<![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face - Kotaku Comments]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face - Kotaku Comments]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> seriously, this is pretty weak reply. They are basically using Sony fanboys arguments while MS aaron used Sony's own promises to backfire them. Facts are facts. My XBox 360 elite never RROD or freeze on me. My brother's PS3's blu-ray lens is broken after 6 months of use only...

Yes, HD DVD is dead, but what's the point when it's an optional accessory for the 360? "None of them has blu-ray". I don't think gamers care about blu-ray or hd dvd. All they want is gameplay and graphics. As far as they're concerned, 360 for now has the edge. Though, at the end of 10 years cycle, PS3 games will probably look better than the last few 360 games at the 5-6 years anniversary of the 360.

About the 10 years cycle, if PS2 is any indication, hardcore gamers don't care about 10 years cycle. They immediately abandoned the PS2 to support PS3 60GB. Just like when PS4 will release in 3 years, PS3 60GB owners will stop playing PS3 and buy a 1000$ PS4.

mcool93

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> Funnily enough, 1 year on, HD DVD IS dead after all. Funny that....

Iarwain

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> Well his criticisms are technically correct, but there are problems in Sony land that are as bad or worse than Microsoft's.

Plus Microsoft has BILLIONS TO BURN. Sony's losses in gaming actually hurt their bottom line badly.

dcartist

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> @migsho:
A company can't just ride off it's old out of date console forever. Sooner or later Sony is going to have to step it up and make the PS3 good (or at least decent) if it's going to stay in the video game buisness.

@TheIrishNinja:
1. i have no source, i was just making an usumption based on the percentages of people i know who use each format. However Dille didn't have a source either, he was just making stuff up to sound good and attack microsoft. plus GRIFFON2K posted some sources that proved my point
2. My point was that if the PS3 was good, it would have converted a considerable portion of the ps2's userbase and sony would have killed the ps2, just like all gameing companies kill thier previous consoles. Througout the history of gameing the only times when companies try to keep thier old consoles alive are when thier new console is actually worse. Sony is just lucky that the PS2 was so poplular that it still sells, otherwise they would have been really screwed.
3. The PS3 formats differed just as much as the 360's. For instance the 30-gig didn't have wifi. There are tons of differences with the versions other than hard drive size. And my main point was that at least microsoft continues to offer their old consoles at a lower price for consumers wh are wiling to settle in order to save cash. Sony is greedy and kills off thier previous versions to force thier customers to buy the more expensive version. They should know by now that people won't buy the console more at teh same price just because it's been upgraded. The people want a price drop and sony decides instead to kill of the console and replace it by and equaly expensive and slightly better version. Not a smart move.





themissinglink_42

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> @Spilt_Milk:

I dont see why 'sony is so screwed'. The PS2 its doing very well vs the 360!

:D

migsho

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> @Weresmurf: Since when stating facts is considering PR ? All the games I listed are coming out from now to the Holiday season, and that was the point of my comment. That and the fact that I enjoy my PS3. Can someone enjoy his PS3 without being called a fanboy ? Not by you it seems.

DarkSideDave

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> I want him to hulk out more!

CyberSkull

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> @dixon0396: are you kidding? i dunno, i thought it was mighty sexy myself, just, you know, dusty sometimes.

@griffon2k: if blu-ray somehow failed in years to come, how would that affect PS3, really? the techies already bought it for that, its just a medium for PS3 games.

@Runna: i tend to agree, thought i think Sony's put in work to really get some solid first party lines going, and these new IPs should help that.

TheIrishNinja

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> I don't blame the fanboys. If I'd spent $600 on a console with only a few available decent games, I'd be pissed off, too. I'd be looking for any excuse to justify my purchase. So, okay guys. Microsoft sucks. The PS3 is waaay better. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have some gaming to do.

Doctor Spankenstein

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> WOW is that all I still have pop corn left damn it! *Throw brick at sony fanboy...* he did it!

Really trying to bring high end gaming to gamers at a price... you will fail every time. Gamers keep prices low they are a cheap bunch. Although nothing evokes the fanboys in us like the good ol' days.

In theory SONy nore MS are really great video game companies they both depend on 3rd parties way too much.

Runna

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> 60 % of the time, it works, everytime.

insert_gently

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> @Wokisan:
'Not' instead of 'now'

Wokisan

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> As many times over the past year Sony/BR has stated HD-DVD will be dead in a few months shouldn't HD-DVD have died at least 3-4 times? Something tells me 6 months from now we will hear the same spin, "HD-DVD will be dead in a few months." Then a year from now and so on and so on. Maybe if they say it enough times it will magically happen. Neither is touching DVD for a long time and HD-DVD is now near being dead. Sony/BR is actually a little nervous about HD-DVD and it is showing.

Wokisan

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> Irenicus and any other Sony zombie who wants to buy this HD-DVD is dead nonsense, check the links I've posted below. The HD-DVD price cuts occured as HD-DVD standalone sales went up, not the other way around. HD-DVD also maintains a lead in the standalone HD player market.

[www.highdefdigest.com],000_Milestone/581

[www.videobusiness.com]

[news.digitaltrends.com]

[www.neowin.net]

Again Blu-Ray got an early surge thanks to the PS3 but lagging sales of the PS3 are not continuing that trend.

The HD movie war won't be decided by games systems. It'll be decided by standalone players. And movie studios will go where consumers are.

HD-DVD will hit $200 either this holiday or early 2008. $200 and below is usually a hot price point for consumers. When that happens, hold on to your Blu-Rays.

Lastly,

Even if by some chance HD-DVD fails as a format, the 360 will still be alive and kicking as it doesn't require the format for gaming. Can the PS3 say the same if Blu-Ray fails? Again, my thoughts is they will both stick around as DVD + and - R did.

griffon2k

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> @bornonce: nice! :-)

dixon0396

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> @sethmad: the PS3 is ugly! I have to hide mine underneath the tv console and out of sight.

dixon0396

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> @chip5541: The Xbox 360 is a great console and I never had any problems with mine. With the price cut, I just bought a PS3 but this guy sounds freakin' insane with his half a$$ 360 remarks. Who acts like that in business? This guy sounds either completely like a desperate, angry loser no one is gonna ask to prom or really, really needs to get a hobby or a pet gerbil to help with anger management. I'm still waiting on games, Sony!!!!

dixon0396

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> @Goonboy: 5000% Wow, you don't sound insane at all.

dixon0396

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> I am Peter Dille pointer outer of Microsoft mistakes hear me roar.
Xbox 360 may not be perfect but hey, what is and its about as close as your going to get.


