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PS3 Set To Dominate March 2010

With March just around the corner, it is clear that the PS3 has next month all wrapped up. There will be a handful of multi-platform games releasing, but the PS3 exclusives will seal the deal in March.

Bumpmapping5179d ago

Sony only competes with them self.

Jump out bots and play b3yond.

blair_enigma5179d ago

dont let them jump ship and get on board the ps3. they will cripple us! ill keel them personally! i keel u! (u all)

nefertis5179d ago

@blair_enigma thats wat i always been afraid of little kids destroying the playstation community i love the maturity community of the playstation 3. Playb3yond

ps3hasonlyflopgames5179d ago (Edited 5179d ago )

dominate in flop sales of exclusives like flop rain and mag?

lols

unchartedgoty5179d ago

IN MY OPINION
.there has only been one system out there with the extensive reign of exclusives, innovation, and determination, and that system is called the SONY PLAYSTATION 3. I am honored with the lineup, and the privalage to be a gamer. i cannot wait for 2010.

-Alpha5179d ago (Edited 5179d ago )

"there has only been one system out there with the extensive reign of exclusives, innovation, and determination, and that system is called the SONY PLAYSTATION 2"

Fixed :)

March is going to be one hell of a year. Yakuza is finally localized. I have my eye on that title.

Jinxstar5179d ago

In My Opinion this quote is wrong

"PS3 Set To Dominate March 2010"

They need to remove the word "March"...

Saaking5179d ago (Edited 5179d ago )

Definitely. The PS3 is the only console where you can find ALL of March's biggest games. GOWIII is at the top of my list.

The 360 doesn't have another exclusive till May (I think) when Alan Wake releases.

@Jinxtar

I agree. The PS3 will have sales, quantity, AND quality all on it's side this year.

blind-reaper5179d ago

Yakuza 3, God Of War 3, Final Fantasy 13 and Heavy Rain... CRAAAZY March! Me and a friend make an arragement so he will be buying FF13 and HR and I will buy GOW3 and Yakuza 3 to save some money.

Aquanox5179d ago

Set to dominate.... March :o
1 whole Month!

Gone are the days when Sony boys talked about the whole year =)

silverbeld5179d ago

With GOW3 PS3 is Set To Dominate not only March 2010 but hole 2010.

Immortal3215179d ago

you must love the old, and you don't seem to like the fact of moving on to the next. I see you.

you bring up the past to justify your arguments, you like disc swapping rather than having it all on one disc.

you are the type of gamer who like em old!

Alpha-Male22 you are the highest level troll, you hate the ps3, I don't really think you like Sony for that matter.

execution175179d ago

makes you kinda wish you had some pretty deep pockets, might have to trade in some oldies to get'm all excluding FF13

hagla5178d ago

I agree, AlphaMale22 is definitely a troll, i have been suspicious for a few months now... He always pays backhanded compliments to the PS3.

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-Alpha5179d ago (Edited 5179d ago )

Which is sad because the game is pretty great. Last year's game got around AA-AAA scores. I hate baseball though. I suppose other titles just overshadow it.

Anyways, yes, yes, yes, we know, this is nothing new and I don't see the point of this other than to get people agitated with the wait.

BC2 is my March purchase and I've sucked a lot of the demo. I just can't wait anymore.

Bnet3435179d ago

Baseball rules! and MLB 10 The Show looks INSANE. Go Yankees! :)

Motion5179d ago

I didn't disagree with you, but I really wanted to...go Red Sox Nation....

stb5179d ago (Edited 5179d ago )

Go red sox.

Oner5179d ago

Yankees = Sony
Red Sux = Microsoft

Yankees Rule ;)

Motion5179d ago

Lol, I think you're a bit off there. Microsoft is more like the Yankees, in the respect that they just buy everything to get ahead.

Oner5179d ago (Edited 5179d ago )

Nope. Not if you look at the players as first party devs! Then you get the correct outlook of why Sony = Yankees...plus all the championship wins = console sales or even all the award winning games that have come from or been available on all the PS consoles! Microsoft may have the money but they haven't really won $#@! to back their "plays" up like Sony has PROVEN to be able to do so over the years! ;)

Mamajuana5178d ago

The Show 09 scored a 90 I believe in metacritic. The MLB series has always garnered a lot of praise, from critics, fans, and even sports games developers. I remember reading an article last year on how the developers at EA Sports praised the Show09, saying that's how sports games should be made.

The MLB Show series was actually a huge factor on deciding to go with the PS3. I'm satisfied it's a spectacular series.

