Ok, some solid predictions for him:
If none 360 or PS3 get a market share at least 30% larger then PS2 had in the last generation at its peak, both will have to dive into digital distribuition to keep a "decent" profitablitiy for the softhouses.
Wii is a short-term treat to them, taking away developers and some market-share .. but in the long term only benefits the industry (Hardcore included.) by doing the "basic training" for them.
Uh, now internet is hardcore?
I dont see why games should be any dif .. hardware development due to competition? .. make it modular. Will happen just like computers but focused on games without the excessive complication.
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Realistic? .......
The game is awful on both .. PS3 version should be "miles" better since it's going to be released MUCH later .. I'm sorry but even if it's identical or "smoother" .. the conclusion is that this extra time was not to develop it further but to make it actualy "work" on PS3 at all... and it was mainly developed for it.
I was expecting the PS3 version had the damage model they promissed (but didn't delivered...) .. etc .. :/ ..
In blind's land the one eyed man is king.
Yeah, japanese make even toilet paper of their games and charge 80 bucks for it because they want to relief you from your money and make you less capitalist and more surrounded by art .. right??
LOL at YOU!
Uh, if every kid that asks for a PS3 get into "news" in this website.... we better call it "N4S" ..
Fact is, this 50 USD price drop is just to clean out the stock (tho.. they are putting heatsynks in all of it.) .. so they can move on to the 65nm chips and all with ANOTHER 50 USD price drop in setember.
They obviously aren't going to advertise it .. they don't wanna hype ppl up and then make them feel like if they where left behind. This is mostly a promo for now. The actual price drop is 100 USD .. and will be complete in setember.
He meant that the quick time events where poorly used only as a visual gimmick and not really rewarding or interactive as they should be .. (like, depending of the mistakes you commit you change the flow of the action and really see what you are "pushing" happening on screen.)
He didn't said Heavenly Sword is Poorly made .. he said the quick time events where poorly made ..
JUST READ IT DAMMIT.
Euphoria + PS3 = BOOOM .. XD nothing else.
Uh, sony 50-60% profits come from the videogame division .. sony IS just videogames (if you look from this angle.) while microsoft couldn't care less if Xbox dies .. meaning .. microsoft is so much larger, sony's best is microsoft's worst.
Another important fact is that the more technologicaly advanced the game .. the SMALLER it gets .. the light is generated by the console and not saved in maps on the disk .. the terrains .. the detail textures .. the ANIMATION (See Euphoria.) .. and all this techology will make your game worth much more space then it uses.
Considering the PS3 is still highly depending on "cached" technology (see Killzone2 textured lightning .. ) blu-ray is helping him .. but 360 does ...
Blu-Ray read speed only allows making "longer" games .. not "prettier/heavier" games .. (No Uncompressed PCM btw .. not enough bandwith.. and no .. the HD won't help much or it will ask a 5-10GB free buffer.) ..
And considering longer games is the SINGLE thing developers won't be able to do this gen due to production costs rise .. a 2h 3D movie costs over 60kk to make .. a game long enough to use a whole blu-ray would prolly cost 100kk
Arcade division made a lot of profit, Daytona USA is the best sold arcade machine in history .. and to day it still sells like coke (the old one!!)
Virtua Fighter/Cop etc sold well too .. most of her "console" costs got paid by arcade.
Why would microsoft do it?
I mean .. add Blu-Ray in the Wii would be sabotage but Nintendo won't allow them..
I'm wowed by your skills of reading a game story tru screenshots and teaser videos ..
Btw, last time I checked Hironobu Sakaguchi is not an american name.
LA noire is not a confirmed exclusive .. and the word "exclusive" this days is not trustworthy .. they don't say "timed-exclusive" even when it's the case. Fact is, no exclusivity deal can legaly last longer then 2 years .. but deciding to produce the game is another story.
As far as New IP goes, microsoft got RealtimeWorlds.. with a lot of rockstar producers and minds ..
http://www.apb.com/ Have ...
Good thing the game allows you to change your face.. because the main characters look all the same with dif gender/hair. XD
*Imagine the comments about Lost Odyssey if it looked like this one.*
1000?...........
Reminds me of 99 Nights.. but without allies and with identical enimies.