BLloyd607502

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> It sucks when you're pushed out of a market you helped revolutionize. Just don't be crybabies about it. Fix your problems, and as a first step you can stop being dicks to everyone.

sanskrit

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> My PS3 mostly sits idle until I want to watch a Blue ray movie if I can find one that wasn't encoded in MPEG2. My 360 gets use a hell of a lot more use and it works fine. With the hardware upgrades MS has just started doing with the 360 and the eventual move to 65nm processors and a 3 year warranty, I am not at all concerned about it's reliability. It at least does what I bought it for, and it does it very well.

Sony needs to take a look in the mirror before they start with the criticism.

gwolf

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> @themissinglink_42:

1) source?
2) yeah, why not ditch a system with 120,000,000+ users...are you kidding me?
3) yeah, "shit console", pretty objective there. by "3 formats", he's talking with different hard drives (or not) etc, the PS3 formats only vary in hard drive size for the most part, and you can change that.

try this argument again when you can. also, died is not with a "y".



TheIrishNinja

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> I am personally hoping that the console war going between MS and Sony ends in a draw. I'm not including Nintendo for, I hope, fairly obvious reasons. My feeling is that Microsoft needs to stay in this game competing with Sony. I want them to succeed on some level to really convince them to continue with the next xbox (540, 720? I have a feeling they might want to consider a new name.) That can only benefit us, the consumers, if someone is dogging Sony's steps for the next 8 years or so making sure they don't get away with shit they will inevitably try to pull if it's just them against nintendo who will seemingly be chugging along on a different highway...with more money...and beautiful women.

I do want HD-DVD to win though. I'm still really iffy with Blu-Ray, and I always thought blu-ray is a kind of monopolistic move of theirs.

deviantCharles

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> a LITTLE over-the-top on this one.

but at the same time... i just watched the moore video where moore is acting like the ps3 is stupid.

and so this quote makes me laugh... because theres actually some somewhat valid points there.

overall though.. i think you'll probably get by just fine regardless of if you get a ps3 or a 360.

joelface

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> He reminds me of Kratos cursing Zeus during that tentacle fight after discovering his city died...

Ultrasinc

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> Why would a consumer want to get excited about a 10 year product. If you buy a PS3, it's clearly to get uber graphics so why would you want a dusty machine when Microsoft will release something in a shorter span. If you don't care about the graphics and therefore the PS3, you would buy a platform like Wii. Am I wrong?

Darcii

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> "I mean Jesus Christ, playing FPS on a console is like trying to play counter strike with a Joystick and 2 buttons!"

Theres more to CS than jump and Shoot????

Weresmurf

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> A few things that are total BS in this argument

1. HDDVD will not be dead in a few months, in fact more people use HDDVD than blue ray

2. The only reason that Sony has not dropped the PS2 is because it's actually better than their next gen system, which is sad. No one wants to buy a PS3, because it has no games, so they buy a PS2 whihc does have games. Of course a console is going to last longer if you don't replace it for something else. And sony would have ditched the PS2 just as quick as Microsoft ditched the xbox if the PS3 was any good. They're just covering thier asses with the whole "10 year life span crap". Personaly i believe that once teh new colnsole comes out, teh old one is dead, but sony can't kill the old one, because then they would have to drop out of the video game buissness because the PS3 isn't selling

3. The Xbox 360 is more consistent than the PS3, not the other way around. It's true that the 360 has 3 different formats, but so does teh PS3. And at least the 360 continues to support thier older models, unlike the PS3 which kills then off as soon as the new one comes out. You feel bad for someone who bought the xbox right before it dyed? Well i feel bad for everyone who bought a 20 PS3 on launch day, only to find out it was a shit console,and to later have it be discontinued and replaced by a slightly better shit console. How do you think those people feel?

themissinglink_42

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> @sqlrob: it is, no doubt, thats why i thought the best news sony heard all year was the cheaper blu-ray diode thing. i dont know exactly how much it'd save them, but anything on that front would help, that's gotta be the bulk of their expense in production.

TheIrishNinja

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> 405 comments. Achievement unlocked!

Heihachi.vs.Kazuya

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> @sethmad:

Inconsistent is crap, not good.

I want to pick up a game and know it will *WORK*, no ifs, ands or buts. No looking at specs (that are probably not even accurate) trying to second guess it.

sqlrob

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> i have a question...isn't the Blu-Ray technology extremely expensive? HD-DVD may be a dead technology but at least it's the same quality of video with half the cost

TheOtherBarber

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> @Weresmurf: 1) awesome that you know about battery life that we dont yet.

2) were talking about a lineup that starts next month; if youre only looking at the heavy hitters (MGS, FF, etc) then its spring 2008 but weve got great looking games coming way before then.

3) youre right, he's awful PR right here, no argument there.
but your friends are doing something wrong, all the controller does is sync up. they might want to let them recharge every few days, because ive never had/heard/seen of what youre claiming here.

TheIrishNinja

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> @DarkSideDave:

I'm still getting a ps3, but this guy makes me think of all that is wrong with Sony...

1. Information about the 'touchsense' as you put it, has been that having both rumble and the motion sense operating at the same time will *DRASTICALLY* kill the batteries running time. Lookin forward to that ole cable hookup? I'm sure not. Especially after using wireless for so long.

2. Games for ps3 have been 'incoming' for a year now. Next year, they're incoming for Wii and 360 as well. SOny hasn't got a clear path to victory there, it's just making it's games come out in the time of a huge, impending shitfight, which if they don't become wiser about their prices, they may very well lose.

3. Letting a guy like this do your pr for you? Sony Fanboys on venemous boards make more placid comments. Oh and btw Pete? So far, I have three mates who've had ps3's who's controllers have screwed up and got the 'light of death' on THEIR consoles. Sorry man but YOUR console has problems TOO. The only one I can say doesnt, is the WII.

Weresmurf

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> @CollapseControl: youve not played a ps3, much less online, or youd know there's such a thing as free, lagless, dedicated servers. but that woudlnt matter, you should still get paid.

@vindicated: have you played any ps3 games, much less online? no? oh...

@Warren DeMontague: because Al Gore should walk, if he really cared.

@Kinsella: ouch. that predictable? look, the man made some points but it came off petty, im not at his defense or something.
i post a lot when im here, granted, but i got love for good games on any format..so, do i sign you up for the fanclub, or no?

@Toasticus: fucking idealist! heh.

@satanyoka: it could go for five, but im not making bets here.

TheIrishNinja

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> Although i agree with some of his comments, overal his pretty full of himself.

