"Impartial" doesn't exist in Sony's dictionary

Sarcasticgamer.com wrote: "Yesterday, Sony held their E3 conference and it was a pretty interesting affair. It was boring at the start, pretty boring at the end. (save for the MAG announcement, which looks to be a pre-rendered Killzone 2-style affair all over again.) In the middle there was intruguing announcements coming one after the other. Resistance on PSP, emphasis on the PlayStation Network and the surprise announcement of the movie store being launched imminently.

For a PS3 owner Stateside, all of the news at E3 was pretty exciting, right? What about elsewhere in the world?"

[Silogon]

Cry to Eric Lempel about it. What the fak do you want us to do? You're posting a blog crying about what Sony's doing, why not send a letter to Sony personally or since you seem to be the big shot walk up to Eric at E-3 and tell him these problems yourself you stupid Ass Rat.

You act like you crying to us is going to build more momentum and that is going to stone wall into something bigger. Your opinions are valid but so is mine and hers and his and right now the majority probably don't even know who you are.

[Tmac]

Whoa whoa whoa! I stopped reading when you told us your opinions are valid Silofag.

[NegativeCreep427]

You're opinions do carry some for of weight, Siligon, but from my experience with what you have posted, you are nothing but a Playstation hater. You're opinions do not mean Sh*t in terms of what they represent to the SCEE crowd. You are nothing but an Xbot who acts like a PS3 loyalists.

[Silogon]

What I find most funny is the fact I never attack anyone on this forum. Ever. I give my opinions, debate a little bit and then move on. I am always getting attacked 1st here and for no reason. An opinion.

Wonder why I have 112 or 113 ignores yet people still gravitate towards me? Strange.

Edit to below:

Pretty sad, man. Pretty damn sad. Maybe you need to find a new hobby. Just a thought.

[thereapersson]

The EU region gets screwed on content no matter what console or service you associate yourself with. Hell, MS's Netflix partnership won't work outside the US due to Netflix being a US company that only distributes in the US.

Sony isn't the only one with this problem, but they sure always are the ones to get the brunt of complaints from everyone.

[poopsack]

at least EU gets play tv right?

[The Lazy One]

Netflix doesn't work outside the US period?

M$ seems to do a lot better at getting stuff to the EU faster and have a more global centric approach rather than a US/Japan approach, which is kind of ironic considering they are getting spanked in the EU.

[SL1M DADDY]

It's as simple as this, licensing and taxes as well as currency exchange all play a role in getting such services to countries other than the US. It is far easier to get these services rolled out in the States. Don't blame Sony or MS or any other console manufacturer for that matter, it is not a console thing, it is a government/law thing. To blame Sony or MS for this is simply proving to me that whoever is doing the blaming is an idiot fanboy looking for a lame reason to bash a console.

[Mc Fadge]

Is with this comment:

"save for the MAG announcement, which looks to be a pre-rendered Killzone 2-style affair all over again."

Did the ever claim it was ingame? No. It was a TEASER. Christ, how annoying

On topic:

There's a bunch of legal wrangling and whatnot which will be holding this up, I can wait <3

[BISHOP-BRASIL]

And just to remember, KillZone 2 pretty much made it to the target render.

[donator]

Wait a minute, I never read news from Sarcastic Gamer because I thought it was all satire. From reading your comment, I'm a little confused now. Do they do real game news or is it all satire?

[Panthers]

Killzone 2 made it past the target rinder. I hope Zipper delivers as well. Socom is my favorite online game ever but Zipper was never known for graphics. I am sure Sony made a few adjustments inside the company though.

[Mc Fadge]

Every friday they make fictional news, they're the ones that normally hit the front page cause they're funny :3

[SacT0wnF1n3st]

Europe get PlayTV, Japan get to play FF XIII before everybody and we get video store.

Sony should and I think will release the video store in Europe around Leipzig 08 and TGS for Asia

[ThatArtGuy]

And Canada gets completely shafted.

