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Sony employee fired for comparing PS3 to Xbox 360
SOE artist defends online article
A former employee of Sony Online Entertainment has spoken out about how an online article criticising the PlayStation 3 ended up getting him fired from the company.
In an interview with PS3week, former SOE 3D artist Josh Robinson said: "All I really did was write a few paragraphs that gave my opinion on publicly released information... I didnt reveal any tech info and I didnt reveal different shipping plans. Im still in awe at the whole uproar over what amounts to NO information."
In January, Robinson posted an article on his blog which read: "Our game just keeps getting moved back... And back... And back. Again, where is the box? Where is the final system? When is it coming out? No one knows and in the mean time people in the industry are starting to get just a little salty."
"You could always tell where the PS3 dev box was because its the room that had the F-bomb coming out of it half the day," he added.
But the comments most likely to have riled Sony executives were to do with the PS3's technical capabilities versus those of the Xbox 360: "Ive also talked with people on the technical side of the Xbox 360. The consistent comment I am hearing from people on my end is, 'The Xbox 360 is better'," Robinson wrote.
"They are saying that it is capable of just doing more."
Robinson told PS3week that he asked at least two Sony employees to read the blog entry before it was posted, and even showed it to an SOE producer. "We were all in agreement that I was not breaking NDA with what I was saying," he said.
However, according to Robinson, he was "Let go at Sony after the article was plopped on the desk of Sony corporate. I was also asked to remove the article immediately, which I did without any resistance."
Although Robinson has defended his right to publish the article, he claims that he has no bad feelings towards SOE: "It was something unfortunate that happened and I sincerely hope Sony isnt damaged by it... In fact I cannot say enough nice things about the CEO and the VP of the company."
"Did I knowingly break NDA? I absolutely did not. I would never do that and I would never want to hurt Sony Online. Did I dance in the grey area by even opening my mouth? Yes I did and I was fired for it."
Robinson said he received four or five job offers immediately after leaving Sony, and even got a book deal as a result of the article. He has now accepted a new position at an unnamed company in the Santa Monica area - but while Robinson is optimistic about the future, he has clearly learned a lesson from his experience.
"I guess the new rule for me is, dont ever say anything at all about anything. Ever... Ever."
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Ps3 = Pwnd
Sony refuses to admit that there shipping 6 months later with a graphical inferior and overall less powerful machine then the 360. Sony CEO's, are shitting in there pants as we speak.
Microsoft wont have the same problem it with the original xbox. MS went out and bought a good amount of developers/publishers including "Sonys Golden Child: Square Enix"
Dont worry Mr.Robinsons will probably get a job with MS or Nintendo.i have a feeling he will get the last laugh.
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| Originally posted by TweeK Microsoft wont have the same problem it with the original xbox. MS went out and bought a good amount of developers/publishers including "Sonys Golden Child: Square Enix" |
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| Originally posted by Omega_Blue it'd be nice to see capcom release a RE game for xbox |
with the constant re-affirmation of a spring release from Katagari(sp?) and the lack of ANY significant news, I whisper "vaporware"
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| Originally posted by SuspicionVandit with the constant re-affirmation of a spring release from Katagari(sp?) and the lack of ANY significant news, I whisper "vaporware" |
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| Originally posted by TweeK Apparently, 300 PS3 Units were created and sent to software developers to begin creating games for the new system. However, design flaws in the PS3 (not enough coolant) caused the systems to overheat and meltdown after a good use by the developers. Sony has a track record of over promising and under delivering on technical performance. Makes me wonder Sonys Lack of news. Hahaha! Ps3 will more likely ship in 2007. |
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| Originally posted by Lone_Raver06 I actually read somewhere that somebody was speculating that Sony was PUSHING for a winter 06 release. Which really means Q1 07 |
i think in general sony needs to get their shit together; their extraordinary late response to the ipod lost a market that they could have easily clinched (just look at the walkman they had)
and now the PS3. although this guy says it's inferior to the 360, i still can't imagine that it's going to be soooooo much worse. i mean, sony has most of the great games, and if you look at the original xbox: microsoft loses money for every xbox sold...kinda shows that microsoft should not dabble in the gaming market.
through all of it though, for some reason, i still see sony stuff as being good. it's a solid technological company even if they fuck up their business.
I thought PS3 was gonna have 3 processors
any word on the specs? I thought it was gonna be better than Xbox 360
i started a post on that called Playstation 3 with all the links to hardware and everything:
http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...threadid=316226
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