Firstly, when the Xbox one launched, Microsoft were the new guys in the market. Sony was on there second console and already had a feel for the market, as well as had a name for themselves.

Lets not forget the Xbox 1 was launched, about 18 months after the PS2's launch, Sony practically had the market to themselves. The xbox however STILL managed to get a strong second place that generation.

This generation however is different. Who is losing the most money? Sony. Sony is losing billions over the PS3, they lose about $300 on each one sold. MS may not have totally recovered there costs but at least they profit from Xbox 360 hardware sales and they have a lot more software attach rate meaning they make more money there as well.

So yes that guy may have a few points but its mostly twisted BS in order to make MS look bad. In reality to someone who has a brain, hes the one looking like an arrogant ass.

Walker

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> Seriously, I agree with you guys who are saying that the PS3's big problem is that it DOES have Blu Ray... If Blu Ray hadn't been a factor, Sony could have priced their system competitively instead of where it's at right now. I just wish you'd see these guys being a little more honest, sometimes. Those are the kinds of comments that a second or third place finisher makes anyway.

Pwnocchio

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> To the 10 year point, with development costs skyrocketing on both games and hardware, as well as limiting factors like broadband speeds and network capactiy, its likely both the xbox 360 and ps3 will be around longer then their previous gen consoles.

The trend in consoles is definetly a longer lifespan as each successive generation begins. Ps1: 5 years, ps2: 7 years, ps3/360: 10 years.

Do i mean there wont be a ps4 or a 720? No, they will launch new systems, but good content will still be available on previous gen tech.

And how anyone on this thread can ra-ra hddvd... come on. I can buy the sony bashing, they say stupid shit, but hddvd is totally dead once that last major studio folds, and thats predicted to happen this year.

Belain

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> @Piraat
"Put out, and I'll buy one. Until then, I'll be sucking my X360's dick every chance I get. Hell it even returns the favor and gives me a reach around."

That is the greatest thing I have ever heard so far. You are awesome!!!


Kemuri

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> haha what a shame. Been sedated even though he was mostly correct haha. Good on em for cracking i say!

Riscaa

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> @CollapseControl:
"The 360 is such an awesome system that if my system died i'd go right out and buy another one while the failed system is being repaired"

Yes, it's that kind of stupidity from customers that's keeping a flawed system like 360 from sinking down

thinred

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> sorry for the muddled post but after going to work with only 2 hrs sleep i'm pretty out of it.

Nexus6

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> If Microsoft didn't enter the console market Sony wouldn't have any competition which is a horrible thing in any market. The smack talking is part of that competitive process so i'm glad to see to see the pot get stirred.

Nexus6

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> if he stopped at the first quote I would have said, "well said." But, he continued... And now I say, "LOL, you stupid loser!"

First off, HD DVD will not be going away in months, or even this year. Right now they have the best collection of movie titles and are doing strong. Blu Ray players may be selling 2:1 (including PS3s, but Excluding 360 add ons), but their movies are still selling more. Plus, the HD DVD camp hasnt thrown in the towel just yet. They have FINALLY stepped up and started some agressive advertising! Now, all they need to do is get Star Wars and LOTR released exclusive to their system and then they will have a trifecta of trilogies winning the war!

But also, the comment "And by the way, it doesn't even work. Do they want to be selling it for 10 years and refurbishing them all for 10 more years? I don't think that's a 10 year product." Was he talking about the 360, or the PS2? Cause I always get confused when Sony talks about reliability of a console.

Justcrim

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> @hillsht: The funny thing is that it speaks volumes of Microsoft's commitment that they've kept going forward with their consoles despite all the expenditures they've faced.

But I'm sure it takes so very much effort to keep a console that got over 60% of the market share going, doesn't it Peter Dille? It takes so much commitment.

Toasticus

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> So basically since MS doesn't have the same 10 year plan, they suck according to this guy. I hate to be the bearer of bad news. but MS got into the last cycle late, plus i very much doubt the ps3 will be as wildly successful as ps2. Sony assumes ps3 will sell 100+ million. Maybe but prolly not, competition has stepped it up.

Oh, and check the MS balance sheet, they don't have to make money on 360 at the moment, brah.

hillsht

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> @freeway8989: "MS can't rely so heavily on a last-gen system."

Fixed that for you.

Toasticus

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> Wow E3 has started flamewar III, message boards are alight everywhere. Lets see how this happened for fun :)

Pre-E3 tension: People had an idea of what would happen, Sony would make a play with a price-drop and games. Most believed MS would easily counter this move with Halo3 and a price-drop of their own. Others anticipated Nintendo to have a strong showing with many new IPs.

E3: Microsoft has a chance to launch a pre-emptive strike against Sonys announcements at its presser. What is shown is underwhelming, its main warrior chief shows a weakness. Nintendo too misses an opportunity. Sony continues unchallenged and doesn't blow everyone away, but gets a few good hits in.

Post E3 cold war: Everyone is civil, but the regular order of consoles is turned upside down. To the gritted teeth of the other camps Sony has built slight momentum.

The night is still.

Suddenly- *whooomph* ...faces track the sky as a single flaming volley erupts from behind Sony's army... and lands squarely in the huge MS camp. Pure chaos.

Too soon Sony... tsk tsk

Astrofox

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> Also, at least MS doesn't need to rely so heavily on a last-gen system. I mean, doesn't the fact that Sony makes up for PS3 losses via PS2 sales indicate weakness.


...man, everytime I analyze the PS3, 360, and Wii, I can't help but be reminded of the Cold War.


freeway8989

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> If you want to destroy my sweater
Hold this thread as I walk away
Watch me unravel, I'll soon be naked
Lying on the floor (lying on the floor)
I've come undone
-Weezer

--- fitting theme for the sony minions? ---






sKetcheD

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> This is gonna break the 400 comment mark it looks like.

Heihachi.vs.Kazuya

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> Does he not know about the 20398502347598347598 ps2's that are stricken with DRE's? I've been repairing these things for 5 years, and its just sick how many are floating around. Maybe that's why they've sold 115 million??

yakk00

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> Correct me if I'm wrong.. But isn't Sony's biggest '07 game Unreal 2007.. So, they need a can of STFU.

NotSoCool

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> @Warren DeMontague: sorry this coming so late but dude...I AM a Nintendo fanboy...hahahahahah but I love my PS3 far more at the moment. Get back to me when Metroid drops though. Could be interesting...

Striderhayasa - Phillyyakk on PSN and Live.

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> Again, Their Exects/PR are hard at work at being terrible. No one respects massive arrogance, escpecially if they can't back it up in our present time (you can always use the 'in the future' argument).

