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Sony Admits PS3 Delay Possible
Next Generation reports that Sony has admitted there may be a delay in getting the PS3 to market. From the article: "Sony has told the media that the launch of the console will be delayed due to difficulties in finalizing the Blu-ray drive's specs. An unnamed spokesperson for Sony Computer Entertainment in Japan admitted that PlayStation 3 launch could be delayed. SCE said that if final specs were not finalised with the Blu-ray Disc development consortium, the launch of the console could be delayed." I would have rather they come out and admitted this last month, when everyone realized this was the case, instead of denying it and looking unrealistic.
I have been saying 2007 in the US for the longest time, every day I am closer to being correct. Come on M$ show sony where they can put their Rootkit.
I'm getting dizzy.
DN
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That would be awesome. I'd hose my karma in a week, but it'd be worth it.
If brevity is the soul of wit, then how does one explain Twitter?
Nice link! I mean, damn, in that previous comment you basically say "I don't think it will cost that much" and then proceed to explain why using no concrete examples, no information about actual costs of the new hardware (just a few WAGs about costs of current hardware) and, best of all, no links to any solid information...and you managed to turn that into another "informative" point of karma. Well done!
It is quite clear to me at this point that Slashdotters don't actually think in terms of good, or evil, or ethical, or unethical, or whether or not someone is having a positive or negative impact on the world around them.
All slashdotters think about is who they hate.
If the slashdotter hates Microsoft more than Apple, and we're talking about Apple, why, then Apple is good and Microsoft is evil.
But if the slashdotter hates Sony more than Microsoft, and we're talking about Sony, why, then Microsoft is good and Sony is evil.
This is a quite unfortunate way to look at the world; it means not only that the slashdotter consistently makes value judgements which do not benefit them in the long run, but also that the slashdotter is very easy to manipulate. If you are a company like Microsoft, and you find that there is a negative perception of you on Slashdot, all you have to do to change this is make slashdotters hate you less than somebody else. This is a goal you can achieve without having to change any of your business practices. All you have to do is perform acts the slashdotters love (for example, subsidising their video games to the tune of $4 billion), or call attention to some other company they hate more (for example, by months of PR hyping up a big confrontation with Sony). It won't matter if the things you're doing are toward good ends, or if you're any better of a corporate citizen than you were before, it won't even matter the details of the confrontation you've staged or who the confrontation is against. There is, for the moment, someone that slashdot hates more than you, and so suddenly you are "good" and they are "evil". It is as simple as that.
Unfortunately.