TheSixthAxis: "In this feature we're going to leave all the fanboyism at the door. This article is intended to do just one thing: decide the victor of 2009. Yes, there's going to be an awful lot of educated guesswork here, because naturally we don't know everything that the major players have planned for us this year, but we know one thing for sure: not a great deal will change from 2008."
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.
ps3 will own 2009(no fanboyism),but at the same time alan wake and convection looks too hot man
chaos theory was one of my favorite games ever as will as max payn 2
KILLZONE 2 is going to cut heads
Xbox360 will own 2009 just like previous times.PS3 is a waist of space the games for 09 are pathetic.Droids are pathetic waste of space f*ckin idiots probably have a masterbation over Killzone 2 video's.
so thats the issue cleared up, but a price cut is needed nomatter what anybody says partly due to sonys lack of advertising why the ps3 is £300 like bluray etc
software wise ps3 has the best line up for 2009 so far but microsoft could have some unannounced exclusives who knows
Both platforms will have pretty awesome games. PS3 had a great year with exclusives in 2008 and things sure looks bright for them in 09 as well. 360 only had a couple of big name exclusive this year, but 2009 looks much better for 360 with titles like Alan Awake, Halo 3 Recon, GTA4 DLC, Forza 3 and a couple of other unannounced titles i am sure they will put up a great fight against GT5, GOW3, MAG, Killzone 2, Infamous, Agency, Uncharted 2, Ratchet, Heavy Rain and other unannounced titles. PS3 needs a price cut and they need it with the release of Killzone 2.
Well I own both so either way, I'm pretty much sorted for 2009 no matter what gets announced/happens.
All the "Vs." stuff I find rather pointless, if you only have one console concentrate on that line up and if you can afford it, cut your losses, stop aligning yourself with one manufacturer and pick them both up and enjoy the lot.