Seattle Post-Intelligencer
January 7, 2008
By Todd Bishop
Las Vegas - One of Microsoft's key technological positions has taken a blow as a result of Warner's decision to choose Blu-ray in the battle over next-generation DVD formats.
The implications extend beyond movies to the hotly contested video-game console market. That's because Sony has integrated a Blu-ray drive into the PlayStation 3.
Depending on the circumstances, Sony may enjoy a "huge competitive advantage" over Microsoft in the video-game console market if Blu-ray becomes standard, said Michael Pachter, an analyst at Wedbush Morgan Securities.
The key question, Pachter said, would be timing.
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
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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.
Oh the Irony the next Xbox would carry blu-ray capability on its next platform. Microsoft has to pay royalty to sony and other blu-ray supporters in order to implement blu-ray on their next gen console. Even the next gen Wii will have to implement blu-ray on their console if blu-ray will win. It's a win-win for sony.
XBOX 360 will continue to kick ass. Because it's the better gaming machine at a better price.
Sony just keeps on embarresing themselves.
Sony will make billions of it.
...we're screw from day one for releasing a half assed rushed console, sure it was great for 18 months or so but thats about it. No HDD, No HD format, No wifi, No freebies, No rechargable controllers, No web browser....
Basically they upgraded a GPU and CPU and figured thats enough.
And sure in the hell won't help Sony win the console war when DVD folks are already fucing up Sony demographic helping them sell some consoles but no software.
I mean Sony already had some supposed AAA's that were boast about by Sony fanboys and they do not buy them what makes you think the PS3 fanbase is going to buy games now other than those 3 pr 4 games everybody seems to be saying warrents the PS3 purchase sence before the PS3 launched.
IS that the only reason to own the PS3? is that the only thing that can save it is thoses 3 or 4 titles thats been known even before the first Playstation launched.
How can a console win when the only thing people are excited about are a handful of sequels and not the promise of new greatness like the 360 appeal?.
PS3 will surge when those sequels come out maybe! then what?, it took 120 million PS2 owners to sell 4 million copies and less of some of those games. What makes you think consoles will be flying off the shelfs as Sony fanboys believe?.
This whats going to happen Every PS3 killer App released MSFT will have an awnser to and only Sony fanboy hype will continue despite reality.