Sony to Censor Home Users: “We Know Where You Live!”

Part of Sony’s idiocy is that they simply hate their customers. Check out how Sony Home platform director Peter Edward threatens users who say anything “disruptive” on the service.

In an admittedly radical but possible step, Edward noted that a serious abuser would “have to move house and buy a new PS3 before they could get online again.”

Edward was discussing supervising the Home environment, although Sony doesn’t intend to become a “virtual police” force. Instead, it will be providing different areas within Home depending on the age of the user, helping to apply appropriate non-game branding for products such as cigarettes and alcohol.

“Ultimately we know a user’s details, we know machine details and we know where they live,” said Edward.

Gamers know trash talk is an integral part to the sport. For Sony to take such a Draconian attitude towards gamer expression, disabling expensive hardware you already own, just shows how disconnected they are from their core customers’ culture.

This is just another reason not to buy a PS3. Way to go, Sony.