News: Sony + Hyperbole = No Change There Then
At the Sony Keynote speech, Jack Tretton announced that Sony and NCSoft have struck a deal to create titles for the PlayStation Network:
“Let’s start with our partners games first. We’re providing them with the tools they need to develop great games for the PS3. We’re very pleased to announce that NCSoft will be joining the PlayStation camp. You probably know them from Lineage, City of Heroes, and Guild Wars. Very soon, they’ll be brin[g]ing that to the PS3 exclusively … Only the PSN can support the types of games NCSoft has become famous for.” (Joystiq)
Hmm. I see a pattern here. Let’s analyze it using the Underpants Gnomes Analogy:
- Sony steals the online community idea from Microsoft
- Sony steals the innovation for controllers from Nintendo
- Sony steals the idea of multiplayer networked games from PCs?
- Profit!
Ah, Sony, can’t come up with any new ideas of your own? Still need to steal thunder from others? NCSoft became famous for making great games on the PC platform, not the PlayStation one. I know they share a capital letter, but they’re not the same thing. Yes, yes, I know. The PlayStation is more than just a games machine - it’s the holy grail of computing. Whatever.
More to the point, it seems that there’s a quantum quandary, a paradox if you will. If the PSN network can only support the games that NCSoft has become famous for, then why am I able to play the games (on PC) that NCSoft has become famous for, without having access to the PSN. Unless of course, the PSN network is already in place and I’ve been using it all along? The mind boggles. Quantum entanglement ensues. My cat is both alive and dead at the same time.
Sony once again has raised hyperbole to an art form. I’d salute Jack Tretton and Sony, but I’m too busy trying to pick my jaw up off the ground.
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