It's early days in the great next gen console war, and the commercial reality of development is very simple - the cost of making games on more advanced hardware has skyrocketed meaning that publishers get the best returns from their investment with multiformat development. Eurogamer typically reviews these games on the lead platform (more often than not, the Xbox 360) but they got plenty of love for the PlayStation 3 - enough to bring you the all-important info on any differences between the versions, even when review code arrives somewhat belatedly.
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.
Very good read.
huge they are as half taken up by a 40in sony lcd and fake ps3 setup.
(it plays vids of ps3 games !)(not all ingame !)
thats some big money sony are spending as there aint enough game to justify this huge display !
go sony spend that money !
So early ports from the Xbox 360 to PS3 did not do so well. Like we already didn't know this. As has been explained before getting a handle on how to program and get the most out of the PS3 is a bit tricky. 2 different game developers, Factor 5 and Havok, have stated that if you make a game for the 360 without giving consideration to what is required to port it over to the PS3 your in for a nasty suprise.
There have been ports that have been as good or better then the 360 version. Oblivion is one. Note they took the extra time to do it right rather then rush out a poor port. As developers get a better understanding of what is required to code for the PS3 this should become less and less of an issue. I am sure that there will still be some that just don't care and I would encourage PS3 owners not to buy games from the ones who don't put the effort in to making sure the PS3 is up to snuff compared to the 360.
To those that will say if we don't buy the game the developer will stop making games for the PS3, sorry I don't buy that. Developers want to sell as many copies of their game as possible. Hence why they are making their game multiplatform. I say if they don't make a good game or port a good version of their game to the PS3 then they should not get the sales. Lets make sure we buy the games from developers that make the effort and push the envelop rather then getting sloppy seconds. In any event I expect this to become less and less of an issue as developers get more comfortable with working with both systems.
THE PS3 games seems to lack detail, I wonder if its the contrast? Certain areas are too bright loosing details.
Right now it's safe to say the 360 games look much better, depending on the game, but moreso on the 360 so far.
When developers are able to work more with the PS3 I'm sure it will improve, but to what extent will you be able to distinguish the multi-platform games? In the end will it matter as much as the eXtra $300 you'll spend to get the most expensive??
We all know a lot of gamers, don't even know how to calibrate their HDTV's, unless it's done professionally. I'm sure that is a big factor when people comepare. Right now my little dinky 27 SAMSUNG 1080i is not calibrated, so I know I'm not getting the best picture ever, but the 360 games look great on a 27incher. I'm just not a video enthusiest.
will people just give it up already. who cares if one system is better then the other. buy the system "YOU" want. what"YOU"care. what suits "YOU". just have fun with it. nuff said.