Not that you'd get a different answer out of any key developer working on the 360 (i.e., I'm sure Molyneux or the guys at Bungie would stress their love for the 360). Let's face it, Sony is paying his bills, he's not going to bite the hand that feeds him. He tends to mouth off a bit more than some other developers out there. He and Gabe Newell from Valve should get in a PS3 cage match.
I think what you're seeing with Frontlines is a number of things. 1, the market is absolutely saturated with shooters. I played the demo of this game and there really isn't anything here to distinguish it from other shooters out there, and it certainly won't unseat COD4 on most gamers's lists. 2, THQ is struggling; they've cancelled a number of franchises and now cancelled this game's development on PS3. Why? Because they need to cut their losses. Anyone with half a brain can see that COD4 ha...
Thanks for that link. Great read.
Unfortunately, most Americans would hand their child a shotgun before allowing them to see anything sexual. Extremely repressed. Hell, my own nephew, who is 15, is allowed to go see movies where there is violence, but if there's a hint of a sex scene or nudity, no way. I mean, WTF? Make love, not war, right?
Did you hear that one idiot say this was Luke Skywalker meets Debbie Does Dallas? And he couldn't even play Enchanted with his 6 year old daughter?
"I won't let Mass Effect in my house." What a freakin' moron. Then why are you on a panel talking about it, if you have ABSO-FREAKIN'-LUTELY NO CLUE WHAT THE GAME IS ABOUT!!!!?????
By the way, if someone makes Luke Skywalker meets Debbie Does Dallas, let me know. I got to get me some of that. :-)
I already picked up Undertow. So now I get what, nothing? I think I'll move up the timeframe on my PS3 purchase. Maybe that'll ensure my online service is always working... and hey, it's free!
I think you're right in terms of JRPGs. Americans seem more excited by western RPGs (KOTOR, Mass Effect, etc.). Those sell well.
When I saw the initial trailers for Lost Odyssey, it looked pretty good. But since then I've seen more of the gameplay (turn-based, yuck) and more of the details around the story... and frankly, I'm just not all that excited about JRPGs any longer... at least not this one. Blue Dragon went into the same pile; my kids wanted it for Christmas so they got it, but I lost interest in it. It's looking like Mistwalker is a middling development house, and not the superpower that MSFT wanted it to bec...
Summer is in the middle. I guess you can argue March is early, but GTA IV has been pushed out to April the last time I saw an update on GameStop. The first couple months are slow. No big. There's plenty to play from the deluge that hit in the last three months of 07.
By "boring start" he is obviously implying that 08 doesn't have a lot of must-have releases in the first couple of months. Thinking back to 07 we had Lost Planet and Crackdown in January and February (at least on the 360)...
Personally, I agree that a slow start ain't a bad thing. I'm still slowly churning my way through BioShock and Mass Effect ... when I can be pulled away from Call of Duty 4 MP (which is not only GOTY but probably one of the best games ever).
I guess the question is, are we seeing a new strategy here? In 07, MSFT talked about 07 games, and kept 08 for later. Are we now going to see MSFT talk only 08 games?
I think the 360 fans are hoping this is a new direction, where we see an annual focus rather than hyping games that are more than a year away.
I think the non-360 folks are going to say that MSFT is blowing smoke up everyone's rears.
Only time will tell. Personally, I would be happy ...
Good call. That and Psychonauts are my top two.
Others on my list:
- Diablo (c'mon Blizzard, enough WoW, we want D3!!!)
- KOTOR (how about we complete the trilogy?)
- Crackdown (that was a FUN game!)
- Freespace 2 (one of the best space games ever, the scale was amazing)
- Crimson Skies (another fun game that MSFT appears to have discarded)
- A Metroid side scroller (I don't like the FPS Metroids, give me a side-scrolling Samus action/a...
That was my first question: where is Psychonauts?
Fable 2 isn't going to ship in '08.
Too Human not on the list is somewhat surprising, as is Alan Wake's absence.
I also would have expected to see Lost Odyssey on this list.
Wow, you're delusional. I agree that the 360 lineup is light for 2008. But you think PS3 is going to overtake the 360 in '08? Based on what, MGS4? FFXIII looks to be slated for an '09 release. And let's face it, MGS, for all its popularity, has actually been diminishing in sales throughout its franchise history. It will likely spur some sales of the PS3 in 2008, but not enough to catch up to the edge the 360 has.
Now if MSFT can't churn out some exclusive content similar to the...
Remember that Oblivion got pushed off the launch window for the 360 and was delayed on the PS3 as well. I'll lay odds that Fallout 3 will be a spring '09 title. Unfortunately.
Yes, I'm excited about Halo Wars. I loved the LOTR: BFME2 game for 360, and so did my kids. They're excited by Halo Wars because they're hoping it gets a T and they'll be allowed to play something in the Halo universe. I don't let them near any M games.
NG2 looks great, but I have a feeling it will be just a brutally challenging as the original. And frankly, I play games to have fun, not to be frustrated to the point where I think I'll have an aneurysm. So NG2 will be a definit...
Only NG2 and Halo Wars are 360 only. I believe that MSFT focused on the 2H07 during E3 because they had a spectacular lineup to showcase... and I think (hope) that they have things for '08 that we just haven't seen yet. Because if this is their lineup, it doesn't inspire excitement.
Of course, I'll still be playing COD4 throughout 2008, so I guess they can take a break and give us good games in '09.
Wii owners are Wii-ners.
I'm 40, 2 kids, full time job, whopping mortgage. Gaming is usually the only thing that keeps me sane.