8:15 AM on 01.08.2007
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Ishaan
According to GamesIndustry.biz, Sony seems to have been honored with numerous awards at the Consumer Electronics Show this year. Not only was the SIXAXIS awarded by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Sony itself received the "Technology and Engineering Emmy Award" as SCEA CEO Jack Tretton stepped up with the familiar Sony ramblings we've all come to love and expect:
"The overwhelming consumer demand and critical acclaim for PS3 is testament of the platform's strength and the industry's desire for a true next-generation entertainment system," commented Jack Tretton, CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment America.
"The full potential of this powerful machine has yet to be realised. What you've seen so far is just a taste of what will be on the table for 2007 and years to come," he added.
In addition to this, Sony has also picked up the "CES Best of Innovations Award" for 2007, a "Sound and Vision's Editor's Choice Award" and "Digital Innovation Award" from the Digital Entertainment Group and a "20 Most Innovative Products Award" from PC World.
Not bad, guys. Not bad at all. Things are finally starting to look up. Hopefully, all this good publicity is a sign of good things to come. Full steam into mid '07!
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Sony flames starting in 3... 2... 1...
"overwhelming consumer demand and critical acclaim"
I apolagise, but i thought we were talking about the PS3 he- oh right i see, we are, we're just talking about it with the habitants of Mars. Who incidentally don't have internet connections.
Last i heard the PS3s were sitting in stores unsold because no-one wanted them. And as for critical acclaim, yeah okay, it's got a lot going for it, but how many times have we heard snipes at the web interface or the download scheme or the lack of good launch titles, add infinitium... I'm not being anti-Sony here, but let's get the facts straight. It's not been a good launch for Sony, and if they ever do get this kind of recognition, it won't be in the PS3's current state.
Also, another problem that may show up in the next 6 months to 1 year: nobody has any idea about the long term durability of these lasers. By design, they are being used at the limits of their performance. It's possible that we'll be seeing large failure rates for these devices (the next gen DVD players, and the PS3). :P
Good responce, i gotta admit i was expecting flame, so it's nice to have a level-headed individual who cares in responding with some patience and intellect.
My point was more that sony has won these awards on potential and promise alone. Yes it's a nice powerful piece of kit, but at what point is it inovative? It's a powerhouse, any rich kid can build a powerhouse, and it doesn't need some kind of divine intervention to make it so.
I will gladly say that the PS3 has potential, I'll be mindfull of the fact that we had this with the PS2 before it became the most successful current gen console, but not the PSP nor the PS3 has as of yet shown any signs of real innovation, which is mostly where it won awards.
the PS3 simply is not selling because it is FIVE HUNDRED AND NINTEYNINE U.S. DOLLARS
I know this sounds ignorant and Sony bashing, but those awards really don't seem to reflect reality. I wouldn't be surprised if Sony paid for them because a lot of those I can't see anyone in their right minds giving them to the PS3.
DualShock + GBA Tilt Cart - Rumble != Innovation
In the end these awards don't matter much anyways for us regular folk on the receiving end. The ps3 is still way overpriced for what it was meant to do, play games.
Any gaming PC already blows away the PS3, its specs are good, and there will be good games, but the main problem is how many exclusives will they be able to keep?
I do love FF and Id probably pick up a PS3 at some point for XIII, but Im really worried about this garbage of having 2 or 3 versions of the same game. If FF comes out for the 360, Id rather buy that, Im kind of split as an FPS and RPG fan.
Love Nintendo or not, pretty much every controller innovation ever was created by them. I guess however, that the lack of transperency is a problem with all rewards...
- Eddie
I can understand PS3 getting awards because it is an impressive machine and there are games coming out on it that I definatly want to play(Level 5's White Knight). However, for the Sixaxis to get an award for anything is beyond me. All it is is a PS2 controller with a gyroscope on the inside where the rumble parts should be. Not to say PS2 controller is bad but Sixaxis getting awards should not happen.
But Blu-Ray wasn't developed as part of the PS3. It's a third party creation, the board of directors just includes people from Sony:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu-ray_Disc_Association
So that's not even Sony's exclusive product, nor their award. As is my understanding anyway. If someone here knows better then please correct me, I'm just going on what i've read.
If M$ plays it smart and releases the 360 v2.0 with a 120GB HDD at $400, and makes the current premium the new core sys, Sony will have a hard time making up ground at their current price point. Sony can't afford a price drop, but the may be put in a position that they have to drop their price early just to stay in the race.
sony sux lolrz