A new sample of more than 3000 Australian consumers indicates that Sony will continue to dominate the games console space in coming years, despite being late to market with the PlayStation 3. The findings of the report The Connected Home in 2007 from Connection Research suggest that Sony is likely to sell more than 100 million PS3 consoles, emulating the success of the two earlier models, according to one of the authors.
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.
Taken by 3000 people and from that concludes that it will sell 100mil, maybe he forgot to look at console sales, not sayin the ps3 wont sell but i am saying it will never sell 100 million, and him saying australia is a fairly close indicator of the main Western markets outside of Japan, couldnt be further from the truth. my thoughts only.
In about 10 minutes the Xbots will start flaming.
Agreed the wii will fill a niche - it's not going away unless the next gens develop similar games and controllers.
Although I'm confident Ps3 will eventually win the war, it's unlikely it'll reach 100m sales mark. The main reason is that the PS2 didn't get much competition from the xbox. However, the x360's a more worthy opponent with an impressive selection of games and net service.
Yes, the 360's doing well at the moment but it's far too early to rule out Sony. x360 had a WHOLE YEAR without any next gen competition and has built up a very respectable library of games. Ps3 has only been in the stores for six months, is relatively expensive and is NOW in a highly competitive gaming market.
The article is correct on brand loyalty/mind set. The old ps2 is still selling well because for a ridiculously cheap price you are getting alot of bang for your bucks. The Ps3 is a more powerful and versatile machine with greater long term potential. Those buyers will eventually migrate once the Ps3's price becomes attractive as well as having a large library of diverse games and quality net service.
So xbots, hold off the premature ejaculations of judgement. Show some self discipline, intelligence and objectivity and wait 5 years. Then we'll truly see who rules who.
It will sell 100mill+ imo, its not like the PS3 is gonna be here for a year. Its gonna have atleast 5-10 years in the market. And it is the best console which ever way you look at it.
"Philipson believes the strong brand loyalty to Sony consoles will result in PS3 emulating the success of PS2 and PS1, which each sold more than 100 million units worldwide."
i disagree. brand loyalty? if that was the case then nintendo would still be on top today(which isn't the case after NES, SNES). strong brand loyalty for the ps1 and ps2 were there because both consoles earned it by having a great gaming library. Nintendo killed theirs by lacking that during the N64, Gamecube era.
IMO, i think sonys going to have to do a lot more to reach 100 million. the price alone won't allow it to get up there. factor in the strong, cheaper competition, i just can't see it happening. and for those of you whos going to mention price drops, it works both ways. the ps3 drops to 500, im sure the 360 premium would drop to 300. which would still be a 200 difference.