Sony’s greatest quotes
Tuesday, June 19th, 2007 at 1:13pm by Jack
Why on earth am I posting Sony’s greatest (read: dumbest, most arrogant, and ultimately untrue) quotes here on Infendo? Because so many of them bash Nintendo, that’s why.
Go check them out. Here’s a sample:
“Nintendo knows its target audience, because it has really narrowed that down; and it’s pretty much defined by a boy or girl’s ability to admire Pokemon.”
- Phil Harrison, president of Sony Computer Entertainment’s Worldwide Studios“But I fear that it won’t have a lasting impact beyond that of a gimmick.”
- Sony executive Phil Harrison cuts to the chase with his incisive analysis of the Nintendo DS in gaming paper MCV.“You can look at the software that they sell. All their licensed kid stuff. So, what we’re doing with the PlayStation Portable is really establishing a new marketplace, and establishing, frankly, a new beachhead.”
- Peter Dille, Sony US Senior Vice President of Marketing, on comparing PSP to DS
I like the ocean. I like ships of the line. It’s a damn shame to see one so large as Sony’s video games division go without anyone at the wheel for so long. No wait. It isn’t.
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June 19th, 2007 at 2:51 pm
These comments were all related to the PSP, right? It seems like it…
“what we’re doing with the PlayStation Portable is really establishing a new marketplace, and establishing, frankly, a new beachhead“.
Right… It is, after all, the only portable, so far, that is great for watching porn on the go, I’ll give him that! If you belong to the beachhead of people who like being seen watching porn on the go…
http://kotaku.com/gaming/psp/psp-vs-ds-which-is-better-for-porn-31847.php
June 19th, 2007 at 2:54 pm
But all moronic/arrogant comments aside, the PSP is a great piece of hardware, and it has some really good games in its library…
Just not nearly as many good games as DS, and the PSP’s size, price, and operability makes it fall somewhere in the limbo of between a console and a portable without being either.
June 19th, 2007 at 3:15 pm
I love his ‘DS is for Pokémon kids’ comment. If I will remember his bald creepy and fake-smiling face for anything, it will be that remark. Thank you Phil, for making us laugh at Sony, again, and again, and again.
June 19th, 2007 at 3:54 pm
Attack Phil for massive damage !!!!
June 19th, 2007 at 6:04 pm
It’s amazing how much damage Sony has done to itself over the last couple of years simply by being huge dicks. Bad enough that they completely misread their own consumer base, but then when that base flocks to their competitors (both Nintendo and MS), instead of owning up to their mistakes and adapting, they say gamers don’t know what they want - Sony knows what gamers want.
No combination quite like being wrong AND arrogant about it, is there?
June 19th, 2007 at 6:59 pm
“But all moronic/arrogant comments aside, the PSP is a great piece of hardware, and it has some really good games in its library…”
No, I’m sorry. I bought a PSP on day one and I’m of the exact opposite opinion. The hardware is flawed in almost every respect (low battery life, long-ish load times, easily scratchable discs, ghosting on screen, horrible analog nub and shoulder buttons, etc) and the games are okay at best, bar a couple of great games (Loco Roco and Daxter). It relies too heavily on slimmed-down versions of home console games.
Just my $0.02.
June 20th, 2007 at 12:54 am
The PSP might be beautiful but its very uncomfortable to hold, fragile and heavy. it looks very expensive but you really can’t call it a portable, more like a carry-on tiny home console. I don’t know why they decided for that kind of size but it feels way heavier than the turbografx Express, which was like almost 1 kilo.
June 20th, 2007 at 1:34 am
Has anyone ever come up with a compilation of quotes from not just Sony, but everyone who rubbished the DS when it came out? It would be fun to print a top-10 list of those…. and then start collecting quotes for a future such article, from people who are still rubbishing the Wii.
June 20th, 2007 at 5:11 pm
Its RIIIIIIIIDGE RACER.