Sony Exec Blasts Microsoft for Content Policy

[Dr. Crawver]

it doesn't restrict creativity, it restricts the graphics, I admit, but creativity is the gameplay, the story, hell some really creative games came out of the ps1 and 2 by TODAYS standards. The hardware doesn't limit the creativity, only the developers

 

[jp201]

when a ps3 game can come on one disc while a 360 game requires multiple discs to play the same game (really multiple discs?) then its time for a change.

 

[Jabberwock King]

And yet the PS3 will never be able to support multi-game party systems like the Xbox 360 can, how tragic.

Why arent they bitching about the Wii not beeing capable of running the latest games? Isnt Nintendo the one that sold the most consoles overall?

Quick statement here. The reason why nobody is bitching about Nintendo's inferior hardware (in this discussion at least) is because it is so inferior that porting a 360 game to it would be the gaming equivalent of hacking off 3 limbs during surgery. The PS3 and Xbox 360 are close enough in terms of capabilities that the damage is minor by comparison. The Nintendo Wii though, is simply irrelevant at this point.

 

[GonzoGamer]

Now we know why PC ports have been so lack luster. It's due to them not being allowed to be better than 360 versions..... Yay, Microsoft.

And that's because MS can't talk PC gamers in to paying them a monthly fee.

I love how we can always count on Sony PR to bring the discourse even lower. It reminds me of the old George Carlin bit: "And now a message from the National Apple Institute - Fuck Pears!"

They both like to say how much better they are than each other but whenever they try and prove it they can't...they just end up looking like dicks and getting legions of mindless fanboys anyway. It's just like politics.

 

[jyork89]

Sony's argument concerning superior hardware explains why both Microsoft and Sony own Nintendo in the sales department.... oh wait... The consumers want Gimmicks?!?! Farewell, oh sweet faith in society!!

 

[Awexsome]

Well... at least their fanboys will have more ammo in their next flame war thread they create on whatever particular forum they choose to start it on.

Yeah the 360 has technology less than the PS3 but the difference is almost negligible to my eyes. The worst I've ever noticed is minor inconvenience of disk switching on a small number of games and maybe some miniscule graphics differences that don't really matter.

If Sony wanted to blow MS out of the water they would want to be the first to the next gen console scene with something that made the 360 look like a Wii in terms of power.

 

[Ghengis John]

I might halfway believe this if PS3 exclusives blew what we saw on 360 out of the water. As it stands, they don't. Before you jump down my throat I love me some fable and some infamous, I have both systems, and the ps3 exclusives are pretty comparable to what's on the 360 as it is.

It's also pretty funny what sony considers creativity. So... graphics= creativity?

 

[swtstar777]

So, selling games that use their Playstation motion and requires rediculous and overpriced novelty add ons like a gun on one of two systems (the other being the 360) that are past their graphical and hardware prime when it comes to games makes Sony some how... better?

If I am correct, it came out first. Therefore its hardware is older.

BTW I use a computer, I stopped using both PS3 and 360 when I realized "Wait, 5 year old hardware! Why not use my top of the line 5 month old computer for games."

 

[LITE992]

Fanboys, both sides are jerks. This war is not going anywhere. It will never go anywhere.

 

[LordLundar]

Admittedly, the sony exec does make a point and it's not a new practice. Consider the case of the OpenGL interface. It was a vastly superior coding system to DirectX in that not only was it easier to code with, but also allowed better efficiency in game specs. So what happened? Microsoft's marketing department basically let loose their attack dogs and promoted DirectX as the superior system, despite it being inferior in almost every way. As such, OpenGL to this day hasn't had the market saturation that DirectX has.

That said there's better ways of saying it than that. At the very least, it opens himself and his company open to a retaliatory response.

 

[CannibalCorpses]

Aren't there anti-monopoly laws that are applicable to stifling competition in the way originally mentioned?

 

[MASTACHIEFPWN]

Hey, Playstation,
Come to me when you have a good exclusive title, that wasn't from when I was 10.

 

[Raven_Operative]

Hey, Playstation,
Come to me when you have a good exclusive title, that wasn't from when I was 10.

Infamous 2, MAG, Uncharted, Demons Souls.

Unless you're 11 or 12... but if that's the case, your argument can be discounted due to age.

 

[MASTACHIEFPWN]

Hey, Playstation,
Come to me when you have a good exclusive title, that wasn't from when I was 10.

Infamous 2, MAG, Uncharted, Demons Souls.

