Sony's trying to put themselves up on a pedestal here, instead of realizing or at least admitting that THEY'RE ALL fucking business and they're in the business to compete, and that exclusivity is something Sony has ALWAYS done.

I too have the money in hand, completely available to buy a PS3. I just want REASONS to buy it. And POTENTIAL is not ONE OF THEM. POTENTIAL is codeword for 'HEY! I KNOW SHIT LOOKS BAD NOW, BUT IF ENOUGH OF YOU DUMBASSES BUY OUR SHIT, INSTEAD OF US ACTUALLY DOING OUR JOBS, then you'll get what you want EVENTUALLY'.

Sorry Sony, maybe when MGS comes out, even then I'm pretty goddamn sure its not going to be an exclusive very long. I WANT to want a PS3, but at the moment I don't want a PS3. So no deal Sony, I don't care how much more ETHICAL you are than your competition, in fact just saying you are makes me dislike you even MORE.

/end rant

@Fraff and casualweaponry -- I don't think Sony would be laughing anywhere near the bank. Manhunt 1's sales were negligble until there was a controversy about it. I see no reason to see why MH2 would be any different. It would probably see an initial spike because of its AO rating and then fall into obscurity like its predecessor.

What dos the M is PSM magazine stand for?

I miss the Winston Churchill picture :(

"We don't buy exclusivity. We don't fund development. We don't, for lack of a better term, bribe somebody to only do a game on our platform."

Ohhhhh boy. As others have suggested, it's pretty sad that anybody at Sony would be bragging at the moment. My question is, from a corporate perspective, what the hell is the problem with funding development or buying exclusivity? Funding development would be just like funding more stupid Sony television commercials, except way better for us since something useful to the consumer might come out of it.

Jack, Sony isn't more honorable, it's just strategically retarded.

For some reason, Sony really reminds me of that cowardly corporal from 'All's Quiet on the Western Front'.

@Orcist

Thats my point, actually.

The sickest, saddest thing is how many of my co-workers bought that turd of the 50 Cent game (Bulletproof?) simply because of the notoriety. Sony needs just about anything right now.

Someone really, REALLY needs to stage an intervention over at Sony HQ.

Can we get a funny intervention skit out of someone here today?

Oh boy, I don't think Sony trying to pretend like there a more honorable company then M$ or Nintendo is really going to help them right now...I mean its unfortunate but with the development cost of games so high right now Sony needs to be a little more aggressive to secure good third party games.

Dear SCEA,

Acting high and mighty will probably save you some face, but unless you make Heavenly Sword and Warhawk worth 600+ bucks to play, you still aren't going to make a single cent off of me, or most of the people I know.

XOXO

Just makes me laugh, they obviously have no cash to buy exclusive titles, becasue they would if they could!!
They need a big exclusive game, i dont think Metal gear will stay just on PS3, and if MS start producing xbox's that dont fail(mine hasnt yet :¬) ) they will be in one hell of a hole!! Come on Sony stop trying to slag others off and make some fooking games!

wait, wasn't Sony king of exclusive content last gen?

Wasn't Resistance, the highest selling game on their platform (at least for a while), a third party game? No, wait, they funded development and its a first party game. Like every other first party game.

Zardoz is so fucking right. Sony need to spend less time whining, bitching and looking over the fences of their opponents and more time proving to us WHY the PS3 is a solid investment. We don't want promises and pathetic attempts to undermine the competition, we want a reason to buy Sony. A valid, viable, tangible one. We're gamers, not the most patient of people. We want our proof of the pudding before we eat.

Sony right now is too busy copying the ideas of the competition and saying "look, me too" but fail to realise that it's ridiculously difficult to overcome market perception. MS is perceived as THE online guys, while Nintendo is seen to all as THE motion sensing guys. Sony's attempts to produce answers to those is ridiculous and pathetic when they should be finding their own "guys" to be.

Read the interview with Phil Harrison in the July Game Informer. They hand-job him a little, and refuse to ask the really tough questions about the less-than-win situation with the PS3. It's particularly interesting when they ask harder questions about the state of sony gaming and he basically dodges them completely, or spouts nonsense. Example: when asked about the game drought, he responds:

"There are things we're demonstrating onscreen in games like Motorstorm, Resistance: Fall of Man and Formula 1 that cannot be done on any other system."

