But here it is. As stated by many developers, the 360 is easier to develop for, with better tools and better support. Sony's stand has been "well, PS3 is going to be #1, so devs will spend the time/money to learn to develop for the PS3, we don't have to help them" kind of thing. So, most multiplatform (PS3 and 360) games are being developed using the 360 as the LEAD development platform, then being ported to the PS3. Look at Assassins Creed-- supposed to be PS2 exclusive, was sh...
IS only half the story. For instance, this whole article is irrelevant to someone without a HDTV. Which console will have the games you want? Are you more interested in online play (360) or hi-def movies (PS3)? What can you afford to spend on a system, games, accessories? Lots of reasons why some people choose one system over another, for instance if low price and novelty are your thing (apparently so for a lot of people) you would want a wii the most.
If you look at the most popular games list on the side of this site, most are PS3 games. Does that mean that the best games are coming out for the PS3? Or does it point out that 360 owners are busy playing great games, while PS3 owners are waiting for some...
I get that Ozymandias works for MS, so that prejudices your desire to believe him because he has an agenda; he is not going to point out the things the PS3 does better, obviously, but focus on what advantages the 360 has. BUT in the entire, long, miserable PR bull$hit battel between these two companies, I would have to say that Sony has been the ones with egg on their faces and responsible for more BASELESS attacks on their competitiors (including Nintendo, which, even though I personally wil...
Sony and Microsoft have different philosophies, but is call comes down to this: GAMING is a BUSINESS and the COMPANIES INVOLVED from the hardware manufacturer to the game developers are all in it TO MAKE MONEY. So, Sony is banking on people buying some blu-ray movies, hopefully Sony Picture Studios movies, if they have a PS3 since it includes a blu-ray drive-- heck, maybe having that shiny new PS3 will make you want a new Sony Bravia HDTV 1080p! (Nice t.v., I would have no problem hooking m...
This Parveen guy is full of it-- how is it he KNOWS what he is talking about? Ozymandias works for MS and everyone knows that, but this Parveen guy "can't reveal more due to NDAs on both sides." Yeah, sure, whatever. Fact is, this issue was known/discussed before the release of the PS3, and as of NOW is not a critical issue. But if Sony gives devs the option of supporting certain features based on whether or not they are willing to take the memory/performance hit, then some WON'...
And Ace Combat 6, THIS is what Xbox LIVE (and subscribers $)gets you: exclusive, online-focused games, because live is a better platform than what Sony can offer for free.
You are all apparent experts who know the industry and one of America's biggest and most profitable companies inside and out, eh? Well, I know a few people who work for Microsoft, and guess what? They are payed well, they have excellent benefits, stock options, etc. They all LOVE their jobs, which is something not a lot of people can claim, and work for a company that takes care of them. EVERY COMPANY IN THE WORLD is about making money, just because Microsoft is successful at it, that mak...
You should say "Final Fantasy XIII, not likely" but there IS a Final Fantasy game in the works for 360, but it is a separate, exclusive title....
Sony loses Mercenaries 2 last week, DMC4 on monday, Ace Combat on tuesday... what's next? Metal Gear tomorrow and Final Fantasy on thursday?
It's been said over and over that games, since they are so expensive to develop these days, will most likely be multi-platform if they are third-party games. The reason this sucks for Sony is that although some previous xbox titles (Saints Row, Oblivion, Fight Night Rd 3) will come to PS3, most wont because those companies are already wo...
Ace combat Six. Announced for 360, not for ps3 (yet), but could be ONLY on Xbox. Sony, Sony, Sony...
So-- Sony announces some new features for their uninspired, yet free, online service, and Sony fanboys wonder why Live is still $50.00 a year. Easy-- I will play hundreds of hours of the best games online with friends all over the world before Home ever shows up. (Maybe even thousands, if Sony's recent launch record is any indication. System= delayed. Big games (like Heavenly Sword, Motorstorm)= delayed. I bet we won't see Home until next summer...) Also, pointing out that $50.00 a year i...
QUALITY is what matters, not QUANTITY. I think that for the size of its dev. staff, Microsoft has some pretty damn good QUALITY games in the pipeline. Forza 2, Halo 2, Fable 2, etc.
Is how he dodged the question about whether he would rather work on a super-powerful, but hard to develop-for system, or whether he would prefer an easier to develop-for, but less-powerful system. Because in all that I have read, time=money (as someone else pointed out) and gaming is a business. If it takes longer to make an "equivelant" quality game on the PS3, then the devs LOSE money, because they had to pay their people more (due to the longer dev time) than the "same&quo...
I work at Gamestop part-time, and just like everyone else who works in the RETAIL part of the games industry, I am amazed at how huge the demand for the Wii was and still is, and how poor PS3's are selling in general. We had up to 17 PS3's sitting in the back room from BEFORE Christmas until maybe the last two weeks. Now, we still have some every once in awhile, BUT-- the last week of Dec. and all of Jan., we got like 8 PS3's a week, now we only get 2 or 4 (they come in boxes of 2 each). S...
You have to have a copy of Crackdown in your drive WHILE you are playing the Beta, or it won't work. Also, the first time you log into the beta on live, it apparently reads your 360's serial number, as well, so only that copy of Crackdown played on YOUR and only YOUR 360 will allow you to participate in the beta. If you read Frankie's weekly reports at bungie.net, the reason for this is not to sell more copies of Crackdown, but to control the number of people in the Beta and ramping those n...
Had no choice but to "abandon" the xbox, as you put it. They were losing money on every console and always would. Remember that the Xbox was Microsoft's first foray into the console world. Sure, they made some mistakes, but they apparently learned from them. Gaming is a business, it is about COMPANIES making MONEY, and Microsoft is doing everything they can to be successful this time around, i.e. make money for themselves and all the publishers and developers that support the xbo...
about this article is to note that the Wii is absolutely handing the PS3 its @$$ in Japan. Sure, 360 isn't and hasn't sold well, but with Blue Dragon, Lost Odyssey, and Eternal Sonata line up, and a game like Gears selling well, I think Microsoft will do ok. After all, Japanese Gamers have never really embraced foreign games and systems, they are very "Japan-centric." But what Microsoft does need, and is gaining, is Japanese developer support. With Capcom selling close to 2 milli...
1. A Sony-centric (PSM mag? Unbiased? Pleeez) magazine called the PS3 and 360 a draw. This IS good news for 360, not-so-great news for PS3.
2. Both of these systems have new content and capabilities coming out in the future, so things can change. If Blu-Ray blows HD-DVD out of the water (which is not likely), then including it in every PS3 will look like genius. Right now, because of what it adds to the PS3's cost, it could be considered and achille's heel. Likewise, when IP...
To release the original Killer Instinct and Jet Force Gemini on Arcade, then make modern, 360 updates to both. I always thought these were Rares two best games....