Comments on: Sony "Blackballs" Kotaku.com (Updated)

By: dan

dan — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 21:23:50 +0000

Yeah, from the little bit I’ve read (Can’t watch the video from work) on the NYT, Joystiq, and gameindustrybiz.com I must say this sounds pretty cool. Its like a free sims game. I’d also say the throphies for achievments (though a rip off) that you can display in your home, sounds cooler than a gamerscore.

By: SH1SNO

SH1SNO — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 20:54:58 +0000

My earlier comment still has not appeared, so I will try again…

Well it would appear that this rumour has been confirmed. You can see the video about Playstation Home at gametrailers.com

I must admit, the line “infinitely more exciting than anything on other consoles” made me laugh pretty hard. Sony is not one for subtlety in advertising. It looks like it could be potentially cool, but I’m still leery of anything coming from Sony these days.

By: SH1SNO

SH1SNO — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 19:57:00 +0000

Well it would appear that this rumour has been confirmed. You can see the video here:

http://www.gametrailers.com/player.php?id=17558&type=wmv

By: dpcough

dpcough — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 21:11:07 +0000

I will never buy a PS3 because of this. I don’t want to work with Sony’s PR. Microsoft’s representatives in John Porcaro, Chris Palodino, Tony Hynes, the Edelman group, and many others have been fantastic to work with for my site. I don’t want to get involved with Sony now because of this. Nintendo’s PR was pretty nice too with Jenny when I needed some assets. I’m not being a fanboy, it’s true logic that makes sense.

By: Proeliator

Proeliator — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 18:56:40 +0000

“Why is it that the guy who actually got the threatening email and had sony come down on him sees this as an unfortunate corporate decision and not SONYÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s general disdain for the gaming community, the way you do.”

They’re the same thing. Sony’s letting stupid corporate tactics get in the way of servicing the gaming community. They can’t make any admission of wrongdoing, so they’d rather hype a nonexistant success.

What weirds me out here is… there’s no denial involved. Sony isn’t saying “This is NOT happening”, they’re saying “It’s just a rumor.” No flat denial leads me to believe they are working on something along these lines. So why not just send Kotaku an e-mail saying “Hey, just keep in mind this is unconfirmed, we’re not sure about how the project will end at this point.” and ask them to put that statement in the article. That would’ve solved the WHOLE thing and allowed positive news about Sony.

Sony managed to take a possibly positive article… and turn it into another reason to dislike them. They are epic successes at failing.

By: DavidGX

DavidGX — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 07:57:31 +0000

Sony can take my “vitriol” and screw themselves with it. How’s that for an opinion >_

By: UNSCleric

UNSCleric — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 18:51:49 +0000

Because he’s being professional about it, I’m telling it how it is. This was just another example of Sony’s long history of these kind of actions, and this time, it looks like they realized there was more to be lost than gained through blacklisting a site that is only concerned with information.

Different people have different opinions as well. This site would be kind of useless if I just copied and pasted everyone else’s opinions onto it don’t you think?

By: dan

dan — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 16:03:51 +0000

Why is it that the guy who actually got the threatening email and had sony come down on him sees this as an unfortunate corporate decision and not SONY’s general disdain for the gaming community, the way you do.

Moreover, seeing as there was a reasonable ending, doesn’t that mitigate some of the vitriol you spewed at sony in the front part of the post.

By: UNSCleric

UNSCleric — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 02:59:08 +0000

That is awesome! Sony’s ego was crushed under the weight of the free gaming press, I love it.

By: SH1SNO

SH1SNO — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 02:55:53 +0000

Wow, it looks like Karraker actually called Kotaku back and made amends after this thing went public.

http://kotaku.com/gaming/sony/sony-and-kotaku-makeup-240922.php

Attempting to cover his own (and Sony’s) butt possibly, but still nice to hear.