Ex-PlayStation PR Man: Sony Is "Sending Titles Out to Die"

[Jack Rascal]

Companies do not generally lay off good and valuable people. He lost his job, I'm sorry to hear that, but it does not seem like he was the shining star in the company. He won a contest and was later promoted, but I don't know what position he held. What did he do in the PR-team? It's horrible to say this, but normally those that are easy to replace go first when cuts need to be made.

It's also a likely possibility that Sony wants to hire new people. The easiest way to lay off staff is to say the company needs to cut costs. Then, sometime later, they can advertize for those positions and hire new people "with a clear conscience".

And publicly bashing your former employer after having a position in PR? I wouldn't call that clever.

 

[Beautiful End]

Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait...

So the producer of The Tester was laid off? About damn time! How that show managed to make it through 3 seasons is beyond me! It's a shame because it could have been a great show...but it wasn't.

OT: Well, I don't approve of the way he expressed his experience at the company but I supposed I see his point. But hey, for someone to say stuff like that, knowing that no one will ever hire you because of that, it must mean he had a pretty bad time there...

The hell was The Tester?

Eh, I'll just say it even if its sarcasm. It was a lame "videogame" related show. And I used quotes because the contestants did everything except play games. Pretty much, it was a dozen or so of random people from all over the continent who wanted to be on the show for the big prize of getting a job as a tester. The last season's winner actually landed a job for Santa Monica studios, helping them develop GoW: Ascension or something.

The contests required people to, I dunno, develop their own play revolving around Street Fighter or...go racing kart in the spirit of...some kart game. And then based on their performance, they would be eliminated. You know, they would test your decision making skills or teamwork or whatever random crap they pulled out of their asses. I think they only got to play actual videogames for the finale.

It's sad because as gamers, we don't have that many cool game shows. The show had potential but they turned it into a crap show. Hell, Egoraptor was in the show and he got kicked out almost immediately. Don't tell me the guy doesn't know about games!

But I digress. A lot...

 

[GenGenners]

Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait...

So the producer of The Tester was laid off? About damn time! How that show managed to make it through 3 seasons is beyond me! It's a shame because it could have been a great show...but it wasn't.

OT: Well, I don't approve of the way he expressed his experience at the company but I supposed I see his point. But hey, for someone to say stuff like that, knowing that no one will ever hire you because of that, it must mean he had a pretty bad time there...

The hell was The Tester?

Eh, I'll just say it even if its sarcasm. It was a lame "videogame" related show. And I used quotes because the contestants did everything except play games. Pretty much, it was a dozen or so of random people from all over the continent who wanted to be on the show for the big prize of getting a job as a tester. The last season's winner actually landed a job for Santa Monica studios, helping them develop GoW: Ascension or something.

The contests required people to, I dunno, develop their own play revolving around Street Fighter or...go racing kart in the spirit of...some kart game. And then based on their performance, they would be eliminated. You know, they would test your decision making skills or teamwork or whatever random crap they pulled out of their asses. I think they only got to play actual videogames for the finale.

It's sad because as gamers, we don't have that many cool game shows. The show had potential but they turned it into a crap show. Hell, Egoraptor was in the show and he got kicked out almost immediately. Don't tell me the guy doesn't know about games!

But I digress. A lot...

Egoraptor? As in, Awesome-series Egoraptor? THAT Egoraptor?

 

[Beautiful End]

Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait...

So the producer of The Tester was laid off? About damn time! How that show managed to make it through 3 seasons is beyond me! It's a shame because it could have been a great show...but it wasn't.

OT: Well, I don't approve of the way he expressed his experience at the company but I supposed I see his point. But hey, for someone to say stuff like that, knowing that no one will ever hire you because of that, it must mean he had a pretty bad time there...

The hell was The Tester?

Eh, I'll just say it even if its sarcasm. It was a lame "videogame" related show. And I used quotes because the contestants did everything except play games. Pretty much, it was a dozen or so of random people from all over the continent who wanted to be on the show for the big prize of getting a job as a tester. The last season's winner actually landed a job for Santa Monica studios, helping them develop GoW: Ascension or something.

The contests required people to, I dunno, develop their own play revolving around Street Fighter or...go racing kart in the spirit of...some kart game. And then based on their performance, they would be eliminated. You know, they would test your decision making skills or teamwork or whatever random crap they pulled out of their asses. I think they only got to play actual videogames for the finale.

It's sad because as gamers, we don't have that many cool game shows. The show had potential but they turned it into a crap show. Hell, Egoraptor was in the show and he got kicked out almost immediately. Don't tell me the guy doesn't know about games!

But I digress. A lot...

Egoraptor? As in, Awesome-series Egoraptor? THAT Egoraptor?

Yes, that Egoraptor. As in Game Grumps Egoraptor. Season 3, the first 3 episodes. They made him look like an arrogant ass. If you can find the video of the episode where he got kicked out, 90% of it is all dislikes.

I mean, come on! If they think Egoraptor is not good for the game industry then I don't know what they're looking for (Oh, but the generic quirky, funny-looking guy stayed). Not like we needed Egoraptor to be dissed in order to realize that but...you know, it gives you an idea of what the show was like.

 

[Shinsei-J]

Alright, I just couldn't get past his name.
It's just to perfect.
Will Powers.
That's just hilarious.
I can't stop laughing, it's to much.

 

[Spartan448]

Will Powers, Will Powers... I've heard that name before...

OBJECTION!!!!!!!!!!!