I am a fanboy of none, however I hate Sony, like... alot. Ever since the death of the Dreamcast, I bore this hatred for them. Was it their fault, probably not, can I still hate them? Yes.

Kenoji

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> @Neopolitian: Because competition is good for the industry? Jesus Christ.

Toasticus

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> All that seemed pretty accurate. Microsoft has not made money on videogames. Why the fuck do you morons even fucking want them to? Jesus Christ.

Neopolitian

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> I think it's funny if you read the questions in the interview, the guy doesn't understand the questions. Seriously, it sounds like he's on his period.

Samos42

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> Hey Mr. Dille,


Please, before we start attacking other companies, let us first assess ourselves.

Let's talk PSP:

I stupidly invested more than $400 dollars into a PSP. And I did so because I was expecting that a company, who incessantly flaunts its two console war victories, to at least have the brains to endorse a product with such potential. Yet, you keep your ambitions all over the place and have, recently, made me feel like you have NO idea what you're doing. And in this E3, the PRIME stage for you to announce plans for the PSP, you give us the most lack-luster "redesign" I have ever seen and announce games for which we've already been waiting two years.

The point is, anybody who berates another person (or company, in this case) before working out their own problems needs a kick in the ass.


freeway8989

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> We have several internetsites you could read about this on. Keywords "forbrukerådet" "5 års garanti" just use your head and you'll see for yourself

Marius

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> @Marius: First I ever heard of it in my neighbour country (I can safely say it does not exist in Sweden and Denmark to 100% tho,) I doubt it to be true but until I hear a source stating otherwise I have to take your word for it I guess, and im sorry to say, im at that time in life where I cant ask my parents, you know, beeing one :)

Irenicus

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> I feel that MS is smart and is taking a (sort of) cue from the diabetic testing industry.

Offer the hardware for cheap (companies routinely give away free glucose meters) and then make money off the software.

Phiedny

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> @Irenicus:
Like I said, in Norway we do. If my 1 year old TV breaks in 2 years, I can safely return it and get service or replacement. Do not try to say we don't have it, ask your parents.

We have been suing Apple here because they tried to break this law. They tried to get away with a one year warranty.


Marius

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> It's not so much what he says isn't true, it's about what he conveniently forgets:

For everyone that keeps bringing up the PS3's hardware "value", were you the Xbox fanboys that kept saying that just because the Xbox was superior hardware-wise to the PS2, the Xbox would beat the PS2?

For everyone who says the 360 will lose due to hardware problems, were you one of the people who told everyone not to buy a PS2 due to their defective nature and then danced around in joy when Sony lost against the class action lawsuit?

For everyone who brings up the 10 year cycle, were you upset when software game development starting to shift towards the new versions after only 6 years (NES-6years-SNES-7years-N64, PS1-6years-PS2-6years-PS3)?

For everyone that says Blu-Ray or HD-DVD is winning, do you know what percentage of the total market they have now combined (20%, 15%, 10%, 2%)?

Tepoz

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> @Marius: There is no warranty longer then 2 years in all those 3 countries by law, I live in Sweden. First year warranty and it is up to the company to proove that you are responsible for product failure, second year and you have to proove that the product has a manufacturing problem and is faulty. Which means second year unless company gives you benefit of doubt you have to drag them into court.

All warranties exceeding that time is not law, but some stores offering extended warranty etc. Then there are exceptions on extended warranties, for houses remoddelings etc lasting 10 years, but all consumer electronics are 2 year, not longer.

Irenicus

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> Peter speaks the truth. I agree with him.

AmericanNinja

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> I am so sick of Sony's "10 year cycle" B.S. My PS2 has barely lasted 5 and it's on the verge of death. Sony only sold so many PS2's because people have to replace them all of the time after they die (I know a number of people this has happened to and personally I'm not going to buy a new one no matter how cheap they get) and then Sony talks shit about M$ making a shitty product? WTF?! Either the PS4 comes out in five years or when everyone else is releasing new consoles Sony fanboys will have to change their tune and suddenly start saying how graphics really don't matter know and it's all about gameplay.

PENI_MASTA

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> Somebody didn't take their happy pills this morning.

EmeraldDragon

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> @SliceWarriorX: No, it's more like:

XBox 360: $300, $400, or $475.

PS3: $500 or $600.

You're rehashing the same tired shit that has already been taken care of. You don't have to buy any of that nonsense for the 360. If the price drop for the 360 goes through within the next few weeks as strongly rumored, it'll be a THREE HUNDRED DOLLAR GAP between the low end models of both.

That guy would be your hero. Start a mutual retard society.

KaneRobot

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> @Irenicus:
Norway, and I think our neighbours Sweden and Denmark has it too.

For products that are meant to last more 5 or more years, there is a 5 year long gurantee by law. We have own boards and stuff that helps consumers getting fair treatment for with this if there should be any problems.

Products that should last so long are just about all sorts of electronics, and other stuff too.


Marius

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> @Brokenlynx:

"If anything this generation Microsoft has been much more loyal to their consumer than sony has by a distance"

The fact that Sony has the only last gen console on the market (ps2), PS2 still getting big games, and recent releases, the fact that God of War 2 wasn't given some dressing and thrown out at 59.99 for the PS3.

The fact that the 600 dollar system is well made and not just thrown together. MS knew that their systems were faulty when they released the 360 w/ their a 6 month warranty... and these are the guys that you say are more loyal to their customers.. so far there is only evidence to support the converse of your statement.

Thomaticus

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> It's hard for Sony to get games, because the moment a 3rd party announces a games, Microsoft comes in and buys them so they put it on their system, or pays them enough to make it multiconsole, whereas Sony tries to rely simply on a loyalty basis.

Money speaks louder than loyalty, so unless Sony starts paying for it's games, Microsoft will buy every third party until Sony has nothing but the few honorable developers and 1st party titles.

Valero-Gamer

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> "HD DVD will be out of business in a matter of months"

AHAHAHAHAHAHA

Sony has been saying that since Blu-Ray launched last fall.

Belain: "if you own a 1080p TV, you are doing yourself an amazing disservice if you do not buy Planet Earth on BD."

Funny, I bought it on HD DVD and it looks just as good as it does on Blu-Ray. On a related note to the point above, it also peaked higher on Amazon's sales charts. Oh, but it will be dead in a matter of months. Yeah.

KaneRobot

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> Well it's about time that the petty insults and trash talking has finally hopped off the internet and into the public arena. Because if a bunch of smelly pre-pubescent (or eternally pre-pubescent) guys weren't bad enough when they were in front of their keyboards, now they're getting jobs in marketing and being allowed press time.

