A brief recount of PS3's historical moments, from inception to current.
It has been ten years of the franchise and a celebration is planned.
Circana data shows Resident Evil 5 as the best selling Resident Evil game in the US, ahead of Resident Evil 4 remake and Village.
So the most successful RE is the one where a white man is killing Africans.
This can't be real.
With the ninth mainline installment looming, it feels like the right moment to rank every mainline Resident Evil game from worst to best.
At first I was like, No Code Veronica on the list!? But then I seen Mainline. The list checks out, but I would personally put 2 over 4.
I'll take 2 over 4 also. And even without a number, I don't see how Code Veronica, my other favorite in the franchise, isn't mainline when it's the actual sequel to RE2.
The original RE was the best. Its not on the list which makes no sense.
The remake of it was alright but should be higher on this list.
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.