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Sony sets their sights on number 2
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article published on 15 July, 2008
The PS3 is gaining ground on the Xbox 360. Through last year Microsoft's console outsold Sony's. With a year's head start in sales, a lower price, and the success of Xbox Live there were many reasons to pick the Xbox 360 over the PS3. That's changed this year, with sales figures through May making the PS3 the number two seller of 2008, still trailing the Nintendo Wii.
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15. July 2008 @ 07:22 |
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quote from "ZippyDSM (AfterDawn Addict) 15 July 2008 8:58
FF13 went 360, int he new age of gaming you need to build a better system and make deals with the publishers/devs to delay ports as much as they can."
dude what are you saying that for, i don't get what your trying to say...that the 360 is getting Final Fantasy 13? Or is the PS3 going to get it as well? I don't get what your trying to say...
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15. July 2008 @ 07:56 |
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Final Fantasy XIII used to be a PS3 Exclusive but now it's coming to the 360 in NA and EU as well. Final Fantasy Versus XIII, however is still a PS3 Exclusive.
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15. July 2008 @ 09:54 |
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Originally posted by johnflash:
They sure are pissing a lot of Sony supporters off by releasing FF13 on both systems..kind of a waste getting a PS3 now. sony really blew it now...no more exclusive titles for the PS3, its all going multiconsole, which is going to suck now that the graphics will suck as well..just like GTA 4 and Devil May Cry 4. WTF Sony??
Not really a waste to get a ps3. FF13 will most likely be a 3 or 4 disc set on Xbox and/or have poorer graphical presentation. Because 360 still only uses standard DVD's. the PS3 version of FF13 will all fit on one disc and obviously look much better. since BD discs hold 6 times more data than standard DVD's.
That allows devs to pack much nicer looking, more detailed games on the PS3's versions.
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15. July 2008 @ 10:55 |
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Originally posted by windsong:
Something tells me that GTA4 will be announced soon for PC. If thats the case..what were the reasons for getting a PS3 again? MGS?? Um..no?
MGS yes its still PS3 only as is resistance an ok FPS and killzone 2 and a few other titles, the same thing can be said for a fail60..er...360 hehehehe
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15. July 2008 @ 11:58 |
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FF13 went 360, int he new age of gaming you need to build a better system and make deals with the publishers/devs to delay ports as much as they can.
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15. July 2008 @ 12:15 |
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The fact that the gap is even closing on the overall 360 sales, even after a year head start is impressive. The thing to look for though is how soon it can surpass it and if it ends up ahead in the end. How about a comparison of the 360's overall sales for the amount of time that the PS3 has been in the market?
But really, it's a cop-out to discount the Wii. The Wii is a console too, competing for the same customers at the same time. It is a vaild compeitor, despite obvious hardware differences. If it wasn't around, the demographic would be split among the 360 and PS3. Combining both 360 and PS3 sales makes the Wii out to be the Ralph Nader of next-gen console candidates.
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15. July 2008 @ 12:38 |
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Originally posted by johnflash:
quote from "ZippyDSM (AfterDawn Addict) 15 July 2008 8:58
FF13 went 360, int he new age of gaming you need to build a better system and make deals with the publishers/devs to delay ports as much as they can."
dude what are you saying that for, i don't get what your trying to say...that the 360 is getting Final Fantasy 13? Or is the PS3 going to get it as well? I don't get what your trying to say...
I believe he is saying the the 360 is getting FF13. And that holding on to powerhouse exclusives with such a strong following will assist in closing the gap.
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15. July 2008 @ 13:13 |
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Originally posted by johnflash:
quote from "ZippyDSM (AfterDawn Addict) 15 July 2008 8:58
FF13 went 360, int he new age of gaming you need to build a better system and make deals with the publishers/devs to delay ports as much as they can."
dude what are you saying that for, i don't get what your trying to say...that the 360 is getting Final Fantasy 13? Or is the PS3 going to get it as well? I don't get what your trying to say...
Sorry mew zippy to English translator is broken today, I swear I fry so many of them :X
What Iam geting at is with the cost to dev a game you have to go beyond a mere brand, build a console that offers 2-6 times the "value" of the the price and move beyond what a console way.
With dev costs being the price of movies console makers will have to build a better more robust system and make better deals with dvs to maintain or at least delay the port of games.
