Can people agree that Sony stumbled when it launched the PlayStation 3? Sales statistics can be looked at from many different angles and spun this way and that. But the bottom line, as any Sony fan should concede, is that the PlayStation brand has suffered an agonizing defeat, at least at this point in the current console war.
Square Enix launches Final Fantasy X 25th anniversary site, revealing new Nomura art, books, music releases, and merchandise.
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.
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
Final Fantasy VIII is great and you are always the first to defend it in the comments
A brutal reset, a smarter story, and a return to what made it great—Mortal Kombat (2011) revived the series.
Underrated comment. I used to hate that game so much that any time my siblings asked me to play it, I just picked Hom and shut myself down mid-match.
15 years went by so fast. I remember playing through the story mode at launch.
Why did Sony push Shuhei Yoshida out of his role leading PlayStation's first-party games? He'd overseen some huge successes. Well, apparently, he didn't listen.
Yeah I can see that for sure. Shuhei Yoshida should have been in charge not Jim Ryan.
It should be free highway for him now.. but Sony are too stupid to see this, especially that moron Hulst
Wtf why all that anger. PlayStation is dominating on every level. Besides I think there is a little more to hiring a CEO than just who is available. Its not like its a athlete your team wants to buy.
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live service failures, chasing trends, closing studios. yes dominating
Sony is Dominating because competition is not existing. Compared to previous gens this is the poorest in terms of software offerings.
Last gen we got Uncharted 4 Lost Legacy and TLOU2 from ND alone.
This is so far a remasters gen, with no competition to lift up the quality
..."PlayStation is dominating on every level"....
...Really???
PlayStation are soon heading into a new generation in the not to distant future. They currently have the worst customer satisfaction they've ever sustained as a company. The company is heading for a huge crash while at the same time they'll need to be planning how they are going to try and win back that favour and the build up to their new releases.
Yes financially they're winning but they're going to have to ride out this complete public corporate disaster. No one has faith in the company or the product anymore. They've damaged their public image so much this generation. Greed can kill anyone.
He would've done the same thing and fire Jim Ryan and Shuhei would be the villain. Why?
Because Elite creates the narrative and distraction for gamers, users and citizens.
More confirmation that Jim Ryan is the culprit for what has happened to Sony. Hulst needs to go too. What sucks is that a lot of the good top heads at Sony are no longer there. I wish that guys that were forced out prematurely by Dumbo Jimbo like Shuhei and Layden came back.
Yep. Yoshida was responsible for bringing one of the best games of this generation to playstation (Stellar Blade). He is an actual gamer and is in touch with what gamers want (creative, fun games, not GaaS and agenda pushing). He also seems like a genuinely nice guy if you watch some interviews. Of course they got rid of him.
Makes you wonder if MS even thought about hiring him after Phil and Sarah were leaving. He certainly couldn't make their situation any worse.
All the gamer/consumer lead heads are gone across PS and Xbox. shuhei gone phil's gone (questionable) but gone. The future of gaming is somewhat uncertain across the board.
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All I have to say is if the ps3 has the same price as the 360, watch all these "problems" fade away. Because to be blatantly honest, for the 360 to be a full $200 less, it should be outselling it by more than it is. But it's not. That should tell you all something. With the 360 outselling their main competitor by only about 30,000 a week is bad since they have the $200 less advantage
The PS3 has more built into it than the 360 does, that's why it costs more. It's a simple costs analysis and it will show that the PS3 costs more to make and has more cost-value. Subjective value is up to gamers. What Sony needs to do is show everyone that they want a PS3, then cost is no longer a factor.
Case in point, Microsoft. Even with the RRoD MS was able to flip the subject around and offer a warranty that basically says "Yup, you're going to get RRoD, but you still want the console!"
Sony has yet to make some of the gaming population really want the machine, which is why people complain about the price.
The article stated that Sony needs to "ditch the Blu-ray player", but that makes absolutely no sense because 1st party PS3 games and PS3 exclusives take full advantage of Blu-ray. Blu-ray isn't just for movies because it's just as important in the game development for PS3 games as well. Guerrilla Games has said that the way that Killzone 2 is on the PS3 right now wouldn't even be possible without Blu-ray, and the same situation applies to MGS4, as well as other PS3 exclusives that utilize the Blu-ray space.
Microsoft has managed to get by with DVD, but even Rockstar Games has said that Microsoft needs to do something about the disc capacity issues and that should have been a BIG warning sign to Microsoft right there....maybe GTA5 being announced as a timed PS3 exclusive would make Microsoft do something about it.
I have to disagree with what guy in the article mentioned on how Sony should advertise... Sony wouldn't stoop that level. Sony is one of the most respected electronic giants on the planet and Sony has more class than that. If Sony did advertisments and tried to make the Wii look like a kiddy console or an inferior product, more people could generate disrepect towards Sony and could be turned off from the PS3, therefore hurting PS3 sales.
If the PS3 outsold the Xbox 360 worldwide last year seling at $499 and $599 for most of 2007 with the $399 40GB PS3 introduced late 2007 and only having VERY few really good game releases, obviously that tells me that people are willing to pay more and that people defiantly want PS3's.
It requires more than a makeover more like sony should discontinue producing ps3's and save them selves from embarrassment.