Archive for May, 2008
Friday, May 30th, 2008
Expected? Well yes. $400 for a pathetic 2gb of storage, no headphone jack, distorting music - it's crap!
For years, Sony Corp. has been scrambling to regain its position at the leading edge of music players. Now, that scrambling has produced an egg — a $399 dancing egg that flashes, rolls ...
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Friday, May 30th, 2008
Just a reminder: this is why this website started - this is why we continue. Here are 2 of the top 10:
Sony's management aren't generally known for their passive attitudes and humble outlook. We've got a small sample of their finest public moments below.
Sony's Jack Tretton
#10 "The first five million ...
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Friday, May 30th, 2008
Sony's BEST SELLING console (yep, not the PS3 - imagine that!) is experiencing the same identity crisis that the PS3 is. Is it a game machine? Is it a skype phone (did anyone actually USE that??!)? Is it a movie player (doubt it, 2 hours batt life with umd spinning)? ...
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Friday, May 30th, 2008
Need proof that execs nowadays don't have a damn clue? Want irrefutable evidence that people go to SCHOOL to become CEO's instead of growing with the company? Phil Harrison is that proof. If his past at Sony wasn't pathetic enough, now his new job cronies are feeding him a new ...
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Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
Again, this is why we heart destructoid.
Jack Thompson, controversial attorney and hater of Grand Theft Auto has been recommended guilty in twenty seven of his thirty one misconduct charges by Judge Dava Tunis.
Last year, the madcap defense attorney was on trial for charges of misconduct, many of which revolved around ...
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Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
We should expect as much. Just like those ignorant of torah flock to televengelists, teens will go after whatever marketing tells them is the coolest/shiniest/biggest/fastest/insert -est here.
Nearly 60,000 teenagers between the ages of 11 and 18 across 31 markets took part in a survey conducted by youth-oriented virtual world Habbo, ...
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Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
Everybody's favorite dancing robot of questionable utility from Sony is finally making its way across that big wet thing that divides the fair lands of Japan and USA. The Rolly, in case you missed it, is tiny little wheeled bot that can blast some tunes out of its built-in speakers, ...
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Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
Though not SONY news really, Konami ferrg'd this one up pretty nicely. Nice try, family of money-grubbing-whores!
In addition to tacking on a $500 insurance charge—which were told is mandatory and refundable, though we cant confirm right now—weve yet to read of a single successful check out for the "gun metal" ...
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Monday, May 19th, 2008
Sony - talking out of their ass again. Nothing new. Just amazing that it still goes on.
While Sony may want the exclusive GTA 4 downloadable content for their platform, Microsoft simply states that it won’t be possible. Speaking in an interview, Aaron Greenberg, director of product management for the Xbox ...
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Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
Here's where Sony's failed bravado excels - where it's held to the flames!
Scroll through the bold areas and take note of the lack of optimism from industry experts.
Sony on Wednesday pledged to turn around its troubled video game and television businesses in the coming year as it forecast an aggressive ...
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