Are we a bunch of Sony haters?

[bbobb]

Bulgarian.

I'll wear the sweater for you.

[Do You Like Erotic?]

I don't think this site is a bunch of Sony haters, I just think that a lot of the user base is bitter about the price, and that makes you guys enjoy the fact that Sony is taking it up the ass in a multitude of ways partially as a result.

However, what makes me sad is that it's just so bitter and petty to diss everything that Sony does, despite the fact that you've all enjoyed Sony products thoroughly, or treating Sony like they're some kind of tyrants. They're in the business of trying to make money, and their vehicle for doing that just happens to be by providing gamers with something fun to do.

What makes it worse is that every time new systems are released, this happens, and it's towards someone. At the beginning of XBOX's first coming, I distinctly remember a lot of this very same forum that practically uses their tongues to clean the dust off of Bill Gates' balls currently, labeling him as a tyrant, and saying all kinds of terrible things about the XBOX, and just pretty much shitting on it completely.

Then slowly but surely, the price of the system started to drop, a few games that people wanted came out, and slowly but surely, people's tunes began to change. People started showing love. The very same people who were spitting the most venom.

I just think it's pretty fucking hypocritical, emotional, and childish, because the same thing is going to happen with Sony when they release that game that you want. Or when the price drops. Or when whatever the root of your anger is, that's causing you to irrationally shit on every decision Sony makes, or highlight every mistake. Then, once again, people those very same people are going to be like, "LOL I never had a bias towards or against the system, I just like games."

It happens every four years or so. Some company has to be the bitter gamer's whipping boy. I guess it's Sony's turn now.

Fair enough. Gamers just need to understand that every system and every generation is a new beginning, and that if any medium is about change, it's videogames, and you should start being more adaptable to it. The changes may not immediately be for the better, but it's all a learning process for the companies who are producing our forms of entertainment. We are the most fickled of all fanbases, even worse than Comic Book nerds. But the fact is, ultimately, the companies' goals are to make money, and the only way that they are going to do so is to please their fanbase.

In that light, it's not like the companies are against gamers, and gamers shouldn't be against the companies. Criticism is fine, but it should be more constructive than scathing. It shouldn't be the shit like, "I HOPE SONY BURNS IN HELL!!!1223" like the constant uproar of shit that I've been seeing here.

I used to think of TNL as the more mature gaming forum. The gaming forum for older gamers. But now, it's more like the internet equivalent of an convalescent community for old people somewhere in florida. Everyone's just bitching, moaning, and shitting their pants. You guys have become so jaded, old, and outdated that it makes those of us who have a more removed view of the gaming community shake our heads.

I don't want to see Sony fall, it breaks my heart to see them making poor business decisions, but I'm pretty sure that if they want to keep their cobra clutch on the industry, they're going to be looking at what the community is saying, and eventually it will get high enough through to the buraeucracy to make them once again change their business model and figure out a better way to make a profit, that's a happy medium between both them and gamers.

That's what Microsoft did with XBOX 360, that's what Nintendo is trying to do with the Wii.

20 months from now, most of the people hating on Sony will probably have forgotten all of the shit that they've said because they'll be too busy playing whatever it is that they enjoy so much on that very system. That's what happens every time.

So, sony haters? No. But there still needs to be some kind of forum self-awareness and reform, because it's sad what happened to this community.

[bbobb]

Some company has to be the bitter gamer's whipping boy. I guess it's Sony's turn now.

And Nintendo's too.

WIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!

[RoleTroll]

They're in the business of trying to make money, and their vehicle for doing that just happens to be by providing gamers with something fun to do.

It's not like they're trying to provide a good gaming product and failing. They're (ab)using gamers to push the Blu-ray format. Gamer satisfaction comes dead last.

But it's not in anybody's best interest for Sony to totally fail here. A solid Gamecube-like third place would be great.

[Brand X]

They're not trying to provide a good gaming product and failing.

Whent?

[Yoshi]

Nintendo is going to finish third. The only question is how badly Microsoft beats Sony.

[B-Ri]

And Nintendo's too.

WIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!

i remember when i first heard the name and saw the controller, it was a good laugh for a while, but now the name isnt as funny anymore, and the system itself is fun so far, although i question the long term. the MK controls dont seem very fun, pretty tacked on, i wonder what kinds of new gameplay well see besides the point and shakes, although thats all ive seen from the controller so far, especially seeing my sister play Smooth Moves.

[bbobb]

i remember when i first heard the name and saw the controller, it was a good laugh for a while, but now the name isnt as funny anymore, and the system itself is fun so far, although i question the long term. the MK controls dont seem very fun, pretty tacked on, i wonder what kinds of new gameplay well see besides the point and shakes, although thats all ive seen from the controller so far, especially seeing my sister play Smooth Moves.

I'd like to introduce you to a new key on your keyboard: ' . We call him an apostrophe and he's right next to your return key.

Your friend the shift key is also feeling neglected. You should press him down each time you start a new sentence.

[magnifiedplaid]

Another thing that really bugs me about the PS3 is the controller. I was never a very big fan of the Dual Shock controller on the PS1 and the PS2. For some reason I just never really cared for the analogue stick placement, the crappy d-pad, or just the shape of the controller in general. Its just always been an uncomfortable experience to play a PS1 or PS2 game for any long stretches. Therefore, I was a bit disappointed to see that the PS3 controller looks to be the same general style of controller that Sony has been using the last two generations. For my $600 I at least want them to put a little more effort into re-designing the controller so it at least feels like I am buying a new console. I honestly would have even settled for that boomerang controller if it would have lessened the good ol' "claw hand" syndrome that the PS controllers give me.

[Do You Like Erotic?]

Stop it. The controller looks that way because it's widely regarded as being hands down the most ergonomical controller. Believe me, they TRIED to change it and it looked like warm shit.

I would like to see the Dual Shock format continue for as long as it works. Simple if it ain't broke theory. You don't mess with success.