User blog comment:JakePT/Mass Effect 3 to be Revealed at VGA Awards?/@comment-1691295-20101121040539/@comment-737801-20101122155415

You know, you do come off as rude and insulting even if that isn't your intent. "Or is it just good old-fashioned fanboyism?" "Alright, time to 'put up or shut up'." Seriously do you read what you type at times.

First, that isn't the truth, I have considered multiple times of ''buying a PS3", the reason I haven't, I don't have the money to do so. As to my bad experiences, it stems from me buying a PS2, and then having to fight Sony to repair something that I needed repaired while the PS2 was still under warranty. Needless to say that I don't own a PS2 anymore, but I've also considered buying one from GameStop on more than one occasion, but lack of finances to fund another console have kept me from doing so. When I finally got those repairs, it took more than a month mainly the whole month of June. This considering my 360 was repaired in just over two weeks. Also bad experiences with two Sony desktops and trying to get them to repair those. Considering that anyone I talked to in Sony just sent me into a phone loop, one lasting for 5 hours, and the rest 2+ hours. Oh and I never got those repairs to any of them because they were “not under warranty”, when they were. The desktop repairs my parents had to pay for, then we eventually chucked them in favor of an HP (for me) and Dell desktops (for my parents), and neither have had even an eighth of the problems, put together, that just one the Sonys, and my HP Desktop has Vista, which hasn’t caused me one problem. All three times, they were within the warranty period that Sony provided for repairs and we got the run around. That was frustrating to say the least. Although it was amusing to hear my father scream over the phone at Sony for about 2 hours.

Also another reason is multiple stories I've heard from friends about Sony's repair process for the PS3. One of them had to wait over a month for Sony to repair the console, then even though it was still under warranty, they tried to bill him for over $500 in repair parts and labor! It took over 2 weeks to get that sorted out, and then Sony didn't even do anything to apologize for their mistake. He'd just gotten the console one month before, so it was well within the warranty period. Since then, they've all switched over to the 360. And yes I actually saw the bill they tried to stick him with.

As to the statement: "If Sony comments on Mass Effect, or reveals Mass Effect information, we should avoid adding that information to articles (not that this happened, just thinking ahead) simply because one of our admins doesn't 'take their word on anything'?" That is just completely ludicrous, and probably one of the most ludicrous I've heard. What is probably the best place for ME2 or ME3 information for the PS3, hmm, perhaps Sony itself. I won't say no to perfectly valid information, and frankly that whole statement can come across as extremely rude and insulting to my integrity, which is something I don't take lightly.

Considering I'm also thinking of a career in the game design industry, I've read multiple accounts of Sony outright demanding exclusive content for the PS3. Microsoft doesn’t make demands for exclusive 360 content, or at least not as far as I've read. Exclusive content for one console is not the best way to make friends, and PS3 sales have suffered for it. It could also be other factors, but the exclusive content is a hot topic, and many gamers are angry at Sony for demanding exclusive content for the PS3.

As to the information, Sony has pulled info in the past about game release dates, games for the PS3 and information on them, DLC for the PS3, and content available and when it will be available on the PS3. Now granted these things are nothing new as stuff like this happens, but usually Sony does nothing to clarify why information was pulled or why it was incorrect. Again they aren’t the only ones who do this, Microsoft and Nintendo have done this as well, but Sony seems to do it more often than the other two.

As to the Twitter account, it probably is run by someone further down the line, but probably not the one on the bottom. That’s my guess.

So yeah I have problems with Sony for their business practices, and my past history dealing with them. Also to date, they have yet much to redeem themselves in my eyes. But again if I have the chance to buy a PS3, then I’ll do so. Also I won't dismiss anything official from Sony, which you seem that I will. Each source has to be evaluated on a case by case basis, and just because it's from Sony, doesn't mean that I won't review it with the same diligence that I would something from EA or Microsoft.