Post by: KDR_11k on January 28, 2005, 06:17:37 AM
Abstract: 4 800 PSP units were returned because of defective square buttons. Kutaragi defends the design as intentional and claims that they have made the PSP the most beautiful thing in the world and that nobody would dare to criticize the PSP if it was designed by an artist.
Oppinion: PSP, meet NGage. You two have a lot in common.
Idiotic design faults are never good. Making those mistakes when you're going against the Gameboy is fatal. Too many competitors have been demolished by the Gameboy because of flaws in their design, now Sony has the boldness to stand there and claim "users have to adapt"?!? If that's the attitude Sony's entering the next generation with I fully expect Microsoft to take the lead. Arrogance was Atari's downfall, arrogance was Nintendo's downfall, arrogance won't let Sony off the hook.
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Post by: Gamebasher on February 08, 2005, 12:56:13 AM
I think very soon, the PSP will be taking a trip flying as well. But not where Sony wants it to go!
Nintendo rocks!!
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Post by: Gamebasher on February 09, 2005, 02:48:05 PM
Reggie rocks!!
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on February 11, 2005, 09:25:46 AM
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Originally posted by: Stimutacs Addict
.. unless of course you dont need buttons to play (you know, like with the psp's touch screen)
huh????????? what touch screen? since when has PSP had a touch screen?
Post by: Koopa Troopa on February 11, 2005, 09:30:24 AM
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huh????????? what touch screen? since when has PSP had a touch screen?
It was joke
Post by: Shecky on February 11, 2005, 09:42:00 AM
"His comparison is flawed. If an architect placed 3 gates in front
of walkways, and 1 in the grass off to the side of the 4th walkway,
people would question it."
Post by: tahnok100 on February 18, 2005, 01:11:13 PM
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Originally posted by: Shecky
A relative of mine put it best....
"His comparison is flawed. If an architect placed 3 gates in front
of walkways, and 1 in the grass off to the side of the 4th walkway,
people would question it."
Good point. While I dislike Sony, I must admit that the hardware of the PSP is impressive and quite cool looking. But I think that once word gets out that, as a gaming device, it can't hold a candle to the DS, sales will decline. Word of mouth is always more powerfull than marketing.
Post by: nickmitch on February 18, 2005, 02:05:00 PM
Post by: Avinash_Tyagi on February 19, 2005, 04:35:04 AM
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Good point. While I dislike Sony, I must admit that the hardware of the PSP is impressive and quite cool looking. But I think that once word gets out that, as a gaming device, it can't hold a candle to the DS, sales will decline. Word of mouth is always more powerfull than marketing.
I think we've already seen that happening, games sales of the PSP are very low in Japan, this indicates that the PSP is being used as a Media player only by many consumers, a trend whcih bodes well for the DS, because if companies see they can't get high game sales on the PSP they might start abandoning it.
Post by: ruby_onix on February 22, 2005, 01:28:16 PM
It's not intentional anymore.
GameSpot
But they've found a new scapegoat. It's a "manufacturing defect". Apparently there's some "extra plastic" in the button mechanisim which is causing the problem. It has nothing to do with 90% of the square button hovering over the LCD screen, just because Sony didn't want to make the outer case one millimeter wider.
If you return your Japanese PSP to Sony, they will cut off that darned piece of extra plastic. Problem solved!
Post by: darknight06 on February 22, 2005, 01:31:47 PM
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Post by: Kirby_PopStar on February 22, 2005, 07:56:15 PM
Kutaragi has a lot of courage to not only take a piss on the consumers, but also the developers. Seeing Kutaragi as a businessman, I can't believe he even made some of these statements. With 4,800 Japanese PSP systems being returned for square button problems, there is a serious issue here. And he is telling everyone to adapt? I actually thought the article was a joke at first.
“The Walkman only ran for about two hours when it first came out, too.” - Sorry Mr. Kutaragi, but by today's standards, that short of a battery span is an absolute joke.
"I believe we made the most beautiful thing in the world." - I'm not even going to touch this one.
"Nobody would criticize a renowned architect's blueprint that the position of a gate is wrong. It's the same as that." - Is this guy some kind of psychopath? I think the PSP is a fairly decent system and all... But if an architect makes a blueprint for a gate that leads you into a swamp, there's gonna be a problem.
Post by: TOY on February 25, 2005, 09:54:04 AM
TOY