I fear for the future of gaming, nay, all of mankind.

Rebochan

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> Why is it that Microsoft dropping the xbox after it's generation was over now bad? Consoles have been doing that for the past 20 years? Ps2 is the only exception since it basically creamed the competition and raked in so much money. I honestly don't think the ps3 will even come close to the success the ps2 had, which is why I don't believe they'll be able to accomplish their 10 year plan.

Kemuri

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> @Marius: name 1 country that has 5 year warranty for electronics today please.

Irenicus

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> I know most people in this board will having some slick comment to say in regards to Dile's statements, however, it's not like he's giving much opinion, much of what he was saying is fact. The xbox was about 4 or 5 years, then it stopped, 360s have major issues, and they can't even refurbish them all... I know people like xbox 360 but faulty hardware basically makes the the 360 basically worthless. What good are good games, if you put too much time in them it causes your system to fail [due to no fault of your own].

Thomaticus

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> xbox: 400 bucks
wifi adapter: 100(external)
HD DVD: 200(external)
total price: 700 bucks

PS3: 600 bucks//////// 500 bucks ^_^
built in wifi, Blu-Ray.

Who's the better buy NOW bitches?

This guy's my fuckin' hero.

SliceWarriorX

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> Why oh why is Sony populated by corporate turkeys these days?

They're not out of game yet though, as the turkey in business is often very adept at identifying problems in the company. And a turkey can always find the perfect solution. A typical board meeting of turkeys may go something like this:

"We're losing key accounts. Profits are down significantly in the last quarter. Our stock is plummeting. Why? I'll tell you why: they have better product, better promotion, and better distribution! So... we're suing them for antitrust violations."

Note: The turkeys won.

CK20XX

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> Jesus fucking christ! Will this Sony bashing hit 4 pages. Damn lots of anger.

satanyoka

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> @interstate78:

"the PS3 has virtually no good games that could justify a 500$ purchase. They should work on that and pronto."

You DID watch E3, right? That's quickly becoming a non-issue within a couple of weeks.

The crazy statements, however, will be quoted by fanboys over and over again. People are still quoting "Last Gen Rumble," "599 US Dollars," and "We want you to work a second job" from over two years ago.

This kind of thing just gives the loyalists more ammo, and I think that's why I am MOST pissed off about. Listening to people bray inaccuracies and idiotic statements that were stupid when they were first uttered just gets on my nerves.

PapaBear434

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> Guarantee is not a worldwide issue. Lots of countries in europe have 5 year old guarantee of products embedded into the law.

Marius

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> Look I own a 360 and i'm really crazy about it but I got to admit that what the guy said, actually most of it has a ring of truth to it.

However let's not forget that you'd be hard pressed to find ANYBODY whose PS1 was still working after 10 years of use, let alone 5. Besides, the PS1 came out in 1995. Are they trying to make me believe they were still making games for it in 2005?

Microsoft is at its second console and while the
first one was durable, they do have certain issues with the 360. To make up for it, they give a REALLY good guarantee; 3 years is unheard of in electronics. I think it more than makes up for the problem. What did SONY ever do for dead pixels in your PSP? Nothing.

But seriously now rather than trying to put their 'enemies' down SONY should start being a little honest for a change and look in their own backyard for faults: the PS3 has virtually no good games that could justify a 500$ purchase. They should work on that and pronto.


interstate78

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> Peter Dille FTW!!!
The new Kutaragi!

I'm already a fan


Marius

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> @ENCOM1982:

According to an article that I read, Toshiba has sold millions of notebooks this year. Just like Blu-Ray, an HD-DVD drive is far superior to a normal DVD drive even when reading DVD's, so if there is no major cost premium they may sell quite well. Now, if Toshiba decides to offer a R/W drive, all bets are off.

bornonce

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> @Wolfkin: "Tail" is just business lingo referring to having same products overlapping in the same market space.

For example, the PS2 has a "tail" because it's still being developed for and sold while the successor to the PS2, the PS3, is on the market and selling in the same market space.

Adding "long" or "short" simply describes the amount of time the overlap exists.

Captiosus

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> All i got to say is the important people are starting to talk about this and it's getting ugly. By important Imean the poepl with the money or the people who tell the people with the money was is good and bad. The business mags and investor types are starting to believe now. Lots of none Fanboy sites that real people like grown up watch think that the Wii won E3.

Why does this matter? Well publisher listen to these people. The only reason the PS2 is even around is third parties. Nintendo has won japan and the west will move to the PC if they really want to do HD graphics and a FPS since it has the best controller.

For the first time we are seeing the movement of console developer making PC games. This is what the PC lacked yet it has alway been the most powerful console of choice except for a few weird years.

With out developer support there is no way in hell the PS3 will last 10 years. Also too by that time is will be ridiculously cheap to make some thing that will simply crush that system.

Runna

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> His first comment may....MAY have had some credibility to it (though its a common practice in the industry to essentially buy your market share before making profit from it). Even though Microsoft have taken this to all new levels with record spending.

However any credibility he showed with the first comment was all but destroyed by the 2nd Microsoft are not Sony and dont believe they can rule the industry by forcing unwanted formats onto their consumers and charging over the odds for it.

If anything this generation Microsoft has been much more loyal to their consumer than sony has by a distance...

Brokenlynx

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> @ARboom: nah ah, we multiplatform owners are all part of the "conspiracy", you know... the one where we hope all succeed and gives us good games at good prices competing all while keeping fanboys in check :P (shhhh)

/edit

I mean, go go MS, go go lets hope we get a monopoly on our hands! /waves and cheers

Irenicus

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> @Irenicus: As best I remember, the stuff they did during the European PS3 release was entertaining. They were lighthearted pranks. Not an executive spouting off about how crappy the competition is.

I don't mind that you've written me off. I understand your expectation that I would just do anything possible to undermine Sony. I won't, but I can understand the sentiment.

You see, what I meant about "spreading the word" was informing people who aren't hardcore like us and aren't informed enough to realize how arrogant Sony is. It's a message I'll spread offline, while just chatting with people I know, not on these comment boards. Everyone here already knows about Sony's statements and has formed an opinion about it one way or another; bringing up Sony's arrogance again and again to people who already have an opinion on it would just be pointless, insulting, and disruptive.

Instead, I'm going to do my best to put my anti-Sony anger aside and focus on practical evaluation when commenting online. Nobody here gives a damn how I feel about Sony's arrogance beyond relevant articles such as this, and I understand that. So I'm going to limit discussion of the subject to articles like this.

