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SCEE has Screwed Europe for the last time

Jonathan Britton writes Playstation Network @ Home "
I'm sure you have notice how different USA and Japan/Hong Kong get treated when it comes to the Playstation 3,
not only do SCEA and SCEJ listen to there gamers they also hold POLLS
and take feed back from them like they did with the New PS store.
Easy to navigate everything in its right sub section different way's to see the content you're looking for a Preview button to.
Just shows that SCEA and SCEJ listen to there Customers.
But the question is why doesn't SCEE.

Sony/SCEE have taken the design of the USA/HONG Kong PS Store and have
turned it into a store so hard to find what you want and looking for
its like looking for a needle in a hay stack.
We've been given a watered down version of the USA/HONG KONG PS Store with bland icons.
I wrote a letter to SCEE which I thought I should show you since I have sent it."

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NO_PUDding5868d ago

I am in UK but I agree.

Stop whining you idiot. It'll be sorted, I do care, but whining with a pointless HUGE email won't help.

fenderputty5868d ago

gets screwed a little bit here.

Really though, the fixing of the store was only something to be marginally excited about. If it was fixed wrong, one should only be marginally upset.

After all, it's only Sony shooting themselves in the foot since, it's really only preventing users from buying their crap easily. I'm sure things will be tailored and fixed a bit but, in the end it's only a store and not a function that's a deal breaker for buying or owning a PS3.

theKiller5868d ago (Edited 5868d ago )

its true we in europe get things last but we get it in good way and with out any confusion and a better launching!! in USA and japan ps3 launch was horrible they didnt have enough games nor consoles but we in europe we get it in a mass quantities and with more games! so which one do u choose? i choose the the europe treatment

subzero95868d ago

it may not help but it will get SCEE's attention and they maybe will start being more on top of things. If you dont care about whats going on for your country, good for you, unlike you, people actually want what was promised and want what is supposed to be there for them. People like you make these kind of things happen because soon SCEE will think "hey they dont really care, lets make more themes to make the day go by faster then after my vacation ill start on this thing" and you will end up not getting what you want for like 6 months when you see people in the US and Japan enjoying what YOU want. I live in the US and just having GTA IV delayed nearly killed me, but that is just a game, when people in Europe found out that THE WHOLE SYSTEM was delayed for months, it may have killed some people. Well you might disagree with me but this is my point and you made yours.

Science_NERD5868d ago

Inertia is a property of matter! and the acce;eration due to gravity is 9.81m/s(squared) !!! WOW!

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TheHater5868d ago

Hong Kong Playstation store? That store is even lamer than the European Store.
Oh and don't the ps3 owners in the US and Canada have to pre-order MGS4 in order to get the beta for Metal Gear online? Don't Europeans get it for free?
There isn't any different other than the demo tab between the US and Japan over the European Playstation store.

But I do agree with him on that fact that it seems that Europeans are always treated unfairly

Vip3r5868d ago

Yes, the beta that doesn't work because you have to create some stupid game and konami ID that you can't get because their servers are gimped.

Kemicalbeliefs5868d ago (Edited 5868d ago )

I feel he's offering his opinion of which I can relate to in many of the points he has raised.

I know that Sonys excuse of releasing the machine earlier and so they get everything earlier (I know you have to take European translations into account)but I think thats bs. Perhaps we should act the same way so when they release a game on the 3rd May we buy it 5 months later.

They know though that however you treat Europeans we won't really spit our dummies out like other markets can. We take it on the chin and complain to each other, rather than the people that matter.

Edit: I've read the rest of his letter and he does go on a bit about little bits of nothing, thus destroying the effect his letter could have had.

Alcohog5868d ago (Edited 5868d ago )

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

Quick, call in the wambulance to deliver a wamburger and french cries, immediately!

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Vader823d ago

No 7 days to die is criminal

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Microsoft once tried to nab LittleBigPlanet from Sony after a few drinks

It turns out that many moons ago, Microsoft once had its eye on the Sony published LittleBigPlanet series.

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XiNatsuDragnel6d ago

Microsoft had a good idea but fumbled it again.

Cacabunga5d ago (Edited 5d ago )

Project Spark idea was decent but they quickly gave up ..
LBP was wonderful

ApocalypseShadow6d ago

Microsoft in a nutshell. Always tried to poach Sony employees, games, 3rd party games and devices like the depth camera that was turned into Kinect but was running on PS2 before Xbox 360. Wouldn't be surprised they wanted LBP. Just like they worked behind the scenes pushing the MLB to bring Sony's baseball game to Xbox instead of making their own.
https://www.playstationlife...

