A brief recount of PS3's historical moments, from inception to current.
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.
S2Killinit
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.
Good time line
-Nice time line! I like it.
-It's Killzone 3, people. The developers actually planned on making a PSP game (that they hadn't started yet at the time) to be released before this game. Yes, it's stupid to announce "3" when "2" isn't even in the works, but they did it.
-And Japan's getting 1/4th the units of the US? Way to support your home market, Sony. Microsoft may have just baited Sony into the most dangerous territory of all- focusing harder stateside, where Microsoft is strongest.
I thought that the timeline did a good job of summing up all the problems with Sony in the last 1.5 years or so.
What I have to disagree with is that it says the PS3 is doomed. Here is why I think that the PS3 will be a success.
1. The brand name. People think games and they think PlayStation. All parents need to know is PS2 now, PS3 next. They don't care whats inside it or about specs. Frankly, they probably don't even know what a blu-ray drive is. Knowing that it is the next in line is enough to tell that that it is an upgrade and thus, better.
2. Price will not be an issue. We all saw how people were flying through furbies at well over a $100 for their kids. According to philosophy - just covered this is class - , people in general do not like to spend a lot of money on a system they find to be worse than something else. It makes many feel like losers - kind of like how people do not like to vote for the losing candidate, so they go with the majority. They would rather spend more to get the best possible. They will be told that the PS3 is the best out there and will naturally go that route.
3. Perhaps most importantly, most people are not like the hardcore xbox fans that we see this site. I think that most people see that there are 3/4 of the people here as xbox fans, and immeditaly believe that the 360 will have 3/4 of the sales. I do not that think that this is an accurate representation of the rest of the world. Most people do not know about the Sony lies or the over-promises and under-delivering. That's why most people on this site stay away from Sony - because they know all about Sony's actions and say they cannot trust them as a result. Well guess what? Most people don't know or never even heard of "E3" or the "TGS." That is for the hardcore gamers - and even many of them want PS3s.
People will then have no reason to distrust Sony if they do not know about the gaming news like the news on this site. They will trust them because they think about how gaming was on their PS2. They will think about how Sony is synonymous with consumer electronics. Naturally, they will assume that the same will be true of the PS3. I can't stress enough ho most people do not read these gaming sites, at least not parents who will be doing a large portion of of the buying.
Therefore, there are 2 things that will sell the PS3:
a. Ignorance.
Parents don't know about the problems Sony is having. They hear that the PS3 is new and better, and then they want it. They hear that it is limited supply, and then they want it even more.
b. Specifications.
The hardcore gamers and a/v builders will want it. They will meet the initial demand for the PS3 and carry over the hype to the "ignorant" crowd. These people will want to harness the 1080p power with blu-ray at a cheap price considering what they would have to pay for a standalone. They figure, "I can spend $1000 on a blu-ray player for my home theater set up. Or, I can get a PS3 blu-ray player at $400 less and get a great gaming machine too."
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There you have it - my theory on the PS3. Take it as just that - a theory. I am not telling you that this will be true. I am just trying to say that this is what I believe to be the outcome for the PS3. If you disagree, please respond as I welcome a different opinion and respectful debate.
Thanks for reading,
Jared
The one Major thing the article forgot to point out in that timeline is the month that the launch was delayed from spring to winter 2006. pretty good summation otherwise.
Sometimes, I think Sony's own PR does more 'trust' damage than anything. How many times have things slipped out only to have the PR dept. walk in and tell us all we 'misunderstood' what they said then a few days or weeks later they confirm it. To me, that's like having someone blatantly calling me stupid.
They left out the lies about the release date. HDMI, 1080p "true high def", etc. Or how they ripped on MS for releasing 2 sku and then do the same thing.