InfoWorld Gripe Line by executive editor Ed Foster - Monday, Nov 26, 2007:
"Do customers hold a grudge against vendors that unfairly restrict usage of their products? Well, it would appear that many of InfoWorld's readers do to the point of blacklisting companies that they think went too far with overly controlling behavior. And by far the top name on the list of never-to-be-forgiven companies is Sony due to the rootkit episode."
Square Enix launches Final Fantasy X 25th anniversary site, revealing new Nomura art, books, music releases, and merchandise.
Look I know VIII has its issues and all that but how on earth can the do big anniversary events with new artwork and merchandise for VII, IX and X yet VIII got sweet f*** all.
They could have given it something during its 25th anniversary yet all it got was a single Happy Anniversary post on their social media.
they should know that we are OG fans of VIII as it sold truckload as well. not as much as VII or X. I personally didn't like IX but X and VI are my personal fav.
Shadow Hearts 2 covenant is another game I love. I hope one day someone can make remake, I would be delighted
Final Fantasy VIII is great and you are always the first to defend it in the comments
LucasArts gave Jango Fett his own game in 2002, and it pulled Star Wars into a much dirtier, rougher, and more interesting corner of the galaxy.
A brutal reset, a smarter story, and a return to what made it great—Mortal Kombat (2011) revived the series.
Underrated comment. I used to hate that game so much that any time my siblings asked me to play it, I just picked Hom and shut myself down mid-match.
15 years went by so fast. I remember playing through the story mode at launch.
Wow, these people sound like they have been permanently traumatized by the incident from way back in 2005. The biggest issue was how the rootkit masked itself and the security vulnerability it could present to its users, but the biggest issue was the complicated ordeal to remove the rootkit.
But how is this related to gaming? The last escapade with rootkit was with Bioshock, which is not even available on any Sony system, and it was simply the protection chosen by its developers/publishers.
thats stupid, if you were to hate a company for anything they did wrong, then you would never own anything because every company makes bad decisions some times, look at m$ and the 360 failures, i mean should every one stop buying computers that come with windows or 360's? i mean holding grudges is for people with nothing better to do with their life.
And Sony's TV's are great. So are their laptops.
The whole rootkit debacle was a disaster for Sony and really representative of everything wrong with a company that seems to pride itself on arrogance and stifling creativity
fools