Heavy Rain, The Show, and God of War 3 all within a month, I'll be busy with games for a while.

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LordMarius5179d ago

March for me
-Heavy Rain(yeah it comes out next week but I wont get it till March)
-God of War 3
-......

D4RkNIKON5179d ago (Edited 5179d ago )

Me too exactly. I don't have the money right now. I was thinking about renting Heavy Rain just because I am not the kind of gamer to return to a single player game for a second go at it. The only reason I would like to buy a new copy would be to support the devs because it also supports innovation and progression. God of War on the other hand is a day one buy for me.

Seraphemz5179d ago

I can easily just rent Heavy Rain (gamefly), but im actually going to purchase it. Im afraid that bad sales will scare QD from making more games like it.

unchartedgoty5179d ago

i dont compare little brother to big brother, there all masterpieces. were living in the days of god of war, metal gear solid 5, gran turismo, the last guardian, and these days are lived through creativity, the developers need a big applause.

-Alpha5179d ago

God of War, MGS5 (?) and GT aren't really "Creative", they are just sequels that more or less are the same as previous iterations but with next gen overtones.

TLG is the only game that you mentioned that I can say will be different, original, and fresh. I will applaud Team ICO for that.

Not to say that games like GoW are going to be bad, but as far as creativity goes, TLG looks most promising.

The rest of the games are going to be great because they are sequels bigger and better than before.

Also, the PS3 may be great but it's still nowhere near the PS2, especially in terms of innovation and freshness- though, we should wait till next gen to make that comparison.

Jinxstar5179d ago (Edited 5179d ago )

Whoa... Creative is all relative. Original is different from creative. I think "doing something in games that has never been seen before" is creative. Like fighting a monster on the back of a Titan while climbing to the top of mount Olympus is pretty creative...

Alpha bro. You kill me man. You seem so against the PS3 all the time yet it's all you own... I don't get it. you defend the 360 tooth and nail and downplay huge games like GOW3... While at the same time promoting games like Alan Wake as amazing... to each his own I guess but really there is no downplaying GOW3 man. It will be the biggest game this year. right behind it GT5, TLG and HR for innovation, boundry pushing and unique/realistic/new/awesome.. . everything pretty much.

I don't get why you don't trade it in for a 360. It's what you seem to want man.... Game on and everything but wow... I like you bro. You seem smart and well opinioned but wow man... I just don't get it

-Alpha5179d ago (Edited 5179d ago )

I defend the 360 "tooth and nail" against people I feel bash the 360 "tooth and nail" in order to maintain fairness to both sides.

And I didn't downplay GoW3, what on earth are you talking about? If you are talking about that trailer I honestly found it overhyped. That doesn't have anything to do with the game.

And I disagree-- Halo Reach is going to be the biggest game this year.

God of War 3 is not... "unique" "realistic" (?) "new", but it sure will be awesome. You missed my point. Sequels to games are never as great (relatively) to the games that launched. God of War 1, GTA 3, MGS 2, etc. are all games that took bold moves. Sequels don't really do that, they just add and makes things bigger and better. Nobody looks at GTA IV the same way they did GTA 3 except for how shiny the graphics are and how much more expansive it is. That's the biggest fault this gen anyway. Simple, generic ideas but "oh look at the pretty colors!" How is God of War 3 (THREE!) new? Unique? Those attributes belong to the original game.

Compare all of this to an actual unique game like TLG. It's new, it's fresh, it's not a sequel so it has all the more room to cause a big splash.

The same thing happened last year. Uncharted 2 was GREAT but nowhere near as unique, bold, and fresh as Demon's Souls (my personal GOTY followed by UC2 anyway). I enjoy games like GoW but I also just disagreed with the uncharted guy because he said GoW was unique and innovative. Wasn't making a big deal out of it, but you think I hate it or something.

"I don't get why you don't trade it in for a 360. It's what you seem to want man.... Game on and everything but wow... I like you bro. You seem smart and well opinioned but wow man... I just don't get it"

There is no way I am trading in one console for another. I like my PS3 believe it or not. I've made great friends, have great friends that use it, and I enjoy the games. I want Halo, and I will openly admit that that game is the one game I just have to play.