Unless you're 11 or 12... but if that's the case, your argument can be discounted due to age.

Infamous= Unoriginal, MAG= Mediocre, Uncharted= I've played better, much better, Demon Souls= Original, but terribly unforgiving.

 

[Raven_Operative]

Hey, Playstation,
Come to me when you have a good exclusive title, that wasn't from when I was 10.

Infamous 2, MAG, Uncharted, Demons Souls.

Unless you're 11 or 12... but if that's the case, your argument can be discounted due to age.

Infamous= Unoriginal, MAG= Mediocre, Uncharted= I've played better, much better, Demon Souls= Original, but terribly unforgiving.

Excuse me, but how is infamous unoriginal? It is actually one of the most original games that has came out in recent memory.

MAG - How so?

Uncharted - I have too. See: MAG, Infamous 2, Demons souls.

Demons Souls - The difficulty and fairness is what makes the game good, since you actually have to think before you run into a room "guns blazing".

 

[Rawne1980]

Spoiler: The PC elitists...

THEY ARE COMING...

Nope, for once us PC gamers can stay out of an argument and watch the console gamers slap each other around.

But go on, to please you i'll throw an "elitist" comment in.

While the console fans argue over which one is better i'm going to cuddle up to my gaming PC that makes the PS3 and 360 look like gameboys.

Now I feel dirty .... even though it's true .... do I win a cookie?

 

[MASTACHIEFPWN]

Hey, Playstation,
Come to me when you have a good exclusive title, that wasn't from when I was 10.

Infamous 2, MAG, Uncharted, Demons Souls.

Unless you're 11 or 12... but if that's the case, your argument can be discounted due to age.

Infamous= Unoriginal, MAG= Mediocre, Uncharted= I've played better, much better, Demon Souls= Original, but terribly unforgiving.

Excuse me, but how is infamous unoriginal? It is actually one of the most original games that has came out in recent memory.

MAG - How so?

Uncharted - I have too. See: MAG, Infamous 2, Demons souls.

Demons Souls - The difficulty and fairness is what makes the game good, since you actually have to think before you run into a room "guns blazing".

Infamous is a superhero sandbox title, it isn't the first, and not the last.
MAG is unballenced, and there are far better shooters out there, see Halo, Call of Duty, Counterstrike, Battlefield, Team Fortress 2, ect.
And doesn't the dificulty increase each time you die in demon souls? That is rather harsh, one mistake, and the world becomes a rapist!

 

[Raven_Operative]

Hey, Playstation,
Come to me when you have a good exclusive title, that wasn't from when I was 10.

Infamous 2, MAG, Uncharted, Demons Souls.

Unless you're 11 or 12... but if that's the case, your argument can be discounted due to age.

Infamous= Unoriginal, MAG= Mediocre, Uncharted= I've played better, much better, Demon Souls= Original, but terribly unforgiving.

Excuse me, but how is infamous unoriginal? It is actually one of the most original games that has came out in recent memory.

MAG - How so?

Uncharted - I have too. See: MAG, Infamous 2, Demons souls.

Demons Souls - The difficulty and fairness is what makes the game good, since you actually have to think before you run into a room "guns blazing".

Infamous is a superhero sandbox title, it isn't the first, and not the last.
MAG is unballenced, and there are far better shooters out there, see Halo, Call of Duty, Counterstrike, Battlefield, Team Fortress 2, ect.
And doesn't the dificulty increase each time you die in demon souls? That is rather harsh, one mistake, and the world becomes a rapist!

well f you say infamous is unoriginal because it is a superhero sandbox game, then COD is unoriginal because its a shooter, portal is unoriginal because its a puzzle game, and all games are unoriginal because they're videogames. they wont be the first, and wont be the last.

On the other hand, that might just be my inner fan boy talking, because I though the Infamous games were some of the best games I've played in a long time.

Mag- it WAS unbalanced, and even then, I still had lots of fun since no other game has built maps the size of s city AND put 256 players on it. They have tried to balance up the maps abit now, and let you defend all of them instead of the ones your faction owns. Personally though, I actually liked it, since you usually had to think about things tactically and not just charge up the middle hoping to get kills. (Wait wait wait... TF2? No offense, but I thought that game was horrible.)

Actually, the difficulty on Demon's Souls decreases every time you die, but it increases every time you kill a demon. Even so, I didn't find it that hard unless I was up against the blue/red eye knights and then I would just spam magic.