What an obnoxious little child.

He should just apologise and tell us they'll do the best they can instead of insults his customers, making excuses, and passing the blame onto others.

Wtf did that flying car comment have to do with anything, except for exposing himself as a retard and pissing me off?

I guess at the very least we can say Yamauchi saved the console business, even if he didn't invent it.

But he did say some pretty ridiculous things.

"Yeah, I know the Dreamcast is made by SEGA, but the Gamecube became the Dreamcast(for the reasons I mentioned above)"

And yet, not. Nintendo has survived [and grown] where SEGA and the Dreamcast has not.

"Really, you are. You have blinders on, and refuse to see the fact that the graphics are pretty damn good in a lot of games. "

good compared to what? ps1/2? some games. some ps2 games look better.

compared to GoW?

LOLOLZOLZ

Are there really 8000 games total for PS1 and PS2? Really? Does that number seem a little high to anyone else? Is there a source we can check on that?

The worst thing about all of this is the smarmy attitde of this guy. Like it's THE CONSUMERS fault for EXPECTING Sony to follow up on their own promises...What a douche!

nekofrog, don't misunderstand me, I don't dispute that PS3 has great graphics and capabilities, but I have not seen anything so far that looks different from what can be done on a PS2. Just the stuff that Konami, Square-Enix, Capcom, and Level 5 does on a PS2 alone looks as good as stuff I have seen on these so called 'next-gen' systems. Now between the PSX and PS2, you could see a marked improvement. But now those changes aren't really visible at first glance.

I guess you see the difference in the gameplay and framerates huh?

And I am a Playstation guy. I just recently started supporting Nintendo. If they come at me with the same old critter games, no RPGS, and obscure Disney movie titles(a-la Gamecube)... then it will be the Dreamcast, N64, Gamecube all over again. Yeah, I know the Dreamcast is made by SEGA, but the Gamecube became the Dreamcast(for the reasons I mentioned above).

Yamauchi himself wasn't greatly responsible for that. He personally despised video games.

mahew 11.17.2006 at 09:37:28 AM
"Oh yes, good old Yamauchi, who almost brought Nintendo to ruin."

Eh, what? The guy that took a playing card company and created a new industry from it (you may have heard of it, it's called the Japanese and US console industry) The guy that made billions of dollars for himself?

And at no point was Nintendo 'in ruin'. In terms of profits they have been the non-stop dominant force in gaming for the last 24 years.

Neko is sounding pretty desperate...

I wonder why a persecuted fanboy moron like him would stick around for so long.

Is it to much speculation that he's perhaps a paid Sony troll? One group of them were caught in Australia, they were stupid enough to post from Sony HQ's IP.

Have you done a trace on his IP GAF?

"It won't hurt you to admit even a little bit that the PS3 has good graphics. "

Good, but not great, and CERTAINLY not what we were promised....maybe this will change, but if it doesn't I don't understand why anyone would pay $600 for it (a better game selection would certainly help).

I certainly wouldn't say that Silent Hill 3 looks better than PS3 games though.

I can't believe that article. As long as the Wii is compatible with Gamecube games, I will be happy. Who the (expletive) cares about being able to play N64/SNES/NES CARTRIDGES!!! on the Wii.

So far, there is nothing that I have seen on the PS3 that I have not seen on a PS2. Silent Hill 3 has better graphics than a lot of the screens of so called 'next-gen' PS3 games I have seen.

Don't even try it Sony! If people want Blue Ray disc players to play movies, they will buy them! Gamers want to play games, and get on the internet to game.

I am overly tired of hearing "It'll be fixed in the next firmware!" or "Wait for the download!!". Sigh. Sony's ALREADY PATCHED the Ps3 in Japan with new firmware. A day or so after launch this is unacceptable. Modern-day broadband applications lead to developer laziness and exploitation of consumers. I've been dreading this sort of technology coming to home consoles for over half a decade now. I used to be an avid PC gamer and there's a reason I'm not anymore.

Remember that Sony wants you to download your PS1, PS2 games to your PS3 in the future. So, virtual downloading *counts* as backwards compatability to Sony.

But only when they say.

Just like Connectivity is only "good" when it's PSP to PS3 and not when we were using it on the GBA to GC or the DS to Wii.

Oh yes, good old Yamauchi, who almost brought Nintendo to ruin. Isn't it funny how even Nintendo detractors end up comparing Sony execs to him?

Hmmm, fiscal year is April 1st for Sony, so if they are expecting 6 million shipments worldwide, there shouldn't be any problems in the UK, right?

RIGHT??

Lik-who?

Ooooooh noes, now I cant play teh Rygar catrge in my Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

he obviously feels threatened by the competition, and if he is talking about the wii, since when does that not have backwards compatibility, could he just be saying that simply because its not out yet. i think sony should hire poeple and not chimps, i know chimps are cheaper but look at what they come out with

Well, I have to say this is another Sony like Laurel and Hardy act which is funny but also insulting. If you can't do the freaking backwards compatibilty 100% why the hell bother at all? People want to get rid of their previous PS systems but can't because of Sony messups.

