hazeblaze

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I think it's dumber for Microsoft to cut the price without any major games to correspond with the price drop. It will get a boost for 2-3 weeks and then fade right back to normal. Sony would be smarter to drop their price a week or two before the release of Little Big Planet or SOCOM. At least if Sony dropped theirs now, MGS4 is still fairly new. But MS's move seems a little more desperate.

6431d ago 5 agree1 disagreeView comment

Actually, I think that the Wii has proven that the magic number has seen a little bit of inflation... it's gone from $199 to $249. The 360's arcade sku may see that price this year, but I don't think anyone really wants that one. I think 2009 will be the year that the hardcore systems (PS3 & 360) see more sales explosion and prices below $300.

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Wow,that was my first time watching it to the end... the co-op and boss battle were awesome. I might buy a new laptop to run this and The Witcher maxed out.

6431d ago 1 agree0 disagreeView comment

Honestly, the game looks cool but I'm not as caught up in the hype as others seem to be. It looks fun... but it also looks like it's going to get repetitive pretty quickly. I didn't even know it got delayed! Infamous is the one that I'm really looking forward to.

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Yea, I was interested in SOCOM but never really a huge fan... this was the first trailer that has me really looking forward to it. Looked pretty sweet.

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They did a GREAT job improving the lighting... I think that has a big effect on the overall visuals. The rest pretty much looks the same.

6432d ago 1 agree1 disagreeView comment

It does look better. No doubt about that. However, it doesn't look console king better imo. I'm looking forward to the game as much as the next Gears fan... but is it just me, or does it look like the updates just bring it closer to Uncharted???! Either way, that would make it a great looking game... but I guess I was expecting more from all that Unreal Engine 3.5 talk.

6432d ago 6 agree4 disagreeView comment

There is no doubt that this puts some pressure on Sony. I have no doubt that they intended to cut the price of the PS3 in the holiday... the question now is whether or not they react and cut it sooner. If Microsoft is willing to cut theirs in July, Sony may need to wait until August to see if the 360's price cut is enough to boost sales long term.

Of course it will have at least a short term effect... but general interest in the 360 seems to be dying down, and a price cut may no...

6432d ago 5 agree7 disagreeView comment

Actually the PS2 beat them in price AND games... kind of a big difference.

6432d ago 8 agree3 disagreeView comment

Yea, that was pretty epic for a fighting game! I might have to check this one out... any word on a NA release yet?

After seeing this, I wish SE would release this on the PS3! Forget Tekken, this would be awesome!

6433d ago 0 agree0 disagreeView comment

Hmmm, does he not know that they're already in third???

6433d ago 25 agree13 disagreeView comment

More like, this is the stupidest news I've ever read.

6433d ago 3 agree15 disagreeView comment

Yea, I didn't expect to see gameplay. But I at least hope to see a trailer for the next GOW! If they don't show one then I will be very doubtful the game will make it out by next March.

6433d ago 1 agree0 disagreeView comment

The drop in MGS4 sales is not surprising. The game is selling at the same rate as past games in the series. The sharp decline in PS3 sales IS surprising though.

The PS3 is not dead in Japan though... that would be the 360. The PS3 will continue on just as the PSP did (which is now the top selling system in that country). The system will likely receive global price drops for the holiday though, which is when I expect sales to pick up more dramatically worldwide. Plus, a system tha...

6434d ago 3 agree2 disagreeView comment

Naw, I like Sucker Punch's vision for the main character better. Having him in a cape & spandex would have made it more cheesy. He's set in a real world city... he's supposed to be like the ppl around him.

Personally, I'm looking forward to inFamous more than Prototype... it's more my type of game. Hopefully both games will be good though.

Aside from the fact that they are both hero/villain sandbox games, they really don't look similar at all in art design or ga...

6434d ago 0 agree0 disagreeView comment

This isn't really big news, but it is cool to know the results they have achieved without utilizing all 7 spu's.

On a sidenote, does anyone have a link to scans of this article?

6436d ago 0 agree0 disagreeView comment

Well, these screens certainly don't look as impressive as the gameplay vid they debuted.From these screenshots, it looks as if they're just now matching the graphics of Uncharted... does look better than the first Gears though. Sure it will look better with time.

6438d ago 3 agree1 disagreeView comment

The show comes on at 1 in the morning??? June 13 at 1 a.m... so they mean late Thurs night right ( or EARLY Fri morning I guess)??? Because I thought the show was not airing until Friday night???

6448d ago 1 agree0 disagreeView comment

LOL, the 360 is not currently doing ANYTHING to hold the PS3 back in the Japanese market! The PS3 has sold about 4-5x as many consoles in Japan and the 360 had a year head start there too! No, when it comes to Japan the 360 is hopelessly lost.

HOWEVER, what no matter what ppl say about the 360 and Japan... the 360 definitely has a very attractive rpg lineup at this point. Whether or not it rivals the lineup of the PS3 probably comes down to opinion & taste... but if SO4 remai...

6449d ago 0 agree2 disagreeView comment

Some parts of both looked better... I didn't like the yellow/green tint to the CGI, especially the skies. BUT the graveyard scene did look better in the CGI... the final build pretty much looked better in all the other scenes in my opinion though. The smoke effects & textures looked better in the final build.

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