PC World thinks PS3 is a screwup

There are a lot of sources all over the internet. “Virtually limitless” is quite an appropriate phrase for it when you really think about it. While some of them are credible and of course, a handful of them are not. Online site PC World is relatively big, there’s no real issue with that. However, we can’t help but wonder how we would see them after knowing that they recently listed the PlayStation 3 as one of the top 21 Screwups of 2006.

The article, which was authored by a certain Dan Tynan, actually placed Sony‘s next-gen baby on the number 8 spot. Titled “PS3: Late, Expensive, Incompatible,” some of his key points include:

• By the time the PS3 arrived, it was six months late, and Nintendo’s cheaper and more innovative Wii had stolen much of its thunder.
• Sony shipped an estimated 150,000 units for the North American launch, or less than half the number it had originally planned.
• The PS3 was incompatible with more than 200 PSOne and PS2 games, though Sony is addressing that problem through online updates.

In case Tynan isn’t aware, the ideas he presented regarding the PS3 are not that original and stellar. The PS3 fan base have already accepted those facts and are now trying to look for a brighter tomorrow. Anyway, Tynan mentioned that Sony committed a big mistake when they “tried to turn a super computer into a gaming device.” The bigger mistake, the author continued, is their failure to drive a stake through the heart of Nintendo when the opportunity offered.

Any violent reactions? Retaliations? QJ is your turf, feel free to speak your mind. And oh, in case you are wondering what made it to the number one spot, Tynan believes its the Sony lithium ion batteries. Hmm, we’re beginning to smell something fishy here…

There are a lot of sources all over the internet. “Virtually limitless” is quite an appropriate phrase for it when you really think about it. While some of them are credible and of course, a handful of them are not. Online site PC World is relatively big, there’s no real issue with that. However, we can’t help but wonder how we would see them after knowing that they recently listed the PlayStation 3 as one of the top 21 Screwups of 2006.

The article, which was authored by a certain Dan Tynan, actually placed Sony‘s next-gen baby on the number 8 spot. Titled “PS3: Late, Expensive, Incompatible,” some of his key points include:

• By the time the PS3 arrived, it was six months late, and Nintendo’s cheaper and more innovative Wii had stolen much of its thunder.
• Sony shipped an estimated 150,000 units for the North American launch, or less than half the number it had originally planned.
• The PS3 was incompatible with more than 200 PSOne and PS2 games, though Sony is addressing that problem through online updates.

In case Tynan isn’t aware, the ideas he presented regarding the PS3 are not that original and stellar. The PS3 fan base have already accepted those facts and are now trying to look for a brighter tomorrow. Anyway, Tynan mentioned that Sony committed a big mistake when they “tried to turn a super computer into a gaming device.” The bigger mistake, the author continued, is their failure to drive a stake through the heart of Nintendo when the opportunity offered.

Any violent reactions? Retaliations? QJ is your turf, feel free to speak your mind. And oh, in case you are wondering what made it to the number one spot, Tynan believes its the Sony lithium ion batteries. Hmm, we’re beginning to smell something fishy here…