Seriously, you know Microsoft has screwed up hardcore when people are singing the praises (literally, in this case) of an emotionless jackass who spends 99% of his publicly seen time rattling off boring sales statistics in a horribly monotone voice, telling people that it's cool to pirate PS3 games, and directly insults part of his company's customer base if they happen to also enjoy Nintendo DS and its massive library of fantastic games [http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-04-08-sony-boss-ds-is-a-babysitting-tool].
Don't get me wrong, that 3 minutes of the Sony conference where he just slammed Microsoft again and again and again was hilarious, but this is the kind of shit Jack Tretton always does. It was only funny this time because he was slamming Microsoft for doing something insanely stupid rather than slamming me and many other PlayStation fans for something quite reasonable like enjoying a Nintendo DS.
Besides, as you may recall if you were paying attention to gaming news, Sony already confirmed before E3 that there were no used game restrictions and no always-online requirement anyway. Jack wasn't announcing anything, he was just repeating what we already knew. So I honestly can't give him credit for doing anything than making me laugh at a company I was already laughing at.
This makes me laugh too:
http://www.gamespot.com/e3/microsoft-the-idea-of-ownership-is-morphing-6409910/
http://www.gamespot.com/e3/microsoft-xbox-one-will-be-leading-product-people-love-and-embrace-6409895/
But I don't suddenly like Don Mattrick or Phil Spencer because of it.
I still hate Jack Tretton and want to punch him in the face whenever I have to see or hear him is what I'm saying here.
