Sony -- no press

People seem to think I have this seething enmity for Sony. It’s just not the case. I have owned many a wonderful Sony product in my life; I just don’t think being the first consumer electronics company (and the biggest — though not anymore!) entitles you to treat your customers with such disregard. Proprietary format after proprietary format, way overpriced devices that are late to the market and typically have only one or two competitive features, etc. And if you think they don’t respect their customers, check out how they are dealing with Tokyo Game Show goers. The shot above was snapped by my main man Vlad at Joystiq, and to me it perfeclty represents the four stages of Sony: chuckling in disbelief, wincing and shaking your head in compunction, sighing in defeat with “Oh, Sony…” and then hoping they won’t have as much hubris tomorrow.