THE PLAYSTATION 3 IS UNDER ATTACK

It could do no wrong. Hundreds of millions of hardware units sold (enough so that you could find one in every three American households). A name that was near synonymous with "videogames"...similar to "Nintendo" during the late '80s. But last year, gamers turned on the PlayStation brand.

[TheMART]

Scottie that reported this. You say this story was submitted a month ago. How can that be when this is stated on the top of the article?

"by Dan "Shoe" Hsu & Shane Bettenhausen
3.28.2007"

Seems to me it´s just from a few days ago dude.

[GrooveChampion]

"Originally published in Electronic Gaming Monthly #213, March 2007"

^^Yeah, the above line is right above:

"by Dan "Shoe" Hsu & Shane Bettenhausen
3.28.2007"

It was also the cover story for the March 2007 EGM, same pic of a tomato splattered PS3. That means it came out in late Feb I think, and so yeah, it's an old article.

[TheExecutive]

and the interview is from Jan. 07

[techie]

proof of how old this is

"EGM: A while back we learned that Sony was looking into copying Xbox 360's achievements system, calling them "entitlements." Are you familiar with that?

JT: To be honest with you, I'm not familiar with the discussion."

Another interesting read nonetheless.

[MikeGdaGod]

i know its an old story because i have the mag right in front of me genius. i also remember reading it here and commenting on it.

check yourself before you mention my name.

[Newmanator]

I, PERSONALLY, think the Sony Playstation is and will be great. Still it is my opinion and others will enjoy reading the article.

[TotalEklypz]

This is one of the better interviews I've seen in a while. Long as hell, but I read every word of it. 1up really stuck it to him and when I thought 1up had asked a question that would need danced around, JT answered straight up. We need more interviews like this. IMO after reading this and seeing the inside of 360 and PS3 side by side, PS3 is a quality product and should be around for awhile. It's up to us to accept it. I just wish fanboys could quit hating on eachother and realize we are a gaming community. PS3 has so much more potential and I'd hate to see it squashed before it reaches that point. Sony needs to achieve that potential and I feel 360 will have to make another Super Ultra Elite model to stay on par.

[Shaka2K6]

This is from emgcrap magazine it already shows you how this guys are getting paid to publish crap againts Sony and PS3, micro$oft must really be loving this and it only takes to give away free laptops to 30 year old virgins with no life moving them from alamaba to san francisco.

LMAO EGcrap sucks. nuff said!

[slugg]

That EGM gives any love to the 360 or Microsoft? They also interviewed Peter Moore (twice!) and nailed him with just as tough of questions. Personally, I think Peter Moore was a little more forthcoming than this dude. Claiming you don't know something is just another way of dodging a question, and referring back to previous answers "rumble doesn't matter" by saying things like, "oh, we were in litigation at the time, what did you expect me to say" is still lying in my book.

[BubblesDAVERAGE]

If u add up the numbers playstaion is number one with the psp,ps2 and ps3....sales..xboox will neva take over

[Says you]

World considering the XBox 360 only sold 4.5 million in the u.s and if you count the u.s and not the 10.4 million around the world. you would see what I'm talking about and plus thats not even far off for the PS3 to catche up.

[Robotz Rule]

Oh yeah,Xbox/Nintendo fanboys!

[snoop_dizzle]

heres the thing, sony might be able to sell 4 mil(i think they are like 4mil behind) to tie with the 360(at least in the US), but the 360 still hasn't even released mass effect, halo 3, and bioshock. Now granted the PS3 will have some great games(I'm still unsure about killzone 2). But the PS3 might not really see success(at least in the US) for a year or two.

Now i figure that most of you are pretty console savvy, but lets think of the average consumer if we think about #s sold. By now, the 360 appears to be the best one out there, and because it has more games out. That one year really helped them, much like it did with the PS2. Having said that, they wont see the same success.

But with Halo 3, Mass Effect on the horizon, i just don't see the PS3 catching up, intitailly at least.

and yes Says you, the 360 isn't doing the greatest, but its got more games. At least for this year.

[TheExecutive]

The "normal" consumer loves their ps2 and cant wait to afford a ps3... ask anyone who knows very little about consoles, but still owns one. They all talk about the sony brand... brand recognition and great hardware will pull through again.

The regular consumer doesn't really know how many games are out or care how many games are out... they care about a few... gta, halo, MGS, Final fantasy etc etc.

Brand recognition will carry through in winter sales, and PS3 will have plenty of games by fall/winter.

[TheMART]

The normal consumer (mass of people) bought the console that was on 200 dollar with the best games available first.

Which will be the 360 this time around.

[DeadlyFire]

The PS3 has more games than the X360 coming this year.

Sure X360 has Mass Effect, Too Human, Gears of War, Froza 2, GTR 4, Banjo-Kazooie, Halo Wars, Ace Combat 6, Fable 2, Dead or Alive 4, Crackdown, Fuzion Frenzy, Lost Odyssey, Dead Rising, Perfect Dark Zero, Lost Planet, and Halo 3. Also some other secondary titles. Nothing that is PC/X360 or PC/PS3 is an exclusive game if it is also on PC.

