Church of England Forgives Sony PS3s Resistance fall of Man

After having failed to win one of the bigger UK Gaming prizes, the Church of England forgives Sony’s Resistance Fall of Man for using Manchester Cathedral as a setting for a major gun fight, but also rubs in the idea that they lost because they offended the Church of England along the way.

So we do forgive Sony for what they have done, even though they still believe they have done nothing wrong…”These traditions include having courtesy, respecting the dignity of your subject, and admitting when mistakes have been made. “In so many ways Sony have failed to live up to these standards by disrespecting people of faith and the victims of gun crime here in Manchester.” Source: BBC

This makes an interesting point, with a gaming system that has failed to capture the imagination of users and developers alike, it is a technological marvel. The system is being touted as the ultimate living room system, and in the battle for the living room, it is failing to compete against the WII and Xbox 360. It is failing badly, and for a company that was in the number 1 slot for so long, the loss of a gaming award for Resistance Fall of Man being tied to offending the sensibility of people who live in Manchester; well you have to wonder what is going to happen next.

We seriously doubt that Sony is going to recapture the number one slot in video game consoles any time soon. The Church of England while forgiving Sony and the Game Resistance fall of Man, still makes the dig, that they should have been more culturally aware of what is happening in Manchester, long before they made the game.