Michael Bunning of Gamer 2.0's SmashPad blog writes:
"Well, the truth is, Sony isn't losing so absolutely. For a start, Sony is denying that there's going to be any more major restructuring. Of course, Free Radical was insisting that everything was hunky-dory days before it went under, so you can't believe every press release you read. But even discounting Sony's denials, there's plenty of good news for SCE, if you go looking for it. The Christmas sales figures, for a start. Sony's console sales were up 130% over Christmas, and 40% for the calendar year. Couple that with SCEE's president David Reeves's comment that the PS3 is on-target to make a profit in 2009, and things aren't looking too bad."
UPDATE: This is not a duplicate story. It appears to be a response to another story that has appeared on N4G, but is a completely new story.
Gary Green said: We have a juxtaposition of 2D and 3D visuals, flashy turn-based combat, quirky anime characters with cheeky dialogue with plenty of partial nudity; Yes, this is a Compile Heart JRPG. Whilst the engine is borrowed from Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2, Mugen Souls is more of a Disgaea spin-off. It’s not a strategy RPG as such, it merely sits within Disgaea’s ever-expanding universe (Multiverse? Netherverse? Your guess is as good as mine). You won’t find cameos though, since Mugen Souls is a franchise which aims to stand on its own two feet.
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!
I second this. Gaming was a lot more varied and fun than it is today. I'm 35 so getting on compared to some here but I got to see all the changes from NES up to now but I've never felt so disappointed in any generation than I have this current gen. I was expecting more from this generation rather than prettier versions of games that came before it. Game mechanics have become so refined that alot of games feel the same and has done for a while now.
Maybe it's time to have a break for a while. I love gaming but I don't feel I get much fun in the traditional sense out of it anymore.
Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil 2, Abe’s Exodus, and Ocarina of Time are the only things from that list that I liked.
Here’s the 2023 game releases that I personally liked… and big releases that I didn’t care for:
- Dead Space Remake
- Wo Long Dynatsy
- Resident Evil 4 Remake
- Diablo 4
- Fire Emblem Engage
- Hogwarts Legcay
- Street Fighter 6
- Hi-Fi Rush
- Like a Dragon: Ishin
- Octopath Traveler 2
- Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters
- Final Fanatsy XVI (actually ended up not liking this, but it was still a big deal release)
- Baldur’s Gate 3
- Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
- Lies of P
- Mortal Kombat 1
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
- Starfield (Ended up hating this one, but big release)
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder
- Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (I’m an old-school Zelda fan, but didn’t really enjoy this game)
- Alan Wake 2
I mean, honestly I’ve never seen a year of major IP releases like that, ever.
Isn't it just a generational thing realistically.
I've been gaming since way back and I some of my favourite games go as far back as the late 80s for me each generation has a year or two of game changing releases one after another before an inevitable dry spell.
I kind of agree gaming had a different feel games hit different because we didn't have the internet nothing got spoiled and you really had to put in the effort to beat a puzzle which could set entire groups of people looking for a solution. But most importantly games were experimental and not as cookie cutter as today even basics like controls were not universal today r2 is shoot l2 is ads garunteed you can't deviate from that in a shooter back then it could of been square, R1 or R1 and circle nothing was standard.
But as time moves on a new generation picks up their controller they are going to be interested in different things that PS1 demo disc with the t Rex blew our primitive 16 bit brains back on launch but to kids today it's laughable.
The new gen of kids coming into to hobby seem to value different things to us there seems to be a huge focus on online play, streamers, gaming personalities, and social experiences, convience of digital downloads. To me I value none of that but that's ok like my parents not liking the band's I would listen to its just the natural cycle.
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).
Trevor in GTA 6 is a sadist and psychopath who dabbles in cannibalism. Should be top of the list. These game “news” sites should hire people that know games.
They are going to stay right where they are from a business standpoint. People, like myself that don't have a PS3, are just waiting for the after Christmas sale or maybe the Presidents Day Sale. I just hope Sony adds backwards compatibility back into the PS3 before the sale. A great move would be to discount the existing PS3s, Drop the PS2 line, and come out with a new PS3 SKU that has the backwards compatibility built in. Sony also needs more advertising in the US. I haven't seen a single commercial since last year where they were pushing LBP.
A very good look at the current situation with the PS3 and the ridiculousness of proclamations that the system will "die" or is on the brink of dying. Plus, even if Sony did cut back staff and so forth, is that really surprising? It'd be shocking to see any company not cut back resources in today's economy.
@hitthegspot: Actually there are LBP commercials and I've seen them often. The only thing is they aren't very good. If I didn't know what LBP was, I would would still have no idea what it was after watching it.
What's with the attacks on this post in the reports section? The story has statistical backing and is merited. @SeanScythe in the reports: I've seen this site on Kotaku a few times actually.
Anyway, I gotta admit, I though the PS3's situation was more perilous than it actually is.
From the article:
"While it’s true that the PS3 is installed in less homes than the Wii or the Xbox 360, if you look at global year-on-year sales, the PS3 wasn’t too far behind the 360 in 2008. Microsoft sold just over 11 million consoles, and Sony sold 10,347,225 PlayStation 3’s. "
Of course it seems there are vgchartz, I haven't noticed vgchartz being THAT off in the past so it could be a good indicator.
It's only uneducated Teenagers that would make a claim such as "Ps3 is dead"
The very notion that the PS3 is dying is kind of dumb by pure common sense. Sony as a company has a lot of good things going for it. The PS3 is still competitive and sales have almost been even with the 360 as the article points out. Blu-ray is going to cause them to bank, and if they can get people to believe their HDTV's go perfectly with Blu-ray because they're both Sony tech's, then that could help their overall company health.
They'll be fine.