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Madden developers praising MLB09: The Show

It is refreshing to see developers give praises on the accomplishments of their peers. MLB09: The Show is definitely another testament to the Sony in house developers who are bringing to life some incredible exclusive content for PS3 users.

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Chris Hansen5944d ago

MLB09: The Show
1080p60

Only possible on Playstation 3

kapedkrusader5944d ago

...I've seen nothing but praises for this game, and now from the Madden dev team?! Wow. Yet, Metacritic has it scored "88". It always seems to me that Metacritic doesn't filter out the bias fanboy sites that under score games for the sake of contraversy. This is clearly a triple A title in my book.

marinelife95944d ago

The game is fabulous. Between The Show and Killzone I'm losing sleep trying to play after the wife and kid go to bed.

For some reason baseball games never get very high scores.

I'm glad the Madden team is taking notes. They needed some inspiration.

Parappa The Rappa5944d ago

Theres some pervos in the Apartment next to mine. Can you please come over and do something about it?

KapedK: Its scoring an 88 b/c the reviews arent just based on how the game looks. So, while it looks great, the gameplay is crap. Its like meeting an insanely hott chick who is totally wanting to go home with you, but on the way to your place you discover she has AIDS. You still gonna do it? Take this off your AA/AAA list. Play 2k9, it rocks.

TheTwelve5944d ago (Edited 5944d ago )

Kaped----you know how the American media is anti-Sony. At this point, the evidence is just too obvious. Just add a point to every score you see on Metacritic for a more normal view of what Sony exclusive games are like in terms of quality.

I've been playing MLB since '07 (My man David Wright on the cover). I've bought '09, haven't had the time to crack it open between Killzone and SF IV.

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kapedkrusader5944d ago

...who are you kiddin', I owned MLB 08 and played the demo for 09 and the controls are great. Stop hatin'.

evrfighter5944d ago

Holy crap your post smelt horribly of crybaby doodoo. Talk about playing the victim card. It was entertaining though, don't stop posting.

and this one made me literally lol.

"...I've seen nothing but praises for this game, and now from the Madden dev team?! Wow."

We're talking about the madden team here. The same team that's used the same rehashed engine that's carries the same bugs for about 5 years running. God I hope EA loses the NFL license soon. I have high hopes for 2k Sports if they could get their hands on it.

kapedkrusader5944d ago

...you contributed NOTHING with your post. Having another development teams opinion on a game is much more valuable to me than some dumbass fanboy's. Troll.

soxfan20055944d ago (Edited 5944d ago )

MLB09 The Show will sell millions for one reason alone - Dustin Pedroia is on the cover! Guaranteed sales! I'm going to buy 2 copies, and I don't even own a PS3.

On topic - baseball games are extremely difficult to get just right - there are SO many nuances, and so much randomness, in baseball. That is why, on any given day, any team can beat any other team, and even the worst teams in the league will win 60-70 games per year. You just don't see that in other sports, especially football or soccer. I consider any review over an 8 for a baseball game to be an excellent score.

nbsmatambo5944d ago

now if they could only apply this much effort into NBA 10: The Life

Parappa The Rappa5944d ago

dont be a homo. 09 sux compared to 2k9. ive played both, you haven't, so im pretty sure i can give more valid opinion that you. :)

MNicholas5943d ago

Best looking sports title and most technically advanced as well. They were able to do it because of the superb lighting model. It appears they've really started using the Cell processor more effectively. I would not be surprised if they were using deferred rendering, especially since sports games typically don't have massive alpha blending requirements.

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Wildarmsjecht5944d ago

The game is spectacular and has consistently gotten better with every iteration. I hope that more developers take note of how EA is using this game as a guideline and a bar for them to exceed with their own title, even if it isnt a baseball game. So long as they can provide the same amount of dedication and realize that they can do great things with the platform, we'll be seeing more games that are just as good or better than the show. Kudos to Sony for the title, Kudos to EA for giving credit where its due.

MegaMohsi5944d ago

EA learns from them and implements some drastic changes to madden 10 or 11, I lost interest in the series since 05

dale15944d ago

sonys first party games seem to own all,it must be real frustrating for third party multi devs to keep looking at the quality sony keeps bringing out knowing they can,t better it.there stuck between trying to make a game equal on both 360 and ps3,this is not possible.

TheTwelve5944d ago

Even biased reviewers can't lie and say 2k9 is good. Sorry.

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cpuchess5944d ago

I have both systems and I would never buy that 2K crap again. It's what pushed me over the edge to buy a PS3. The Show is way better.

brycespitler5944d ago

isnt that 2k9 game getting bad reviews

you and your comment fail

you need to cut your wrists ASAP

your wasting air

Parappa The Rappa5944d ago

well, theres clearly on orgy of sony fanboys somewhere, pounding each other over this game. while i wont deny you the pleasure of your euphoric feelings for 09, i will still stick to my guns and say"ive played them both, you guys prolly havent(if youve even played them at all), and 09 sux bawls."

you dont have to be a fanboy to know that.

