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Microsoft Lets Sony Go First

It's going to be an interesting fight between the two new consoles. Gamers always love to see some spirited competition.

Majin-vegeta4633d ago

No they didn't. Kaz trolled the sh*t out of M$.

KAZ"why go first when your competitors can look at your specifications and come up with something better,"

Boom Feb.20 PS4 was revelead.

aviator1894633d ago

Ok...the article discusses the launch dates of these consoles (as to how sony will launch its ps4 console one week earlier than the xbox one) and the negatives/positives about launching first and second.

Did you even read the article??

I'm directing this towards you too, EXVirtual.

KwietStorm_BLM4633d ago

I guess you missed the facetiousness entirely?

YNWA964633d ago

Read article? Are you crazy, here we just look to see if its remotely positive about MS and hit disagree.... honestly have no clue about the article itself :p

UltimateMaster4633d ago

Is 1 week really that big of a deal?

The_Con-Sept4632d ago

Sony has the advantage. Moms will have +1 week to wrap presents. :P

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Sarick4633d ago

Microsoft throw out their DRM announcements. Then Sony took advantage of it when customers lashed out. I wasn't surprised by any of this.

colonel1794633d ago

Like i said in an earlier comment. Sony is going first in US and Canada, but they are going second in other territories. I guess the question is: Which is more important?

BLow4633d ago (Edited 4633d ago )

That is a good question. Everybody on here, well at least one side, likes to brag about the US numbers. The other side brags about WW numbers. PS4 1st in US...X1 first in some European territories...PS4 1st another 19 countries with some of them in Europe.

I guess flip a coin. Its only a week difference and is NOWHERE close to being a year and year and a 1/2 head start before the competition like last gen. Now there will be no excuses either way for fanboys to make. It's gonna get ugly...much worse then this gen I'm afraid. Just thinking about it...man...it's going to be a bloodbath. Neck and neck competition. Its going to come down to games and who can keep product on the self at a steady clip until the hype dies down. I might quit the Internet...haha

HammadTheBeast4633d ago

It's a week difference, either way it doesn't matter. Whoever wants one can wait a week, nothing'll happen.

ShinMaster4632d ago

Sony has an advantage in other territories. Early domination of the North American market is good.

maddskull4632d ago

actually no sony will come first in more countries by 2 months than the xbox one since it only comes out in 13 at 2013

noctis_lumia4632d ago

32 countries against 13
there is no questions to be made
even if sony released the console a week or two or even a month later than m$ they still have the advantage easily

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Mounce4633d ago (Edited 4633d ago )

This is one of the most blatantly obvious damage-control articles I've ever seen.

Look at the site name even, 'fool.com'. Who are they trying to fool? If X1 released any earlier we'd probably run into increased failure rates like the 360 had gone through since it too was rushed out.

Sony didn't want to be last again on the market, they said so and they made it so, plain and simple.

kayoss4633d ago

I think microsoft learn their lesson about going first.

mewhy324632d ago

The comedy here is that micro$oft got to see what Sony was doing and STILL didn't ended up with an inferior console LOL.

SonyPS3604632d ago

Yes because I'm sure Sony will have time critical changes in a whole month.

What happened with the Ps3's launch, again?

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EXVirtual4633d ago (Edited 4633d ago )

No, not really.
MS was just caught off guard. Badly.
I don't even think that's up for debate, especially with the countless flip flops MS has had to make to keep their ship from sinking.

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miyamoto4633d ago

Those Kazification GIFs from Neogaf that sprouted months before PS4 reveal back in Feb 20 are proof that MS got trolled by Sony. and caught with their pants down.
and there were many more behind the scenes spy vs spy stuff that led to the recent outcone of things.

rainslacker4632d ago (Edited 4632d ago )

I think MS knew that Sony was poised to release this holiday, or early next year. Something this big would have evidence surrounding it that they could use to determine a general time frame.

I think they were caught off guard with how aggressive Sony became almost as soon as they made their announcement of the reveal conference. I think they were also caught off guard by the community reaction to their own product and I wouldn't doubt that they thought it would be contained to forum rumblings only to die out.

We're really seeing the Sony of old in the lead up to next gen, and surprisingly, they haven't even had to try very hard because of how lackluster MS has performed since their reveal. Sony's first venture into gaming with the PS1 was like they are doing now, and Nintendo was fighting hard, and not really making anywhere near as many mistakes as MS has.

Otherwise on topic, I doubt a week will make any difference in the long run. It will at least make it easier to compare numbers in the future since it's the first time 2 major consoles ever released so close together. We can concentrate on other meaningless numbers without having to resort to annoying math.

PSN-JeRzYzFyNeSt4633d ago

COD biggest game of the season? lol shows how much they know about gaming...

sorry but COD is on a GTA year

LordDhampire4633d ago

I think he ment for the new consoles, and People are gonna get these consoles and they need somehting to play, which won't be GTA unfortunately since its not coming to the next gen consoles(at least right away)

DeadManIV4633d ago

MS let Sony go first? I dont think so, Sony took that position.

