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Sony and Quality Assurance

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A lot of people have stories about some Sony products failing, but the best king of proof of the lack of QA comes from engrish being used in their new flagship product:

SERECT

How did that happen? LOL
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WWWWRRRRRYYYYYYYY?!
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Serect the controrer and pray the game.

It's a japanese controller for the japanese speaker!
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. . . .You know, as tempting as it is to believe this and poke fun, I don't suppose there's any other sources corroborating it?
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General Zod wrote:. . . .You know, as tempting as it is to believe this and poke fun, I don't suppose there's any other sources corroborating it?
They've got multiple shots from different angles - a bit much for a Photoshop job.
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I'll go through my E3 photos later and see if I can confirm.
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Bounty wrote:
General Zod wrote:. . . .You know, as tempting as it is to believe this and poke fun, I don't suppose there's any other sources corroborating it?
They've got multiple shots from different angles - a bit much for a Photoshop job.
White text on a black background isn't all that difficult though. I mean, I know Sony's not the greatest on quality control, but surely even they wouldn't botch something this obvious, right?
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Praxis wrote:I'll go through my E3 photos later and see if I can confirm.
These pics are not from E3, they are more recent, from Sony's Ginza showroom in Japan.
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