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Feature: Toughest Platinum PS3 trophies

BANGBANGTECH wrote; If you're thriving for a gaming challenge there are a few PS3 platinum trophies to collect which might have you pulling your hair out long before you are done…

Trophy support was added in a PS3 firmware update (2.40) in July 2008 and since the start of 2009 they have been compulsory in all full length PS3 releases. Whilst some players are driven by the thought of hoarding trophies, others are content to use them as a way of tracking accomplishments on a bronze, silver, gold and platinum scale.

On many occasions, even after beating the last boss in a game you might have only acquired a mere 10% of the trophies.

Most games are designed to be challenging but there there are a few that really standout when it comes to nabbing those elusive platinum trophies.

If you want your monies worth from a game and its platinum reward, you might want to take a look at ...

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Ravage275575d ago

Batman: Arkam Asylum platinum was hard?

andron5575d ago (Edited 5575d ago )

Some had problems with the challenges, so I guess it's a bit individual what people struggle with.

I find trophies that make you finish games in a certain time period highly annoying. Take GTA IV for example, who are going to complete it twice just for a trophy...

Dave13515573d ago (Edited 5573d ago )

They forgot battlfield bad company 1, i have 36 days (864 hours)of playing time and yet to get it

NotSoSilentBob5574d ago

My vote goes to warhawk or Disgaea3 for the simple fact you have to grind so much in both of those games.

unrealgamer585573d ago

warhawk plat isn't hard just time consuming

Pillage055573d ago

I got the Killzone 2 plat. It would be about a 1000 times easier if it weren't for Radec on the hardest difficulty (well not radec but his waves of minions...I still have nightmares about that level. I think I calculated by my deaths before and after that it took me about 200-250 trys to beat the last level on the hardest difficulty and only around 50 for the rest of the game..on all modes) And the online rank trophy. How did GG think that was a good idea?

Also the R2 isn't very hard. Most people just complain about the 10k kills one cause they don't like grinding trophies. I will admit that it is the only trophy I am short (3.5k to go lol) but its only because none of my friends ever played online so I stop playing relatively soon

Sarevok5573d ago

You got skills. I only have 37% of them and I have about...15 days worth of online play(16k kills and 14k deaths)

Studio-YaMi5573d ago

Are worthless!

unless you're just a show-off or think you're cool by getting them,it gives no good reason to get them!

they should have made this worthwhile...I mean like having extra weapons or infinite lives or stuff like that as a trophy bonus...not just : KILLER TROPHY ...ok what can I do with this;KILLER TROPHY ?

nothing;
and the same goes to XBOX achievements !

Automat5573d ago

games in themselves are pretty worthless! What do you get in real life for finishing a game on hard?

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This Week in PlayStation – March 5th

PlayStation LifeStyle: "A common stereotype about gamers is their short attention span. As announcements for new games and hardware come and go it is easy to lose sight of the momentous events that shaped the gaming world. This Week in PlayStation highlights Sony's rich video game heritage which dates back into the 1980's.

Step back in time with us as we put the spotlight on events big and small that have significantly altered the gaming culture."

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ps3gamerkyle5580d ago

This is a weekly feature. Every Friday this will go live.

DaTruth5580d ago

Yeah, staring at a screen for 5 hours straight is the mark of a poor attention span!

Who writes this crap???

DoucheVader5580d ago

@ DaTruth

Yes a screen that is constantly changing images so much so that each game has an epileptic seizure warning. Or in other words, optimized for an attention deficit audience.

DoucheVader5580d ago

Don't forget to thank the editor! :) LOL

T3mpr1x5580d ago

Hard to believe only ten years ago we were just barely coming into the PlayStation 2 era...I was also only 11 years old HAH!

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PlayStation Vice-President of Epic Footage Kevin Butler: An Appreciation

TechLand: This post was supposed to be about MAG, the ambitiously-huge 256-player first-person shooter that came out today. But after watching the commercial for it, I realized I first needed to give props to the sardonic genius known as Kevin Butler. Generally, he's the spokesperson you see in all of the PlayStation 3 commercials.

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WildArmed5617d ago

after he got owned in the first ad, no wonder they are giving his FPS position away..

jk :)
We all wuvs you Kevin Butler :)

toaster5617d ago

"Son of a - MAG!"

LOL Kevin Butler is awesome.

UJUSTLOSTONE5617d ago

Sony finally got on the ball with the advertising,

funny stuff, keep it up

RememberThe3575617d ago

They're actually getting better! I didn't think that was possible.

nix5617d ago

MLB commercials were classic. q:

Mr_Luke5617d ago

Those ads are simply GREAT!!
They make me smile all the time ;))

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