TV Watchdog Attacks PS3, Sony Readies A Stick…
By Malcolm Owen | No CommentsLeave a Comment
Posted: Thursday, September 17, 2009 at 8:20 pm

In all of it’s great genius, the BBC consumer affairs show Watchdog, presented by recently facelifted mean woman from that gameshow involving chains and insults, Anne Robinson, has decided to attack Sony because some PS3s are breaking out of warranty.

At the time of writing, the programme is airing on BBC 1, and Iain Lee will apparently be fronting the piece, which according to a letter by Sony, involves the Beeb sitting outside the front of Sony’s UK HQ in a van marked “PlayStation Repair Action Team” (or “PRAT” as the work experience kid would have said as he made the accronym work) giving “free” servicing of dead consoles because the “unjustly” Sony won’t.

Cue preemptive writing from Ray Maguire, with a nice 18 point letter showing the show’s mistakes, errors of judgment etc. Even I agree with the gist of the letter (despite it’s length), in that what Sony is doing with it’s fee-based out of warranty repair service is probably the best thing they can do given the circumstances.

I can only hope that the Beeb and Anne do a dismal job in their witchhunt. Indeed, I love the BBC, but I just don’t see the point in this sort of scaremongering.

Oh god. Mrs Robinson said “Game Over” as an attempt at humour. I’m more impressed by the guy who claims to cure cancer with his hands…

[Via gamesindustry.biz]