The competition has nothing to do with them. That's like blaming your dog when you homework isn't done, it doesn't cut the mustard at all. Seems Sony are sealing their own doom, by buying the nails for their own coffin too, how stupid.

I agree that MS should look still commit themselves to making their full Xbox back catalogue work, whether through emulation (they could learn a lot from modders here, if they'd stopped chastising them and worked with them) or updates. With every 360 update some of the Xbox games should be covered, period. No excuses. I'm still waiting to play my Panzer Dragoon Orta, MS, get it together.

This is one of the problems with these PC like updates of consoles, is that it makes developers/publishers lazy with an 'we can fix that later attitude' which is very bad. Would Nasa or Ford do this (though I know that's different, but the same rule applies)?

Perhaps its MS and Sony switchin their GPUs is what has caused these BC problems, if so I'm just glad Nintendo stuck with ATi again. Games not running on your console when they should be, isn't acceptable and its one of the first things you should have on your mind, and specifically test when creating a new console, that you say will be BC. Even if you have to get each of those 8000 games tested and working, either way it should be done. I'll be watching for updates like a hawk to see if Sony (and MS too) let us down or not.

Get a grip Sony and MS, this ain't PCs you are dealing with but they are close, which to such advantage is why these problems should be ironed out swiftly, especially if online too.. That car/breakfast crap is ridiculou and once again Sony, you've disrespected your customers.

Go Nintendo, I'm sorry guys but I'd choose all my GC games working on Wii (those should include imports too, unlike Sony) over fancy HD and Blu Ray options any day of the week.

We demand a finger, yakuza style, Sony.

I can't believe these people. It really seems like they hire people that know nothing about what is going on to do their talking.
About Neko's remark about Yamauchi... I agree. At least he wasn't a liar; just stark raving mad. Which is entertaining in itself. :)

I still think Yamauchi's constant stream of insanity while at the top of the heap at Nintendo was much more entertaining than anything Sony has done or said recently.

You know, I'll bet that "competition" he was talking about was the Gamecube, which actually ISN'T backward compatible. But it would be just like Sony to pretend their competition is the preveious-gen machine, just like they were comparing the PSP's performance to the GBA after the DS had already launched.

estupido. jajajaja.

Man, this guy comes off as a major douchebag. I don't think it's too big a deal that some games won't work properly, I just feel that Sony should have said something about it before release. And you would expect a VP of Sony to be more knowledgeable about the competition...

What if he was talking about the Xbox 360 and the Dreamcast? :P Certainly the "most powerful console ever" is also competing against every console ever made before...

GOD, Don't you guys just f***ing LOVE sony?

they RULE.

Why is Sony so good at making themselves look so bad?

According to this douche bag, no.

Wow! After a brief pause, Sony execs are back at it again!

Sorry, I've thought about this guy's quote more...

Sony PROMISED backwards compatibility with their PS2 and PS1 games. And when people asked why they haven't delivered what was promised, he says, "I would like my car to fly and make me breakfast, but that's an unrealistic expectation."

Tretton, if your car dealer promised you a flying, breakfast-making car IN WRITING, it better DO JUST THAT. Your PS3 buyers aren't asking for something unrealistic for the PS3. It's one of your bullet-points, jackass.

The correct answer was "We're sorry for the inconvenience and we're working to fix the problem through downloadable firmware upgrades."

"Not really. VC games on the Wii are ports. That's not backwards compatibility. Backwards compatibility would be if you could plug a NES, SNES, or N64 cart into a slot on the Wii somewhere."

The VC games you play (so far as we know) are the same code as was encoded on the ROMs, but emulated from a different storage medium. Wouldn't ports be re-engineered code for the purpose of playing on different hardware? Nintendo acts like they don't want to mess with the old code.

That's beside the point though. The real issue here is the guy is an idiot. He even gets a bit snide when he brings up his car. Just like that flyer that said Wii's internet would be "free for the first six months", Sony has resorted to simply lying about their competition.

Gamecube games are 100% backwards compatibility (as already mentioned). That alone is something big. Meanwhile even though one cannot shove in a cartridge and such to play the virtual console games, they are still supposedly 100% authentic to the originals. The whole BC comment with regards to the virtual console is a 'legal' technicality. Pure rubbish.

Bah, sony's PR is full of B.S. it infuriates me. Why can't they just stick to their own game plan and shut up already?

The 1/3 comment is referring to the 360. It's more than that in North America, but there are a bunch of games outside of NA that they didn't bother to make backwards-compatible.

As for the Wii, it's backwards-compatible with all GC games. So...I don't know what this guy is thinking.

yaztimbenzo:

Not really. VC games on the Wii are ports. That's not backwards compatibility. Backwards compatibility would be if you could plug a NES, SNES, or N64 cart into a slot on the Wii somewhere.

Wii -is- backwards compatible with GCN games though; those aren't run through the Virtual Console.

Someone find this man a crow! STAT!

Pretty sure he won't be fielding anymore questions in the future.