The Gamer Limit delivers a "state of the union address" on the eve of the PS3's second birthday. Can the PS3 be considered a success so far? What does the future have in store?
From the article:
"Each passing year is like a lifetime in console years and can make all the difference in the perpetual battle for console domination. Two years on the market means the PS3 is like a young adult. It's spread it's wings and left the nest. It's trying to find it's place in the grand scheme of things."
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.
OFF TOPIC: Im not supposed to talk about this but im so hype and i cant help it. I know someone who is working on GOD OF WAR 3 and i cant say much but all i can say is u will be SHOCKED the ps3 can do those graphics.IFu think kilzone2 looks mind blowing then u have not seen nothing yet.2009 CANT COME SOON ENOUGH
happy b-day ps3 A.K.A graphic BEAST!!!!!!!
U will eat ur words in 2009 and i promise u.My friend will lose hes job if i go into detail and show u the pic i have but i cant.I am %100 sure u will change your mind about the game when u see what i saw.
EDIT: @ POLLUTED,U dont need worry about that, i can assure u god of war 3 will have the best gameplay out of the 3.I wish i could share what i have with every one on this web site but if i post the info i have and REAL TIME game picture my friend will lose hes job.
Good write up :)
why would i be nervous about paying for this:
ps1/ps2 playback
ps3 gaming
web browser
pseye
cd/dvd/bluray playback
ps1/ps2/dvd upscaling
was that cause for celebration?nope.just the beginning of the festival.the start of the carnival.
1)did sony release a reliable system with unknown tech?YES
2)is it powerful?YES
3)is it upgradeable with the disc medium(25-50-100-?),the hard drive4)(20-40-60-80-120-?) and the firmware(BD live-photo mode-LWP-XMB access-?)?YES
5)did sony release play tv before iptv?YES
6)did sony have remote play from anywhere with psp before micorosft released live anywhere?YES
7)did games get better from third parties?YES
8)did the price come down?YES
9)are sony's inhouse and exclusives like MGS4 of higher quality than the competiton?YES
10)is there a clear difference in graphics of say GT5 and killzone2 to halo3 and forza2?YES
11)is sony continuously being innovative with home,eyepet,demo scene,digital art,etc?YES
12)is PSN still fun for being free and continuously pushese boundries like 40 player/60 player/256 player/8 player co-op,etc?YES
13)does the PS store have great content and orignal titles over "been there,done that" games?YES
14)are newer games coming out next year giving ps3 owners a glimpse of great things to come?YES
15)is sony selling more consoles,software and digital content year on year?YES
16)does sony have disc games for sell along side their digital counterparts like GT5,warhawk,socom,siren,etc over what the competition says they would do because "DD is the future?"YES
17)are sony's movies for sale or rent great looking in HD and better than low grade netflix movies?YES
18)is it cool to have that choice between bluray built in and DD?YES
with examples like this,sony should have every reason to celebrate.they have misstepped on things like cancelling 8 days,getaway and taking forever on home,but sony will get there.they have 8 more years of production to go.
apocalypse..................
he literally struggled to be the first comment on this post probably lol.
GOW3 will do fine, it is a guranteed GOTY contender for 09. Looking at the PS2 and Xbox360 the PS3 is doing fine.