[gnud]

> Also that comment about midway being problematic.

It compares the "battle" between Sony and Microsoft to an actual war in which a lot of people died. It also sets up the XBox as some sort of patriotic push to defeat the agressors that attacked us without warning.

I'd be offended if I was working for the PS2 division at Sony at the time, I think. I also think I'd be offended if I was working on games for the XBox - it's entertainment, not war!

[wccrawford]

I wouldn't be offended, but I would be horrified. It's an awful comparison and one that I'd never make. I'd think poorly of anyone who discounts lives that easily.

[kortilla]

> I'd be offended if I was working for the PS2 division at Sony at the time

These are companies that trivialize violence with games in the first place. I doubt you would be working for them if a war analogy offended you.

[mattnewton]

Huge difference between art and war.

See also: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25570038