zConnection's Connor Beaton writes: "Has the gaming industry really embraced Blu-ray Disc? "Sure it has", some of you might respond. "After all, the PS3 uses the format for loads of things, right?" Right, but in that statement, you've actually mentioned the prime factor for why the gaming industry hasn't embraced the HD storage format."
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.
dooomed DOOOOOMED
Doomed I tell you...not only Bluray, but PS3 as well, and Sony too..All Doomed. Only Microsoft will be the King, and the 360 will live for ever. All hail Microsoft
To me I don't believe blu-ray is done, I still see it as a viable medium. The capacity of it is quite good for games at least, though I haven't watched a blu-ray movie in forever so I won't comment on the movie side of it.
Even though I can kind of see where they author is coming from I'd still say Digital distribution is only good if you have A. the hard drive space, and B. the game is not the big. One point I like to always make about it is the PSP Go. Digital Distribution works well for it because the games aren't that heavy. PS3, 360 and a few Wii games (I think?) would not work out as some may have planned. Especially if their are times when one's internet may be down or as slow as molasses.
Long rant short, I'd say each has it's place that can easily coexist it's just that they would have to be used properly to be beneficial to each side. Their is no reason to go fully digital when their are still those on slow connections, capped download rates (talking of those in Australia who I believe are still getting royally screwed over) and problems with Internet Service providers (such as myself to which my connection seems to always drop in the dead of night when I like to game a lot.)
third parties will never achieve the graphical fidelity of exclusives if they persist on not taking advantage of the perks that blu-ray offers.
Comfirmed BLUE RAY WILL FAIL
when will the media learn. i find it funny as soon as BR won the format war these article showed up.