Hands-down, the PlayStation 3 cannot catch the Wii in hardware sales for this year or next year. Fad or not, even if the Wii loses steam this fall, there's still Mario Galaxy, Mario Party 8 and Metroid Prime 3 (amongst others) that will easily pick up the slack and put the Wii back into the spotlight. That doesn't mean the PS3 can't stand toe-to-toe with the Wii when it comes to software. If Sony can at least convince people that the PlayStation 3 is a venerable, upright rival on the software front, they may be able to turn the software-side of the war in their favor. In turn, the positive press for the PS3's non-hardware could lead to actual hardware sales, and maybe then the PS3 will be back in the fight, legitimately.
Assuming these games don't meet with further delays -- because if they do it'll definitely [further] threaten the PS3's chances of success -- gamers could be bragging to their friends with Wii's about how cool an experience like Lair or Heavenly Sword is. While Wii-pers will be working out the kinks of Wii-elbow, PS3 gamers can sit tight with the top 10 following games:
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.
WRONG !
its the price thats the problem and ps3 is having its own game shortage its not just the wii !
i love my ps3 but if i own more than 5 ps3 games by the end of the year i will be supprised !
1.rfom. (if im still playing it at the end of the year !)
2.motorstorm.
3.drakes fortune.
4.new rachet game.
5.??
? lair (maybe ! it just doesnt look that much fun to me !)
? heavenly sword (maybe ! im getting bored of hack and slash !)
killzone,lbp,warhawk and some others dont interest me !
I know what he is "trying" to say, and I think it willl be misinterpreted I agree with his idea, but to think Nintendo will roll over and watch sony drop killer app after killer app, is stupid, nintendo realized they created a monster. they just havent fed it enough....
Unless games development dries up for it, the Wii won't be going away anytime soon. The Wii is simply cheap, more involving, fun.
There won't be any "murder" here....or should we say FLAMING here.
The Wii does fill a niche with a selection of games that maximizes the potential of their controller(s). Also, the Wii will never have the size or diverse range of games that the Ps3 will INEVITABLY have over the next 2 years. And if Sony starts developing similar games(eg PS Sports) and controller(s) then the Wii's tidy market share will come under serious threat.
With sure hits like LBP, Warhawk, Folklore, HS, R&C, Uncharted, Killzone coming before the end of this year, you now have some damn good reasons to buy this $200 blue-ray player AND $400 gaming console this Xmas. But again, no murdering here. Just slow and steady wins the race.
The games are coming and the price will eventually drop - unfortunately not this year, though - and then the massive migration from Ps2 to Ps3 will begin.
Oh, how things will change over the next couple of years.
People are buying the Wii because of Wii sports. In countries where Wii Sports are not included, people buy it along with Wii. Like it or not, the Wii already has a killer app and it's called Wii Sports. I bought one for the kids and I'm not that much of a fan of the Wii. I have an Xbox360 Elite. But many people with kids as young as 3 can play the Wii. And people as old as 75. The PS3 and Xbox 360 controls are to intimidating for non-traditional gamers (3-7 and 45-75 years old). I suggest everyone get use to the Wii dominating this gen.
@ fulconer below.
No I didn’t read your comment as I posted mine and did not refresh the page in time. Oh and by the way, you’re still WRONG! Why would anyone play $200.00 more for a carbon copy of Wii Sports and the Wii Controller? Do you think that parents of a 3-7 year old or that 45-75 year old crowd that I mentioned earlier (that are buying the Wii NOW others are waiting because they can't find it.) are willing to pay $200.00 more for basically the same games???? If you believe that, I have a bridge in Brooklyn that I can get you very cheap.
It isn't going to matter what games actually make it out of development & as sales continue to decline fewer & fewer will. The question is how long will Sony wait before they bite the bullet & price the PS3 as a game console because at this point the Wii isn't the niche console, the PS3 is & the mass migration from PS2 has already begun.