[Leathersoup]

Yeah... so much for the whole "continental" release. If they can't manage to get that done right in North America why should they bother on a world wide scale?

[darkdoom3000]

Yeah i agree.

I really hate SCEE. we get everything late. even in NZ/Aus where we dont have any other languages besides english, cant we just get the english US versions?

Localising shouldnt take 6 months! especially in the PSN. we get everything late. trailers, demoes, hell we dont even have Quore(or whatever)

Kojima is so cool, he made the beta free for all europeans cause he felt sad for them. and he released MGS4 simualtanous. which was awesome.

dam i hate SCEE.

[redwingsrock]

what does Canada get, no video store no play TV
thanks Sony

EDIT: whats with the disagree it's true i was all excited last night for the video store and then find out us Canadians get shafted cause Sony couldn't take the time to talk to the CTRC and get that issue fixed up like don't get me wrong i'm a huge Sony fan but these last few days have really tested my Patience with them

EDIT 2: Canada can understand what you go through with on a daily basis Europe now but we only got a slight taste what you deal with

[Lumbo]

PlayTV requires that your country supports the standard over air transmission in DVBT and that stations are actually USING that. Afaik Canada does not have that, hence PlayTV is completely pointless for Canada (and the US). Europe has widespread TV transmission in DVBT hence it gets PlayTV, a DVBT system.

The VideoStore bit is truly stunning though. But could also be related to distribution rights and national restrictions. Same as with Europe where the distribution rights for the US films mostly reside with Concorde and UFA.

[Leathersoup]

Well yeah except for the hypocrisy in what the Sony representative's comment.
They won't do a UK only release as they want to release for the entire continent at once but they won't do the same here in North America. I don't know about Mexico but Canada is sure getting f'd over.

[ApocalypseShadow]

each continent gets it's own content.

the japanese PSN store has more PSN store content that the US store.

europe has Play tv and skype and the US doesn't.

america has video downloads while the japanese store doesn't.or euro store.

i'd bet there are games in europe that never see the light of day in america.just like there are japanese games that never see the light of day in america.

it was an "AMERICAN" E3 presentation hosted by an "AMERICAN" president of SCEA talking to the "AMERICAN" gamers.when your shows come like LIEPZIG or TGS,...

"you will get your own sh!t."

STFU and be happy with what you got.they'll get to you when they can if they can get through all the legal red tape.

tired of whiners.

apocalyse.........

[The Lazy One]

E3 isn't just an "american" show. America gets announcements at Leipzig and TGS too. Japan gets announcements at E3.

The whole gaming community is attached to almost every major game conference. It's not a local thing anymore.

[Lumbo]

I disagree TLO, the current downsized E3 is just what he said, a mostly US American centered trade fair.

The worldwide announcements seem to be shifting to GC in Leipzig (GC Cologne next year wohooo) and TGS.

[RAM MAGNUMS]

we only respond to you so we can call you stupid.
its fun & funny because you think we care about you.
sorry, this isn't xbox live this is the Internet. There are more interesting people on this open network.

Don't take my we & us to personal on this site. I'm talking about me & my gang of droids celebrating the xboxes failure after failure.
my free friendlist is full of happy people right now.
your fall update is ticking.

[zapass]

oh yeah?? well that's excellent news then!

it's really annoying this trend of showing pre-rendered footage of games that are not made yet! can't they show real in-game footage?

oh wait... no they can't, the game is not made yet!
oh sh!t, I'm such a sarcastic wanka, I should blog about gaming.

[Redlight]

Hypocrisy and irony collide in a perfect cloud of arrogance. Well done.

[mistertwoturbo]

UK I can understand. But what about Spain? Italy? And the other EU countries? English isn't they're primary language. Which is why I think localization takes so long for the EU region.

