Actually, I do have something nice to say about Sony. The PS3 is currently the front runner, by a large margin on Folding@home. Folding @ Home of course is the protein folding distributed computing project that is utilizing protein folding, in order to find cures for alzheimers and other neurological diseases. Tho, I must say I get a kick out of how many Teraflops the PS3 is computing. (at least when this gif was made.)
Credits for the image, and original story of course go to Tom writes a blog
You know, I really have to hand it to Sony. With games like Little Big World and interfaces like Home (second life, only interesting, with good graphics)
I thought, maybe Sony really is going to do something different with the PS3 and be a worthy contender for the money of consumers. Then some doofus at Sony had to go and say this.
Home is a first of its kind 3D community that allows for open interaction between consumers, SCE and third party partners. It is a truly interactive, global community of users. Xbox Live is a static, 2D, text-heavy environment that can’t match the rich community features found in Home. Xbox Live community interaction is much more passive and limited to the members on that friend’s list.
Yes Sony, I would much rather run for 5 minutes, to the muliplayer room to see if anyone is playing my favorite game. I entirely believe that home could have stood on its own, without comparing it to Xbox live, but Sony felt compelled to throw some lemon juice on the wound. Great PR move.
…at least that is my take on it. According to this article, the european PS3s are going to be less backward compatible than their american equivalent. So let me get this right, not only do they have to pay more for the PS3 but they get a less capable SKU
I am not a fan of the PS3 by any means, but I do believe in a Gamer’s right to buy the console of their choice, something Sony is making it increasingly hard for their supporters to do.