Tell me what you don't get about me in a PM and I'll gladly clear any questions you have.

stb5179d ago (Edited 5179d ago )

Really who d fck ask for fairness...does even having a xbox in comparison to having a ps3 is fair...no

is the same-ly xbox360 fair? no just a stealing box, no one gives to be fair or you bash one, or bash another...that way everything keep in a balanced position like the way happy/sad are lol, dont try to be the mesia of both side, not in internet at least.

and you saying halo reach greater...biggest game this year , really you have to be blow´d of your head, don't pop with selling numbers cus GT5 gonna top over "REMARK MY WORDS" and if GOW 3 dont win that title, doubt halo crp will, quote me , anyway keep your track though stop bashing or downplaying ps3 exclusive in disguise, worst no fanboy ever.

Imalwaysright5179d ago (Edited 5179d ago )

Alpha=Bungie. "They" are the same fangirl with different accounts.

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JL2930170d ago

Both requels over 2 and 3? Clowns. Those are two of the most boring games I've ever played.

Snookies12170d ago

GoW 3 was amazing, but I personally hated just one thing. (This is on me alone, because I was dumb, lol.) I hated that you couldn't skip cutscenes on repeat playthroughs. I had to go back through the game a third time because I missed one trophy accidentally on my way to the platinum... The cutscenes were great the first go round, even the second... But the third was pretty agonizing.

Haven't played Ragnarok, but I still think GoW 4 is a wonderful game in its own right. Not sure how I would stack them up against each other honestly.

Monstieur170d ago (Edited 170d ago )

I don't consider the reboot part of the original series. The original series were high-skill games with combos and rewards for mixing things up.

solideagle169d ago

lol square, square and triangle is the only combo you needed. I have played all of them on the hardest difficulties...

Golfcoachh170d ago

Maybe I’m just old school but I just couldn’t get into the last two. Maybe it’s the slower action and more story telling but the original trilogy was by far my favorite.

Crows90170d ago

It's not that youre old school. They're different genres

JL2930169d ago (Edited 169d ago )

Me either, at all. It's just yap yap yap. They try to be a RPG's instead of being action games like they used to be.

Fluke_Skywalker170d ago

I'd put the two psp games over 3 in terms of story any day. But not over 2.

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TheEnigma313170d ago (Edited 170d ago )

My favorite was part 2 and I think Ragnarok is better that 2018.

Shane Kim170d ago

The newer games are better imo.

ravens52170d ago

There is no worst. Except for Ascension, only cause I didn't play it lol. They are all masterpieces. 1,2,3, 2018 and Ragnarok. 1 of, if not the greatest video game franchise...besides MetalGear.

Snookies12170d ago

Oh wow, I actually forgot that Ascension even existed... I never played it either.

Crows90170d ago

I like ascension. It was different and some interesting combat additions.

darthv72170d ago

If you didnt play it, how could you call it the worst? Its not as bad as the media portrayed it. Honestly the worst are those flash games. they arent even considered true GoW games but in name only. At least Ascension is a real GoW game.

ravens52170d ago

Not saying it's a terrible game. Just mean it's at the bottom of my list. I played a little bit of it. Jus to me, compared to the other main games, it's last.

Fluke_Skywalker170d ago

Ascension is the only GOW game I never finished. Hated it.

Inverno170d ago

Can't agree, older games do so much more than the last two. More weapons, magic abilities, enemies are more varied, level design is also more aesthetically pleasing, and agree with those who say that they shouldn't have removed jumping. Was a time I'd agree, but those old games are so so much better, that they really should've looked into bringing into the reboot/sequels.

Crows90170d ago (Edited 170d ago )

If a game is good then a game is good. Doesn't matter what came before or what comes after.

Inverno170d ago

Of course it matters. If not for what what came before there wouldn't be an after. And if something is great before then you strive to make it just as good if not better, after. I personally don't think there's a fair way to judge the new with the old because the newer games are still essentially a reboot, and went a way different direction. But I still believe the old games did it better. I'm probably bias though since I've been going back to old games and have been finding that they lack all the annoying aspects that devs have shoehorned into new games to fluff out game time.

Crows90169d ago

@Inverno

Im not talking about the passage of time here. Im talking about individual pieces of software. If a game is good then it is good. Thats not a controversial statement. You can compare good with good...sure. But you still end up with good. Now if there is a bad game in the mix and you compare you do end up with some differentials between them...makes sense to compare and see where it went wrong.

But theyre different genres and styles which were individually executed very well.

And no. The new games are not a reboot. Theyre a new direction but simply a continuation.
Tomb raider was a reboot.

Inverno169d ago

The new games are definitely a reboot, and a continuation, it can be both which it is. And a good game might be good, but my point is that if there are things done better before it then there's plenty of room for critiquing and trying to make whatever comes after better rather than just good.

