Can Ratchet And Clank Save The PS3?

A fox-like alien and his robot sidekick on a mission to save the galaxy could also help save sales of Sony's PlayStation 3, which has struggled to find a game so good that it gives people reason to buy the pricey console.

Microsoft's Xbox 360 has had several, including this year's "Halo 3", but Sony is still trying to find a megahit of its own as games like "Heavenly Sword" and "Folklore" have failed to make the kind of splash needed to convince holdouts.

Sony badly needs a hit for the PS3, which has lagged the Xbox 360 and Nintendo's Wii. By the end of September, the PS3 had sold about 5.6 million units, compared to more than 13 million each for the Xbox 360 and Wii.

[cr33ping_death]

save it from what excatly???? no its not doomed. no its not going the way of the dreamcast.

[unlimited]

dont worry we will get countless of article on the 360 being doomed in 2008..

[wageslave]

@1.1

Well, what absolutely insane person would write such articles? The Xbox 360 will almost certainly (99.9999%) continue to dominate game sales and console sales.

What on earth would make a person write such nonsense?

[Baron79]

I love the Dreamcast!

[jackfatal]

so insecure??
dont worry the x360 sale well sell 2 millions 2008 just like 2007!! so every thing is stable now for x360 and will be the sane in 2008

[power of Green]

I always wanted to know what the hell that Ratchet thing was, I always thought it was a Rat or something.

[shmee]

a cartoon game at 640p and flopped allo ver EU and JAPAN.

x360 is the least selling console in JAPAN and EU

[socomnick]

shmee that game your talking about is the #1 game in the planet right now a game so big it had midnight launches all over the country. Nothing in the ps3's lineup will have such a big impact on society or push videogames into mainstream like halo has done.

[Antiomo]

are wow and starcraft.... both from blizzard both for pc :) cheers.

[kevin1122]

are you kidding socomnick, the playstation brand has already done that and has games that have sold more than halo. Believe it or not halo isnt the highest selling game, not even close.

[power of Green]

Must be bad for the 360 Shmee is approving it rather than reporting it, this ofcourse proves its probably nonsense anyways, not going to read it.

[BLaZiN PRopHeT]

lol i saw that also. he didnt read the article i guess cuz he took his approval back and now reported it.

[shmee]

ROUND PEG aka POG = ELITE GAMER = BLOOD MASK

[mighty_douche]

when why the f*ck are you here, this isnt a chat room!

[power of Green]

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[shmee]

x360 is dead in JAPAN and EU

[MK_Red]

Hope Ratchet sells enough and helps PS3. Also hope that people don't dismiss the game because of stupid GameSpot review.

[wageslave]

The Metacritic average is 8.9 / 10.

Its not just Gamespot that has issues with the game.

[Liquid Ocelot]

it may have 8.9/10 on meta-critics but Ratchet and clank has a 91% average on game-rankings here is the link for you to see
http://www.gamerankings.com...
face it X-box Fans Ratchet and clank is a triple AAA title.

[Bebedora]

@5.1 - You do have tunnel vision don't you?

[Greysturm]

Two things...

A) Nothing is dying even if you guys really really wish for it to happen it just isnt, just look at next year ps3 has more things anounced than the 360 so if the 360 isnt dying the ps3 isnt either at least for a year

B) Can we stop with the pointless Can xxxx save xxxx? articles they are and will only be flamebait.

[unlimited]

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[Almighty]

Sorry guys, I don't know you, but I consider that this game is going to be a bomba in the same way as Heavenly Sword and Lair failed (Both didn't even sold more than 250.000 copies). And it's a shame that the same is going to happen with Uncharted.

[Lucreto]

Heavenly Sword is great. It's funny the graphics are great and they slag Sony's MASSIVE DAMAGE conference.

I believe is will have a cult following like Okami under appreciated now but more wanted in a couple of years.

[SofaKingReetodded]

Heavenly Sword has been sold out for a week at my local Best Buy.

suck on that you ignorant RROD jockey.

[kss]

it can help with saving the ps3 but not on its own no

[SmokeyMcBear]

funny.. 60 percent of the article is quoting other articles...all praise might i add.

[xaphanze]

now if Uncharted get scores like R&C(excluding gamespot and some other reviews) and Im sure its gonna get better scores and with the price drop,PS3 will sell well.

[wageslave]

R&C has 8.9 / 10 on Metacritic. You simply cannot ignore reviews if they are bad in order to argue that the game is "well recieved".

I actually expected R&C to have a higher score.

