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It was d j vu. The topics were the carbon copies. The post titles were the identical. Hell, even the file formats were the same.
We posted the entire DS Lite manual yesterday. Thing is, we did just that months earlier when we ran the Xbox 360 instruction manual. At the time, Kotaku Erzengel wrote, "This is going to be the first time I read a console instruction manual." At the time, I merely scoffed and chalked up the remark as witty banter. Little did I know how telling it was.
Consumer don't read instruction manuals. It's a pain in the arse and less time you can spend with your new lovely. When I bought my PS2, I didn't read it. Same for the Xbox, GameCube and every other console I have ever purchased. Instead of reading it, I fiddled with some wires, plugged the damn thing it and was in business.
But, alas, thanks to MSoft's and Nintendo's pre-release leaked instruction manuals, I actually did read them. Strike that, I didn't read them. I poured over them, looking for clues, hints, anything. Reading an instruction manual was suddenly Shakespeare with me hanging on every single word. Should companies want gamers to actually read their instruction manuals, leaking is the way to go.
Your move, Sony.
We've Got the DS Lite Manual [Kotaku]