There are other ways to express such a bias, naturally, such as putting down games for the system just because they're associated with Sony, but I'd like to think I'm above that. I'm on pretty good terms with one of the big PS3 supporters here because I've done my best to be reasonable and objective when analyzing Sony games and features in the past, and I'd hate to see that change.

Toasticus

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> @soulz:

And that is a smart move by both Ubisoft and Epic.

Let's face it, the 360 has a number of AAA titles releasing between now and the Holidays. Both Haze and even UT3 would likely lose their potential clout releasing against Halo 3, Bioshock, Mass Effect, GTA IV, COD 4, etc. The Spring is normally pretty quiet for video games releases, so that would be a good time. Since the PS3 has several major titles for release in early 2008, PS3 owners will likely snap up Haze and even UT3 more than 360 owners would during the Holiday 2007 season.

Of course, Epic is staring right into the face of Crysis on the PC releasing this year, and no one likely wants to face what some people are calling possibly the most incredible game to date. It might be wise for Epic to delay the release of UT3 on the PC also.

bornonce

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> @Irenicus:

I own a 360 too, so I could easily just buy it there. I don't, however, because I believe that making a game non-exclusive, but making one definably better without offering any reciprocal token bonus to another whole demographic of people, is just wrong.

It may seem silly, but hey. I'll get GTA4 eventually, no doubt, but it's no longer an opening day thing for me (all the past iterations, including 1&2, were bought in the first month of release.) Besides, I have plenty of other games coming out soon that I am going to have to buy, and a good many of them have RPG elements. I'm going to be busy enough, damn it.

PapaBear434

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> Well, he didn't say one untrue thing. If you think he's stretching the truth even a little then you are a fanboy, simple as that.

The kids just get off hating on Sony. Adults who own all three could give a shit less.

ca$h

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> @vindicated:

Yeah, you're not worth my time and/or possible banning, so I am choosing not to have any further discourse with you other than this:

The color pallet is a design choice. I brought up Gears because it has the exact same color pallet you are criticizing, but yet it is heralded as the pinnacle of art direction on the console.

And since you just want to flame me, I refer to the above: You are not worth my time.

PapaBear434

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> @PapaBear434: yeah I noticed :)

il call you both out, dont worry :P

Irenicus

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> @PapaBear434: So you wont buy a great game because 1 year later 360 owners gets episodic content? Okey, if people want to let principals get in the way of gaming then so be it, me I grew up many years ago.

/rollseyes

Irenicus

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> @Burguois:

Or, as Elisabeth Kubler-Ross put it the five stages of dying are:

(1). Denial
(2). Anger
(3). Bargaining
(4). Depression
(5). Acceptance

Only time will tell whether Sony (or Microsoft, or Nintendo) go through these stages.





bornonce

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> @Irenicus:

I'm a bit of an idealist too, so I'm not really going to call him out on anything.

PapaBear434

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> @Toasticus:

Hey, it's your own personal stance. I'm not buying any version of GTA4 right now because I don't like that they are giving the PS3 gamers a definably lesser experience.

So I understand.

PapaBear434

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> Well, he didn't say anything that wasn't true. If you disagree with him, you're a fanboy. Simple as that. I love my 360, but no way it will be around in 6 years. They'll have moved on to the next thing by then.

ca$h

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> @griffon2k: HD-DVD prices are coming down cause no one is buying it lol

sorry HD-DVD is loosing, stop kidding yourself man, what ever console you like/own doesn't matter, dont come on here making stuff up that no one in the right mind would believe, "HD-DVD winning"... stop living in denial.

And you need to put up numbers telling everyone they are wrong about Blu Ray or shut up :)

@vindicated: Another "Ihate the pallet" post? /sigh LBP/Ninja gaiden/lair/warhawk, heck every game except resistance, and Motorstorm is colorfull, but I admit a lot of brown is present, they are in a desert after all... But pallet is not a problem for any platform if you ask me. I own all 3 and I dont see the problem.

Irenicus

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> @THE RAZ:

You may be too young to remember this, but Sega's slogan used to be:

"SEGA DOES WHAT NINTENDON'T"

If that isn't calling out your competition, I don't know what is. The Real difference between then and now is the Internet. And Pants.

FlapjacksAreTasty

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> @Belain:

Yes - football manager 2006 and 2007 both require the HDD, there are a couple of others aside from FFXI but I cant remember which ones.

BlueTemplar

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> Frankly, everything he said was true 100%.
I still can't believe that people are even thinking of purchasing a 360, when Microsoft themselves stated that EVERY console is FAULTY, and will eventually brick.

Sure, it has games, but you should have a solid harware to run those games. That's why Sony was so focused on hardware last year, and you know what? It shows. Less than 1% had problems.

Sony will come back with games starting in the fall.


SovMish

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> @Toasticus: What company do/did you work for? and give me a break on the mudslinging, should have seen the PS3 release in europe, and thats just a start. Siriously, your in denial here. But whatever makes you sleep at night Mr idealist :P

But in any case you just made it personal, and it seems like it allways has been, guess I can now dismiss all your future posts as a guy with a vendetta against Sony then, thanks.

Irenicus

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> @Benguin: i read the full article.. (of rather the full excerpt) and I still don't get what the heck a tail is supposed to be.

Wolfkin

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> @Chilly Hollow: Jeez, is EVERYONES' 360 out for repairs this week? (Mine is as well)

I do have to agree with this guy about the repair frequency. I sincerely hope that Microsoft has in place a plan to slow down this rate through systematic changes. Otherwise, in another six months my 360 will go right back to the repair center.

ev1l_er1c

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> @Tisse-Leif:

DO shut the fuck up. if my eyes roll any further into the back of my head i think i might throw up.

coin_operated_boy

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> Lashing out like this is a clear sign of weakness.

If he were truly confident in the PS3's 10 year lifespan he would not need to attack Microsoft.

Like the tortoise and the hair right? Slow and stupid wins the race...not this time around, Sony.


yashichi8bit

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> @PapaBear434: I may not be a psychologist but your comment, "Yeah, because Gears of War really changed ALL of that, didn't it? I mean, that's what everyone who is a strict 360 loyalist points out as the ultimate in graphics and design, right?" tells me a lot about you, considering that I never once brought up GOW.

Also, If I have to hear one more Sony fan say that thet were "going for the darker and gray pallette" Im gonna scream. Motorstorm, Resistence, Killzone - Grey and brown.

