Douglas McGowan of Toasty Controller writes:
"With the next-generation of gaming slowly taking over before our very eyes, the time has come to review exactly how this generation's console race went about. I'll be talking about the console race as it has progressed since the launch of the 360 year-by-year, mainly taking into account each consoles exclusives and how those exclusives helped sell the hardware. This is definitely going to be a train-wreck, but I can deal with it. Let's start off with a serious jerk-move and show the weekly global sales graph for the year of 2005."
Huzaifa from eXputer: "2008 was home to the likes of Call of Duty: World at War, Dead Space, GTA 4, Far Cry 2, Left 4 Dead, and many other hits, which is outright remarkable."
1998 - the best year in gaming! Metal gear solid, crash bandicoot 3, medievil, half life, ocarina of time, thief, tenchu, resident evil 2, Spyro, tomb raider 3, oddworld abes exodus, banjo kazooie.
It was a different breed of a gaming era. You’ll never understand what it was like back then. The aura of gaming, it was different!
While the mainstream media always sees things turning in favor of the hero, here are 6 games that own being a bad guy.
Pretty much all of these games listed are based around a morality system you don't have to be bad and you don't have to be good.
It seems to have left out some real amazing games like red dead redemption 1/2,ass effect and true crime la/ny
Armored Core VI?
Ok, I'm really missing something here. Just beat chapter 3 earlier this evening, unlocked A-rank Arena fights. I'm not seeing or sensing any branching paths or morality system and I've done every side mission and arena fight available to me up to that fight.
Is something big coming soon to branch the story?
No mention of Grand Theft Auto? Saints Row (original trilogy), Manhunt? Also The Suffering (depending on the ending you get).
Video games are no longer just a simple past time. Today's games are evolving into true works of art. Offering intriguing narratives, cinematic setpieces, and profound messages, games can entertain us for hundreds of hours.
I never got around to mass effect - I’m skeptical that it would hold up if I were to try it now
I would say it does. The combat is a bit shit for todays standards but everything else is great.
the first one is abit the odd one out but after u finished it, believe it it gets tremendously better and better
I can't tell you how refreshing it is to read an article about console competition on n4g that is informed by real numbers and FACTS. You have granted me a momentary reprieve from the hyperbole, and for that, we thank you.
Nice article, its a shame he forgets the shipped units include huge amounts of BROKEN 360's being re-send.
With huge i say about 30 to 40% of the total shiped units.
Its a joke.
"All hardware, software sales and charts are courtesy of VGChartz"
I wish I'd read that first.