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PlayStation Store download limbo (PS3 annoyance #004)
Learn from your competitors' mistakes. When Xbox 360 shipped with crippled downloading functionality, we were all over it -- for months. When the problem was eventually corrected with a spring update, we figured our suffering had ended. Enter PlayStation 3.That Sony's new console lacks background downloading and a download queue is maddening. It represents an utter failure on Sony's part to use these past 12 months to orchestrate a console launch that exceeds the precedent set by Microsoft. Sure, a firmware update could fix this, but why is Sony launching with a feature that gamers deemed unacceptable a year ago?Update: As noted in Comment #6, if cancelled, downloads can't be resumed later (file must be re-downloaded in its entirety).PS3 delights vs. PS3 annoyancesXbox 360 delights vs. Xbox 360 annoyancesWii delights vs. Wii annoyances
Sixaxis controller is worth its weight (PS3 annoyance #002)
We were tempted to write that there's no excuse for the Sixaxis controller's extreme light weight, but even as we were writing that, an excuse popped into our heads: perhaps Sony cut the weight of the controller to keep shipping costs down as they air-ship PlayStation 3s hither and thither during this launch window. We therefore hope that once all this launch fallout has settled, we'll be seeing a modified Sixaxis, with the following issues fixed (really, each of these could be its own annoyance):
