The great PS3 is not-so-great, says NY Times writer

It doesn’t take a genius to figure out that Seth Schiesel of “The New York Times” wasn’t impressed with Sony‘s PS3. Duh. The first line alone of his article on the newspaper was enough hint already.

Read: “Howard Stringer, you have a problem. Your company’s new video game system just isn’t that great.”

And how did he come to say that? Well, after spending “more than 30 hours using the PlayStation 3 over the last week or so and may have played more different games on the system-13- than probably anyone outside of Sony itself”, it is apparent he believes that he is in a pretty good standing to conclusively talk about the PS3. And while he’s more than entitled to his opinions, we’re still sure that he’s just earned himself a whole new bunch of haters.

But listen first to what the guy had to say. Well, actually, there was a lot, and most of them weren’t really flattering. But simply put, the PS3’s power failed to impress him. Sure, so it is unarguably the world’s most powerful game console in terms of the technical benchmarks. However, it just does not deliver on the “engaging overall entertainment experience that Sony promised.”

His take on the matter is that there’s a big difference between technical power and fun experience, and Sony appeared to have confused one over the other.

His critique of the PS3 was taken in conjunction with his comparison to the Xbox 360. He wrote, “Twelve minutes after opening the box (Xbox 360), I had created my nickname, was in a game of Quake 4 and thought, ‘This can’t be this easy’… I never felt that way using the PlayStation 3.”

But inspite all these, he still managed to give credit to where it is due. He describes the multi-player battles in Resistance: Fall of Man as “excellent”, and found the arcade-style action of Blast Factor to be “suitably frantic.”

And what did Sony have to say about all these?

Next-Gen managed to get a response from them, albeit via email, particularly from SCEA communications boss Dave Karraker. He said, “This is one’s person’s view of the PlayStation 3 and is not reflective of the majority of great reviews the system has received to date.”

That’s right, Dave. Shake it off.

You can check out Seth Schiesel’s full article by clicking on the “Read” link below.

It doesn’t take a genius to figure out that Seth Schiesel of “The New York Times” wasn’t impressed with Sony‘s PS3. Duh. The first line alone of his article on the newspaper was enough hint already.

Read: “Howard Stringer, you have a problem. Your company’s new video game system just isn’t that great.”

And how did he come to say that? Well, after spending “more than 30 hours using the PlayStation 3 over the last week or so and may have played more different games on the system-13- than probably anyone outside of Sony itself”, it is apparent he believes that he is in a pretty good standing to conclusively talk about the PS3. And while he’s more than entitled to his opinions, we’re still sure that he’s just earned himself a whole new bunch of haters.

But listen first to what the guy had to say. Well, actually, there was a lot, and most of them weren’t really flattering. But simply put, the PS3’s power failed to impress him. Sure, so it is unarguably the world’s most powerful game console in terms of the technical benchmarks. However, it just does not deliver on the “engaging overall entertainment experience that Sony promised.”

His take on the matter is that there’s a big difference between technical power and fun experience, and Sony appeared to have confused one over the other.

His critique of the PS3 was taken in conjunction with his comparison to the Xbox 360. He wrote, “Twelve minutes after opening the box (Xbox 360), I had created my nickname, was in a game of Quake 4 and thought, ‘This can’t be this easy’… I never felt that way using the PlayStation 3.”

But inspite all these, he still managed to give credit to where it is due. He describes the multi-player battles in Resistance: Fall of Man as “excellent”, and found the arcade-style action of Blast Factor to be “suitably frantic.”

And what did Sony have to say about all these?

Next-Gen managed to get a response from them, albeit via email, particularly from SCEA communications boss Dave Karraker. He said, “This is one’s person’s view of the PlayStation 3 and is not reflective of the majority of great reviews the system has received to date.”

That’s right, Dave. Shake it off.

You can check out Seth Schiesel’s full article by clicking on the “Read” link below.