It is often said that good things come to those who wait. Up until this point, if you happened to have purchased a PlayStation 3, you are banking on that phrase. Well, allow me to be the bearer of good news -- something that I think you'll agree that Sony could use a lot more of lately.
During an interview with the Nikkei Business Daily, Kazuo Hirai (Chairman and Group CEO of Sony) let it be known that Sony is well aware of the criticism that the system has too few games in which to woo gamers with. Not only that, but also that Sony is going to counter this with a renewed vigor -- by working with software publishers on all aspects of marketing games. How many of said games, you ask? Expect to see around 200 software titles and 180 download-only titles to be released for the PS3 by next March.
While sooner is always better, picking up steam after being dominated by a much cheaper console with just as few must have titles is always a slow process. Expect to see the PS3 back in competitive form, and ready to duke it out with whoever is leading the pack by March. With Ken Kutaragi gone, and Hirai at the helm -- things are already starting to look a lot brighter for the PS3.
[Update: Well it looks like things aren't as rosy as we initially thought (otherwise known as journalists everywhere jumping the gun). Luckily for us, a SCEA spokesman was quick to set the record straight. Hirai was citing international figures, so the correct number of first-party games announced for 2007 is more down the lines of 15. Personally, I was happier with the original story -- but the truth will set you free. Doesn't mean you'll like it, but it is what it is. Sorry, Sony fans.If it makes you feel any better, I'm bummed out too. I was hoping to cover positive PS3 news for once.]
[Via UK.Reuters, and some awesome guy named Joe Burling]
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11:29 PM on 06.20.2007
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Add to that every EA sports game save MLB will be 2008 by then, throw in some 2k sports, and you're 1/4 there.
Maybe they'll release 30 SingStar DVD's and call those in that 200 total they're predicting.
Right now they're at about 50~ or so. So, put me down on 5, under.
I can totally buy them after I buy that 500$ system! WAIT NO I CANT'T
bew-bew-bew
Dtoid, I love the shit out of you.
Seriously, though, are there even going to be 10 brand new games released every week in general? All systems combined?
Everyone else: Sony always overflows with optimism. It is the one that that I really like about them. No matter what facts may tell us, they are on top of their game -- according to them.
Then they could count their video trailers as software titles.
I don't claim that the PS3 is my console of choice. However, whether realistic or not, Hirai announcing upcoming games is a good thing. Sony needs good news.....BADLY.
because this is a videogame blog where people interested in the subject come to get related news and comment on it. I would tend to disbelieve this statement from any of the companies. So, at least in my case, It's not Rabid anti-Sonyism. I have owned the ps1 and ps2, like the vast majority of posters here. I just don't feel it's in my interest as a consumer to purchase a ps3 currently. And I'm going to voice that opinion here because this is the proper outlet to do it. Plus I'm bored at work.
It means we research major purchases before dropping half a grand on them.
Couldn't have said it any better. You win this thread.
I can most definately afford a PS3. And I really hope that alot of great games become available soon. I doubt it coming by early '08. I just haven't seen a reason to blow the money, yet.
Well, ill believe its 200 titles, however, it wont be distributed all over the world. some will be only for NA (about 100), others for JP (prob the other hundred), and prob 1 or 2 for UK (lol, i kid).
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
The Bigs
The Darkness with Exclusive Bonus!
