As the PlayStaion 3 celebrates its first birthday, Gameplayer has taken a look at the 10 key decisions Sony made that were right for the success of the console.
"By comparison, you effectively pay 'tax' to play the Xbox 360 online. Sure the roads to your destination have less potholes, but we'll take a few bumps and bruises to paying a tax! And what does it mean for multi-format games? As support for split-screen dwindles in the face of the online revolution, games are being released with incomplete feature sets. The box art for both the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of Game 'A' may pimp '12 multiplayer maps' and '16 players online' and both have an RRP of $119.95, but to enjoy that feature on the Xbox 360 version you also need to pay a subscription tax to the 'Soft. Bugger that!"
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.
I wanna open my PS3 so bad.
Much like a hooker, what the PS3’s online interface lacks in sexiness, it certainly makes up for in accessibility.
4. PS2 Support - Not for the 40gb version.
7. Not Rushing the Major Franchises - Lair?
8. Intelligent Internet? What makes it more 'intelligent' than internet on any PC in the world? Nothing.
Either think or click disagree, your choice.
1. Customisable Hard-Drive - i never realized how much media i had until i filled my 60gb in two weeks. i got a 120gb in now with 40gb of space left.
2. Free and Accessible Online - a must. it's bullsh!t to pay just to play online.
5. Quality Parts - after dealing with the 360, this is a blessing.
10. All-in-One Entertainment - the reason i bought a ps3 and got rid of my 360
having owned both systems, i can honestly say the ps3 is th best system out. it's missing a few features but those will be here shorty and more. plus it has all the games i'm interested in and some of the best franchizes in gaming history.
the ps3 is the best gadget i've bought in years
This guy sounds a little biased, his first point was really good, the non proprietary hard drive in the PS3 is a great idea.
But then the second point was a little weaker, and buy the time he got to the sixsuxus, i was like wait a minute is he serious? Sixsuxus is a huge mistake and a crappy controller, they should have had rumble from day one, now we all have to buy new controllers, Sony should not be praised for such a bone headed move, anyone with half a brian knows that. Clearly this guy is biased or just plain stupid, all the rest of his points were very weak as well, he was really reaching to find good things to say about the PS3.