
Can anyone remember what it was like when Sony's Playstation 2 came on the scene? If you've been following the industry long enough, you would conclude that the PS3's launch was almost identical to that of its predecessor. People complained about the price, doom and gloom articles were all over the place, and developers moaned over the architecture of the then new hardware. It's the same with PS3 today, but look at what's happening now; Sony is set to dominate again, just like the PS2 before it and the comparisons invoke dejavu. We'll remind you.

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.

A brutal reset, a smarter story, and a return to what made it great—Mortal Kombat (2011) revived the series.
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.
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.
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.
I unfortunately read the article, and it fails to realize one big thing that ISN'T similar to the PS2's heyday...
THE COMPETITION.
XBOX 1 tried. Failed.
Dreamcast tried. Failed.
CD-I tried. Failed.
Gamecube tried. Failed.
But this time is different. The little boys are MEN now. :-)
Nintendo has secured the "casual market" that Playstation once commanded, and XBOX360 came out early and commanded the HD Market.
In addition, XBOX360 bought out the Third Party Franchises that made the Playstation 2 a juggernaut. Those franchises have not only been released on XBOX360, but they have outsold and in most cases, outshined their PS3 counterparts.
So sorry Gamethirst and myopic Sony Fans. It's over. This generation isn't and WON'T be anything like the last one.
Yes, Sony PS3 is doing a little better these days, but it doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things. Hardware may be moving, but the software isn't. And that's a major problem for Sony in the short term AND the long term.
And by the way... Here comes XBOX360's 2010 lineup.
Splinter Cell.
Alan Wake.
Fable III.
Mass Effect 2.
Crackdown 2.
Possibly a rumored Gears of War 3.
Project Natal.
Halo Reach.
The PS3 Slim won't be aesthetically-pleasing to the mainstream with Microsoft having a futuristic peripheral on the Market with heavy adverts next year.
Good luck Sony Fans. You'll need it. :-)
And oh yeah... NO. ONE. CARES.
Xbox360 tried but failed,just look at the NPD numbers.
Lack of exclusives,inferior graphics,DV9.Consumers made there choice its PS3.
GOW3
GT5
Heavy Rain
FF13 (Superior version)
WKC
MAG
360 won't be aesthetically-pleasing to the mainstream with Sony having a futuristic console that only does every thing on the Market with heavy amount of games and adverts next year.
Good luck 360 Fans. You'll need it. :-)
And oh yeah... NO. ONE. CARES.
it has 7 years to get there so....... yeah
People have been saying this for years, but maybe, just maybe, 2010 will finally be PS3s year? D: