Comments on: Sony Pulls the Plug on AIBO

Sony Pulls the Plug on AIBO

three blind mice — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 04:17:57 -0800

Good Dog AIBO.
Arf, Arf, he goes, a merry sight
Our little hairy friend
Arf, Arf, upon the lampost bright
Arfing round the bend.
Nice dog! Goo boy,
Waggie tail and beg, Clever AIBO, jump for joy,

Because we are putting you to sleep at three of the clock, AIBO.

with apologies to john lennon (thanks piratebowling )

By: phaedon

phaedon — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 04:30:14 -0800

sony made $20 billion in three months? woof.

By: NewBornHippy

NewBornHippy — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 04:40:36 -0800

At last.

By: caddis

caddis — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 04:55:57 -0800

AIBO? I would like an NS-5 please.

By: furtive

furtive — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 04:57:43 -0800

Rest in pieces.

By: melt away

melt away — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 05:02:27 -0800

So, robots are our past not our future? Sony nipped the rise of the robot overlords in the bud, I guess. Last link doesn't work.

By: beerbajay

beerbajay — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 05:30:36 -0800

melt: it works if you copy the url from the post and paste it in the location bar. blame tripod.

By: Lanark

Lanark — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 05:41:35 -0800

If you look at how ugly the latest version is - it's no surprise they dropped it

By: madamjujujive

madamjujujive — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 05:50:06 -0800

By: stumcg

stumcg — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 06:01:42 -0800

K-9 > Aibo

By: moonbird

moonbird — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 06:02:59 -0800

bring back K9!

By: bouncebounce

bouncebounce — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 06:06:35 -0800

moonbird: they are.

By: trondant

trondant — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 06:32:48 -0800

arf!

By: stifford

stifford — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 06:35:47 -0800

MC Chris finally got his wish.

By: Rothko

Rothko — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 06:44:54 -0800

By: Mayor Curley

Mayor Curley — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 07:01:22 -0800

This isn't true. Not at all. They're sending AIBO to a nice farm. It's for his own good. You hardly play with him anymore since you got your Xbox 360 and he's been scratching the baseboards in Mommy's new living room! They're sending him there while you're at school so say goodbye to him now. Sure we can go visit him. In a few months. Sure.

By: piratebowling

piratebowling — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 07:06:39 -0800

You're welcome, three blind mice. I feel so proud.

By: empath

empath — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 07:29:20 -0800

It would be incredibly short-sighted of Sony to stop all of their robot development. The stuff Honda is doing with their Asimo is pretty incredible. I'm firmly convinced that robots are the new PCs.

By: Smart Dalek

Smart Dalek — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 07:40:11 -0800

QRIO was also scrapped, along with the Walkman manufacturing division in Saitama.

By: nbd

nbd — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 08:05:47 -0800

Sony can't teach an old dog new tricks. I hope the next thing they throw away is the people responsible for the Rootkits fiasco.

By: Zinger

Zinger — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 08:35:51 -0800

Wow. Apparently that DRM whoopsie was more expensive than they'd predicted.

By: Wet Spot

Wet Spot — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 09:37:39 -0800

Are they sending the overstock here?

By: Chuckles

Chuckles — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 09:53:22 -0800

Robot Pets Almost as Good as Real Ones Well, that marketing grant was wasted...

By: Robot Johnny

Robot Johnny — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 10:21:13 -0800

This is a sad day for my people.

By: LeLiLo

LeLiLo — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 12:05:36 -0800

A Spaniel in the Works? Many bonus points, three blind mice, for excellent use of one of my favorite good old John Lennon poems. I'm not a big fan of most dogs, but then again I've never met a robotic dog that barks (and barks and barks) outside, for no apparent reason, while I'm trying to sleep.