http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/ Engadget Comments for CE-Oh no he didn't! Part XVIII - Gates sez Sony "bricks" would sell well http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/Nov 22nd 2006 12:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/Nov 22nd 2006 12:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgriGs3_9gc]]>Nov 22nd 2006 12:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/Nov 22nd 2006 2:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/
And the year late thing is most likely referring to the XBox, not the Zune, surely. (Strictly speaking 2 years late, but thats a lot less than 7 years late like the Zune is)]]>Nov 22nd 2006 12:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/Nov 22nd 2006 12:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/Nov 23rd 2006 6:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/Nov 22nd 2006 12:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/Nov 22nd 2006 12:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/True, with XP, the "MS time" is getting closer to reality, but with older versions of Windows, the difference was obvious.]]>Nov 22nd 2006 6:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/Nov 22nd 2006 12:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/Nov 22nd 2006 12:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/Nov 23rd 2006 1:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/ v. - to render inoperational. -"That tojan firmware updated bricked my PSP"
n. - an object that is of limited or no functionality. -"I thought I was buying a good used computer but it turned out to be a brick. It won't even turn on!"]]>Nov 22nd 2006 12:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/Nov 22nd 2006 12:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/
If Sony made a brick, I'd buy it just so I could turn around and sell it on eBay for 2500 bucks! Zing!

Alright, back to work...]]>Nov 22nd 2006 12:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/Nov 22nd 2006 12:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/
Sadly, that would eliminate any chance the zune or xbox has of staying competitive.]]>Nov 22nd 2006 1:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/hardware wise the ps3 suprior against the 360]]>Nov 22nd 2006 12:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/
who gives a shit how superior inside the box is? the games are more and better on non-superior box

racing around red rocks wont last very long]]>Nov 22nd 2006 12:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/Nov 22nd 2006 12:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/]]>Nov 22nd 2006 12:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/
-expand the system (work out the kinks) through firmware updates

-get MGS4, God of War 4, and few other killer exclusives out by this time next year

- and drop the price $100 by Christmas of 2007

...The 360 would be dead. MS would have to release another console altogether to be able to compete.]]>Nov 22nd 2006 12:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/Nov 22nd 2006 1:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/Nov 22nd 2006 1:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/Nov 22nd 2006 1:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/
"This Christmas, the story is: Xbox 360 is going to sell super-well, and [Sony will] sell the rounding error amounts they can make."

Essentially claiming that the number of PS3s that Sony will be able to manufacture and sell is at the level once would consider a rounding error (that is, for non-technical types, extremely small). ]]>Nov 22nd 2006 1:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/
Anyway, If you knew the history of Sony, and why people are loyal to them, Bill's comment makes a heck load of sense, and is also ENDEARING rather than insulting. Sony literally turned the economy of Japan on its head and saved the country back in the day, which commands a heck load of respect.

You guys need to buck up on your business sense to really evaluate the meaning behind 'wot Bill sed']]>Nov 22nd 2006 1:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/
He is commenting on brand loyalty.

Although he is making an underhanded comment about how low their shipping numbers were in Japan (80,000).]]>Nov 22nd 2006 1:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/Nov 22nd 2006 1:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/Nov 22nd 2006 2:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/Nov 22nd 2006 2:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/Nov 22nd 2006 2:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/Nov 22nd 2006 2:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/
The thing is, the PS3 is going to be a Brick for a nice long while, Sony had a terrible launch, easily the worst launch since, what, Ngage? But they'll recover.]]>Nov 22nd 2006 3:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/
I am buying the 360 because of its exculsive games, downloadable movies, Live, HD, and price. I don't buy items because someone hase their name on it... (except Kylie Minogue)]]>Nov 22nd 2006 3:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/
I seriously hope Microsoft comes in third place again (come on Sony, ship the units!) simply to humble them. Lately they've been sticking their dicks in markets thay should be staying away from. Your a software company. Act like one. Make software, not hardware. Dump money into Microsoft Game Studios instead of trying to wedge your monopoly into the gaming hardware industry in some freakish attempt to overtake the entire electronics front. The day I see Microsoft branded Disc players, Receivers and TVs is the day I hope to be dead.

I don't understand how the rest of you can morally buy a 360. It makes me sick.]]>Nov 22nd 2006 3:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/Nov 22nd 2006 4:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/Nov 22nd 2006 4:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/Nov 22nd 2006 5:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/
Wow... so true... you actually just made me want the Apple brick. I was thinking that they should just start growing actual apples. They could be genetically engineered to be white, or something. MAN, that would rock.]]>Nov 22nd 2006 4:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/Nov 22nd 2006 4:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/
I don't think Gates was insulting Sony.

I think he was saying that even though Sony is one year late in the console wars, Sony has so much influence with consumers that they could make 80,000 pieces of garbage and they'd still sell.
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i am willing to bet my life that if blizzard remade galaga, it would be game of the year. i dont think any company has a more loyal fanbase...]]>Nov 22nd 2006 5:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/Nov 22nd 2006 10:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/Nov 26th 2006 9:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/ce-oh-no-he-didnt-part-xviii-gates-sez-sony-bricks-would-s/Nov 23rd 2006 2:54PM