Five Reasons Why The PS3 Will Own In 2009

Well folks, 2009 is coming to a close. The PS3 has had quite the thrilling year with everything from Metal Gear Solid 4, all the way down to LittleBigPlanet, Motorstorm 2, and Resistance 2. 2008 has a lot to show for, and we are still busy gaming away trying to finish some of these amazing PS3 titles, but what does the future have in store for us?
By Amir Bashir

[xwabbit]

They forgot heavy rain :o

[Gambit07]

My most anticipated game.

[Nathan Drake]

Oh how I want you

[gokuss122002]

...would destroy all!!!

[Voiceofreason]

You were probably saying the same thing last year when they did do a price drop. It has little to do with price. If consumers want a product they will pay for it. Some people are paying as much for Wii's on Ebay as they can buy a PS3 for.I blame it all on extremely poor advertising and too many arrogant comments. They need to just stfu and show some games.

[Darkseider]

That's ONLY five exclusives. There is still Heavy Rain, WKC (yeah I know Dec 25, 2008 but that's only Japan), Quantum Theory, Demons Souls, Insomniac and Naughty Dog exclusives in 2009 as well. The PS3 does truly have a stellar lineup of exclusives throughout 2009 and from the looks of it possibly even 2010 depending on titles like War Devil, FFXIII Versus, Rock Star stated exclusive, etc...

[xwabbit]

Hmm wonder y is taking so long to approve this LOL...... CONSPIRACY! ... Lol. Man those are just exclusives... imagine all the other games that are coming too :o

[nice_cuppa]

can we at least wait till next year when we hear about microsofts games !
We all know they desided not to show games as early !

[Pennywise]

Shut the front door.

[Darkseider]

Seeing that yes MS does hold things close there really isn't much that isn't known about. Unless MS has some super secret title that hasn't even been hinted there is: Alan Wake, Star Ocean, Halo RTS, Halo:Recon, Ninja Blade and that's the long list. Granted there may be more but seeing that MS is lacking in first party studios and there hasn't been any big third party exclusivity announcements, I don't see much more coming in terms of exclusives to the 360.

[tatotiburon]

awwww the same crap last year but different games, boring

[RAF-TECH]

lol.
too funny.
yet..
....so true

[rucky]

Yeah I'm so jealous you 360 owners are getting sooooo many new IPs next year XD

/sarcasm

[brycespitler]

keep telling yourself the ps3 is doing bad
i bet your still cutting yourself because the ps3 outsold the 360 in 2007 and made the 360 its b!tch.
i bet you still cry at night because with your 360 price cut the ps3 is outselling the 360 in the years total still.
have fun playing your lame halo strategy game
good luck with alan wait

ppl like u piss me off

[Magic_The_Celt]

Last time i checked Sony has the highest rated exlusives of 2008?

yep thats pretty correct

so PS3 had the best games of 2008, so i guess the predicition was right

unless your one of these people who think sales matter to us? i mean its not like we work for either MS or sony haha so why the f*ck should gamers care about sales, they shouldnt they should care about the QAULITY of the game, and hey look! sony has better games for there system.

[Keele]

And you keep believing those crappy blogs that feed you bullshit.

Cry at night? BECAUSE THE PS3 IS OUTSELLING THE 360? SLIT OURSELVES? Please, b!tch. You have US mistaken for YOU.

I don't NEED to tell myself that the Ps3 is doing bad just knowing the Xbox360 is still outselling it in total when it was told millions of times to crush the 360 to the ground in one stomp upon release and yet 2 years after it's release the 360 still dominates it in christmas sales despite ps3 being the better console and all and despite lowering xbox360 sales apparently being ineffective tells me how crappy the ps3 is.

It's so bad that most of the people that had a Ps2 didn't even want that worthless waste of space. Can you blame them though? It's made of 110% suck. I sure as hell can't.

Yeah, I'll have fun with my Alan Wait and my Halo strategy. You have fun with your bashing xbots until your suckstation 3 kisses its ass goodbye.

[Nicaragua17]

LOL at least we are getting games in 2009,you Xbots will be playing nothing but DLC for old a*s games(ex.GTA IV,Fable 2).

[nice_cuppa]

forza 3 (racing)
Cry on (rpg)
2 rare games
1 lionhead game
Plus many more...

I think we will know much more by gdc !

[Darkseider]

I can see most of those except the Rare games. Two in one year isn't going to happen especially after their last outing with Banjo unless they have been in the making for a while and no one knows about them.

