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Blood in the water Over the last few months I’ve been imagining Sony with one of those ‘number of days since last accident’ signs in their boardroom, and I doubt it’s ever made it to double digits. They just seem to constantly sleepwalk into problems that should never have happened and this business with Gran Turismo 7 is the latest example.
They already been in trouble for trying to make it too hard to earn in-game money, thereby making cars more expensive. In fact, they’d had to do a U-turn about it. So what did they think was going to happen when they suddenly increased the prices under the phony guise of realism?
They certainly have been making mistakes and yet I still feel sorry for them, not only because the PlayStation is my console of choice but because I’ve sensed that media and fans have started to dogpile on Sony in recent weeks, creating what seems to me to be a clear bias in favour of Xbox.
For example, a common complaint is their poor communication, which I accept has been a problem, but has Xbox been any better? I can’t remember the last time they had an announcement and at least Sony has the VR reveal this week. Xbox also has even less games than Sony scheduled this year and yet it’s Sony that’s getting the most grief for that.
I’m not suggesting any kind of conspiracy here, I just think it’s a shame that social media encourages everyone to follow the crowd and at the moment Sony is the punching bag. I just think it’s bad for everyone, as the second Sony do announce something cool they’ll be flavour of
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