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Sony France answers to Microsoft announcement

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IncandescentPrecept

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Lyriell said:
Meh. Nothing to get upset over. It is Sony France and not US or Japan.... or even the UK.

I guess the person who tweeted it forgets the PS3 price drops and the dropping of BC and usb ports etc ad their responce.

Also...

Haw haw haw -twirls moustache-
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Yeah, but this tweet is about the PS4. Also, the PS3 didn't get a price drop in it's first year except in the US (and it was a $50 one).
 
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Shads

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Mael said:
No it was absolutely necessary actually, it showed in a simple form removing any doubt how it worked for them without having gaming journalists going with the whole 'they don't tell you everything, they're the same as MSFT' narrative journalists were pushing.
Seriously that video was brillant on many level and worked very effectively for its purpose.
Seriously we had Sony going all "We're not doing it" and we had some publications that were actually obfuscating the issue when the truth was so very simple.


There's dumb people saying shitty things everywhere, if we give them the time of day might as well discuss with people claiming that math is from Satan or something.
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We just come from different mindsets. This actually reminds me of when Sega released that ad with the kid sticking his tongue out and making fun of Sony for having shortages, which I didn't appreciate either. And I friggin' loved Sega back in it's hey day, but that was just signs of disrespect, which I don't condone for and I lost a little respect for them to release that ad to the world. It's schoolyard antics. Let the talking happen with the consumer purchases and be recognized by what you do and not what you say.
 
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jhmtehgamr20xx

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The Albatross said:
Meh, silence would have said more ... sounds desperate, when they have no reason to be
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DoctorWho said:
Trying to hard.
Not clever.

Leave the tweets to Fake Kaz.



Pretty much.
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Green Slime said:
Wow, that's really arrogant of them.
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meanspartan said:
Ya thats great but how about some games? My Ps4 is a Netflix machine lately.
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Gestault said:
That's not the sort of reaction I'd expect from a position of confidence.
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Broken Joystick said:
Yup.
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Green Slime said:
Yes really. This is PS2 level Sony arrogance.
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MrPregnantBear said:
Keep it up sony. MS is handling this turn around much better than sony did the PS3. Talk about stubbornness to change.
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Azih said:
Can Sony France even afford a twitter account?


Such a weird generation. The company doing the best in the console warz is cratering overall.
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Is this the Mile High club where "high" means something different for y'all then it means for me?

I mean, jeez....c'mon. Try harder.
 
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Mael

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Shads said:
We just come from different mindsets. This actually reminds me of when Sega released that ad with the kid sticking his tongue out and making fun of Sony for having shortages, which I didn't appreciate either. And I friggin' loved Sega back in it's hey day, but that was just signs of disrespect, which I don't condone for and I lost a little respect for them to release that ad to the world. It's schoolyard antics. Let the talking happen with the consumer purchases and be recognized by what you do and not what you say.
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No you misunderstand me, I'm not saying the tone of the video is perfect or anything.
I'm saying that they needed to make it absolutely clear how it worked because
- it was vital in how it placed them in their relationship with their customers
- that was an advantage they had

If the gaming media hadn't spent months prior to last e3 explaining to everyone how MSFT's shitty system was going to be on PS4 too because parity or some BS like that I would have been harsher with Sony's video.
As it is, it was needed.
Sega's ad in your example is childish and on top of that stupid.
It's pretty much like if Sony was going with ads in the west going "Well we don't have pkmn on vita and that's why we have the heart of gamers!".
Not having pkmn is not a good thing and it remind people of your more successful competition, it's bad.
This tweet, I have nothing good or bad to say about it, it's vanilla.
 
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Raist

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Shads said:
We just come from different mindsets. This actually reminds me of when Sega released that ad with the kid sticking his tongue out and making fun of Sony for having shortages, which I didn't appreciate either. And I friggin' loved Sega back in it's hey day, but that was just signs of disrespect, which I don't condone for and I lost a little respect for them to release that ad to the world. It's schoolyard antics. Let the talking happen with the consumer purchases and be recognized by what you do and not what you say.
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You must hate BMW and Audi man.
 
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j0hnnix

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moffattron9000

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Microsoft are trying to fix what consumers don't like about their system and are working on games like Sunset Overdrive. Meanwhile, Sony are gloating from a country where it's PM cheated on his girlfriend while riding a scooter. Please don't get your head stuck in your ass again Sony, because history says that you take years to get it out of there.
 
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Crimson_Gold

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moffattron9000 said:
Microsoft are trying to fix what consumers don't like about their system and are working on games like Sunset Overdrive. Meanwhile, Sony are gloating from a country where it's PM cheated on his girlfriend while riding a scooter. Please don't get your head stuck in your ass again Sony, because history says that you take years to get it out of there.
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Wow.

Let's not take jokes so seriously. And leave the scooters out of this. They didn't hurt anybody
 
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jhmtehgamr20xx

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hawk2025 said:
I wonder how they reacted to this:


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No see, it's perfectly okay as long as MS does it.

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But it's all good; smart or dumb I love humor, especially console fanboy humor (which is always dumb).

Crimson_Gold said:
Wow.

Let's not take jokes so seriously. And leave the scooters out of this. They didn't hurt anybody
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I also love how Sony PR is now the official representative for all of France. French people must really love their vidya gamez.

Green Slime said:
I think it reeks of arrogance and unprofessionalism. I hate when Microsoft and Nintendo do it, but Sony were once the kings of this nonsense, and it looks like they're back at it.
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You must've never seen some of the old SEGA and SNK ads. They make Sony look like saints. Even Nintendo's been way more arrogant than Sony ever was.

In fact Sony's been maybe the least arrogant out of all the big manufacturers, yet they're the ones always called it most. I wonder why....
 
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HawksWinStanley

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Well I definitely wish they'd change that weak ass "headset" they included with their console. I tried it out for the first time this past weekend and it's just such a piece of shit.

I wish they would've just gone the PS3 route again and not included anything and given us back bluetooth.
 
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Remark

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People are taking this to seriously. People act like this was from Sony Worldwode or something. Just some random dude in France.
 
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Amentallica

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I imagine some of the people in this thread with clenched fists, boiling blood, bloodshot eyes, foaming mouths, tensed muscles, obscene gesturing, and excessive profanity.
 
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Grudy

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Geez it' just 1 tweet, by sony france. likely done by a community manager or who ever handles twitter accounts and thought this was a good idea/little jab. Suddenly all the good will that sony has showed in the last few months went down the drain and we're back to 2006 sony? Chill people.
 
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Cipherr

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Raist said:
They're making fun of MS, who just announced a brave move, after carefully listening to consumer feedback and taking the right decision, even if that means sacrificing their vision, which most people weren't apparently ready for because they hate the future or something.
It's outrageous, really.
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The only thing outrageous, is MS making all these stupid mishaps in the first place, and then having to slowly retract them all while ceding market share to Sony.

Its not bravery, its the cry of submission after trying something stupid and realizing that it wasn't going to work.
 
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