PS3 has KILLZONE 2, Metal Gear Solid 4, SOCOM 3 or 4, LittleBigPlanet, GT5, Lair, Resistance:Fall of Man, Gundam, Jack and Dexter, Rachet and Clank 5, Final Fantasy XIII Versus, Final Fantasy XIII, Afrika, White Knight Story, Monster Kingdom, Driver 5, Gradius 6, Eight days, Ni-Oh, The Eye of Judgment, Way of the Samurai 3, Warhawk, Motorstorm, Kingdom Hearts, God of War III, Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom.

I count 26 PS3 games, and 17 X360 games. So who has more exclusive games? Get your facts straight dude.

[PS3n360]

I dont buy stuff cause everyone else buys it. I buy stuff that proves its worth my cash. I dont care whos sells more honestly the majority of americans voted for Bush but he is definately not the greatest president in fact i bet he has velcro shoes hes so retarded. Anyway my point is sales mean nothing since the the terms like "ignorant masses" and "the great unwashed" exist for a reason. the majority of people on this planet are a waste of skin and i sure as hell wont let their feable minds influence my buying habits. in the end quality and fun reigns for me. I am getting a PS3 as well since i believe it is quality hardware as well but dissing 360 or PS3 based on units sold is ridiculous.

[Shaka2K6]

sales shouldnt matter really, big flops in history like the dream cast and the game cube had the most patethic sales in gaming history that doesnt mean there wasnt people that didnt enjoy this system.

bottom line sales dont make a system more fun, though it does guarantess lots of hot exclusive games.

[snoop_dizzle]

i agree that sales usually don't matter, it just seems that many people brag about consoles about sales. While that can be one important factor, its not the whole picture. But sales in some ways matter. Ex. Eidos(regardless if you like them or not) held back their games, because they didn't have a big enough fanbase, and that could be a reason the PS3 lost DMC4. Since developers want to make money, sales can be an important factor for them.

[HuntingYou]

really?

[kewlkat007]

Squeenix and Konami will wait to see how DMC4 does on te 360, then will decide, "Are we loosing money by not going multi platform?", Only after DM4 sells millions.
We will see a Final fantasy on the 360, I don't care if it's not 13 but one on here is still good news for the 360 fans. I've already seem MG on the Xbox, I'm not worried about one of those coming to MS.

Take it from Capcom...SALES DO MATTER.

[techie]

of course you'll see FF on the 360...that's a given isn't it? Just not xiii or versus. It's a bit silly to suggest they wont.

[TheWishman]

This story has been reported over 12 times and i reported the user as well. This is by far one of the lamest stories and i have both systems so i have no clear favorite.

How can crap get posted like this?

[sovietsoldier]

why buy a ps3 if you can get the same games on xbox? its cheaper to buy an xbox? only a fanboy would pay to buy a console just to say they have one that can play a blue ray game thats cheaper for xbox!

[MikeGdaGod]

through the years sony has had more big titles than any other brand. thats a fact.

this year the 360 has a lot of new games that have people interested, the problem is they're mostly brand new IPs. meaning no one has any idea how good the story line, gameplay, even graphics will be. all people have to go off are screenshots and 30sec trailers. Mass Effect and Halo3 have the potential to be great titles, but they also could be total disappointments.

sony's franchises are so diverse and well received, there's no way to really argue against a ps3 unless you're light in the pockets. everything that people loved about the ps2 will be on the ps3.

honestly buying the 360 is more of a gamble. will it break down? will MS come with a newer model will new features? will MS abandon the 360 and come out with a 720 in two years? you already know the answers to two outta three.

after you buy all the add-ons to make the 360 comparable to the ps3 its cost the same. only a fanboy couldn't see that.

[slugg]

I for one would rather play a new game that version 4 or 5 of the same old game as last time with just slightly better graphics. I also have had a 360 since DAY ONE and no problems-- no one I know has had problems either. Not saying people haven't, of course, but in my experience.... also, I work at Gamestop-- and we've seen some PS3's that have gone bad, as well. One person was told by SONY to bring it back to us, we called, they said to tell them to send it to them, customer called them right after from their cell phone, still standing in the store, and they told him to see if we would replace it-- which we couldn't, as Sony told our company that all returns in the first year had to go through them. WHAT? Also, if you decided you needed wireless, a HD DVD drive, etc., a 360 would cost about the same as a PS3. I'll give you that. But what if you don't have a HD TV, and therefore would never HD movies, or if your house isn't wireless, and so you would never need that feature? PS3 makes some people pay for things they don't want or need. Price does matter, and is in my opinion why the Wii is kicking the 360 and PS3's @$$ still...

[MikeGdaGod]

when the old titles come over to a new console they are always totally re-done. are you trying trying to say MGS4, R&C, Virtua Fighter look like the old games? no way.

as far as the 360, i'm on #3 so i'm happy yours is ok, but i hope you knocked on wood. i buy warranties on all my consoles so i didn't have a big problem. hopefully you won't either.

HDTV i have one. the way my house is setup, if i wanna access the internet with all my electronics, i need a wireless hook-up. i already have that also so its important to me.

Wii has absolutly NOTHING i'm interested in except Wii Sports. it may be cheap, but not cheap enough. $100 and i'll get one. but with a 360 and ps3 i really have no time for a Wii.

[00]

I don't care about # I care about games and both consoles have great games comeing.

[Drew]

...is an idiot. Listen to what he says. Holy crap.