Douchebag of the Week!

And here we go again. I must say though, this weeks choice has got me a bit conflicted. Never in all my "fanboy" days have I ever thought that I would pick a company like Sony for an award named "Douchebag of the Week". But the time has come. And sadly, Sony and Playstation has won this week's Douchebag of the Week award!! However, one thing that does also ring out in my mind is the impression that the contestants give of a gamer. If the world looks at these dorks as a cross section of an average gamer, we are in trouble.

Anyway... off to the award. We give this award to those who demonstrate an ability to be an total tool. And among other reasons, Playstation has done this with their second installment of the show. For those who do not know or are not aware of the show. In The Tester, Playstation takes 12 contestants and puts them through a  series of challenges geared towards choosing one of them to become a game tester at Sony's facility in San Fransisco. Just like any other reality game show the contestants live together in a loft specially designed for the show. But that is not the reason that we chose Playstation, or the shows producers as the Douchebag of the Week. Keep in mind, the show is aimed at finding a game tester. So obviously the skills and knowledge required in performing the duties of that type of job are at the forefront of this competition. So why is it that Sony and the Producers of this show would choose a participant who does not even own a PS3!!

That's right. You read that correctly. The contestant named War Princess admitted during the first elimination that she did not even own the game console that they are here competing for! Is it that they (Sony) were just looking to pad the field? Were they looking to just put some drama into the show? I wouldn't see the point of that considering this show is not on any regular TV network. The show only aires on the Sony Playstation Network and is downloadable through the Playstation Store. So the average tv viewer or audience will not see this show. Generally only people who own and play a PS3 will be watching the show. Therefore logic would dictate that the participants of the show would represent those in the audience.

This is definitely a ridiculous move by Playstation. Out of the thousands of people who applied to be on the show and win the grand prize, Sony makes a mockery of the whole process by choosing someone who does not even play the system they are promoting. C'mon Sony, have some loyalty to the people who support your product. Give back to the community who put in so many hours playing your game and supporting your product against the masses who declare the Xbox is superior (even though they would be wrong). As they say in the show, Sorry Playstation.. Your Game Ends here!