[poopsack]

Insomniac can do it :P

[WhiteLight]

Very nice games coming out

[Raoh]

I can definitely get behind those reasons.

but two factors could ruin it.

1. Sony Promotion

2. Lack of a PS3 price cut in early 2009

[WhiteLight]

They said they where going to focus on advertising games... lets see if they do it :(

[xwabbit]

I know man i rlly hope they do adds for the games

[ArtisianDragon]

Well this is a first and a breath of fresh air.

1. Not a doomed article.
2. Some really nice games are listed.

:)

[_Q_]

http://n4g.com/ps3/News-248...

[ArtisianDragon]

For now just let N4G have it's moment of a new fresh article, it's like a Christmas day. Rest for the moment, leave all that senseless fighting for tomorrow :)

[ultimolu]

Killzone 2
Uncharted 2
God of War III
Final Fantasy XIII (I know it's multiplatform but I will still buy it)
Final Fantasy Versus XIII
Team ICO
Gran Turismo 5
INfamous

...My purse cries again.

[Ju]

Given I might keep my job (knocks on wood), my wallet can handle that. I might be a bit short on time, though...

[ultimolu]

You brave soul you...xD

[retrofly]

GT5 is the only thing in that list that will get me to buy the PS3, ah the memories of GT on the PS1/2 :)

[ionstorm]

im definitely getting GT5, i remember giving that game enuff man hours to rebuild world trade center back in the days

[three11_mtl]

I'm sure you're going to find it hard to resist getting some of the games on that list!!!

[xwabbit]

Yeah i bought my PS3 just for MGS4 but after i saw and played some of the games ps3 had.... Yeah... they are all bonuses of my purchase ^_^

[_Q_]

I will own everyone of those games.

[JD_Shadow]

O.O

You mean it's going to be 2010 already?

[ultimolu]

O-O

I just saw that too.

[MelaDarkwood]

That's what I was wondering..... Typo, anyone?

[WhiteLight]

I wonder y they didnt put heavy rain or Final Fantasy Versus there.... maybe FF versus will come in 2010 :O... dont know tho.. will have to wait :)

[Dirty J]

whatever as long great games are coming to PS3, i'm happy

[rawd]

The 360 has no gamessssssssss

[Narutone66]

like the Soulja Boy game. ;)

[eagle21]

2009 is PS3 all the way!

One thing internet xfans love to forget is Metal Gear Solid 4 selling 4.5+ million and GT5 Pro. 3+ million.

LBP outscored everything on 360 this gen.

2009 ftw!

[TIKUP]

What he said^^

[schmeidenkamp]

like the force unleashed. and the guys jumping animation is horrible

[Dark General]

It has potential. But i agree with you on the jumping/standing/running animation thing. It does look stupid. The gameplay vids look interesting though. The powers do look intriguing. I just hope it's deep and well fleshed out enough in the end. I have faith in them delivering a solid game.

But i do agree, i hope they get some better animations for him. Some Uncharted style animations.

[xwabbit]

i cant post more comments on gamer zone lol :(, *CRYING*
and y the hate to ps3 lol. Bad games ? Y lie so big ? Does M$ tell you Lie Big or go home ?

[ronando]

"Year of the PS3" term should be used with extreme reluctance. It's about as accurate as trying to predict a detailed weather patterns for 09. "2009, year of the hail storm!"

Sony, you got your work cut out for you...Do what you do best!

[schmeidenkamp]

the same thing was said about '08. Sony did better this year, but sad to say, it wasnt their year. Price cut or die : /

[eagle21]

Hardcore my a$$. More like softcore with no software. 360 is selling to wanabee gamers.

[ukilnme]

This type of story is becoming just as common as PS3 is doomed stories. Both are old and tired.

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

Sony will own 2009 unless Microsoft decides to keep paying developers. I can't believe Square Enix gave in. I have no respect for that company, excluding Nomura and his team.

[Man_of_the_year]

You make it sound like its a bad thing if they pay developers...Works for me to get once exclusive games onto the 360 or have devs make an exclusive game for the 360. If they are not spending money to make the games what is so bad if they pay 3rd party to make games for them...i just don't understand your logic...unless you are a bitter PS3 only owner...

[ActionBastard]

There's A LOT to look forward to in 2009.