As for Uncharted, it seems like a passable game. I suspect that reviews will be even more mixed. Probably end up 7.9-8.3ish on Metacritic (if I had to guess). Somewhere around HS range ( 7.9 / 10 ) probably...

EDIT:
@ Below

Did I say R&C was a bad game? No. Im saying it is 8.9 / 10 on MC. I actually enjoyed R&C on my PS2. Maybe im just bent because my 2nd PS2 died before I could finish it. Now I have to buy a 3rd PS2 to finish it. Wont be doing that...

[lonestarmt]

@wageslave

wth?? 8.9 is a bad game? thats really well received. I noticed you didn't show game rankings rating.

http://www.gamerankings.com...

its 90% thats pretty damn good. Whats your problem? you are going on every rachet and clank or ps3 thread trying to spin that it isn't a good game. Do you hold some grudge on R&C and your mission to make sure people don't like it? Yeah some people don't like it. Thats ok. Different folks, different strokes, but look at both those sites, you have to be reallllllly flamming when you are trying to say this isn't a very well critical success already.

[xaphanze]

dont worry,when they include Empire review(5/5), the average will be back to 9.0

[IdontTakeSides]

The PS3 doesn't need saving the 360 needs saving in Eu and Japan....this game will sell well also...

[Ahhhh]

@shmee - Are you Nasim.. If not.. well I'm going to say you are cause your such a dumbass just like Nasim.. All you keep saying is 360 is dead in EU and Japan.. okay well PS3 aint doin to well either..

No, R&C won't save the PS3.. but, right now the PS3 don't need saved. Although, it does need better games.

[ApocalypseShadow]

can bloodmask save himself from posting poorly worded titles to win cash prizes?

can power of green ever find peace knowing that ps3 sales are going to pick up real soon?

can first knight,the round peg,bladestar,and the rest of the hoolagans,not post in ps3 articles? or post positive comments?

tune in tomorrow(actually tonight,and all day every day)to find out.

ratchet will do fine.just like other titles like warhawk,motorstorm,folklore,la ir,GT5,uncharted,etc.we all know the reason ps3 is behind is because of microsoft FUD in america and ps3 high price.

but the FUD is no longer working and the price has come down which is great for future ps3 owners.

mag lev.......................

[doomsonyman]

i agree good post mag lev

[omfg_111]

support-train is on its way!

[Dante8205]

did you just say atleast the 360 is selling consoles in EU and Japan? wrong wrong wrong....very wrong.

[Scythesean]

WTH is this "pricey console" BS? Last I check for all the fetures in the PS3, to get that same service out of the 360 it would cost you way more. $399 PS3 isn't a pricey console.

[wageslave]

What part of 400 > 350 dont you understand?

Make no mention of 280 and 350 being less than 400. Dont bother mentioning that 500 > 450.

Is the SDF teaching somekind of retarded Sony-Only-Math now?

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Edit @ 14

"ratchet will do fine.just like other titles like warhawk, motorstorm, folklore, lair, GT5, uncharted,"
See 18.1 for the "quality" of those games. Oh, Lair is 5.4 / 10. But, I think your mentioning sales. Well R&C did 97k its first week, and Ace Combat 6 for Xbox 360 -- hardly a "must have title" (but rocks btw) -- sold 117k the same week. You might like to lookup the overall PS3 attachment rates and sales for those titles. Neither are very good.

"we all know the reason ps3 is behind is because of microsoft FUD in america"
What exactly are you talking about? MS has always been very respectful of its competition (too respectful IMHO), exactly what FUD are you talking about? Saying the PS3 was high priced? It was. It still is. You can buy a better console (Xbox 360) for a better price. Its not FUD, its fact.

"price has come down"
Read the top part of this post. PS3 has problems that are far more important than price. How about lack of quality games (even R&C is the top scoring exclusive, and it is < 9 / 10 on metacritic). How about every user needing to replace his controllers to get rumble? How about the $400 PS3 being gimped (no BC, fewer USB). How about PSN being a mess? How about the mutli-plats all being worse on PS3 than Xbox 360?

And finally, Im sure we all agree, we really dont need this garbage: mag lev.......................

[Lightning Mr Bubbles]

It cannot save PS3. Whether PS3 needs saving or not, that's a matter of opinion. But I'm not gonna get into that.

You can argue this is just a cheap shot. Either way, XBOTS are scaring Sony fans less and less. I mean we've been through monthly NPD's of 500k vs 100k already. The affect is wearing off.

[SofaKingReetodded]

they never scared me because I have always known how ABSOLUTELY LOONY and DELUSIONAL xbots are. Now matter which way they try to slice it, no matter how much FUD they try to spread, no matter how many lame PS3 trolling articles the usual suspects post.

IT DOESN'T CHANGE the fact that the 360 is an underpowered console who brought a knife to a gun fight against the PS3. I know because it is my business to know, I deal with advanced technology everyday, I program advanced CPUs EVERYDAY. I know a winner when I see one. To watch ignorant xbot fanboys makes fools of themselves because they don't have the first clue on how this technology works and just cut n paste lame articles from places like "teamxbox" dot com or even worse "xboxkings" just shows how badly they are setting themselves up to be laughed at by xmas 08 when alot of HEAVY HITTERS will be out for the PS3. By the time this is over PS3 fans will be laughing and toasting to yet another generation PWNED by Sony and the playstation brand while these ignorant will be left wondering what happened to their underpowered PC wrapped in a console box.

[Ri0tSquad]

there are plenty of great games for the ps3. We just need more 10/10 games to get these ppl to believe in the ps3.

[wageslave]

"We just need more 10/10 games to get these ppl to believe in the ps3"

You need _ANY_ games that well regarded. There isnt a PS3 exclusive with 9.0 or above average review score.

R&C 8.9 / 10
R:FoM 8.6 / 10
WH 8.4 / 10
MS 8.2 / 10
HS 7.9 / 10
Ridge Racer(!) 7.8 / 10
EoJ 7.7 / 10
Folklore 7.4 / 10

What is this "more" talk? How about you get _ONE_ 9.0 or above, then worry about the "10/10"s

@18.2
"Comparing launch titles to games that are just released...classy"

Canned Excuse #1231. You *DO* know that the Developers have had their Dev Kits for the PS3 just as long as Xbox 360 right? The 12 month-delay on the PS3 didnt mean that the DEVELOPMENT KITS were delayed. They weren't. You fail at reality. And succeed at lame excuses.

[Lucreto]

Comparing launch titles to games that are just released...classy

91% on gamerankings.
http://www.gamerankings.com...

[_Jedge]

ps3 does not need to be saved. With all the games comming out later this year it will have a very good line up.

Don't base a game on reviews from one site....

[rbanke]

its selling about what the 360 did in the same period, how is it in trouble and the 360 wasnt? The 'ps3 has no games' argument is tired and doesnt work anymore. Both consoles are selling well, neither are 'in trouble'.

[gamesblow]

Ps3 doesn't need saved... idiots love to spin ****, though and it's funny. The one's who need saved are the one's who actually think it does.

[Lightning Mr Bubbles]

Like they're writing everything down like they're getting ready for our parol hearing or something.

it's kinda funny.

[Bebedora]

To neutralize the "debate" a little:

Sell your xbox before it's too late. Midway has shown where it's headed to. We will also accomplish a unified next-gen platform for developers. mwuhah-hahahah

[TheMART]

Simply put: R&C is a fine game. But it can't justify a console being 400 Euro/Dollar, while the competition is cheaper, has more/better games and a premium online service, while Home keeps getting delayed, MGS4, GT5 and FFXIII delayed.

People see the PS3 as a cheap BluRay player and all other gets delayed. That's its major problem. Best time to buy a PS3? Christmas 2008, when the white PS3 is also available in the rest of the world, with a rumble controller included and at least games to play besides a colourfull game that doesn't attract everyone.

[Bebedora]

There are some fine games coming soon. Besides R&C. It's worth a purchase even before christmas. The sound is awesome, the functions too. The games not to mention. It's an allround fun to have equipment all in one. Without having to make quadrillion different SKUs [edit] and peripherals

[lonestarmt]

ok mart, what will it take for you to buy a ps3?? just one killer app that you would like or , just a lot more great games like rachet, I don't mean style of games, I mean highly rated games.

[SofaKingReetodded]

PS3 sales have TRIPLED 3FIXME sales in EU since price cut

http://www.pspsps.tv/2007/1...

Nintendo made a graph! Weekly sales show huge PS3 price cut spike

While miserable old ChartTrack is always reluctant to release UK hardware sales figures, they couldn't stop Nintendo spilling the beans for all of Europe last week. The red line represents PS3. Sony will be very pleased to see it pointing upwards for once.

PS3 sales went from around 20k a week to 60k thanks to the new 40GB one and the price slashing of the 60GB model, overtaking Xbox 360 and - JESUS H CHRIST! - almost managing to outsell Nintendo's Wii. But not quite. It's still by far the best sales PS3 has managed since its launch weeks.
nintendo-graph.jpg

The full results of Nintendo's financial briefing thing are on the internet here. They contain many other graphs, none of which are particularly good reading for anyone but Nintendo.

