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Sony Announces the PS4
As many expected, Sony has officially announced the PS4 at the Sony PlayStation Meeting today. The new PlayStation will have an X86 processor, "state of the art" GPU, 8 GB of high-speed unified memory, and a hard drive for local storage. The PS4 will allow gamers to share their gameplay stream and even remotely take control of friend's games. Along with the PS4, Sony has unveiled a new DualShock 4 controller which features a built-in touchpad at the center of the controller, and a built-in microphone jack.
Why exactly would I give money to Sony?
* Rootkit fiasco
* Stripping Linux from the PS3
* Hotz Lawsuit
These and many many more.
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Good-bye
So what exactly is gonna differentiate this from a mid-level to high-end gaming rig?
The lock-down, the retention of control over your system by Sony, etc.
not be snatched away as if it's their right to tell us what we can use our own hardware for
Do you even have to ask?
Palm trees and 8
Why exactly would I give money to Sony?
* Rootkit fiasco
* Stripping Linux from the PS3
* Hotz Lawsuit
These and many many more.
Rootkit: affected no one other than Sony getting sued once. Microsoft's product allow remote rootkits 100 million times a week.
OtherOS: removal didn't affect anyone, Linux on the PS3 was terrible. Anyone that used it could have told you that.
Hotz: who gives a shit? One dweeb copying a three year old bus glitch to dump memory affected no one, other than a possible connection to a tiny number of pirate games units that cannot update the OS.
Face it, you're an xbot sony-hater for the sake of it. Sony make stuff, buy it, or don't. No one cares. Just save the FUD, it makes you look pathetic.
If you can't make your point WITHOUT putting various words in all caps you might NOT have a very strong argument.
moox. for a new generation.
Except there are not many more.
Well, there are a few more...
- Having your network breached (and not telling your users until a week later) followed by a 24 day service outage.
- Breaching Weird Al Yankovic's contract and not distributing settlement funds.
- Suing an actor because he did commercials for someone else too.
I'd say by mega-corporation standards... they are just as sleazy as the rest.