Talking about how PSN is more secure now would only attract more hacks. Sony has to tread very carefully when talking about this whole mess. Thank the users (briefly) for waiting and mention the Welcome Back program. That's it.
Then on to the good stuff.
In most eyes, I think Nintendo having a shiny new console is an automatic E3 win. Followed by Sony with a shiny new handheld.
From Microsoft, I expect the same as last year's E3:
Kinect
Halo
Gears
Call of Duty
Rinse and repeat.
Did anyone say anything about Epic going multiplat with Bulletstorm? Money talks and you know what walks but developers understand that "you dance with who brung you".
Insomniac going multiplatform doesn't change the fact that they said they would still work with Sony, who owns the properties Insomniac worked on for years. Maybe this will work out for them, hopefully better than Ninja Theory...
Actually does anyone know of developer that became ...
Wait a minute. Massive amounts of people are having trouble downloading free stuff from one place? All at once?
And this is news?
I say the same thing every year when CoD comes out. Internet is always choppy those first few days.
The hardcore audience is smaller than you think. Devs want to make as much possible so they aim for the lowest common denominator. It sucks but it's business.
Last numbers i saw showed MS with a ~3 mil lead. Where are you getting those numbers from?
The casual audience is new and also untested. No one knows whether the people who bought the Wii as their first system (in a while if not ever) are going to buy this new console.
Seeing how it is rumored to be pretty much the same as the 360 and PS3, this new audience might not shell out the big money for a new console from Nintendo when cheaper consoles are available. Or they might be fine with the Wii and not buy any other console at all.
All Sony did was slightly inconvenience Hotz. They could've buried him but showed mercy and settled the case. The fact is the case was over before anyone started hacking Sony.
I don't understand hacker logic. Commit a major crime to avenge a non-existent one?
What they stole from Sony doesn't necessarily come from PSN so most people won't care. They've been digging through Sony websites for weeks so my guess is that they are going to try to spoil Sony's E3 conference.
Whatever. I'm bored of their antics. A group that would hack PBS because they don't like a documentary are impotent manchildren completely unworthy of my attention.
You must not have read all those comments in the PS+ articles where people bitched about PS+ being the gateway to a paid PSN. I know I did. And also how the regular users won't be getting any new features, everything new will only be for PS+ members to force people to sign up.
To be honest, I think Activision would need to do a hell of a lot to convince people to pay for this. But I've been wrong before...
Send in the ninjas.
Makes more sense than Skype...
"You shoulda looked out for CoD a little bit. You shoulda taken care of CoD just a little bit so it wouldn't have to take them dives for the short-end money. You don't understand. CoD coulda had class. CoD coulda been a contender. CoD coulda been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what CoD is, let's face it. It was you, Activision."
Kind of like how Xbox Live is free but with some paid aspects?
This has nothing to do with brand loyalty.
It's about being caught up as collateral damage in the battle between Sony and the hacker trolls that hate Sony. People just want to download and play their games with their friends but they can't.
Worse yet, the people that hacked Sony want to pass the blame onto the company that THEY hacked. And we blame Sony for not repairing everything quick enough after being breached by these hackers.
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"No Kojima? Did Sony Just Lose E3?"
This will be a day long remembered. It has seen the end of CoD, soon it will see the end of Activision.
How can MW3 be 2012 GOTY when it comes out in 2011?
In related news, contact me. There's a bridge in Brooklyn I think you might be interested in buying.
Nintendo is only now putting their hat in the current gen ring with a system that's pretty much on par with 2 that came out 5-6 years ago.
A few questions remain:
They sold the most systems so far but are they going to continue to support the Wii and this new system?
Will the casual audience that bought the Wii rush out and buy this more expensive console (odds are most expensive when compared to 360 and PS3)?
Will the th...