"The Mart" and his lame FUD FAIL yet again. Get a job you idiot.

[_Jedge]

Xbox does have some good games you have to admit.

Ps3 will have better games but in the future. People forget that ps3 has not been out as long as the X 360.

[Bebedora]

I do. If only MS had done a more robust platform, it would have been a different game. Now it's just plain dirty tricks.

[Maestro]

Ratchet & Clank is going to be a flop, maybe not as Folklore but as Lair or Heaveny Sword.

[Hades1337]

"Microsoft's Xbox 360 has had several, including this year's Halo 3"

Several? Thats a complete exaggeration. The only other was Bioshock, and Halo 3 was the console flagship title so it was bound to do well.

"Sony is still trying to find a megahit of its own"

Didnt it take the 360 a year to find a 'megahit'? By the end of the year the PS3 will have R&C, and maybe Haze or Uncharted.

"the PS3 had sold about 5.6 million units, compared to more than 13 million each for the Xbox 360 and Wii."

Neither the Wii or the 360 has sold more than 13 million units. Plus, the 360 has been available a year more, AND the PS3 has sold more units than the 360 in its 1st year.

[Bebedora]

Have you witnessed uncharted? It looks god d*** next to unbelieveable. If this is real what is shown last time I saw that vid, we are having a solid R&C again.

[remix]

first off, the last time we checked, microsoft sold 11.5 million consoles, i know halo sold alot but not 2 million more alot, try harder next time.

continue arguing now people, i just wanted to say that

[_Jedge]

At Remix...read my comment....

Jeez 11.5 million consols means nothing if in 3 or 4 years they will scrap it just like they did with the original XBOX and stop making games.

[gamehendge]

"The new 'Ratchet' is a watershed for gaming because it provides the first interactive entertainment experience that truly feels like inhabiting a world-class animated film,"

we all knew the 360 wouldn't be the first to accomplish this.

[Maestro]

By the way PStards, don't cry after you see this:

http://www.metacritic.com/g...

Your "AAA" game is now below 90!!!!! Please guys, don't commit suicide. LMMFAO

[gamehendge]

lol......yeah, like they care what the ratings are. everyone knows its a AAA game. i guess only the x-kiddies live vicariously through ratings.

[_Jedge]

At 31
so you based your review on one site

http://www.gamerankings.com...

Lmao jeez... calm down.. just cause you don't like the game. and I respect that but.....

Don't make the game look bad and talk crap about it.. because the review is lower then 90 on that site.

If halo 3 got a 85% average it would still be a AAA title to some people.

[Nytr8]

NO,

still gonna buy it though.

[lil Titan]

PS3 doenst need saving it just needs more games and a strong online thats it other than that its doing just fine i mean the first year of the PS3(this year) sold just off of hardware alone with only just a hand full of good games so if it sold this much just on hardware think about how sales are going to be when they focus on just the games really people this so called system war is stupid this is just another article to get the inner fanboy out of people

[Dragonopolis]

Where did the crazy notion that there Had to be one game that saves a system. Trust me, I rather have several good quality games and no great games than a couple of great games and the rest is crap. PS3 may not have a Halo 3 type game but they have a Lot of really good quality games more so than my Xbox 360. Most of the games are junk for my xbox 360, but it does have a few Great ones for it.

I have no doubt that the Great ones are coming for the PS3 just have to be patient. Not every game has to be triple A's to enjoy despite what critics and hardcore gamers want you to believe.

Better for developers to take their time and give us perfection than to release blunder after blunder until they get it right (cough...cough..EA...cough).

Definitely the PS3 is one on my list of things to get this Christmas and I will have the best of both worlds. On a side note I do find that the PS3 seems to have a very interesting and diverse genres of games. That Afrika looks cool as well as the Underwater one. Eye of Judgment looks cool and different. Little Big Planet is definitely different but cool. On top of the normal Big Games like MGS4, Final Fantasy, God of War (you know its coming), Tekken, and whatever else the Sony fans think is on the Big Title category the PS3 will be doing just fine.

Meanwhile, I play Halo 3 until then.

[Bonsai1214]

the same question was asked last year at this time: can gears of war save 360?

simply put, yes and yes. except neither console needed saving. you're definitely on a roll bloodmask. middle school let out early today?

[PimpHandHappy]

We dont have a masscot for the system

in my eyes

i think RFOM saved the PS3 and that was a launch game

[Xemnas]

the PS3 Need saving? wtf is wrong with you people?