Gamers need to stop worrying about the sales numbers of the PS3 and arguing over the merits of PlayStation Home. The truth is that the system is flush with excellent, exclusive games, and we're way past the point where you can call yourself a hardcore gamer and not own the hardware. Ars makes the case that you shouldn't wait for the PS3 to arrive: it has been here for a while now.
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.
Truth=The Ps3 launched with 2 problems,being expensive and lacking amazing games.The console now has amazing games but is still expensive in comparison to the 360 and Wii,therefore,Sony cutting the price sometime this year will be a smart decision.
Other truth:The Xbox 360 costs $199 and $299 in comparison to the $399 and $499 Ps3,yet Microsoft can only manage to outsell the console by 100k.If you take off your bright green fanboy goggles,you'll be able to see why these numbers are a cause for concern for Microsoft.
The Xbox 360 has been relying on 3rd party games to boost both its image and console sales,you can't deny Microsoft have done an excellent job in both marketing 3rd party games and providing incentives to 3rd party developers to promote and showcase their games running on the 360 platform.So Microsoft:Good job in this respect.
But the above also creates a problem for Microsoft:Ps3 selling more consoles will make it extremely hard for 3rd party developers to favor 1 version of their game over the other.We're seeing this happen already,with companies such as EA providing 'equal' treatment to all versions of their games due to their software selling great across multiple continents.I see a loooooot of other publishers and devs doing the same in 2009.
Furthermore,I think Microsoft will be in for a world of hurt once Sony can whip out a 'must-have' Ps3 game for the Japanese audience-Gran Turismo 5/Final Fantasy 13/Team Icos next game might be the one to do it.It's easy to dispute this statement,until I show you what the PsP was able to do last year in Japan(3 Million+ in sales) and continues to do thanks to Monster Hunter and other games.
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The PS3 is doing just fine. This year, things kick into high gear.
it took 2 years for the ps3 to finally arrive.
Very well written article and I agree with it. The PS3 is one amazing system and that will continue on for years to come.