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Arrogant Journo trolls Sony; Sony immaturely threatens troll

An Australian journalist writes an article, that in no uncertain words, trolls the company with an outdated and limited point. Sony's Aussie boss immaturely bites back and the journo gets arrogant.

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BGDad5561d ago

At this point Gaming media is no better than the soap scum on my shower door..

They provide nothing, absolutly nothing to the gaming community... A big middle finger to your and yours if you are parts of the plague known as the gaming community..

Now go write another non gaming article, bunch of non gaming writing wankers..

Oh and I hope with the recession we see a lot of these people go away.

lipper5561d ago

you sure that's soap-scum on the shower door ? - Thought you used up all the soap washing your mouth out !

SSCOOLCHEA5561d ago

I hope this idiot loses his job...

techie5561d ago (Edited 5561d ago )

Did you just agree with a post written by the gaming media and then criticise all the gaming media? Uhhh...hate to say that you're contradicting yourself there.

Rowland5561d ago

There's freedom of speech & opinion .... & then there's Hirai. If your president displays all the symptoms of a delusional amnesiac on banana-acid then what do you expect !

techie5561d ago

What's Hirai got to do with this?

DolphGB5561d ago

What the heck has Hirai got to do with this story?

Dark_Overlord5561d ago

is because if somehow Sony were found to be fixing the price point in Australia, then do you know how much sh1t they would be in? A court case followed by a massive fine and to an extreme the banning of all of their items being sold in Australia. Of course he is pissed, I would be to if some nobody was accusing my company of breaking the law, thats why like he said, he will be calling his lawyers

techie5561d ago (Edited 5561d ago )

"A PlayStation 3 now costs $399 in the U.S., not including tax. You can buy a PlayStation 3 in Australia for AU$650, including a goods and services tax of 10%. So lets remove the tax and make a proper comparison; you don't want Sony to pay your taxes do you? Without tax the PS3 costs AU$585, an equivalent of US$387. Yes, your eyes don't deceive you. It's cheaper in Australia. Let alone the fact that games are bundled in with the console in Australia, but rarely in the U.S."

"So, how about the UK? Minus the 17.5% tax included in the £299 console price (2.5% is given back at the till for the new 15% tax rate) you'll get £247, which is equivalent to US$346. Even cheaper. Yes, I know it's insane, but the U.S. is more expensive than both countries. Plus, over the holiday period you were able to get two games, a blu-ray and a remote for the £299 price in the UK."

Smarthouse are NOT Smart. They made an absolute c*ck up with this.

DolphGB5561d ago

A journo gets it wrong, doesn't check his facts out, can't add up and then Sony unfortunately wades in with a less-than-professional response.

Root cause of the problem? Bad journalism...

cmrbe5561d ago

is completely unprofessional and shouldn't have happened. The Journalist is to blame for not doing his research but the Sony rep still shouldn't response in this manner. Lawyers yes. The people should be made an example as the allegations were quite serious.

techie5561d ago

You think smarthouse should be sued? I think not.

cmrbe5561d ago

but give them a stern warning.

techie5560d ago

What by shouting at them saying you're angry? I think this is pretty good warning, embarrass them with figures to show they are wrong.

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Ranking the Devil May Cry Series

VGChartz's Mark Nielsen: "Upon finally finishing Devil May Cry 5 recently - after it spent several years on my “I’ll play that soon” list - I considered giving it a fittingly-named Late Look article. However, considering that this was indeed the final piece I was missing in the DMC puzzle, I decided to instead take this opportunity to take a look back at the entirety of this genre-defining series and rank the entries. What also made this a particularly tempting notion was that while most high-profile series have developed fairly evenly over time, with a few bumps on the road, the history of Devil May Cry has, at least in my eyes, been an absolute roller coaster, with everything from total disasters to action game gold."

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VersusDMC4h ago

First to last for me...3,4,5,1,2.

VersusDMC3h ago

Me leaving it out should be telling of my thoughts on it. Better than 2 as a DMC game.

Still a good game though.

Friendlygamer4h ago

3,1,4,5 to me, never played 2. 5 gameplay is amazing but level design was really disappointing to me, just a bunch of plain arenas, the story felt like a worse written rehash of the 3rd and the charater models looked weird ( specially the ladies ). Another problem with 5 was that there was not enough content for 3 charaters so I could never really familiarize with any of them

monkey6023h ago(Edited 3h ago)

2.
Dmc.
4.
5.
1.
3.

God DMC2 was an awful game.
And in case this isn't obvious it goes worst to best

Yui_Suzumiya1h ago

1 and DmC. The rest are unimportant.

DarXyde1h ago

Order changes depending on your focus. I tend to focus on gameplay/fun factor, so...

5, 3, 1, 4, 2.

I really didn't like 4 but commend Dante's weapon diversity. The retreading of old ground was pretty unacceptable to me.

But even then... Still more enjoyable than 2 for me

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10 Weirdest Video Games of All Time

Plenty of unforgettable games have completely messed up their players throughout the years, all the way back from the PS1 days to the dark recesses of the modern internet.

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JonTheGod1d 9h ago

Why are the Katamari games not on the list??

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70 percent of devs unsure of live-service games sustainability

With so many games fighting for players' attention and interest losing out over time, time sink games are at risk of eventually losing steam.

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thorstein2d ago

It was worrisome to begin with.

It's a niche genre with only a handful of hits that can stand the test of time.

Cacabunga1d 8h ago

I like the sound of that!! I will for sure never support these gaas games.
Sony must be shocked at gamer's reaction, making them cancel a few of these and hopefully go back to the good heavy hitters they had us used to..
now bring on that PSPro reveal and show us some SP 1st party awesomeness.

CrimsonWing692d ago

What’s to be unsure of!? Look at the ratio of success to failure!

DarXyde1d 12h ago

It's pretty ridiculous.

Imagine having a breadth of data at your disposal to see the statistically low success rate of these games, only to be laser focused on the exceptional case studies.

shinoff21832d ago

Yes. Stop all the live service bs.

jznrpg2d ago

Only a few will catch on. You need a perfect storm to be successful in GaaS and a bit of luck on top of that. But a potential cash cow will keep them trying and some will go out of business because of it.

MIDGETonSTILTS172d ago

Helldivers 2 manages just fine…

Keep production costs low… don’t just make custscenes until the mechanics and enemies are perfected first.

Make so much content that you can drip extra content for years, and the game already feels complete without them.

Most importantly: make weapons, enemies, levels, and mechanics that will stand the test of 1000 hours. This might require more devs embracing procedurally generated leveled, which I think separates Helldivers 2 from Destiny’s repetitiveness.

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