Indo4633d ago

Its nice to see Sony go first this time, and not have that 1 year gap. But even with a year head start, Sony somehow regained market strength again over M$. Its gonna be a cold winter come November.

scott1824633d ago

That's nice of microsoft for doing that. Seeing as how unpopular the PS4 is on amazon and other retailers, Sony needs that advantage.

kayoss4633d ago

Good thing you pointed that out WhiteFire. I was about to write a 10 page rant to troll Scott182. I think you saved his life. LOL

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Playstation Plus Monthly Games for May: EA Sports FC 26, Wuchang: Fallen Feathers, Nine Sols

All available May 5.

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FPSRUSSIA12d ago

What's Point in commenting your basicly closing down the site.

LiViNgLeGaCY12d ago

I'm surprised it's still the old site. I thought he said starting today?

Eonjay12d ago

Its like the final episode of the Sapranos. You gonna go to make a comment and when you click add th-

Profchaos12d ago

Timezone thing maybe.... RIP

darthv7212d ago

Insert the Ferris Bueller end scene... "You're still here? It's over.."

LiViNgLeGaCY12d ago

I think the only game here for me is Nine Sols. Was always interested in that game.

TheColbertinator12d ago

Glad I don't buy FIFA games anymore

Rebel_Scum12d ago

Hey now! Thats a great month.

Nacho_Z12d ago

Good month for me, I wanted that particular footy game and thought it might be due. Anyway who cares, shame about the site I'll miss the comment sections. All the best everyone.

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Naughty Dog Was Reportedly Divided On Joel's Controversial Fate During Development Of TLOU Part 2

Naughty Dog was reportedly divided on the controversial fate of Joel in The Last of Us Part 2 during the game's development.

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SimpleDad13d ago

NO, that can't be... No! I can't... Really?/s

Cacabunga13d ago

They for sure chose the worst way to deal with it

-Foxtrot12d ago

Funny considering Bruce left half way through development and now we get told there was an internal conflict with the story direction.

Makes you think…

HectixRose13d ago

I think it was good decision, if he was still alive, he would have been a mascot just like Kratos, drake and many others. These old dudes gotta die for new characters to take center stage with their own storyline. They keep dragging the emotional baggage into many sequels and eventually the story just turns into absolute shit show.

JEECE13d ago

It was ironic because people complained heavily about the story in the Uncharted games not having sufficient stakes because all the key characters always survived, despite the dangerous situations they were always in. Then ND killed a character in a more serious series and everyone lost their minds. Just shows that people don't always really want the thing they say they want.

CantThinkOfAUsername12d ago

I thought the more common complaint about Uncharted franchise was how the main cast are the good guys acting so nonchalantly while killing hundreds in cold blood (aka the dissonance between gameplay and story cutscenes). They just did it again in Part II.

Soy13d ago

Didn't have to kill him. Just have them part ways or Joel can "retire," whatever.

DarXyde13d ago

I don't think he would necessarily need to become a mascot (and besides, technically, I'd say Ellie is... So regardless, someone was going to be).

From a narrative perspective, I do think it has a similar effect to Ricky dying in Boyz N Da Hood: very likeable character, and you're really motivated to see the get back—in this case, it's more intense because it's an interactive experience. Most people hated Abby, but I get what they were after with portraying the cycle of violence and revenge—unfortunately, the game appears to want to take the side of the bad people.

But I will say that if Joel survived, it does become harder to tell an interesting story. What COULD have happened is an exploration into the rift between Joel and Ellie after the trolley dilemma events of the first game. It could have been interesting to see Abby out for revenge at the same time Ellie hated Joel.

Ashunderfire8613d ago

Sorry just had to say this lol! RICKYYYY!

Man Cuba Gooding Jr was miscast in that movie, but that part was cringey it was sad and funny at the same time man.

Ashunderfire8613d ago (Edited 13d ago )

I understand but the way they went about killing Joel, was poorly executed. Even the show of the Last of Us games tried to improved it, but it was just as bad. Well at least Joel got to know the reason why he had to die, before the death happened in the show. That part gave us the full context, but the game just let it happen with no pay off.

Joel death should have been a midway thing through the story, so we at least get to play him a little more with Ellie. Abby didn’t need to be this Hulk looking woman, but more like the show Abby which is a beater idea in my opinion.

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InUrFoxHole13d ago

The only ND game that was so disappointing to me I couldn't finish it.

pwnmaster300013d ago

Honestly as much as I loved the game, they could have just not killed him off.
I get it creator vision and all but killing a character that made you millions is just wrong imo. At least have him go down fighting.

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Final Fantasy X 25th Anniversary Website Launches With New Nomura Artwork and Merchandise

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-Foxtrot13d ago

Look I know VIII has its issues and all that but how on earth can the do big anniversary events with new artwork and merchandise for VII, IX and X yet VIII got sweet f*** all.

They could have given it something during its 25th anniversary yet all it got was a single Happy Anniversary post on their social media.

solideagle13d ago

they should know that we are OG fans of VIII as it sold truckload as well. not as much as VII or X. I personally didn't like IX but X and VI are my personal fav.

Shadow Hearts 2 covenant is another game I love. I hope one day someone can make remake, I would be delighted

Relientk7713d ago

Final Fantasy VIII is great and you are always the first to defend it in the comments