i disagree. every since the new controllers unveiling it seems like warhawk was the sixaxis poster child. warhawk was 100% under sony's control. if they didnt force warhawk to use motion control, i dont really see why they would force lair to do the same.
this and the new original wipeout for ps3 can't come fast enough.
its been that way since way back in the 8bit days. its one of those things you have to get used to.
over a million copies to be profitable?
thats not how the industry works. most games are profitable in the long run. if publishers were really losing money that badly, no one would develop titles anymore.
if your game sells over 200k copies you will recoup development on a $10M game. 200k * $60 = $12M, $12M - $10M development costs still leaves your company with $2M in profit.
this would be for a game that costs $10M. A ps3 title supposedly costs...
actually, since these are the sales numbers from blu-ray sales the numbers should be:
100k * $60 = $6M
the included bluetooth headset probably retails for $5 a piece at the wholesale sony discount price. packaging, promotion and the disc itself amounts to ~ $3 per disc.
that would be $52 per disc
100k * $52 = $5.2M
so a rough profit guesstimate should be around:
$5.2M - $2M = $3.2M profit in the first week alone
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I agree with you wholeheartedly, however the real problem is the fact that this form of reviewing is one sided this generation. every game for ps3 is criticized from day one. xbox360 games are generally hailed and shortcomings are ignored for the most part.
i own both systems, and it gets really annoying to decide what games [on either console] to buy because of the slant.
- xbox360 games shortcomings are ignored or overlooked, so their scores are inflated and i ...
wait... so because killzone 2 wasnt playable, they couldnt award it best graphics... BUT they gave it the worst AI award even though it wasnt playable?
so it wasnt eligible for the most distinguished award, but it was eligible for one of the worst? assuming they arent biased, just how does that work?
perfect? halo? if the halo formula was perfect than there would never be any need for bungie to patch things. most of the MP maps look nothing like they did at launch.
the halo2 story was a bit of a letdown. the level design was way too symmetric and it was easy to get lost. the weapons were definitely not well balanced. the only way to balance most of the weapons was to dual wield the right combination.
if halo3 was perfect, then why were there so many complaint...
half-assed portable versions? wipeout pure is probably one of the best versions of wipeout available since wipeout 2097/XL.
im kinda disappointed to find that there are only 8 tracks in this one though. thats a bit of a letdown, but if they follow in the footsteps of wipeout pure, there should be plenty of [free] downloadable content.
i agree that casual gaming will eventually be the ruin and downfall of modern gaming, but this guy is a lil on the sony zealot side.
i mean i love the playstation too, but geez...
well, if i listened to the mixed reviews, i would have never bothered with motorstorm.
i think reviewers are trying to be careful not to paint themselves into a corner with their reviews. the bar for ps3 games is much higher than xbox360 games. they dont want to give too high scores to a game when potentially better games are shortly coming down the pipe.
ie: you cant give heavenly sword a 10 in graphics because UT3 and killzone will be coming out in a few month...
10 hours?
gears of war was more like 6 hours. increasing the difficulty helps, but its still a ridiculously short single player game. honestly, that is my only problem with the single player campaign; its too short.
the god of war games were longer than gears IMHO. but i acknowledge that may just be my playstyle. i think its easier to flank and shoot enemies, especially when you dont have to worry about puzzles, interactive action sequences or intricate boss batt...
?!?!?!?
he gave red steel and resistance the same score? WTF?
he gave picross and mercury meltdown a higher score than super stardust HD?
there seems to be a slant towards nintendo. i dont think red steel was horrible per se, but i still cant believe that he gave resistance the same score as red steel... SMH
hey, its the devil may cry school of thought...
no spin or FUD? perhaps youve never read any of these:
well, blu-ray sales are higher because of the free give-aways
[although they arent counted as sales]
hddvd players are outselling standalone bluray players
[although if you add the xbox360 add-on and the ps3 to both sides, blu-ray is the clear winner and the reason why sales are so high for blu-ray]
this fall walmart is going to sell super cheap hddvd players from china
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im not interested in card games, but i was thinking the same thing
@1.2 the game is still the same quality. its just that the embedded clip is pretty choppy and isnt in HD.
i think you need to sit down with heavenly sword for a minute or two. the game plays more like ninja gaiden than god of war, to be honest with you.
i dont know anyone that STILL compares HS to GoW after playing the demo oh! and no, random button mashing doesnt count as playing if you cant button mash your way through the whole game. the only thing they have in common is the context buttons; but you dont hear people comparing HS to RE4 do you?
the bioshock demo w...
the tax dodge story is actually incorrect. there are no more customs duty tax on game consoles, other than those which sony still has to pay/ pass on to the consumer.
the law that the ps2 tried to skirt was actually not awarded to sony in their favor. not only that, but since the ps2 launch days that law has been changed to render any further attempts to capitalize on it inert.
let me take another look, i have the links here someplace.
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yeah. the version that they are previewing is a sort of HD remix of previous tracks in the series. they are also developing a version of wipeout from the ground up on the ps3.
its the same kinda of thig that they did with tekken:dr and gran turismo. they just release these stopgap versions of the series to appease fans and to let the dev teams get a feel for developing on ps3 without needing to build everything from scratch.