[AcidHorse]

First of all, he doesn't know why this is happening with 'delayed' content for Europe he is just whining instead of looking for actual answers. It's better to light a candle instead of complaining about the darkness. It baffles me about how truely simple minded this guy comes off. First of all there are all types of legal reasons (like copyright, publisher privilage, etc) that most people never bother to think about, much less TRY to consider. I don't think Sony, Microsoft or Nintendo are out to get us via: regional delays. I don't here this guy praising Sony for making PS3's region free!!! I mean what other system in recent memory (or ever) could you play a Japanese only game on a console bought in the US? This professional blogger should be more professional and less blogger (ie just another twat with an opinion eh hem.. like me >_<).

[ApocalypseShadow]

i'm for ALL playstation fans getting and enjoying what sony has on offer.and i would love to see worldwide releases on all products day one in each country.

but we all know that it's not reality and unrealistic to assume that every country,every policy,every language,every offensive piece of content that might not go over well somewhere else,every economy or price structure,every development time....will be the same.

IT WON'T.

i could whine all day on not getting certain things for ps3 that i want that the other countries have.but why bother?i remember the outrage when naughty dog released an "AMERICAN" demo of uncharted on the US PSN store and the european gamers were furious on why they didn't get an "AMERICAN" demo on DAY ONE.i wonder why an "AMERICAN" demo didn't release on the european store by an "AMERICAN" developer?hmmmmmmmm.......they let you have it,but you could have reacted better.

but watch,LIEPZIG will have content that will blow the euro gamer's minds.and TGS will have Japan Studios games and RPGs,have presentations by their respective leaders,and will knock their socks off.but will these gamers be thinking about us in the US?and why we didn't get the same content?

h#ll no!

but i want to ask euro gamers why they didn't see kaz at the AMERICAN event? or why david reeves wasn't at the AMERICAN event?

as leader of their countries companies or arms of sony,they will lead the charge for their countrie's gamers.

but again,to the whiners(and i'm not hating on my fellow ps3 fans),your day will come.but......stfu.

apocalypse.......

[LeShin]

I'm going to try VERY hard not too insult you as your posts REALLY annoyed me........

The funny thing is I usually ALWAYS agree with your comments, but not today. Firstly, with respect, with you being North American, I can't even listen to what you have to say as...THIS DOESN'T AFFECT YOU! It's all very well calling the European PS3 owners "whiny" when you don't get the short end of the stick most of the time. People who I want to hear from (right or wrong) are Canadians, Australians, some South Americans AND New Zealanders as they're are the ones getting shafted!

You seem to forget that Sony hasn't got just one division. They also have SCEE and what people are annoyed about is why can't SCEE be up to par with SCEA? Is it too much to bloody ask?! No. Getting a raw deal is one thing, but when people complain and want an answer to why this happens, we don't get one as there's no real place to voice our grievances.

I wish that those territories above that I mentioned get the Killzone 2 beta, and Home beta and you don't (This isn't a dig at the PS3 owners in North America.......just THIS guy) because I'll be waiting for you to complain and that's the time I'll come down on you for being a hypocrite.

......and why do yo you always sign at the bottom of your posts man? We know who you are.

[AliC]

Really shouldn't be the case in this day an age, we have internet, fast internet connections information released on one side of the planet and will be read on the other side of the planet in seconds.

There really isn't any excuse for segmentation people into regions, as this only leads to a lot of very annoyed people, and note that Europeans are supposed to be "very" important to Sony (given its a larger install base than America) but time and time they disappoint.

[AliC]

PlayTV is a extra device you need to purchase costs about (£80/€90/$140) which gives you access to DVBtv (or Digital TV) which is quite common now in most European counties.

This shouldn't be compared with the fact that the EU gets a pretty shoddy deal.

One example the article didn't cover was the fact it took 8 months to released Dual Shock 3 over here, not once have we had any explanation why it took that long to release (and it's not like they need to translate the buttons)

I'll probably do what I've always do shrug my shoulders and deal with it, Europe has always been at the bottom of the food chain for Sony and it doesn't look like that will change any time soon.

It's a case of if you don't like sell your PS3 and go elsewhere.

[psnCAShville_615]

europeans shouldn't be mad they are getting playtv....yay for you guys wxnkers