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I am tired of hearing horrible PS3 news! (note: all the words are clickable and all point to different slashdot news stories)

Since PS3 has started up to gain momentum a few years ago, it then became a gigantic monolith and it seems not one week can go by without yet another announcement that makes it even worse. And here I'm not talking about analysts or destructive comments (same drill) … I am talking about only true honest coming-from-Sony downgrades and comments.

And again, not talking about their battery problems, problems with defining the PSP, Blu-Ray being very late and not playing movies. .. I don't even have to link to the CD copy protection scheme that rootkits, everyone knows about that one and it was destructive enough, or their Sony dis-Connect. I am really talking about things that Sony said and only for the PS3 (the first links of the article).

I really want to give a chance to the PS3. I really do. I want to embark in the hype, the two devices I wanted the most a year ago were the PS3 and the Revolution (now Wii). I always said I was going to wait a year before buying my PS3 because Sony's first revisions are usually duds or horrendously slow. But now, I want to wait a year and then some before buying in onto the PS3 because frankly, I got no intention of purchasing this before the zealots explore it thoroughly.

If it were only analysts, I would bite the bullet and say some group of MSFT zealots are hard at work… but all the first articles are all news from Sony, so if I was such a group, I'd just sit back and relax and leave Sony self-destruct. All I was asking from them is "Don't make it worse, please, don't make it worse, give me a reason to buy it for chrissake"… but every time I look somewhere, there are yet again more bad news, more cut features, more strange ideas, more stuff that are worse than before, more damage control on the price, more damage control on the release date. Geez, I almost feel like I'm reliving a Vista all over again.

Next thing we'll hear about is about shortage of PS3 in some place, because they could only produce that many, and then PS3s staying on the tablets because no one in their right minds have any reason to shell out a Canadian grand to buy only the console without accessories and games, and cable, and anything.

Please, I do love Sony, I love their digital cameras, their TVs are always top notch, their monitors used to be the best (CRT-wise), although expensive, you are paying for good crap. I do want to buy in to Sony, but don't make it worse, it's already so many bad news, give a break to your PR guys, try to give a good vibe, some momentum… Please.

Oh btw, I decided to link only into Slashdot, but I could've done so with many other news outlets, it just gives a good representation. Slashdot is a site that is not exclusively gaming-oriented and they got all these news about PS3's impeding doom… imagine a gaming-specific site!

(Edit, Update): LOL! I was right! From the "I" article, first link of the page:

Update: 09/06 17:58 GMT by Z : Just to make sure you caught it, the announcement includes the word that the U.S. will only be getting 400,000 units at launch in November, with Japan at 100,000 units. Go Sony.

Go Sony… 400 000 units for the North American zealots, and 100 000 in Japan. That will be SO not enough for the zealots, and if it somehow kind of deceive them, I'd double that number for the number of total units sold in the whole PS3 life.