I hope the next gen or 2 of consoles goes vendor sell the design and lisnce hardware maker let them build and sell it with the cost of software growing by the year the console war model is antaquitede at best.
to the mainstream havering the main makers
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15. July 2008 @ 13:32 |
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They sure are pissing a lot of Sony supporters off by releasing FF13 on both systems..kind of a waste getting a PS3 now. sony really blew it now...no more exclusive titles for the PS3, its all going multiconsole, which is going to suck now that the graphics will suck as well..just like GTA 4 and Devil May Cry 4. WTF Sony??
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15. July 2008 @ 13:37 |
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Originally posted by johnflash:
They sure are pissing a lot of Sony supporters off by releasing FF13 on both systems..kind of a waste getting a PS3 now. sony really blew it now...no more exclusive titles for the PS3, its all going multiconsole, which is going to suck now that the graphics will suck as well..just like GTA 4 and Devil May Cry 4. WTF Sony??
ya its the multi console thing makeing games suck now....*rolls eyes*
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15. July 2008 @ 14:42 |
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Well, it's likely that if devs just concentrate on one version of the game rather than 2, the outcome will be better. If they dev only one version and then port it, someone still gets ripped off...I'm talking about games that used to be exclusives here.
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15. July 2008 @ 15:01 |
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IMO a lot depends upon whether you have a HD TV. Having just upgraded my home cinema to HD I wanted a HD games system and HD movie source. The solution was Sony's PS3, which replaced both my existing game console (PS2) and DVD player, freeing up space in my living room. This is where the xbox fails (nb: a lot of my friends own an xbox) it is only a good games console, and DVD player (not HD DVD/ Bluray player).
For me, choice of TV dictated choice of cosole, and PS3 was the winner. A lot has been said about now being the time for PS3 to shine but personally, there is already enough content to justify my recent choice of console.
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15. July 2008 @ 15:21 |
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Originally posted by escalante:
Well, it's likely that if devs just concentrate on one version of the game rather than 2, the outcome will be better. If they dev only one version and then port it, someone still gets ripped off...I'm talking about games that used to be exclusives here.
Looking at the corporate mentality of less for more i think they would turn around dev time and put out games faster 0-o
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15. July 2008 @ 15:30 |
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Something tells me that GTA4 will be announced soon for PC. If thats the case..what were the reasons for getting a PS3 again? MGS?? Um..no?
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15. July 2008 @ 15:56 |
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Playstation has much more loyal funs than 360, and with MS strategy 360 will get what xbox got from PS2.
Originally posted by emugamer:
The fact that the gap is even closing on the overall 360 sales, even after a year head start is impressive.
And the fact that PS3 at it's first was totally gameless that does it even more impressive.
Live example me,I bought my PS3 at EU release day and the first game that i bought was november or december, till then it was just a really good BD player and upscaler.
..and Truth to be said, it still lacks from 1st class titles.
Originally posted by windsong:
Something tells me that GTA4 will be announced soon for PC. If thats the case..what were the reasons for getting a PS3 again? MGS?? Um..no?
Um...A PS3 or a 360Elite or both combined costs less than the 2GFX cards and the 4gb or RAM that you need to play the same game to a PC.
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15. July 2008 @ 17:01 |
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Originally posted by escalante:
Well, it's likely that if devs just concentrate on one version of the game rather than 2, the outcome will be better. If they dev only one version and then port it, someone still gets ripped off...I'm talking about games that used to be exclusives here.
Looking at the corporate mentality of less for more i think they would turn around dev time and put out games faster 0-o
....and inflate the price!
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15. July 2008 @ 17:28 |
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the ps3 has way more features than the 360 can you access the hard drive of a 360 half way accross the world or can you stream your media to another divice through wifi the ps3 packs a bigger punch you can even put your old ps1 games into it and play it around the house or in the tub what a world we live in
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15. July 2008 @ 18:17 |
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Not really a waste to get a ps3. FF13 will most likely be a 3 or 4 disc set on Xbox and/or have poorer graphical presentation. Because 360 still only uses standard DVD's. the PS3 version of FF13 will all fit on one disc and obviously look much better. since BD discs hold 6 times more data than standard DVD's.
That allows devs to pack much nicer looking, more detailed games on the PS3's versions.
Thats not true, when you design a game and the game engine, it all relatively Stays the same graphics, sound, and options, Xbox360 more than likely will have Multiple discs, Maybe 3 at the most.
But everything else stays the same. DVD-18 is still a relatively large format for the old dvd technology.
(@fergus100)
Yeah, you can stream to and from it, and yes you can access the Harddrive, the catch is they only want you to stream with certified devices. And access to the hard drive is somewhat restricting.
the only thing stopping people from doing it, is there accounts being banned, also possible to get around that.
it takes work but its possible.
