The PlayStation brand has been becoming harder and harder for me to support, because of shitty business decisions that Sony has been making... and this is another one.
Nintendo learned its lesson after the WiiU bombed. Microsoft made a much stronger effort to right its wrongs after the Xbox One launch disaster. Sony, meanwhile, knowing that it’s the king of the mountain right now, is making all of the worst calls.
— No backwards compatibility, or even an attempt at it, because allegedly nobody plays old games
— Sony quickly gave up on its short-lived PS2 on PS4 initiative
— Sony completely fumbled the 20th anniversary of the platform that made the company relevant in video games to begin with
— Sony avoided deserved criticism for charging for online play because it quietly announced it against the backdrop of the horrible Xbox One launch announcement
— Sony’s hubris has been on display during the last few E3 press events, but none compared to the pure shitfest that was E3 2018... where the audience was shuffled from room to room, pointless musical performances wasted many a viewer’s time, the in-between talking segments were more cringeworthy than anything we’ve seen since Ravi Drums 2008, and many were left asking “That was it?” at the end
— Sony begins denying licenses to completed games, appeasing its own new prudish approach
Sony has fallen far from being the scrappy company that worked so hard to compete with the likes of Nintendo and SEGA. There’s not a lot to like about Sony anymore, and that’s just sad.
Sony is really making me question purchasing PlayStation 5 with this ridiculous Western censorship.
Right there with you. I’m more interested in where Microsoft goes at this point, because Sony has done an exceptionally good job of turning my away as a consumer.