We'll continue this when a third party title actually looks or plays better on the PS3. Till' then, have a seat.

vindicated

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> First off, in light of the problems with some of the 360's Microsoft did something Sony hasn't done since they stepped into the games market: GIVE IT TO THEIR CUSTOMERS STRAIGHT. They've extended the warranty twice and offered refunds for any repairs already paid for. With all the DRE (disc read errors) Sony had with the PS2, never ONCE did they offer to extend a warranty or publicly admit a design flaw. They just made another revision and snuck it into the marketplace. They have had what 2 revisions of the PS3 in under a year now?

HD-DVD dead in a couple of months? Not happening. HD-DVD prices are steadily coming down and while 360 HD-DVD addons aren't flying off the shelf, HD-DVD standalones ARE moving. Blu-Ray Standalones aren't. Blu-Ray has been largely dependant on PS3 sales, which since the completion of it's global launch has staggered seriously.

And isn't it strange that Blu-Ray supporters are increasingly support Xbox Live Video Marketplace? Lionsgate? Disney?

HD-DVD isn't going anywhere. If anything Blu-Ray vs. HD-DVD will likely end up both hanging around like DVD +/- R/RW.

And for the record the PS3 will be outdated within 5 years, why do they continue to insist it'll be strong for 10?

Sony needs to put up or shut up.

griffon2k

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> @PapaBear434: Another corporate whore here or maybe just another consumer. Yeah calling himself idealist is funny lol, should we smash his fantasy now and tell him the truth about these corporations? or let him stay in the coma of his...

Irenicus

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> Wow, he's like Reggie Phils-Aime is for Nintendo.
Minus making coherent sense (Sony has less consistency than Microsoft when it comes to their own marketing strategy, for God's sake).
And sanity.

I mean, good lord... where does Sony find these rabid dogs that they unleash on the press?

NewtypeS3

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> I have a great idea, lets make a console with last generation graphics and an inaccurate controller that aggravates the hell out of the game player. And then sell it for really really cheap and we make a ton of money. Who cares if the game play sucks, as long as it is innovative?


Second Idea
Lets redistribute the same console with a name that involves a 3 in it, so that people will think this machine is on par with the other 3rd gen console. And lets get some really cheap manufacturing process, with no Quality Assurance, so that our user base has a fun time figuring out who had the most red light consoles. And the pleasure of packing it up to shipping back to the manufacturer again and again and its so much fun and again and again.

360 10 years, not likely





cyberlink74

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> Cross posting what I wrote about the same topic on the 2old2play forums:

This is further proof that Sony believes their own PR and that their own ego is their biggest limitation. The PS3 is not a "10 year" console. At the current rate, they're going to be lucky if it's a 5 year console.

Just like Tretton's interview with LevelUp, Dille is quick to hop aboard the "the Core doesn't have a HDD" bandwagon, ignoring the fact that the core isn't even the most sold of the X360 SKUs - the Premium, with the hard drive, is. At least Microsoft gives consumers choice. Sony seems to be in the business of giving consumers choices and then ripping the choices out from under them: Discontinued 20GB 499 PS3, dropped 60GB to 499, now discontinuing it.

"It doesn't even work"? How about the scattered reports of PS3s overheating and the power supplies catching fire, Mr. Dille? Yes, I know one was a hoax, but there's far more than one post on the internet claiming similar stories. How about games hardlocking the console for no apparent reason? Seen it happen at friends' houses and at the PS3 kiosks at the mall, gamecrazy and Walmart.

And while I'm at it, if MS is so unsuccessful, why is Sony ripping off the Software Emulation model, discontinuing the 60GB PS3 with the Emotion Engine, and going straight to software emulation of PS1 and PS2 games?

Sony needs to stop stroking their ego and their Blu-ray ePeen and realize they've built a brick. They've built a system that isn't as innovative as they claim, a system they want people to buy for more than just gaming and people just aren't willing to shell out the cash for this device. Conversely, Microsoft built a gaming machine that can also be used as a media streamer, content delivery device, or as an optional HDDVD player with the addon.

Games make the system. X360 wins on that front.
Choice makes consumers happy. X360 wins on that front, too.

A little less "fanning the flames" from Sony execs and a little more consumer awareness would go a long way to fixing Sony's current problems with the PS3.

Captiosus

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> @PapaBear434: What arrogance? You may be right about that, but the closest thing to a cheap shot I can remember is Moore saying people would rather get a 360 and Wii instead of a PS3. Bravado is one thing. Mudslinging is another. If you have examples of Microsoft slinging mud, I want to see them. I'd rather not promote a company that does so.

It's also a personal matter. Sony has treated the development company I work for like crap in the past, whereas Microsoft has been nothing but helpful and encouraging. I was willing to let that go if Sony did a corporate about-face, but that clearly hasn't happened. I know I have no way of proving this to you, but I'm not trying to prove anything. I'm only justifying my stance.

Toasticus

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> @Chilly Hollow:
and sony are making money on the ps3?

xbulletholes

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> Microsoft has no... tail?

Is this some kind of business jargon that I'm not getting? What is that supposed to mean?

Benguin

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> Lotsa random flaming/trolling comments on this. Frankly, both the Xbox360 and PS3 are good systems. Currently hardware wise the PS3 is more solid and, imo, more powerful and versatile. However, the Xbox360 has much better software and Microsoft isn't afraid to lose money getting those games onto their systems. Both systems are making their companies lose money right now.

What the guy says is all true, but of course it's all bias for Sony. He does lack a certain amount of manners, as it's usually polite not to point out all the flaws in something, so I do expect him to be fired, or something along those lines. It's just not smart to say those kinda things.

The Blueray vs Hddvd debate prolly will last more than a few months. I personally think Blueray will win in the long run, just because of the bigger capacity.

I also won't be buying a Xbox360 anytime soon. I'm waiting till the price comes down more (as systems always do) and the hardware problems to be fixed. It's just not fun to have to wait for a new Xbox360 after it breaks. Had that awful experience on my Wii, and even if it was only a week, I didn't like it. I am waiting for certain games though, Halo 3 topping that list ^_^

I'm a bit bias towards the PS3 atm, as there are several games I'm waiting for that's pretty much confirmed to be exclusive to it. Unless Microsoft strong arms the game companies and pays butt loads of money, I doubt they'll appear on the Xbox360. Currently, I'm just using my PS3 to manage my PS1-2 memory cards, and as a blueray player. It's seeing much less use than I would've wanted.

Shadowmist

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> @Toasticus: Corporations are arrogant. Nintendo is arrogant. MS is arrogant. Sony is arrogant. Get over it. They've been in favourable positions. You bitch like Sony is the only arrogant ones in the lot.

satanyoka

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> @Toasticus:

I won't call you an idealist, because if you were you wouldn't own a 360 on the basis of arrogance and bravado on the part of Microsoft.

