Washington Post responds to CNN's BS article

The Washington Post picked up an article by PC World writer Matt Peckham. He calls into question the findings published in the utterly moronic smear piece carried by CNN. You can see Washington Post write up here.

Matt has a great deal to say about the innacuracies in the CNN article. There are two things however that seem to be ignored. First there is the issue upon which Matt only lightly touches.

He states, "What's more, look at PS3 and Xbox 360 units sold in total worldwide, and Sony pretty much throughout 2008 has actually been playing catchup."

While that is true he avoids stating the facts outright in a more blatant manner. Facts the rest of the community that has fallen victim to the MS BS machine desperately need to hear. The PS3 is outselling the 360 worldwide. Why journalists are so ready to spout the Microsoft line of crap yet refuse to call a spade a spade and put the truth on the scoreboard is beyond me.

Just today Gamasutra delivered an article and discussed PS3 sales. My hopes for a larger view than the general US Centric picture were quickly dashed. You can see that here. Once again the report only deals in US sales where MS is painted in a much better light, and despite the article's objective tone, the PS3 is cast in doubt.

"Some of the biggest lies are told in silence" is a quote from my childhood. I can attach no other description to the Gamasutra article than the word 'deception'. Although I do not believe it is was intentional to mislead the public on the reality of sales, the result is the same. The US centric examination by Gamasutra hardly paints the picture in which game and console sales exist - which is the world wide theater.

Until a respected publication has the balls and decency to print the hardcore truth then Sony, the PS3, and any other Sony product will suffer when uninformed lowlifes such as Eric Krangel have the time to attack.

The second thing Matt does not discuss is the wave of PS3 attacks. Although he addresses the CNN article, the numerous anti-PS3 and anti-Sony attacks recently boggle the mind. As much as I hate to sound like Oliver Stone, one can't help but wonder if there isn't a concerted effort with a disinformation plan at work, all designed to engineer the lowest possible PS3 sales. The ultimate loser? The consumer.