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15. July 2008 @ 18:33 |
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I remember when you bought a video game console to play video games.
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15. July 2008 @ 18:57 |
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Originally posted by Azuran:
I remember when you bought a video game console to play video games.
As do i, but sadly that time is over.
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15. July 2008 @ 20:05 |
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Well sony seems to have a better lineup of games for 2008 than microsoft. Here is a link that may be of some interest.
http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/e3-2008/e3-2008-blogs/1227326
Does anyone know any other big releases for the PS3 and xbox360 scheduled for this year? Please list.
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They sure are pissing a lot of Sony supporters off by releasing FF13 on both systems..kind of a waste getting a PS3 now. sony really blew it now...no more exclusive titles for the PS3, its all going multiconsole, which is going to suck now that the graphics will suck as well..just like GTA 4 and Devil May Cry 4. WTF Sony??
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Not really a waste to get a ps3. FF13 will most likely be a 3 or 4 disc set on Xbox and/or have poorer graphical presentation. Because 360 still only uses standard DVD's. the PS3 version of FF13 will all fit on one disc and obviously look much better. since BD discs hold 6 times more data than standard DVD's.
That allows devs to pack much nicer looking, more detailed games on the PS3's versions.
I cant figure out why people keep thinking that the Xbox360 is holding back the graphics on games that are being released multi-platform. Hint..Hint..when comparing the blueray and dvd for the two consoles think about it in another way. The blueray for the ps3 is like having a 50 gallon gas tank while the xbox360 with dvd has a 9 gallon tank. You would have to make a lot more stops to fill up for gas with the xbox 360,(changing the disc), but as far as the majority of the exclusives games, and multiplatform games have shown graphic wise the engines are running at the same top speed. Right now there is not much diff in graphics between the PS3 and Xbox360. They are the same with minor differences here and there. Developers did not hold back on GTA IV and Devil May Cry 4 because it was released multiplatform. If that is the case the PS3 exclusives,(GAMES DEVS MADE SPECIFICALLY FOR THE PS3) should all be way better looking games than the multiplatform games released for the PS3.
P.S. Graphics on the PS3 should outshine the xbox 360 if the
devs figure out how to get as much out of the cell processor
as Sony claims it is capable of. But then again who truely knows, I have seen a v-8 corvette that couldnot beat a V-6 buick grand national. The bigger engine doesnot always win the race. We will just have to wait and see.
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15. July 2008 @ 20:51 |
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Originally posted by hulud86:
Of coarse the PS3 is going to make a comeback right after i sell my mine. argh
thats how the console wars work theres no point in not having them all.
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15. July 2008 @ 20:57 |
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Playstation has much more loyal funs than 360, and with MS strategy 360 will get what xbox got from PS2.
Originally posted by emugamer:
The fact that the gap is even closing on the overall 360 sales, even after a year head start is impressive.
And the fact that PS3 at it's first was totally gameless that does it even more impressive.
Live example me,I bought my PS3 at EU release day and the first game that i bought was november or december, till then it was just a really good BD player and upscaler.
..and Truth to be said, it still lacks from 1st class titles.
Originally posted by windsong:
Something tells me that GTA4 will be announced soon for PC. If thats the case..what were the reasons for getting a PS3 again? MGS?? Um..no?
Um...A PS3 or a 360Elite or both combined costs less than the 2GFX cards and the 4gb or RAM that you need to play the same game to a PC.
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16. July 2008 @ 00:38 |
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Playstation has much more loyal funs than 360, and with MS strategy 360 will get what xbox got from PS2.
Originally posted by emugamer:
The fact that the gap is even closing on the overall 360 sales, even after a year head start is impressive.
And the fact that PS3 at it's first was totally gameless that does it even more impressive.
Live example me,I bought my PS3 at EU release day and the first game that i bought was november or december, till then it was just a really good BD player and upscaler.
..and Truth to be said, it still lacks from 1st class titles.
Originally posted by windsong:
Something tells me that GTA4 will be announced soon for PC. If thats the case..what were the reasons for getting a PS3 again? MGS?? Um..no?
Um...A PS3 or a 360Elite or both combined costs less than the 2GFX cards and the 4gb or RAM that you need to play the same game to a PC.
you don't need 4GB of ramm unless you are running vister, and 2 GFX cards are redundant unless you have a full HD setup that costs as much as a good used car......
with a 2 core PC of 2.8+Ghz 2 GB of ramm and a newer 200$ vid card you can run anything on medium.
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16. July 2008 @ 01:48 |
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Of coarse the PS3 is going to make a comeback right after i sell my mine. argh
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