In-game control panels, a game goal system, break-apart motion controllers, and now a movie download service...all of Sony's recent announcements regarding the PS3 have a distinct "me too" flavor to them. And the one feature they're working on that's semi-original -- Home -- languishes with delay after delay.
Yes Mr_Fizzlepop, they have to do it to compete, but that doesn't mean I have to respect them for always being behind the curve. Usually, there's an exchange of ideas and concepts, whereas the flow is mostly one way between the PS3 and the competition.
One thing I'll give Sony is that so far, they've been behind but managed to make almost everything better when they've finally implemented it. The two areas they still lag in are the online multiplayer experience and some sort of uniform "achievements"-like system.
“An engineer explained to us that hundreds of ear impressions were gathered in the name of research, and while each one obviously boasted its own unique shape and size, one single characteristic remained uniform across the board: the entrance into the ear canal is not a perfect circle, it's an oval.”
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In-game control panels, a game goal system, break-apart motion controllers, and now a movie download service...all of Sony's recent announcements regarding the PS3 have a distinct "me too" flavor to them. And the one feature they're working on that's semi-original -- Home -- languishes with delay after delay.
Yeah, I hate when companies look at what customers like in other products and then give them to their customers.
Pick up the Blinders Sony, MC kids gotta eat!
Ooops, er MS kids, don't know how that happened, but if that's my only F'up today I'll be feeling pretty good :)
Yes Mr_Fizzlepop, they have to do it to compete, but that doesn't mean I have to respect them for always being behind the curve. Usually, there's an exchange of ideas and concepts, whereas the flow is mostly one way between the PS3 and the competition.
One thing I'll give Sony is that so far, they've been behind but managed to make almost everything better when they've finally implemented it. The two areas they still lag in are the online multiplayer experience and some sort of uniform "achievements"-like system.