Sony Employee Fired For Commenting Ps3 Development

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  1. Xaon

    Xaon Well-Known Member

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    Josh Robinson, a former Sony Online Entertainment employee, was fired for posting an article in which he commented on the PS3 development. He revealed that at the time of his writing there was no final hardware development kits and that SOE got one of only five PS3 development kits delivered in the U.S. But probably what irritated his bosses the most was Robinson’s comments on the superiority of the Xbox 360:
    ^^^So this guy is fired is because he admitted that the PS3 is by far worse than Microsoft's Xbox 360.^^^
    This is recent news, posted Feb. 3rd, 2006 4:30 pm right here:
    ---> http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/10175/Sony-E...S3-Development/

    So, for those who think that the PS3 is better than Xbox 360.... it's not.
     
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    hahah that is not even reliable...its from a xbox fan site...so biased...hahahaha and until ps3 is out...you cant say what is better and what is not
     
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    i would fire that guy too
     
  4. Lexor

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    Lots of people in sony said that xbox 360 is better, so you cant argue with the ps3 developers themselves. Btw, the article is cached on google so you can still find it. And that site isn't the only one that has that information.
    So all the ps3 fans are getting told right now.
     
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    probably that is his own opinion...
    and probably got paid by microsoft to say it.
    im still getting ps3 no matter what.
     
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    what if the price skyrockets
     
  7. Lexor

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    Not only his opinion, but also many other's in sony.
    Plus he didn't want to get fired and didn't even expeced it. He wasn't happy about that either. He was just asking differant sony members about it, and they agreed that so far xbox 360 is better.
     
  8. Xaon

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    No, it's not his opinion. It's a fact, and he got fired by Sony for posting it in an article.
    And no, this guy doesn't work for Microsoft, he's working for Sony (or used to, that is).
     
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    And sony wouldn't just fire him like that. They were just really irratated that it was a fact.
     
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    The actual comment the employee said was that the 360 would be easier to develop for than the PS3. No where was it stated that the 360 is better than the PS3. If you heard that than its a fanboy twisting the words of this gaming news article and one thing I can tell you is to never trust a fanboy...they are usually dumber than bricks.

    Its true though, the 360 will be easier to develop for cause theres no cell processor and your woking with DVDs instead of Blu-Ray...but who cares?? Sony will still be great cause it will offer its amazing line up of games and microsoft will still be great for its online play. There, enough said
     
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    Those are interesting news but I already heard about it. It seems like Sony really got angry over nothing. Why fire a person for saying that unless it is true to some extent? Hmmm......

    I know of course that this information is true, because it has been confirmed by many non-biased sites. But it is surprising that they actually don't have any hardware development kits yet. It seems that if the
    PS3 was released right now then it would pretty much suck compared to the Xbox 360. Thats probably why Sony is delaying the release.

    It's ok though. If PS3 stays in development for a year or two longer, then it will probably have a good tech advantage. Better technology will be out.

    And no Kyto, Robinson didn't just say that it will be easier to develop for the Xbox 360. Check these sites out!!!

    http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=14477

    http://forums.cheatcc.com/blogs/news_by_li.../03/113739.aspx

    http://www.jolt.co.uk/index.php?articleid=5429

    Full article here!!! http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/ps3/sony-insi...ents-148088.php
     
  12. HOOD PROPHET

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    seems the source is from xbox.com i exspect it to be false and also Josh Robinson could be an employee like the cleaner so i dont trust him
     
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    its from an xbox fan site , i have so many things to write but the stupidity of this post is just to high , god how stupid are you to belive that?
     
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    Yeah, I won't trust that stuff. I'm still gonna buy the ps3 anyway because of 1.Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
    2.Devil May Cry 4
    3. Ni-Oh
    4.Way of the Samurai 3
    5.Dynasty Warriors
    6.Unreal Tournament 2007
    7.Lair
    8.Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent
    9.Killzone 2
    10.Eyedentify
     
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    the system isn't really great for its capabilities but the developers who develop games for them. if i remember correctly, nintendo admitted that they would have the weakest of the next gen consoles. but hey great graphics are still cool but id by the system for the games that i'd be wanting to play (like most of the games night strife said :D ) .
     

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