Sony is a PR monster if they can actually get people to believe that.

It's really easy to get exclusives when your install base is bigger God (PS2). Exclusives just fell in your lap. Now, your install base is small and the cost of development on the PS3 is through the roof. Yes, now you need a different approach.

I really thought they would have learned by now... sheesh.

The problem is that they didn't plan on needing to buy exclusives, because they planned on having almost 20 million PS2 users instantly become PS3 owners just because it was the PS3. Honestly, if the PS3 had the same initial success that the wii is having, they wouldn't have to worry about exclusivity. Developers and publishers would be frothing at the mouth to sell next-gen games to 20M PS3 users. Unfortunately, there aren't that many PS2 owners ready to make the plunge. And that's no ones fault but Sony's.

This goes out to Jim himself. I know you are new here an all and i was hoping for a little bit of change when you came on. That meaning this website is called Destructoid not Xbox360toid. im no fan boy but i hate bias journalism. So please do what Summa did and open your eyes a little bit.

Mental note: Make sure to copy/paste the above statement as a catch-all answer to all people who don't read my archives and make assumptions in future.

Dont these writers on xboxtoid have any objectivity. I thought this site was above the passive aggresive bs of other pc gaming sites "Not to unduly bash Sony (Heaven forbid we open that can of worms), but pretending to be high and mighty doesn't work when you're neither high, nor mighty right now."
Come on Mr. Sterling-Is it possible to be objective and not let your disdain for Sony mar what should be professional coverage. How sad. The great writers rise above it all. Do us readers a favor and dont let this site turn into teamxbox. I own all three next gen systems. They all have their merits. Stop polarizing your readers. But I guess that is the kind of schlock that sells, not responsible journalism. I would say the same thing if you bashed the xbox all the time. The winds are CURRENTLY blowing against the ps3 so to be POPULAR and win acheivements in writing on these so called objective sites is to go with the flow? I thought you were better destructps3toid... TIme to go to KOTAKU again.

@gamesareonlygames

The only reason you are angry is because you bought a ps3 and have to defend it to feel better about your 600 dolla paperweight.

Exclusives are what make each system. If Sony loses MGS4, then they are probably finished.

@gamesareonlygamesThanks for your comments. While I do indeed own an Xbox 360, I also own a Wii and am hoping to purchase a PS3 as soon as it becomes a viable investment. I actually take no pleasure in seeing Sony fail, and want them to find their niche and succeed. Despite what perhaps 10% of the readers think, I am no supporter of any one console. I have been highly critical of the 360 in the past, as I have the Wii and of course the PS3. Please take the time to look through my archived posts and like Summa, 'open your eyes' to the fact that one corporation being criticized more than another does not mean I have a preference for any one company, it's simply that there is more that I find critcism-worthy in that particular company.

I've pretty much carved my own niche here as somebody who calls it as he sees it, being as fair as possible, insulting what I feel needs insulting, and praising that which is praiseworthy. Thank you for reading my articles, please read more and you'll find that it's not quite as black-and-white as you perhaps believe.

Sterling, fuck it. No need to explain yourself. No one has a right NOT to be offended. You call it like you see it and I think most people appreciate that far more than attempting some kind of faux politeness.

If Sony were giving away the fucking things for free i could see a little restraint being called for but they're asking a sizable amount of cash from peoples hard earned shekles. Also, its not like Sony and their followers didn't smash the original Xbox at every turn last gen. PS3 will be an amazing piece of technology in time but right now they're just bumbling from one PR mistake to another.

"Its amazing to actually see how out of touch the people at Sony are."

Well, you also have to try and keep in mind that from a marketing standpoint, you never show you weakness even when its obviously apparent.
So claiming everything is fine and making comparisons, while running around in the background like a chicken with its head cut off trying to figure out how to dig themselves out of the mud, it isn't surprising that they come off the way they do. Not a good method at all, but a common one.
Welcome to the business world.

You make a vailid point, Pro, but it seems that they're doing more to cover up their overestimation of how much gamers value hardware relative to games than they are do it actually fix the PS3 snafu.