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Considering that they spread a Windows rootkit and screwed people over in regards to PS3/Linux, I consider this corporate karma.

EpicEng 12y ago
I'm pretty sure Sony pictures had nothing to do with running Linux on your PS3, but regardless, many people being hurt here are just regular employees, not executives who made the decisions you/we don't like.
- throwawayaway 12y ago
  the entertainment arm is dominant. to protect the content, they strongarmed the hardware arm. they had everything to do with it.
  - louhike 12y ago
    I think you misunderstand the organization of Sony. Sony Pictures has nothing to do with video games, being the hardware or the games themselves. It is just an american subsidiary producing movies.
  - EpicEng 12y ago
    That's a pretty specific claim. Do you have some sort of citation or insider information to support it, or are you just making assumptions?
    - throwawayaway 12y ago
      PS: the majority of the income comes from the games, because developers must pay Sony to publish a game on their platform. Sony also develop and sells their own games and services. Sony Pictures: part of the same org. i am just making assumptions that because content is where the money is, they call the shots. this is my peeve with the entertainment aspect of sony: http://www.scribd.com/doc/22131876/Underground-Resistance-vs-Sony-BMG-tobias-c-van-Veen http://www.scribd.com/doc/22131876/Underground-Resistance-vs... i think they make great hardware, but boy do they know how to alienate people.
- throwawayaway 12y ago
  the entertainment arm is dominant. to protect the content, they strongarmed the hardware arm. they had everything to do with it.
burkaman 12y ago
Sony Pictures had nothing to do with any of that. Even if this kind of retribution were justified, this is like attacking the US Postal Service because you're angry at something the army did. The only thing they share is the people at the very top. Everybody that will actually be affected is innocent.
- RexRollman 12y ago
  That's why its "corporate karma".

EpicEng 12y ago

I'm pretty sure Sony pictures had nothing to do with running Linux on your PS3, but regardless, many people being hurt here are just regular employees, not executives who made the decisions you/we don't like.

throwawayaway 12y ago
the entertainment arm is dominant. to protect the content, they strongarmed the hardware arm. they had everything to do with it.
- louhike 12y ago
  I think you misunderstand the organization of Sony. Sony Pictures has nothing to do with video games, being the hardware or the games themselves. It is just an american subsidiary producing movies.
- EpicEng 12y ago
  That's a pretty specific claim. Do you have some sort of citation or insider information to support it, or are you just making assumptions?
  - throwawayaway 12y ago
    PS: the majority of the income comes from the games, because developers must pay Sony to publish a game on their platform. Sony also develop and sells their own games and services. Sony Pictures: part of the same org. i am just making assumptions that because content is where the money is, they call the shots. this is my peeve with the entertainment aspect of sony: http://www.scribd.com/doc/22131876/Underground-Resistance-vs-Sony-BMG-tobias-c-van-Veen http://www.scribd.com/doc/22131876/Underground-Resistance-vs... i think they make great hardware, but boy do they know how to alienate people.
throwawayaway 12y ago
the entertainment arm is dominant. to protect the content, they strongarmed the hardware arm. they had everything to do with it.

burkaman 12y ago

Sony Pictures had nothing to do with any of that. Even if this kind of retribution were justified, this is like attacking the US Postal Service because you're angry at something the army did. The only thing they share is the people at the very top. Everybody that will actually be affected is innocent.

RexRollman 12y ago
That's why its "corporate karma".