Monday, September 18, 2006

Wii Sony?

Why does Sony insist on constantly shooting itself in the foot, over and over again?

The Playstation was the greatest game machine ever. Eh-vah. Then they came out with the PS2, and actually outdid themselves. Plus it was backwards compatible, an unheard of concept. Bravo!

Now comes the PS3, and it's a $650 beast. A beast, I tell you. And for what? Because it has some stupid proprietary blu-ray format for it's dvd drive? Come on, Sony!! Why didn't you learn your lesson when you lost the Betamax/VHS wars? Did you really think the MiniDisc was going to be a hit? Why would you believe ATRAC music formats would outshine the others? Do you really believe us to be so stupid as to pay MORE for a UMD movie disk than a regular DVD, when we can only play it on the Playtstion Portable's 3" screen? Hell Sony, you even lost the fight over what to call the IEEE1394 computer port - you named it "iLink", Apple said screw you and callied it Firewire.

Guess what we all call it now?

So instead of working together with Toshiba on HD-DVD (which uses existing technology, and is cheaper) you decided to strike out on your own. Again. If you're ever at a poker table, Sony, let me know because I know you're always going to go "all in" with that shitty pair of deuces you keep coming up with.

And for this, I'm being asked to mortgage the farm to buy a Playstation 3.

The funny thing is...after laughing at Nintendo (formerly known as Nintendon't) for years as they floundered with the Game Cube...now I'm thinking of buying a Wii.

Why a Wii?

Not just because it's cheap; $250 IS a big selling point.

No, I'm considering it because it looks FUN. Remember fun? The Wii might just turn out to be the big party console of the decade, in the way that DDR wowed the masses and became a household standard. It brings interactivity to a whole new level. And I'm intrigued by it.

I love you, Sony, I do. But you're just too high maintenance.

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