One of the Loot Ninja editor's brought you a full review of the new Madden 08 game for the Xbox 360 and for the most part it was very positive and he went as far as to call it "the best football game to ever hit next gen" but another editor has a bit of a different opinion. He see it as a solid game, but not worth the purchase as it has not evolved enough from it's other iterations.
Alex S. from Link-Cable writes: "When it comes to video game lineups none get as much as attention as the launch lineup that accompany a new piece of hardware. But what about the last games? That's the topic for this week's Top 10 as we'll be looking at the very last games to grace their respective consoles. "
I remember buying FFIX on PSN because I was looking for swan song PS1 titles to enjoy on PS3
10 Years Ago This Month: Sony's sales pitch as the powerful system took a hit when EA had to explain why Madden 08 on PS3 was noticeably worse than the Xbox 360 version.
The cpu was hard to work for 3rd party, butt the cell was really powerfull and fast. It wasnt just pr or secret sauce. Uc2 and killzone 2 were amazing. But 3rd party want money. They also problems with the ram. Only first party was able to make huge jumps from first gen games to second gen. It was an expensive console but the tech was much more powefull at launch then this gen.
Wasn't this already established in 2006? Online Sony's first party studios took advantage of the cell.
" was PS3 hard to Develop for?"
Here we go again , they been saying this since mid 2006-2007ish . of course the CPU was hard to work with but the Cell was fast and powerful .
Next year Article : " was PS4 to Easy Develop for ?" slow day in office ?
P.S . over last few years N4G been Repeating same subject matter with Slightly different title, same old subject .
I would hate to be a writer busting my brain to come up with a New lie to draw readers interest end up repeating 2006 article again .
I would not say "hard" to develope... but it went against the norm and it also threatened a well established pc archetype of which many in the pc business was against. Not with ill intent, but to try and change the way digital hardware works... it is huge mountain to climb against a well established pc design.
A lot of third party studios kind of just did not try because they did not want to support the change.
It went beyond just gaming with the backlash of sonys cell design.
Sony has always tried to push innovation and sometimes they miss or go to far against the norm and fail. Like betamax vs VHS. Betamax was the superior hardware but they lost that battle as well.
It is why Microsoft created the competition. They were getting beat in so many ways and their monopoly was getting threatened by everyone. Apple, Google, etc etc. Microsoft had to fight back to try save their dwindling sales. Lose the hardware, you lose the os.
Luke looks at the most influential features of Madden on the PS3 and Xbox 360.
If you've played Madden 05, 06 on PS2 you'll be tired of the same thing in about half an hour.
actually i gotta admit, there are some welcome changes in this iteration of madden. The gang tackling is a welcome addition. I hated having the DT tackle the running back while falling forward, and no matter how many defenders bounced off of him while being tackled, the rb still got the first down, not anymore, momentum can be changed. The lateral and fake lateral are something that I thought was cool in NCAA with the option plays, and now I can fake out defenders with it. There seems to be a lot of ways you can break away from tackles now, lots of different little jukes to adjust to oncoming defenders. The hitstick 2.0 is awesome, the going for the legs or head option is great, especially with 2 player coop and you are both going after the same guy. The catching animations are really cool too.
I do have some gripes though, and im not sure if they have this in the 360 version, but wtf is up with the crowds, just disgusting pixelated crap in the background. The weird hovering around a fallen opponent, all the farking fumbles, seriously, its like some games have fumbelitis turned on or something. How come I don't have skills drills, when the ps2 does, that looks like fun. Im sure I'll find more. Is it worth 60 bucks, probably not, not many games are actually.
If I want to play football, I rent these games. Same with any sports game, unless it's truly fun and sucks me in like the NBA Street or Hot Shots Golf games do.
Those that don't believe in superficial hype know and understand Madden is the purest garbage in the gaming market.
It's Madden what do you expect?