Heavy Rain
Fat Princess
Burn Zombie Burn
White Knight Chronicles
Killzone 2
God of War 3
Savage Moon
InFamous
Uncharted 2

I'm sure some 360 fans read the article, so I pose this question: What 360 exclusive or XBLA game are you looking forward to in 2009? I asked this same question of a friend of mine who bleeds neon green. His response? *cricket chirps*

[FFXI101]

They do have game in 2009 like Alan wait?? Gears 3? and another halo game???

[xwabbit]

Halo wars which is like the game End of War.

[Narutone66]

Don't forget the Soulja Boy game.

[Funky Town_TX]

http://www.n4g.com/NewsCom-...

[Rampant]

Look at heyheyhey, Nasim, eagle21 all thinking they´re so smart :D "It's universal law" "Everyone knows this" "The ps3 killed the 360 in the US" LOL no wonder eagle21 got voted fanboy of the year and Nasim is still in denial.

[ThatCanadianGuy]

PS3 did own 2008 tho.It had the two highest rated exclusives this year.

MGS4
LBP.

[Nineball2112]

Hey, thanks for that link! I hadn't seen this video until now...

[Rampant]

Owned it good! Just look at them YOY sales increasing for November! It really took off now!

[LarVanian]

I can't wait to see what unnannounced games will be revealed next year too!
I think that once Sony Bend is done with Resistance: Retribution they are going to start work on Syphon Filter for PS3.
I also can't wait to see what the new Ratchet and Clank game will be like!
2009 is gonna be great!

PS: I think Team ICOs game will finally be shown next year too

[WhiteLight]

I wonder how M.A.G is doing :D

[Rampant]

In descending order:

5. Secret PS3 game will be released in 2009
4. Because Microsoft has no exclusives in 2009
3. Because it is one year closer to 2010, when GOW3, FFVSXIII and GT5 will be released.
2. Because of teh cell.
1. Because it's the year of the ps3

[sniper4534]

well just like many people said 2008 was the year of the ps3, well look what happen and i hope 09 is better for the ps3 they deserve a good year with all those tittles coming out.

[WhiteLight]

What happened ? I still think it was the year of the PS3, i know it wasnt in sales but we did get the most exclusives and all of em rocked :), and now with 2009 more good games are coming so i say the PS3 owners are very happy.

[METtAL-GAMER]

You aren't bashing a console?Whenever I see someone with low bubbles they always have something negative to say about a certain game or console.What's up man, why the low bubbles?

[METtAL-GAMER]

So were staring sh1t again?Isn't there anything better to talk about than who is going to win the console war?Am I the only one that is getting sick of these pointless articles?It's not even 2009 yet.

[HighDefinition]

oops.

[Radiodread]

LOL what about the games? You idiots sad you have none in 09? 360 IS DONE, and all you xturds will be flushed with it.

[JOEdANGEL]

All of those with the exception of Killzone 2 have me pretty excited.

[RedVsBlue]

Justl ike the MGS4 & LBP bundles killed all eh gokuss122002 ? Dream

[VforVideogames]

THATS IT???????????????????????????? ??

[cmrbe]

5

[Gamer_Z]

i can't wait to read this article "Five Reasons Why The PS3 Will Own In 2010."

[Kush_Reaper]

The thing is ps3's exclusives are widening the gap from 360 games. This alone will prove the difference in quality and innovation. The inevitable price cut will certainly give it a boost, and judging from all the revenue companies are making from the ps3, i'd say heavy third party support is almost given, thus making me a winner in 2009.

OBAMA!!!

[anubis12]

like in 2006....and 2007......2008......lol i have heard about gt5 since before the release of the ps3.....couple years later.....nothing but the waste of 40$ on GTp --- Burger king big bumpin was a better racing game......i own R1 R2 and UNCHARTED.....waiting for Uncharted 2 and god of war 3....and still waiting for gt5...... my ps3 collection of 3 games soon HOPEFULLY bumb it to 6 games....and a blu-rayer player with netflix......

BLU-RAY FTW!!!!!

lol

[AriesFury]

A price cut would help a lot a long with firmware for b/c games.

[Voiceofreason]

The number one reason to claim 09 was the year of the PS3 is.. Because at some point you just might be right. So claim it every year as usual and at the end the PS3 will still be outsold by the Wii. Some of you are acting like all they need to do is get to second and they instantly win this console gen.

[xlr]

while u r discussing how ps3 will won '09, by the time wii will take u the lion share.
the math is clear
price cut + more IP = more sales
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[wanderofys]

I don't understand why "they need to advertise" is an argument anymore.

