Eric Krangel, professional idiot

CNN Money recently carried an article that compared the PS3 to the Titanic. While it wasn't from a CNN staff writer it was nevertheless published by CNN which amounts to their endorsement of the writer and his (skewed) view.

He makes 3 invalid points in the article and I will take each of those erred ideas to task and rip this clown a much needed new ass.

First he notes that the PS3 is the most expensive console on the market costing $150 - $200 more than it's rival. I see that Eric is one of these short sighted immediate gratification consumers that fails to look at cumulative costs over time. Wait, isn't this moron a market analyst where future trends, long term costs, and performance over time must be considered? If I were stupid enough to invest on his advice I would be leaving said investment right now like a rat from a sinking ship.

Maybe a direct tone will wake up this dunce.

Eric, do you not realize that the 360 online play costs a standard $49 a year? How long are you planning on owning your cheap 360? And please forgo the tired argument that online play with a 360 is unneeded. That is as old and as useless as the "HDD isn't required" cop out espoused by 360 apologists. Please do not attempt to bring up the idea that you can find LIVE fees cheaper by searching out deals or I will have to bring up the fact you can get a PS3 for $249 by getting a free Sony Visa.

Add to that the fact the 360 controllers do not ship with a recharge kit and suddenly this quoted cost difference is effectively vaporized and is as non-existent as your common sense.

Then Eric, you spout that no one seems to care about hi-def DVD sales. Just say Bluray pinhead. Let's be exact. It is THE hi-def format whether you want to begrudging;y admit it or not. There is little doubt you sit in your closet at night with your dusty and very small collection of HD DVDs and rock back and forth in a trance mumbling about revenge.

You might also want to tell Warner Brothers that the 25-30% of The Dark Knight sales that occurred on opening day of that movie's DVD sales which were in fact Bluray editions actually do not exist in the real world. You might also want to look at some hard sales figures for players.

The fact you do not believe there is a distinguishable difference between Bluray and DVD on screens smaller than 50 inches only serves to show how you are desperately willing to say anything to paint Sony in a bad light. Such remarks would be laughable were they not so dangerous. This point really needs no further discussion as such a comment can be simply translated as saying that 640x480 in a PC game is no better than 1920x1080. Really?

Your 3rd and equally useless point is that the PS3 possesses no must have titles. You might want to trip on over to G4TV Xplay and ask them about the big winner in their awards this year. One game in particular walked away with 4 awards and it wasn't Gears of War 2. Stating that titles like MGS4, Little Big Planet, Resistance 2, Uncharted, etc etc are not must haves clearly reveals that you are a biased jerkwater with an ax to grind against Sony.

All one has to do is look at your recent writings:

360 fanboy

In less than two days you have scribbled (you do not warrant the word authored) 3 articles attacking Sony. With so many other issues out there in the gaming community and the financial world in general I would say it is fairly clear that your opinion has no place in reporting where readers are expecting to find a balanced view of reality.

There is also this that I will borrow from the good people at thatvideogameblog.com.

Specifically this post in the comments by jonondaspot.

"From a poster at N4G (with corrected grammar):

Last year Sony sold 8.83 mil PS3 ‘Worldwide’,2.56 mil in US,6.27 mil in ‘Rest of the world’
Last year MS sold 7.3 mil 360 ‘worldwide’,4.62 mil in US,2.68 mil in ‘Rest of the world’

See the difference? 6.27 Vs 2.68.That’s why PS3 outsold 360 last year

Also for 2008 :
Q4 FY2007= 2.33
Q1 FY2007= 0.71[][][]Q1 FY2008 =1.56 <—–850,000 increase ‘Worldwide’ Q2 FY2007= 1.31[][][]Q2 FY2008 =2.43 <—–1,1120,000 increase ‘Worldwide’ Q3 FY2007= 4.9 [][][]Q3 FY2008 =??? So if Sony sells as many console as last year(4.9 mil) in Q3 FY2008(this holiday season),the total sales for this year will be 2.33+1.56+2.43+4.9=11.22 mil and add this with the 10.5 mil consoles that were sold as of 31 Dec 2007,the total number of PS3 will be more than 22 mil in 2 years. Hell even if Sony sells less PS3s this holiday than what it sold last holiday(say 1 mil),they can easily hit 10mil mark for the most expensive console ever,MS has yet to sell this many console in a year." In a mere few moments an average reader managed to do more research than your last 10 articles. He should be collecting the paycheck which you are stealing from your employers. It should be noted that in your narrow minded view you didn't bother to consider the PS3 totals for Japan and the US outpace the 360 totals for 2008. Add Europe where the PS3 handily wins over the 360 and you should have written that Titanic article about the dying days of the 360. A little research would do wonders for the truth even if it debunks your intentionally misleading ramblings.

The only remaining question is, Just how much does Microsoft pay you?

I encourage everyone to go to this link.

Take the time to tell CNN Money that you will no longer visit their site if they insist on publishing such biased and deceptive tripe.