Do cell phone jammers affect a plane's systems at all? I guess it seems kind of silly to allow people to use cellphone and then to jam them, but maybe it will allow some companies room to decide their own policies.
This is exactly why Sony seems to be ignoring the Japanese market in place of the US one. Sony knows that US gamers are more willing to buy a variety of games, and as such they know that more money will result from the US market. I live in Japan. I know how much loyalty there is around Sony products. I also see how the Xbox 360 has faced an uphill battle since day one.
The Japanese market is dead in my opinion. The gamers here have chosen to ignore the highest quality of games simply because they're not made by Square Enix. It doesn't make sense. I'm not a 360 fan boy by any means, but it's sad to me to see such tremendous game quality being ignored. This goes for games on all systems.
Just as another example, almost every Capcom game is released in the US now. Games like Okami have a much better chance of succeeding around the world because the gamers will react to critical acclaim. In Japan, they look at the designer/publisher and if it's not Square Enix, they put it back.
I think all of the people pissed off that bad things are being said about Sony need to rethink this whole article through. Living in Japan, over the past week I've watched COUNTLESS programs and commercials all promoting the sale of the PS3. I think this is great. I want a PS3 just as much as the next person, but I figured there would be people more desperate than me to get one so I'm waiting.
HOWEVER! This kind of irresponsibility on Sony's part is unimaginable. They have no control over who should be buying these consoles, and I don't care if they were all bought by Chinese nationals, but the lack of concern on Sony's part about the safety of the consumers is unforgivable. They KNEW that the demand was going to be high. They've been advertising it everywhere. On every variety show, on every news program, and during primetime you can usually see about 3 PS3 commercials every 20 min. or so. All of this for 80,000 units?! Sony is allowed to promote it's products, but they wanted these lines to show people how popular the system really is. If SCE CEO Ken Kutaragi is there to welcome consumers, why wasn't there more effort by Sony to coordinate with police? Is that the store's responsibility? Sony is doing this for publicity, but heaven forbid they actually do it in a sane and responsible way.
What Sony should have done is create a pre-ordering system and find a way to get those PS3s safely to the people buying them. 80,000 units is insane. They knew people would be in line to get one, but if they actually cared, they would have pre-empted the rush with a responsible sales system for a launch of this size. If you people actually think Sony is not to blame then you need to seriously get a clue!
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Do cell phone jammers affect a plane's systems at all? I guess it seems kind of silly to allow people to use cellphone and then to jam them, but maybe it will allow some companies room to decide their own policies.
Of course they're not going to be able to fully master the power of the PS3!
Everyone's too busy expending energy by slamming Wii remotes into TVs.
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This is exactly why Sony seems to be ignoring the Japanese market in place of the US one. Sony knows that US gamers are more willing to buy a variety of games, and as such they know that more money will result from the US market. I live in Japan. I know how much loyalty there is around Sony products. I also see how the Xbox 360 has faced an uphill battle since day one.
The Japanese market is dead in my opinion. The gamers here have chosen to ignore the highest quality of games simply because they're not made by Square Enix. It doesn't make sense. I'm not a 360 fan boy by any means, but it's sad to me to see such tremendous game quality being ignored. This goes for games on all systems.
Just as another example, almost every Capcom game is released in the US now. Games like Okami have a much better chance of succeeding around the world because the gamers will react to critical acclaim. In Japan, they look at the designer/publisher and if it's not Square Enix, they put it back.
I think all of the people pissed off that bad things are being said about Sony need to rethink this whole article through. Living in Japan, over the past week I've watched COUNTLESS programs and commercials all promoting the sale of the PS3. I think this is great. I want a PS3 just as much as the next person, but I figured there would be people more desperate than me to get one so I'm waiting. HOWEVER! This kind of irresponsibility on Sony's part is unimaginable. They have no control over who should be buying these consoles, and I don't care if they were all bought by Chinese nationals, but the lack of concern on Sony's part about the safety of the consumers is unforgivable. They KNEW that the demand was going to be high. They've been advertising it everywhere. On every variety show, on every news program, and during primetime you can usually see about 3 PS3 commercials every 20 min. or so. All of this for 80,000 units?! Sony is allowed to promote it's products, but they wanted these lines to show people how popular the system really is. If SCE CEO Ken Kutaragi is there to welcome consumers, why wasn't there more effort by Sony to coordinate with police? Is that the store's responsibility? Sony is doing this for publicity, but heaven forbid they actually do it in a sane and responsible way. What Sony should have done is create a pre-ordering system and find a way to get those PS3s safely to the people buying them. 80,000 units is insane. They knew people would be in line to get one, but if they actually cared, they would have pre-empted the rush with a responsible sales system for a launch of this size. If you people actually think Sony is not to blame then you need to seriously get a clue!