VGM: "On November 19th, Xbox 360 gamers logged into Xbox Live to update the dashboard of that had worked so well for years to the "New Xbox Experience." With the promise of additions that many had clamored for, as well as a fresh coat of paint, the update brought many smiles to faces, as well as frowns. While some welcomed the change and embraced it, others looked upon it with much disdain. Meanwhile, PlayStation 3 fans turned up their noses at the thought of the Xbox 360 "going the way of the Wii." However, the rivalry between users of both consoles' networks has heated up considerably. It's been an ongoing battle ever since the inception of both systems. With the new look and feel of Xbox Live, how does it compare to the PlayStation Network? Has the price tag been justified, once and for all?"
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.
I bought a ps3. I couldn't stand these new avatars and bland dashboard. I'll wait for Home to come out.
That can pretty much sum up the whole article, just at the fact that we have Wii Fan [/boys and girls] as well as the PS3 and Xbox360 ones. This is all everything ever comes down to, but really I actually liked this article, it was pretty well written and enjoyed reading it. Need more reading material like this instead of the usual.
'ZOMG XBOX360 GETTIN' 50 DISCS FOR MGS4 LOLOLOLOLOLOL'
or
'ZOMGROTFLMAO blu-ray dieing!!! SONY EPIC FAIL!!'
Granted I made sure I spelled the words right at least, many of the posts/contributors don't do this. Anyway more balanced articles would be a nice edition to the site. I come here for news on the gaming, tech, and dev industry. Not for the fan~ish rants.
6 years of fun...justified enough for me.
Which means 360 users will hail NXE while PS3 users hail Home.
wtf u just said u hate avatars but u like home mmmmm i smell fanboy