First off, there could be a price slash for the 40GB PS3 down to $399, which happens to same exact price point that the iPhone was dropped to quite recently.
Pachter has explained that, "If the rumors are true, he could not think of a better forum for making such an announcement, given that the event is less than a week before the launch of archrival Microsoft's Halo 3."
If the sub-$400 PlayStation 3 happens, look for Sony's next-gen console to jump past Xbox 360 in the charts immediately.
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.
Sony should stay strong with there prices. yes fans think its too high but its a ps3. yes a lot more people have a 360 but on the back of there mind is a ps3. game developers have a big impact on ps3 sales because they are too lazy or cheap to make a game on the ps3 for its full potential. once companies like ea games stop being lazy and sit down and make a real ps3 game then things will change. Sony might not have big number yet but Sony will always be on top just wait and see....
halo 3 is the 360's biggest game, and lowering the price to 399 will really make some sales for sony but I don't think they will top ms.
still, Sony needs to think about the holidays, they got a great lineup in 08 and december.
if it's between making a price drop on september 5 or the holidays sony should choose the holidays to make the pricr drop, unless they wanna mae two.
I think the ps3 will top the 360 in 08 anyways.
if sony sropped the price to 399 WORLDWIDE then they will see a massive sales boost as in europe the bundle pack is still $850 and the holiday season is coming up. trust me people would be fighting for PS3s
If the $399 rumour turns out to be true, MS will defintely be in a position were they will be forced to have another pricedrop.
wow, this patcher guy has a lot of faith in Sony it seems. I see the 400 dollar price point helping Sony of course but I dont see it helping as much as he thinks with the likes of Halo around the corner. Also though, if the price drop was true and Sony dropped it at TGS, it would be a little before Halo's release which then would make a killing and I guess would work in Sony's hands.
Halo is a big game though......