 360 and the Wii have joined together to face off against their Sony nemesis. Amid all this incredible hate one has to wonder why there is so much loathing for any system that starts with a P. I, like any rational person, can see facts and can acknowledge faults and high points in given information. For example I can acknowledge that the PSP doesn't have many games that are that interesting so I have kept myself from buying one. But the latest mood of Destructoid seems to be in the direction of hating everything that comes from anything PS related. So I always wondered why there is such a large movement.
So my question is this, "Why do you guys hate the PS3 so much? Is there a specific reason that you look for any fault you can find or is that just your natural reaction? Would there be any way to change your opinions or are you dead set on what you believe?"
Oh and before anyone says something like, "HE OBVIOUSLY SONY FANBOYZ!!", I will admit that I own all systems before this new gen and my first next-gen system that I own is a PS3. My roommate owns a Wii and I play it quite often. So I guess that can try to prove some kind of internet cred for me to have as a non-fanboy I guess.
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I dunno. I've never understood any of this rampant fanboyism myself.
There'll be great games for the PS3 in the future, without a doubt. But people expected more from the leader of the last gen, and being let down like that breeds resentment.
Wait, what's this topic about again? Oh yeah, HE OBVIOUSLY SONY FANBOYZ!!
That is true about the games since most of what I see coming out for my PS3 are multi-platform.
Frankly, I don't understand why people are so defensive of Sony all the time, but that's just me.
Just because we post bad news, doesn't mean we hate what we're posting about. As someone who's been accused of "omg sony hate" a million times by overly defensive readers, I'll say I've been just as harsh to MS and Nintendo in the past.
We mock what needs to be mocked, praise what needs to be praised. It's not our fault that Sony is currently providing us with more to mock. Remember, we work with what we can get, we don't just invent Sony's fuck-ups.
There was also the fact that Sony, try as they might, could not say or do anything to positively promote the PS3. Every press release and media event they've held since March 2006 has been a less than positive push for the PS3 or PSP.
March 2006: PS3 is delayed 6 months
E3 2006: PS3 is $600 + your first born, also, no rumble in the controller because rumble is "last-gen"
TGS 2006: PS3's in demo units have intermittent power failures due to overheating
September 2006: The PS3 is delayed in Europe for 6 months despite promises earlier in the year for a "global launch", and is announced to be $200 more expensive than in the US and Japan.
October 2006: PS3 commercials resort to obtuse flying cubes, demon babies and other weird shit to "sell" the PS3.
November 2006: PS3 launch in Japan is tainted as the first sale is overseen by Kutagari to a Chinese illegal immigrant who's buying the system to resell for a Japanese person.
November 2006: Sony scales back their launch availability by over 2 million consoles. Releases a paltry 250,000 units on launch day in the US. Less than 90,000 in Japan. Less than 1,000 units in Singapore at launch some 3 months later.
11-17-07: PS3 launches in the US with riot sized affairs all over the US. People are hiring line standers to purchase the console to resell on ebay in record numbers. Craigslist and eBay start restricting PS3 and Wii sales as a result of Xbox 360 shortages from the previous year. PayPal forces all PS3 and Wii sales in escrow to keep incidents of fraud down.
March 2007: Sony announces Home. Which we all played when it was called Second Life.
April 2007: As a result of delays, shortages, and slow sales, Sony forces Ken Kutaragi to resign, putting Hirai in place of him as CEO over SCEJ. Job cutbacks are annoucned as well in other divisions as a result of a 2 billion dollar loss on the PS3 launch.
August 2007: Big promised title Lair is released with terrible controls, massive amounts of negative publicity, spin and rhetoric from Sony and it's creators ensues.
So, it's not as though there hasn't been any positive news, it's just that every positive Sony story seems to come laden with some shitty news, and Sony seems fully ready to embrace every bad thing that happens to them.
Lair Review Guide? No headset included? The other PS3 owners here can tell me, but I'm hearing a lot of reports that Warhawk is deafmute city.
The system is an absolute pleasure to own.
I also cherish my TWO PSPs and my PS2 and TWO PS1s.
I fucking love every console that sony has ever made.
THATS WHY IT ABSOLUTELY BLOWS MY MIND when I (somewhat) objectively cover sony sales or other news and get called a Sony hater.
I scratch my head hairless every time it happens, and that happens several times a week.
I'm not accusing anyone of being "TEH FANBOYZ" but I am saying there seems to be a trend in efforts to belittle it. I would probably be the first one to admit faults in the PS3 and most definitely the Sony PR machine. However, I have found posts by people to kinda be grabbing at straws sometimes just to make a PS3 joke.
I can confirm for you right now that mocking Sony takes very little effort. ;-)
i went through 5 ps2's.
let me say that again, 5 ps2's, all busted for the most part due to mfg defects. sony didn't replace a single one.
the psp which i bought has recieved shit support and has an abysmal line of games.
sony cannot focus on thier gaming devices as gaming consoles, and as such, they get the short end of the stick compared to nintendo and MS products, who gladly will tell you their device was designed for games, and then provide quality titles to back it up.
now arrogance and a ridiculous price point and no exclusives worth playing? why should i be nice? they make SHIT PRODUCTS. they have a SHIT REPLACEMENT PROGRAM. worse than MS. cereal. fuck sony.
I admit, I love my Nintendo! I can't wait to play more Picross DS on the metro or SimCity DS.
My all time favorite games are all on ps2 and ps1, and I would really like to own a ps3.
get tekken online and warhawk and you've got tons of fun right there...
tekken already earned me a broken controller...
then again not everyone likes multiplayer games...
but I own both a ps3 and a 360 and the 360 gets a ton more play time...
its got more games what can I say?
1) Horrible PR
2) People are disappointed in it
3) Dtoiders like to joke, and Sony is an easy target
4) The PS3 actually has the most worst news
5) Too expensive (maybe easier to hate it than say you can’t afford it)
6) Tried to win a format war instead of make a gaming machine
7) Lies
8) Over promised and under delivered
9) Games look as good or better on the 360… so far
10) PSN was nearly non-existent at launch (and is still pretty weak)
11) Sony PS2 fanboys were horrible and some people are enjoying the turning of tables
12) 360 owners feel united and proud of XBL, which caters to them and gives them a strong and universal identity
13) PS3 tried to be too much, making it look somewhat weak (like how a PDA wouldn’t be considered a good MP3 player)
14) It’s easier to be a 360 fan right now
15) Gamers on the internet are just whiney in general
16) Kutaragi. Nuff said
17) Sony insulted gamers by making bold statements such as telling people to get a second job or stating 10 million people would buy it even if it didn’t have any games.
I’m sure there are more that I didn’t think of, but you aren’t going to be able to get one solid answer to this question. Each person has their own set of reasons for saying the things they do. It’s not just the PS3, though. Check out the comments of a 360 hardware article and you’ll see the 360 gets ripped it's due.
Are you Japanese Milofo?
Am I doin it right?
No but seriously. Sony gives people a lot of reasons to hate them. I mean what was the last really good thing you heard about the PS3? I´m not a fanboy, I normaly just buy every console. I would buy the PS3 too but there simply aren´t enough good games for it (and the ported ones look better on the 360)
I say just give Sony some time and they´ll get their shit going with the PS3.
I have nothing to add, but I do have to say that your comment was spoken like a true scholar and gentleman.