Well, Sony gets one big asinine laugh from me. I guess after being sued to pieces for the Dual-Shock must've left a dry taste in their mouths if they end up trying to bring that baby back. And here I was getting used to the Six-Axis' new weight and the very ******ed change on the L2/R2 buttons. Way to go, Sony. PS2/PSOne games upscaled to 1080I/720P? That's not an entirely bad thing, but they should've focused more on upscaling DVDs at this point. Independent Blu-ray players are having a field day because Sony was caught red-handed lying about having a DVD up-scaler on their console. Now all people have is a 'promise' that they'll include it in a future firmware update--and that leaves quite a bad impression considering how they denied the in-existence of an up-scaler up until the new year. Speaking of which, they also denied that the PS3 was having scaling problems with PS2/PSOne playback for quite a while before finally admitting to it after comparison videos were widely spread across the net. Integrity = out the window, Sony. Don't get me wrong. I love Sony to death, but for goodness sake's--at least begin to start emphasizing honesty and dependable facts in your campaign. Which next-gen console did the worst at meeting the quota that they said they would meet before the end of 2006? I think we know who.
Here's my reference for the blatant DVD upscaling lie: Interview with Peter Dille, dated November 6th--13 days before PS3's NA release. Mr. Dille didn't do his homework, evidently. Then again, he's the Senior Vice President of Marketing--what could he know? Fire your PR department, Sony. Do it now. For the most part, I do agree with your standpoint about the potential of the PS3. I have absolutely no doubt that it has the potential to be a very innovative console--if not 'the' most of the next-gen--if they work it properly in the future. Unfortunately, because of all the bad public media, thanks to irresponsible promotional efforts and inaccurate facts given to the public, it's substantially hurting the fanbase in many more ways than one. Obviously half the battle is to survive the market and technologically, they'll more than equipped to handle that--although I must say that the decision to use such complicated hardware may affect third-party interests to some degree. However, they're absolutely failing the media in more ways than one--which can induce quite a bit of negatives in their returnings. I do look forward for the future of the PSN, as the Wii has completely failed in this aspect with their insidious Friend Code system.