That also happens to be the name of the third client ever defended by Phoenix Wright, the only attourney I know of with a luck stat of 10 (20 in tabletop RPGs)

 

[Marik2]

That guy was pretty cool in that crappy show.

Seems just yesterday he was hired, but now he got laid off.

 

[Little Gray]

I don't see how the tech made the PS2 the better console, but I can see how it helped the PSOne.
But in both generations the Sony consoles just had a vastly higher quantity of better games overall.

Sony's lackluster performance this generation wasn't due to Blu-Ray. The PS3 was, and still is, sadly the best Blu-Ray player on the market. And Blu-Rays cost about the same when they came out as when DvDs came out, unless you're referring to the costs of development for games.

I personally think that the library of games took a massive nosedive overall from the PS2 to the PS3. Titles are being sent to die. The late, late localization of White Knight Chronicles is a testament to that.

Its actually more likely that sonys poor early performance was do to a massive recession not long after the release of their somewhat expensive console.

 

[Sectan]

Hell, Egoraptor was in the show and he got kicked out almost immediately. Don't tell me the guy doesn't know about games!

But I digress. A lot...

Egoraptor getting kicked out was a joke.
Tester is a joke so I'm guessing the guys they hire from the show aren't much better.

 

[Sectan]

Double Post...Please Disregard

 

[Lunar Templar]

This is another poor decision by Sony this generation.

Though I'm only 21 I have to ask, what the hell happened to the Sony of the PSOne and PS2 eras? How do you dominate 2 generations back to back with record breaking sales to making stupid decisions like this constantly?

easy, a lack of real competition until the PS3 really. with the PS1 they where up against the N64 so easy win there, and all the PS2 had was HAVE third party support to beat the Xbox (yeah yeah Halo, that was like the only game anyone was playing on it so shush).

 

[Aiddon_v1legacy]

This is another poor decision by Sony this generation.

Though I'm only 21 I have to ask, what the hell happened to the Sony of the PSOne and PS2 eras? How do you dominate 2 generations back to back with record breaking sales to making stupid decisions like this constantly?

There is a video by moviebob that is pretty old and he suggested that Sony was probably never good at systems/gaming department but rather they got lucky by Nintendo making one of the worst decisions of gaming history and rode it for many years. Looking at Sony's decisions these past 7 years I would have to say that I agree with him.


If the video is boring you should probably start at 5:00

Yeah, considering that they've botched THREE systems in a row it's pretty obvious. If they stumble with the PS4 I wouldn't be surprised if Sony gets out of the console business altogether

 

[Gladion]

Also: I love how he refers to his former employer as "PlayStation" not "Sony".

Sony sells a bazillion products, it makes sense.

Playstation is a product, though, a brand, no sub-department of Sony. not even SCE has the Playstation name in it.

@Other people: How was the PS3 a failure? It is the #1 reason we have blu-ray today instead of HDDVD (whether you think it's the better medium or not).

 

[Beautiful End]

Hell, Egoraptor was in the show and he got kicked out almost immediately. Don't tell me the guy doesn't know about games!

But I digress. A lot...

Egoraptor getting kicked out was a joke.
Tester is a joke so I'm guessing the guys they hire from the show aren't much better.

I'd just like to say I concur. I mean, I'll admit I was upset when he got kicked out (To the point where I stopped watching) but for different reasons. I was upset because I believe he has talent and I enjoy his points of view when it comes to gaming, so him getting kicked out was them kicking away a very talented person. And because of the manufactured drama and stuff. But then I was glad he got kicked out so fast because, well, it's The Tester! He dodged the bullet there. So good for him!

 

[Aiddon_v1legacy]

Also: I love how he refers to his former employer as "PlayStation" not "Sony".

Sony sells a bazillion products, it makes sense.

Playstation is a product, though, a brand, no sub-department of Sony. not even SCE has the Playstation name in it.

@Other people: How was the PS3 a failure? It is the #1 reason we have blu-ray today instead of HDDVD (whether you think it's the better medium or not).

Because going by pure numbers Sony lost SO much money on the PS3 that it lost them every cent they had earned on the PS2. Not a complete failure, but let's not even PRETEND like it was even a decent success in terms of profit.

 

[lapan]

This is another poor decision by Sony this generation.

Though I'm only 21 I have to ask, what the hell happened to the Sony of the PSOne and PS2 eras? How do you dominate 2 generations back to back with record breaking sales to making stupid decisions like this constantly?

They stopped localizing a lot of their good series. Others got their sequel on the handhelds, which aren't as popular over here and thus get localized even less. They aren't taking as many risks anymore and mostly concentrate on Japan.

 

[Gladion]

Because going by pure numbers Sony lost SO much money on the PS3 that it lost them every cent they had earned on the PS2. Not a complete failure, but let's not even PRETEND like it was even a decent success in terms of profit.

Taking a look at just the profit generated by console sales (pure numbers as you say) is far too short-sighted. In the long run, having their own technology (Blu-ray) win over the competitor (HD-DVD) was MUCH more important than losing a couple of million bucks over the course of 2-3 years. At least for a ginormous media company such as Sony. This is because now, they sell not only Blu-ray movies, but also BD-players, PC-drives (both read-only as well as read/write) and they can now concentrate better on 3D, too.
Not to forget, console manufacturers earn most of their money by selling games, not hardware. Don't quote me on this, but I think Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft earn 20-30% on each game sold, plus royalties they get from publishers. And in general, multiplatformgames sell better on PS3 than 360 (probably because it's much harder to pirate the games or maybe because PS3-owners have more money? Maybe it's because you don't have to pay for the online service. I don't know, just stating the facts).