I own both the PS3 and X-Box, so I am just a corporate whore. :)

PapaBear434

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> @Tepoz: Collapsecontrol needs a ban.

*cracks more popcorn :)

Irenicus

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> @PapaBear434: It ruins the impression that many were getting, myself included, that we were seeing a newer, leaner, more humble Sony. As long as they're like this, I refuse to support them. It's simple as that. Since I own a Wii and 360 I'm not exactly starving for games these days.

Sony is still arrogant as fuck, and I'm going to spread the word to as many people I know as I can. I want there to be repercussions for this kind of bullshit.

Call me an idealist.

Toasticus

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> I guess I am still baffled by all of these posts and the vitriol literally dripping from them. See, apparently I am the only gamer on the planet to own a launch 360 that is still operating and hasn't had to be sent in for repairs. That means no rings of doom red or otherwise.

I do not doubt that failure of the 360 is a real phenomenon, it simply hasn't occurred for me, my brother or any of my friends. I think it is an over-reported problem, but I do not doubt it is a real issue. Still the way people on forums across the web discuss this issue as though it is pandemic is a tad silly to me.

I wish people simply focused on the games and not all this bs out there. Right now, there is only 1 system with a host of quality games. Come this fall PS3 and Wii will both have a few titles worth owning, but until then I don't think either platform has anything worth bragging about. The truth of Sony's 10 year plan will be realized if we are still enjoying quality ps3 titles in 2016.

My guess, in 2016 the ps4 and the new xbox and wii will be on my shelf and we will be discussing the same issues.

Hengst2404

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> @BigChiefSmokem: Yeah, I probably will own a PS3 in a couple years, you know, when it's reasonably priced, has good games, and Blu ray wins the format war.

I think there is a word for that... "smart."

Congratulations on being an early adopter. You want a ribbon?

baxterpunch

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> If 10 years is the expected lifespan of a product, I fully expect my Playstation 2 to be getting lots of new games until 2010 at least.

I also have to wonder what kind of profits Sony is making from the Playstation 3. True, they could be profitable, but I don't know, and this guy certainly wasn't saying anything about it.

And his long tail point? Kinda weak. Console games aren't really a 'long tail' kinda business, since it costs so much to develop and distribute console games. What kind of long tail does Sony have?

So yeah. This guy made some semi-valid points, but all he really managed to do is convince me that my Xbox 360 isn't perfect, which I already knew. But he utterly failed to give me any reason to want a PS3. So yeah. He's a crappy marketing exec.

etho

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> @Tisse-Leif: Even though I'm finding it difficult to find places where I agree with you (although Halo with a controller is awful, so we agree there) I love your comment.

Ketsuban

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> Well, Peter Dille speaks the truth actually. He's got a point, regardless of his anger.

Barbara

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> @alucard_0007:

So, none of these are major movie studios?

Universal Studios (including subsidiaries Rogue Pictures, Focus Features and Polygram Filmed Entertainment), The Weinstein Company/Dimension Films (through Genius Products), and First Look Studios. The format is non-exclusively backed by Paramount Pictures, DreamWorks, Warner Bros. Pictures (it should be noted that a number of Warner's titles-Batman Begins, V for Vendetta, The Perfect Storm, Troy, Poseidon, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, The Matrix Trilogy-are HD DVD exclusive at the present), Warner Music Group, New Line Cinema, HBO, Studio Canal, and Image Entertainment (including the Discovery Channel),[34] Magnolia Pictures,[35] Brentwood Home Video.

en.wikipedia.org

ninja_naut

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> @mfels:

He's allowed to all he wants. But as head of PR, he should have enough experience in marketing to know that this kind of comment is off putting to the people you are trying to sell to.

Sure, it will inflame your "base" user, ie you system fanboys. They will eat it up.

But true or not, this is considered mudslinging, and while it works in politics, gamers (those without system preference) tend to be turned off by such blantant remarks.

That being said, people saying that they WERE considering one, and now they aren't because of this nimrods statements are either lying (they had no intention of doing so in the first place) or they are taking it WAY to far.

PapaBear434

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> @Tepoz: Oh no, don't worry. Phenix(Luke) is too busy damage controlling to ban anyone.

Darwyn

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> I love how since he's famous he's suddenly not allowed to have his own opinion anymore.

mfels

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> @Kreean: The 360 is such an awesome system that if my system died i'd go right out and buy another one while the failed system is being repaired.

Collapse The Control

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> @Kinsella:

Making a strawman out of a real person... I give you +2.

PapaBear434

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> The only reason the PS2 even has a tail end is because every one and there moms made a game for it. the late comers the same ones that don't buy any thing till it's used are now buying PS2s. Lots of gamers are playing games they missed because they had a life. Games are the only reason why the PS2 sales... right now the xbox 360 has way more games to pick up when it goes discount. Seriously the xbox 360 will keep selling and will actually crush the PS4 in sales simply because it will be cheaper and you can get it used... there is nothing like used cheaper...LOL Then on top of that they will fix the red ring... it's electrical... Also too the PS3 is going to get crushed if we get direct x 10+ performance on a new xbox or a new Wii.

I'm sorry the success of the SONy consoles had nothing to do with what sony did... it was all about what the third parties did. Just look at how weak they are now... even with great games like metal gear and killzone. Like most fan boys they don't see why they there favorite things are not popular. that is not good business sense.

Also too the GeForce 7950 is under 200 dollars core duos are even cheaper and 4 gigs of ram is at rock bottom prices... You guys have a hard time understanding this stuff. PC tech was build to fall in price... this is what you have in your HD systems... yet the price ain't falling... weird huh? The xbox and the PS3 don't have any thing near a 7950 in them... nore do they have anything close to a core duo... Even these guys produce main stream budget versions of there tech.

What is funny is MS could release a scalable system next round. One for standard def and one for the elite. This is very possible as it is standard on the PC. You see this is the problem of the HD gen right now... there is no main stream market. Bad business unless you only want to sell super cars... yet these systems are not that close to being the best tech you can get for gaming... yet because it's called a PC you believe it is not worth your time. Wake up you are playing low end PC with console makers scaling every thing back to make these games look like the PC stuff coming up.

You guys are looking at two systems that have already peaked... it's not getting any better in the console side of things...

Runna

]]> <![CDATA[Peter Dille Goes Beserk, Bites Microsoft In Face]]> @Darwyn:

Careful, you both could be banned.

Tepoz

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