They are, I can't turn on my television for 15 minutes without seeing a PSN ad.

A price cut certainly couldn't hurt, but what really sells a system is games. Sure, MGS4 and LBP are amazing, earth shattering games. However, MGS4 is also geared towards a certain type of gamer, and LBP even more so.

A game like Killzone 2, however, will sell consoles. GOW3 will sell consoles. The kind of games that A LOT of people like to play.

Take for instance: Halo 3. Halo is a franchise that not only appeals to the internet review reading crowd, the "real" gamers, but also to Joe Everyman, the guy who's like "oh look, a new Halo game, I want that!" but cares not what the gamer crowd is enjoying. Don't take this as me being a Halo fan, as I'm not, but Sony needs a "Halo 3", a game that makes Joe Everyman walk into a store and say "oh, I want that!" If they're interested in winning a console war, that's how. If they want to continue making amazing games regardless of what Joe Everyman thinks, that's fine by me too. I have a PS3 already and have no problem enjoying the finest games available, even if they do lose "the console war".

[YouNoob]

for 2007 and for 2008. didnt happen. wont happen in 2009. i'll bet ANY amount (you'll have to prove tho that your good for the cash) that the patchstation will stay where it belongs, third and last.

offers only considered via pm.

since this article was written by a guy named Amir Bashir, it cant be taken seriously anyways.

[YouNoob]

it will own the 3rd place. so nothing new here.

[Citizen Cook]

First it was 2006, then 2007, then 2008. Now its 2009!

Come on droids! PLEASE!!!!!!!!

[xwabbit]

2008 was the PS3 year. How many exclusives xbox got this year which where good ? Nice Try tho, you should be the one in the pic with nob. Talking out of ass and showing how big of a fan boy you are.

[jrsenkbe]

Kill Zone 2
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves ----------> Winner
God of War 3
Halo Wars
Random multiple plat game.

Just these three games trump ANYTHING coming out on the crap box.

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

There were 100 of these for 2008, and look how that turned out.

[tonywood]

even BEFORE the must own blu-ray titles, LBP, SocomC, R2, and Motorstorm 2, the Ps3 was selling very well..not only against it's competetion, but the economic developments as well.Ps3 was killin' em, which is why MS had no choice but to drop their systme's price. Do you really think people would buy this over the Ps3 if the price was still at $299? (With NO great exclusive line-up or blu-ray...which I know you want!)

360 and Wii fans know the end is near, just like when eveyone hated on the DVD drive in the Ps2, said the Gamecube was "cute" and cheap, The 360 had a huge HD (But didn't know what they were going to do with it...just wanted to have something that Sony did not), and Ps3 cost too much. It's OK to hate...as long as you admit to yourself (Behind closed doors) that you too would love to have the games listed! (Also, no cheap parts equals no broken systems!) You can get mad all you want..you know I'm right....Just like any true gamer will admit that halo 1 and gears 1 were two of the greatest shhoters ever made. However, you know that MS can only trick people with so many halo's and Gear's before they have to turn all efforts to the new Xbox system.

[Cynical-Gamerzus]

Sadly they put all their money in the Tech and now have no Marketing budget,you cannot beat I repeat cannot beat Nintendooze and WIndoooze360 with no marketing budget..
Look at how much Apple spent to rippp MS a new one!!!
it worked

[shqype]

Isn't Bashir wanted for crimes against humanity in Darfur?

Joking aside, the PS3 will definitely make great strides in 2009 and surpass the Xbox 360 sales. I believe that the only way Microsoft can keep the Xbox 360 competitive next year (after the release of AAA PS3 exclusives) is to initiate another Price-Drop AGAIN.

[tonywood]

Why the Hell would anyone buy a Ps3? I mean, all the things that Sony said would come to pass are pretty much lining up that way. Sony kick rocks....Blu-Ray is a failed format (Batman DK, IronMan, Transformers, Hulk have sold millions), No one will use HOME or play LBP, FREE online is stupid, Killzone 2 footage from past E3 is fake and the game will look like crap, The system is losing exclusives, and the damn thing cost too much. (The price is going o $299.00 in March of 09).

Oh well, theres always the Halo expansion pack, wasted $50 million on some GTA4 DLC (Instead of working on other game ideas), Gears map pack, and HOPEFULLY...Viva Pinata 3!!!