Some of you may have already read about the 20 gigabyte PlayStation 3 being nailed in a coffin and buried beneath the earth, never to rise again. And this came shortly after CB Games predicted that the PS3 was dying.
But all hope isn't lost, there's still one thing Sony can do to redeem themselves before they bury another model of the PS3. CB Games says that they have always stuck to the simple philosophy that software sells the hardware.
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.
S2Killinit
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.
Alternate source: Maxconsole
It has a nice picture with it ;-)
no one needs a 20gb ps3 ... that's why microsoft is now following sony with including a bigger hd.
yup too watered down.. 40 gigs less of hard drive, no wifi and no memory card readers. I think the thinking was, especially because of the price, if I can afford 500 bucks, well then i just might as well get the souped up version and afford 600, percentage wise, the jump from 500 to 600 is not a big deal..percentage wise.
I think most of us can agree the only reason why the PS3 came out last winter and not this winter is because they had to. They would have loved to come out this winter but they needed their foot in the door.
He's also right about why someone would buy a console for 200 bucks more if many of the games right now are coming out on both consoles and looking equally good on both. (it is a bit near sighted though)
This fall and winter should be great for sony. I bet anyone here that the price of the ps3 isnt going to be that big of a deal this winter. People will pay the money if Sony delivers enough exclusives...
First article this guy writes claims the PS3 is failing due to price and lack of software.
"It’s no surprise that the PlayStation 3 hasn’t been a big hit. And obviously the huge price tag and lacking software lineup has been the prime cause of what looks like an early demise of Sony’s next-gen console."
http://www.cinemablend.com/...
In the follow up article he declares his prediction right because the 20 GB model was dropped in NA by Sony. Yet amazingly shows he was very wrong in what he originally stated was the cause of why the PS3 was failing in the first place, the price.
"Amazingly, people preferred the $600 unit over the $500 one. In this particular case I’m horribly convinced that price is no longer the PlayStation 3's down-dragging."
So the only thing left from his original claim as to why the PS3 is failing is lack of software. Every console goes through this stage and we all know the PS3 is about to get alot of good looking exclusive games soon like Lair, NGS, HS, Rachet and Clank, which all look to showcase what the system is capable of.
Anyone with any brains should realize its far to early to declare any system dead at this point but nice of this guy to already be patting himself on the back for doing so. This tells you how serious anyone should take what this guy has to say.