I had, and have ,no intention of insulting any of you - where ever you are from, so a big apology if you took offence to my sweeping generalization. That there is a large element of US culture that is self obsessed and sees itself as the center of the world, cannot be denied, but that doesn't mean there are not some very thoughtful intelligent and witty americans about, and I've had the pleasure of meeting many of them.
I cannot judge all Americans with the vocal majority, and ...
If such stories misrepresented themselves by not making it clear where there figures were from, of course I'd complain! Its a pretty unmeaningful post if you don't know what your discussing.... and this is a site for people who like to discuss the buisness/hobby, not a fan site.
I'm a vetran of the game industry having made my living from it for over 15 years now, and a huge player of video games myself. I own all the systems - and yes, that includes a 360 since the launch. I always re...
Once again a bunch of Americans talk as if the US were the entire world. These are US numbers, quoted as if they are world wide..
It is interesting that in the states the gap is narrowing, but its got a long way to go before the install base ever starts to catch up in Bills back yard.
But the US is not the entire world, even if they like to think they are.
Thank god.
If you look at world wide sales figures, the PS3 has been significantly outselling ...
Well - there little here to dispel the impression that the line up is kinda short for the 360 this year.
Don't get me wrong, I'm very interested in the titles that there are, but it's simply not enough in the face of the oppositions line up.
I hope they do announce GOW2, as the line up really needs it - hell, I need it!! :).
I know that MGS has a lot of time and effort invested in a motion sensing device and games, but I don't think this is too clever and will not convinc...
@Yi-Long
Try telling that to PSP developers looking at huge hardware sales and no software sales.
The only reason WII and 360 piracy has not hurt sales much, is because it's difficult, so only a small proportion of users do it.. Most people will not be able to crack their 360, and few people can be bothered to get a mod chip installed in their WII.
Piracy DOES hurt software sales and profits on a platform, and Sony will do well if they can keep the doors locked on this......
The amusing thing is that Sony only made a games machine because Nintendo stuffed them!
Ninty asked sony to develop an add on Cd drive for the snes and sony duitifully went away and designed one. At the last minute, Nintendo dropped its plans (without even talking to Sony about it)
Having already spent the money and made the development, Sony turned that snes add on into the original playstation, and the rest is history.
The chances of such large firms with a corporate ag...
Unless you see it in action I'd be very skeptical indeed.
Not only does this site have a history of flase reporting, but the story seems to suggest they can only run dev code, and even then they get errors that they have to patch. I'll believe it when I see it.
Its hardly even news any more... The demise of this format is undeniable and the only reason that Toshiba and Microsoft don't throw the towel in immediately is beacuse they have a lot of old stock to try and shift. I can guarentee you they will not be churning any new units out in the factories...
If you were not talking about the article, then why post flame bait in the first place? eh?
The article clearly states how using the cell properly is empowering for a developer that learns to code for it. Your kind of stupid response, indicated that you'd simply looked at the misrepresentative headline and used it as an excuse to troll...
Anyone not so ignorant as to be tied to one manufacturers ideal, will be excited to see the potential of the technology starting to be...
I was part of Bullfrog when we finally got consumed by E.A. Despite all the people telling me how it was 'going to be alright' I said 'you wait - in six months time they'll have taken off the Dungeon Keeper team to work on a football title'.
Six months later I was assigned to a football title.
I left.
I sincerley hope that they have really learnt how to not destroy a company - I've seen it fron the inside, and its sad and dirty...
Really? Thanks for the tip (+Bubble) - I'll go and grab a copy of that and check it out, I don't give the DS a lot of love these days, so a little RPG romp might be what I need!
Just get the asian version - it plays fine in english!!
Don't expect a revolutionary game though - its OK, but not as good as you think its going to be after the first couple of hours... I'm just about to finish disc 2, and I've gone from 'hey this game is prettty good' to ' you know, this could have been a whol;e lot better' :)
Once again the ps3 weekly attrach rate is higher than the 360 one.
Thats 10 weeks running now.
Ps3 weekly attach rate- 10.53%
360 weekly attach rate- 7.1%
So 10% of PS3 owners across the world bought a games last week.
Only 7% of 360 owners did.
Trolls will still tell you PS3 owners don't buy software, but they have been clearly buying more than 360 gamers for quite some time now, and the figures are starting to become quite obvious -...
@ hugh, if you read carefully, you'll see I said it didn't have many, not that it didn't have any!
GOW2 - From what I hear is not announced and won't hit the market this year.
Ninja Gaiden 2, Fable 2, Splinter Cell: Conviction, Halo Wars - ill get these, though only Halo Wars and possibly Fable 2 really excite me.
Too Human - jury's out till anyone gets to play it!
Lost Odyssey - I'm at the end of disc 2 - it's extremely average and nothing ...
...and people say Sony are arrogant? :)
I guess if your catalogue for the coming year is not busting full of brilliant exclusives, you have to try and hijack the biggest cross platform game, and especially when you've paid so much money for the extra content!:)
He neglects to mention that you will have to pay MS extra money for the extra content...:)
Wake up and play the game instead of defending a title to the hilt that you simply haven't played!!! Once your past the opening few hours and actually get to the meat of the game, you understand that its a very average game. Its got nothing to do with what kind of battelt system it is or weather you like JRPG's, its simply not a particularly good one, and the reviews are reflecting that. I've played so many more of these titles on many other formats that were more inventive and fun to play. ...
Troll on pal.
Cod 4 is universally regarded as the best looking 360 game. The PS3 version is identical.
An obviously gimped and wrongly adjusted video - if the Ps3 looked like that, you'd throw it away!!! I have the full game on 360, and can compare it with the PS3 demo - on a top notch 1080P screen. I don't see what they are posting....
I'm always amazed by the anger some people display at these weekly updates!! Surely you apprecaite that european releases mean alot of localisation issues, and that is why things hit different countries first? It's not like Sony have promised you this stuff for a certain date and then not delivered, yet some of you act like they gave your favourite puppy a good kicking!!
Chill guys. :)
We'll get the good stuff in time... and theres plenty to keep us amused in the...
@mighty_douche
lol at the disagree's!
No mate I wasn't there for the original populous, though I did contribute to 'populous the beggining'. My first ever game was for the Amiga - a 3D racing title rather like 'Virtua racing'.:)
They were the days. I could be the entire art team just by myself!
Nowadays you hire a specialist who 'just models eyebrows'!!! :) Bah!
I don't 'always need to remind people' of anything. The article is about the relative sales of two machines, and this reply section is intended for us to discuss this subject. Sorry if this is too complicated for you... would you rather we talk about sport or politics in this reply section?
Given that the sales figures were actually US figures, and yet didn't say so, it was relevant to point out that they had significance in one market only, and didn't reflect the situation wo...