Sony's upcoming Playstation 3 console has generated, without a doubt, the most talk and the most debate of any of the three next-gen consoles this year. It hasn't always been for good reasons, though. Ever since Sony's E3 press conference last May, there have been some serious questions about the console and some game developers and analysts have openly said they don't think the PS3 will be as successful sales wise as the Xbox 360 and the Wii. In this editorial Firingsquad.com look at the pros and of PS3, using quotes from Sony PlayStation execs that they have made over the last two months or so following E3. Please be aware that Sony has not yet revealed everything about their new console (including specific particulars for their online game service).
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.
Count down or count up? ;)
PS fans, it isn't so weird to question if Sony will make it this time.
They have stated themselves, that final devkits only have been given to developpers about one month ago. That's about 5 months before the official launch.
That indicates that the production process has it's problems. Furthermore producing devkits is a whole other thing then producing consumer products. I read somewhere that they just start producing them.
Expect bad yields on CPU and GPU in mass production. Probably they will launch because otherwise no one would take them serious at all anymore. But still they will launch in very small numbers in shops. Expect it not to be available due to bad shipping of Sony till spring 2007. That's E3 2007 then already again!
Just see how it went with PSP they couldn't sell one although they launched. And there were not so many buyers, still seen by selling numbers compared to the DS.
They have denied the delay from spring to end of this year also a very short time before spring. They're too much into hoping and not on counting
Before anybody gets on me about I'm a Xbug or some other stupid remark. I would like to let you know I do want a PS3. But not even EBgames and Gamestop (which I have good friends at) Know if the PS3 is coming out this year. They still haven't gotten any SKU for the PS3 and isn't taking orders yet. Now I know the same could be said for the Wii but the Wii doesn't have all the problems Sony has been facing lately. I hope it isn't delay because I want to see what the PS3 could really do but to me things look grim for Sony this Holiday.
I feel they are going to rush launch.. I am not buying a ps3 anyway but I definately wouldn't buy a launch console... With all the problems Sony has had with the ps3 I can see ton's of problems with the launch and launch systems.. With Nintendo releasing in OCT. Sony is in a tight hole if you ask me. Anyway with the crappy screens I have been seeing lately Sony will be Competing with Nintendo for 2nd this gen..
I for one LOVED the ps2 it had the best support forany console EVER, the games were so above anythingMS had that it was silly. Things change though and while i still am hoping to Sell my Xbox 360 sometime in Late 07 to get a Ps3. At a price of $600.00 there is no way im going to gamble on this system. Sony seems to have overstated there success and it really is making me sad to see what i think will be the begining of the end for the Playstation Line of consoles. MS seems to be doing everything right this time, while Sony seems to be taking the route of the over-confident rabbit (from the Tortoise and the Hare from Aesops fables)
Sony is totally ignoring the rules learned from Console history and im afraid that this once GREAT line of consoles is going to end up with the Ps3 Jumpimg the shark for Sony, Sad.