They didn't spend years trying to develop their own baseball game. They wanted Sony's game.

They're scum.

Zachmo1825d ago

Microsoft didn't force MLB on Xbox. MLB gave Sony 2 options either go multiplat or risk losing the license.

Rynxie4d ago

And why do you think MLB said that? I believe Ms approached MLB.

ApocalypseShadow4d ago (Edited 4d ago )

Totally ridiculous comment.

The only exclusivity Sony had was to their own creation of The Show. Microsoft could have paid the MLB for the license just like Sony did and made their own baseball game.

Microsoft instead, groomed MLB for years in trying to poach Sony's game and bring it to Xbox. They're worth 3 TRILLION dollars. You think that's not enough money to make their own baseball game? Don't be delusional.

Microsoft spun it like they always do and told the media that they had to trust Sony with their hardware. After they put Sony in that position of not having a choice. Either go multiplatform or stop making one of their successful games. That's a no win scenario.

And what did Microsoft do? They didn't try to sell the game to the Xbox community. They put it on game pass to hurt Sony. Pushing the idea of why buy games that are $70 when you can play them in their cheap service for $10. It was a dirty tactic.

You fell for the Kool aid drink Microsoft served you instead of spitting it out. Hope it tasted good because you were fooled by Phil and the gang.

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Hereandthere4d ago

Xbox executive Sara Bond has told Axios that Microsoft spent a number of years trying to get MLB The Show onto Xbox consoles. And when it finally succeeded in breaking off PlayStation’s long-held exclusivity, the company had to “trust” Sony with pre-release Xbox Series X/S consoles.

Bond revealed that MLB The Show “always came up” in conversations between Microsoft and the Major League Baseball organization. “We always said, ‘We love this game. It would be a huge opportunity to bring it to Xbox.'” she recalled. However, when Microsoft’s efforts materialized, it put the company in an awkward situation where it had to send in pre-release consoles to a rival company.

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Notellin4d ago

"Microsoft instead, groomed MLB for years in trying to poach Sony's game and bring it to Xbox."

Take a nap, conspiracies are rotting your brain.

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Hereandthere4d ago

Xbox executive Sara Bond has told Axios that Microsoft spent a number of years trying to get MLB The Show onto Xbox consoles. And when it finally succeeded in breaking off PlayStation’s long-held exclusivity, the company had to “trust” Sony with pre-release Xbox Series X/S consoles.

ApocalypseShadow3d ago

Lying to yourself is unbecoming.

Article link tells you all you need to know in Sarah Bond's own words.

Hereandthere4d ago

They were too cheap/inept/lazy to develop their own mlb game, so they port begged for years and bribed the mlb to make the show multiplatform. Like i said many times, xbox brought nothing to the table their 24 years, ZERO.

ApocalypseShadow3d ago

At least you and others get it. Note drank the Kool aid and asked for seconds thinking it was refreshing.

Most don't even know how it all played out but it's there in black and white for all to see. Microsoft brought it up for years until the MLB forced Sony's hand. It was a win win for Microsoft. Kill one reason to buy a PlayStation or kill the game by dropping it in a cheap service to kill Sony's sales numbers on PlayStation.

OtterX5d ago

"However, Healey said Media Molecule wouldn't have felt right doing that, adding it would have been "morally corrupt"."

Major kudos to Media Molecule for being an upright studio with principles.

Cockney3d ago

They chose well, Sony gave them the backing to pursue their dreams with no restrictions even tho their games especially dreams have very niche appeal. Media molecule and Sony deserve respect for this in an age of risk averse publishing.

RNTody5d ago (Edited 5d ago )

Great, more stories like this please. Show the last of the zombies holding the line what we've been saying for years: Microsoft is anti competition, anti industry and has no interest in making games at all.

But hey, at least there's an Xbox Games Showcase to look forward to, right?

Inverno5d ago

Well considering SONY just killed the series, LBP would've been dead by now either way. Though MM probably wouldn't exist by now either, so I'm glad they stayed with SONY, hopefully they don't get shut down any time soon or ever honestly.

Inverno5d ago

They shut down the servers, that's millions of user created levels gone. That and dead are pretty much the same, it's also been years since 3 and they cancelled HUB soooo.

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fsfsxii4d ago

They shutdown the servers because no one was playing, no one in the community cared about the user created levels so why keep them up? Wtf you guys would never succeed in running a business.

Inverno4d ago

Yea dood no one was playing so they shut off the servers. Cause people with enough common sense can't just Google why they were actually shut of, right?

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