Yesterday Sony trimmed both the size and the price of its PlayStation 3 console, hoping to energize a slumping market with a sexier product. But in the background of this announcement is the news that video game sales are rapidly declining, and the PlayStation 3 is at the bottom of the heap.
The NPD Group reports the PlayStation 3 moving only 122,000 units in July, a mere 14,000 more than its predecessor, the PlayStation 2. This is sad news given that the PlayStation 2 is nine years old and totally outdated in its hardware. For comparison's sake, the Microsoft Xbox 360 moved 203,000 units, and the Nintendo Wii moved 253,00.
With a slimmer and cheaper iteration of its console, Sony hopes to bump those numbers up in its favor. But it may be too late.
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
LucasArts gave Jango Fett his own game in 2002, and it pulled Star Wars into a much dirtier, rougher, and more interesting corner of the galaxy.
The Wii is now a retro console. Let’s get nostalgic about an often maligned system.
Crazy to think the WII is to the Switch 2, as the NES was to the WII back then. 20 Year difference.
My wife asks me to bust it out (heh) everyone once in a while to play bowling and tennis with the kids. There was a ton of slop on it but some good stuff as well.
Wii was great but boy howdy did it cause Microsoft to go on a dark walk with the Kinect and the disastrous XBox One launch that they arguably never recovered from.
Not nostalgic for me.. I was there.. anyone who wasnt a little kid realized it was a gamecube with shit tacked onto it, it was the "joke" system and was well below even the switch in terms of comparing it to the latest machines at the time. The machine was well loved by young people and "casual gamers" who now remember it 20 years on, or in most cases more of its sales came in the 15-20 years ago range not right at launch- but again its not nostalgic for people who were "gamers" then really, just for those who ended up with one in their house, the games , graphics, interface and online features were archaic already in 2006.
OH NOES!!!!ITZ DE DOOMED!!!!!111
rofl, these articles get more and more ridiculous by the second. and they call themselves journalists.
if the PS3 is doomed,then the 360 is worse than doomed since it doesnt compare to the features the PS3 has, and to make it compete with a $300 price tag(The same as a PS3 slim) is just worthless.
Fear. Uncertainty. Doubt.
Fact is, the PS3 is now the same price as the flagship 360 and offers more.
First the media demanded a price cut and now is here and its back to being doom, this is absurd
"PS3 often suffers graphical glitches in its games that Microsoft's Xbox 360 simply does not. It's clear to those who pay attention to the little details that Sony's rivals can do what the PS3 does, but in many cases, better."
Do they even play exclusives, you can't talk about graphics and call the PS3 underwhelming, WTF
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It's funny that people claim the word 'save'.