Rein also has positive things to say about PlayStation 3, and some strong words for Sony's critics. "People just seem to want to take a smack at them, and I can't figure it out. They're the leader, so I guess they have a target on their back."
Take the issue of stock supplies, Rein says - "So wait, if they don't have enough machines in stores, that's a bad thing? If they do have enough machines, that's a bad thing? Pick one!
"The PlayStation brand is very, very strong, and maybe you and I, who are in the games industry, maybe we over-read the press - but the gamers out there, they aspire to buy a new PlayStation.
"I went to a Target store a month or two ago and I was in the electronics area, and a non-typical gamer looking guy walks in the store and asks for a PlayStation 3. I walked up to him and asked him why he wasn't buying an Xbox 360, and he said, 'Well, I had a PlayStation 2, it was awesome - I would never think of buying an Xbox.'"
However, Rein concedes, the PlayStation 3's high price point may put some consumers off at the start of the console cycle.
"Yeah, it's a high price, because it's a new, high-end piece of equipment - but history shows that price will come down... They probably won't all buy one when it's $600 or $500, but when it's $400, $300, when the software they like is out - they'll start buying them.
"Motorstorm has come out, it's a great title. As the big titles come out, they're going to sell a bunch of machines. When PlayStation Home comes out, they'll sell a bunch of machines."
All in all, Rein concludes, PlayStation still has the edge as the next-gen console battle gets underway.
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?
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I never got around to mass effect - I’m skeptical that it would hold up if I were to try it now
I would say it does. The combat is a bit shit for todays standards but everything else is great.
the first one is abit the odd one out but after u finished it, believe it it gets tremendously better and better
Originally launched in 2011, El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron is coming to Nintendo Switch, so It's time to look back at the original.
Still have my ps3 copies. Bought it at launch and another one when I found it cheap and in perfect condition about 10 years ago. I wouldn’t buy it on Switch but if they made a PS5 version I would. I still have one of my PS3 Fats hooked up so good to go either way.
Id play it again on the switch. I wished my 360 version was bc but this is still a good way to play.
The 360 has already made his company about $150 million, and the 360 version of UT3 will outsell the PS3 version by a HUGE MARGIN. Add to that, the fact that he's already stated he doesn't see a PS3 exclusive coming from EPIC, and his comments are mindboggling. Somebody from MSGS needs to remind Mark that the legacy of the PS2, and Sony's dominance is pretty much in the past, and his loyalties are very misplaced. :o
Nice Article
Rein sounds very balanced in what he says. The gaming industry needs more people like Him. And less Haters.
DO you know I don't think there is a developer out there who is a hater. They don't hate on consoles. They like making games.
How can you possibly forecast that the 360 version of UT3 will outsell the ps3 version by a HUGE MARGIN? For any fps, I'll take a keyboard and a mouse any day, and that option certainly won't appear on x360. And this is a deciding factor for some gamers to take the ps3 version over the x360.
Second of all, it's not a question of loyalty, but of fairness. Just because he made a good amount of money for developping a game on x360 doesn't mean he has to lick the boots of MS. And it certainly doesn't forbid him to praise MS competitors.
I dunno, his comments sound pretty logical and level-headed to me.
Your above unsubstatiated, oh-so-matter-of-fact statement, on the other hand, has ME scratching my head.
Perhaps you should be so kind as to drop Mr. Rein a line and straight out the poor uninformed, misguided chap, hmm?