In a recent article on CNet’s “Negative Approach” blog called “Why the Wii and Xbox are killing Sony’s PS3″ by Dave Rosenberg, there are a number of interesting points made, but few of them are new. This is not special or important at all, but what is amusing is the list of factual errors in the article, the most glaring of which is not the unwillingness to call the Xbox 360 by its own name rather than that of its predecessor, follows.

Minimal modern touches (i.e. social features)
The Wii makes your goofy little Mii character come alive by connecting consoles online. Xbox Live has a community and marketplace. Playstation Home is compelling but empty, which should even out over time. But, the competition is so far ahead, Sony needed to do something much bigger and better.

Personally, I thought the social stuff was a little stupid until my nephew destroyed me in Wii bowling while playing 3,000 miles away. Now I get it.

No, he still doesn’t get it. Miis have nothing to do with connecting consoles online, and social stuff on Wii is not a little stupid. What’s stupid is that Rosenberg thought that he was playing Wii Sports Bowling online with his nephew, when in fact he was playing with an AI controlled opponent who was using his nephew’s Mii. There is no online play in Wii Sports.

In his favor, I find the argument that games take too long to start on PS3 surprising, as I’ve never heard that complaint before. I do find that some games take a long time to start up, but it’s not something that makes me “curse the machine” as he claims.

Source: CNet