@1.5 My guess is that it would be patched to play on all PS3s. Sony has said in the past that they could get PS2 games to play on the 40 gb PS3s but they would have to go through each game individually to ensure playability.
Its strange how reviewers act like $10 is a ton of money. Its the price of a movie ticket. But maybe they have to pay for these themselves at times instead of playing the disc games for free like they are use to.
Very few games that get announced at E3 show up the same year. They may have some good tricks up their sleeve for E3 but it doesn't look like MS will have any new awesome exclusives that will ship in 2k9.
Oh noes! I've been called a noob by a nerdy little kid. I'm so devastated... I stand by my statement. I called them once and the fool was actually eating while talking to me on the phone. I could actually hear him chewing. Their customer service sucks. Their return policy sucks, they don't price match their own prices and they sell a ton of low quality refurb dog sh!t. They are nothing like New Egg.
Its too bad that tigerdirect sucks.
I buy all my multiplat games on the ps3 because I like the scratch resistant coating on blu-ray discs. Ps3 games also seem to have a higher resale value probably because they sold less copies. Not to mention I don't pay for Live Gold membership. I buy all my downloadable games off PSN so I can share them with friends if need be.
Suikoden is my favorite rpg series. But if there's no Suikoden a new Vandal Hearts game would be great.
So this is a new Vandal Hearts game?! Damn I'm in day one. Something I almost never do.
It might be old but it wasn't posted here at n4g. Only the software numbers were.
I wonder if that is a all time low for wii sales in Japan.
@apena89
Man some of you people need to chill the f%&^ out. I'm just saying you can save games on the 360 out of the damn box. I was responding to GWAVE's comment about not being able to. But I guess facts count for nothing here. BTW who gives a f*&^ if the DSi has 256 mb. Its only $30 less then an 360 Arcade doofus.
To be fair MS added 256 mb memory cards to their arcade units last holiday season. I believe they have 256mb of built in memory on the arcade units these days. So when you buy an arcade 360 you can at least save your games.
But back on topic the hard drive prices are truly ridiculous. Its funny how MS keeps pushing digital distribution but throws up a road block with these amazing inflated prices. I got my 120 gb 360 drive used off ebay for $75 and I still felt ripped off.
Not sure how people can disagree with you on that. The IP belongs to Epic, that is a fact. The title should be MS's spectacular exclusive if anything.
I hope its a true sequel to the Shinning Force series (a strategy rpg). It would also be great if they could sign a deal with Camelot Software Planning (formerly Sonic Software Planning) to develop the game.
Sales numbers in Japan next week will be interesting. I wonder how much hardware a demo can really sell.
I hope people report this garbage. I wish you idiot fanboys would realize that we are customers first and fore most. If this yellow light thing does become a bigger problem Sony should address it. I know if my 60 gb goes belly up I don't want to pay $150 + tax to get it fixed. I wailed on and on about the RROD everywhere I could as did others back in 2k6. Even though 360 fanboys would jumped on me all the time defending "their" precious company. But look what gamers got out of...
@2.3 You sure you ain't plastic man? Cuz damn you are stretching it. But if you want to turn this into a stupid fanboy war here we go:
1. Yes, MS has a problem. Their console is down to half the price of the PS3 and they are only selling 100k more then the PS3 in the US each month (half of which is negated by bigger sales of the ps3 in Japan each month). They were selling the core 360 for only $70 more then a PS2 until the Ps2's price drop last week. What's their next step? A...
A sequel would be great. But I hope they add more depth to the game. It just felt somewhat shallow in terms of leveling up (dont really get many new abilities), side missions and secrets. Individual endings and cutscenes with more then just the main 8 characters or so would be awesome as well.
What does it matter how long the Ps2 took to sell 50 mill? Fact is Ps2 is at 145 mill. Which means the Wii needs to sell at its current pace for the next 5 years to catch it. That is also if Sony doesn't sell another ps2 from this day forward. Is it possible? Maybe but the Wii doesn't and never will have the library the PS2 does.
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If I remember correctly there are actually two chips that are in the original 20 gb and 60 gb PS3 that allow PS2 compatibility. The emotion engine and the graphic synthesizer. The emotion engine was removed from the 80 gb playstation 3s and they went with a software and graphic synthesizer solution. The 40 gb + newer ps3's have both components removed. So it would require a ton of work to make sure a software only solution worked with the majority of PS2 games. But I b...