Rainbow Six: Vegas
Transformers The Game
Ninja Gaiden Sigma Collectors Edition
NCAA Football 08
All Pro Football 2K8
NASCAR 08
Stranglehold
Warhawk
Lair
Madden NFL 08
Blazing Angels 2: Secret Missions
Dynasty Warriors Gundam
Stuntman: Ignition
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08
Coded Arms Assault
Golden Axe
Sega Rally
The Club
World Snooker Championship 2007
Fallout 3
Rogue Warrior
BlackSite: Area 51
NHL 2K8
Heavenly Sword
NBA 08
NHL 08
Kane & Lynch: Dead Men
Turok
Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights
Skate
Sega Rally Revo
DiRT
Eye of Judgment
Heavy Rain
Hot Shots Golf 5
Interstellar Marines
Jericho
Monster Kingdom
Monster Madness: Battle for Suburbia
The Wall
Folklore
Medal of Honor Airborne
NBA 2K8
NBA Live 08
Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
The Club
Half Life 2 Orange Box
Tony Hawk's Proving Ground
Conan
Grand Theft Auto IV: Special Edition
FIFA Soocer 08
Guitar Hero III with Guitar
Beowulf
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Need for Speed: Pro Street
SingStar
Assassin's Creed
Bladestorm: Hundred Years War
Fifth Phantom Saga
Rock Band Drum Set
Rock Band Microphone
Rock Band Wireless Fender Guitar Controller
Rock Band Bundle
The Getaway 3
The Outsider
Timeshift
Turning Point
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
Mercenaries 2: World in Flames
Army of Two
Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway
Hellboy
The Simpsons Game
Time Crisis 4 with Gunconn
WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2008
Haze
Eight Days
Eyedentify
Final Fantasy XIII
Gran Turismo HD
Tekken 6
WarDevil: Enigma
The Golden Compass
Afrika
Final Fantasy Versus XIII
Sam Suede: Undercover Exposure
Urban Mysteries
Alone in the Dark
Fatal Inertia
Heist
Unreal Tournament III
Frontlines: Fuels of War
Burnout PAradise with Bonus
Dark Sector
Condemmned 2: Bloodshot
End War
Killzone 2
Little Big Planet
Starwars: The Force Unleashed
The Wheelman
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
Fallout 3
Rogue Warrior
until then, im putting my system into something useful
Would you like to see bashing? Stating that Sony is making promises it can't keep (just like Nintendo or M$ would be, making the same outlandish claim) and that the PS3 is an ill-advised purchase (unless an alternate-history WWII FPS is worth $600 to you) isn't exactly bashing.
Sony engineered themselves a money pit that's too expensive to develop for and has too few users. Note the evidence of the sinking ship; rats jumping overboard, leaving Kaz at the helm. Now they're making crazy-talk about 9-10 games a week, 5-6 of those disc-based retail titles.
THAT'S closer to bashing. I say closer, because it's still all true. And thanks for being holier-than-thou after calling all of us cheap bastards for not jumping on the overpriced folder-at-home bandwagon. I'm sorry you're disillusioned, but don't accuse the rest of us of the same sort of shortsightedness and bias that you displayed when you bought Sony's new console on the merit of their last console, not the current one.
Thank you for some common sense.
I've never been shot in the head, but I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that it would suck.
Sure, all the other companies have their flaws too, but the point is, The PS3 doesn't look like an attractive purchase to alot of people right now. And this promiss of 10 games a week is spurilous(SP). You have to conceede that. Now I see why Sterling feels the need to hit as many sides of an argument as he can when he posts an article. People like you saying, "well if you gonna say something bad about company A, then you have to mention everything that company B has done too! even though its in no way contextual."
As for this claim.. It doesn't necissarily say GAMES so I am going to take it that it could mean anything... Software titles could mean anything software. From Movies to Games.. If they take both into consideration, then yes - they will meet their goal more than likely.
This is a post about Sony. And everyone already knows that console manufacturers fuck you in the butt for peripherals and addons. I have yet to have a 360 hardware failure, but do I think M$ is above criticizm? Fuck no, XBL microtransactions and $3 Xbox 360 backgrounds are a fucking joke. But is M$ trying to tell everyone that they're still the market leader when their console has taken a royal shit? Nope. They're not even haughty about being the current HD console leader. They're just making and licensing good games, not bragging about how they're going to make an unbelievable, absurdly-high number of them. You were "holier than thou" when you made the absurd supposition that we were all broke college students, and insinuated that that must've been the only reason anyone wouldn't drop a week's salary on one. I was when I started bashing (read: gave you exactly what you asked for.)
"15 minutes at the Target Kiosk"
How about hours and hours at a friend's house playing Resistance and thumbing through demos? And my comments have nothing to do with the actual quality of those games, I can read reviews, I can garner consensus, and first and fucking foremost, I CAN FUCKING COUNT. I know exactly how many more games I can get for my 360, and I know exactly how much it costs. games divided by console cost could probably be a fair equation for value, discounting quality and features (that only get used because there are no games, like blu-ray media and the cell processor for Folding@Home), and the math is pretty fucking simple.
In all fairness, value is a personal judgement. For me personally, Resistance < $600.
PEW, PEW, PEW! I say!
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120GB 2.5" drive w/ enclosure - $157. So there's $50 of MS markup, provided that the interface on the Xbox 360 drives costs about the same as a USB/IE1394 enclosure. That's not really too bad, considering M$ can get $30 for a VGA cable that ought to be $10.