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purple101331d ago

Haha I still remember my brother playing the opening scene on ps3!!!

Yeh he had to put the controller down his heart was beating too fast trying to get past first 10 minutes. He said "it's too much". Best thing I've ever seen in gaming. Haha

robtion331d ago

A great game from an era before things went politically correct and gaming turned serious/'mature'.

It certainly wasn't concerned about upsetting or offending anyone and was more fun because of it.

The boss battles and set pieces still top most games released today.

SullysCigar331d ago

This game was absurdly good for it's time. The very definition of 'epic'.

robtion331d ago

Yes. The graphics were just ridiculous compared to most other games on the market at the time.

masterfox331d ago

I wished Ascension had the same treatment.

Heavenly King331d ago

Ascension SP had some things better than GOW3, and also some things worst than GOW3. But in general it was a really good game, for me it also deserves a REMASTER. The problem per se with the game is that most people were satisfied on how GOWIII ended, so Kratos got his revenge, so in order to rise the interest in the game how have to make it MORE EPIC is that the game did not had the epicness of fighting huge bosses (I guess due to technical difficulties,the game had actually a lot more colors (because the world is not dying like in GOWIII) so it is graphically more demanding that is my guess), but it compensated with having in general a more complex combat system, and an amazing soundtrack. but in general the game needed to be more epic than GOWIII somehow, and that did not happened, after GOWIII people had expectations through the roof. They should have waited and release it for PS4 so the vision of the game is not compromised.

My list of good and bad compared to GOWIII

GOOD: THE COMBAT
The combat was more elaborated, which allows you to be more immersed in the fights. Also every enemy was more resistant, even those that you could usually kill in 2-3 attacks in previous games. THE LAST BOSS is so damn epic!!!, but there is only one moment like this in the whole game.

GOOD: LESS QTEs
I love the fact that "cicle" in the new enemies (killing animations) are not QTEs, in Ascension they are mini-games on their own, depending on the enemy, making it more engaging. You had to dodge and hit when the window was open in order to eventually do the killing blow.

GOOD: The Soundtrack
it has the orginal trilogy musics, but with a new perspective since the game had a new composer. The ST was amazing also the new music written specifically for this game were badass

GOOD: The puzzles actually require you to think.

BAD: There are bad camera angles during the game, like zooming way too out of vista, and then swarming you with "light units" that like I said before had better AI and did not die of 2 attacks. those parts a few, but are a mess.

BAD: EMPTY ARENAS
Other thing that really annoyed me is that when you fight a sub-boss/heavy unit in a big arena; that ARENA WAS EMPTY, it was just you and against the medusa, or against the manticore. They should have zoom in into the action to avoid noticing the void scenario. I guess emptiness was because of the game having a lot more colors (because the world is not dying like in GOWIII) so it is graphically more demanding. My guess is that it was not possible technically, since in most of those cases you had huge vistas or intricate scenarios that needed to be rendered. The fact that the cerberus is smaller in this game disappointed me.

BAD: Only one BADASS EPIC moment, the others moments of the game were great but, they needed to set the bar even higher than GOWIII and they failed miserably.

BAD: The graphics did not improved much. I was GOWIII with more colors, and that's it.

So 4 good things against 4 bad ones. The problem is those 2 last BAD aspects are actually why the game was received so poorly. Everyone expects the next game to have a really BIG improvement in all aspects in contrast to the previous one, and that was not the case in ascension. And also GOW is the definition of EPIC, and that was not there neither. The jump on every aspect from GOWI to GOWII was huge being on the same console, and the jump from GOWII to GOWIII was humongous (obviously because a more powerful console). While the jump from GOWIII to Ascension is too little, and people expected more.

On it's own is a good game; but is not sufficient when GOWIII was released before it.

CrimsonWing69331d ago

I know this is unpopular opinion, but I prefer these over the new ones. I’m not saying the new ones are bad or anything, but they sort of get boring to me, whereas the older games were like non-stop roller coaster rides.

ChiefofLoliPolice331d ago

I love the new ones but I understand what you mean. The older ones had more action and was more arcady like.

MIDGETonSTILTS17331d ago

Ragnarok was not BIG at all… GoW1 had larger set pieces, and it was on ps2.

GoW 2018 had big moments in its own way…. Ragnarok abandoned these aspects though

robtion331d ago

I agree. It was just less serious and more fun.

victorMaje331d ago

One of my all time favourites.

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