From OXCGN:
"With the current economic crisis worsening and with Nintendo happily counting its blessings (and money), perhaps the old adage "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" is something both companies may eventually consider.
Of course they are each other's greatest enemy in the console 'war' but by banding together they would be fighting two other common enemies: the economic enemy (the current crisis and the increasing costs for game console and software development) and the clever, rapidly rejuvenated Nintendo gaming empire, with its almost single-handed creation of a new casual gaming market with the Wii and DS."
Gary Green said: You’ll be forgiven if you haven’t heard of the Ar Tonelico trilogy. The previous two games arrived so late in the PS2’s life-cycle that they simply went unnoticed. While most were tinkering with their shiny new PS3s, Ar Tonelico: Melody of Elemia and Ar Tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica were being ‘returned to sender’ by your local Game stores. Luckily, you won’t need to have played them to understand and appreciate this third and final chapter, Qoga (pronounced k-yoga) tells the story of a racial war between humans and Reyvateils, a breed of biologically produced female cyborgs capable of reproduction, while still having a digital mind.
Oh my god. I kinda wish this would get a remaster on PS5, it would be awesome. One of my favorite games on PS3.
That and 3D Dot Game Heroes. It's a shame that some stuff is stuck on PS3.
Ar Tonelico 3 is good I still prefer the first AT game. The music is solid in all the games and Akiko Shikata is a very talented singer bringing life to the game. Only annoying part is well I find is Saki I always choose Finnel or Tyria. KOEI so needs to HD remaster the franchise along with Ar Nosurge and Ciel Nosurge since it never came to North America. I would day one the Ar Toneliceo games and Ar Nosurge if they were remastered.
I still have the limited edition of Qoga unopened. Unfortunately it never went up in value like I had hoped all these years.
Used to own all these quirky JRPG on ps3 good times. Wish I would have kept them all
This could be fun as they make great tables. Go big or go extinct. Prime your senses for a neural handshake and step into the cockpit of a Jaeger. It is on you to cancel the apocalypse when Pacific Rim Pinball comes to Pinball FX on May 16.
Gary Green said: We have a juxtaposition of 2D and 3D visuals, flashy turn-based combat, quirky anime characters with cheeky dialogue with plenty of partial nudity; Yes, this is a Compile Heart JRPG. Whilst the engine is borrowed from Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2, Mugen Souls is more of a Disgaea spin-off. It’s not a strategy RPG as such, it merely sits within Disgaea’s ever-expanding universe (Multiverse? Netherverse? Your guess is as good as mine). You won’t find cameos though, since Mugen Souls is a franchise which aims to stand on its own two feet.
No competition is good
if it happened, the console would be nearly perfect, and would overkill anything that would stand in its way.
However, I'm sure both companies like their competition.
I don't think it is possible for Microsoft and Sony to work together on making a console. They both have way different views on gaming. I also don't see how they would split it with each holding equal shares and influence, they both seem to want total control over what they do.
Nah, there's no way that I could ever see Sony and Microsoft joining forces and I don't think it should ever happen. Competition is always better for the consumer.
I really don't see a company like Sony and Microsoft agreeing on much when it comes to a collaborative console either... Sony might want to go the high end route with plenty of built in features, while Microsoft may want to go a cheaper route and have more Add-on's ( I'm not flaming, just stating facts).
If they did join forces, who would decide about the controller to use? I guess there would be both a Playstation designed controller and a Xbox designed controller, because I'm used to the PS controller and would like the controller design to stay as close to it as possible if there was some Uni-Console.
Sony's job cuts hasn't affected the gaming division while Microsoft's cuts has affected their Gaming division with 2 internal studios being closed (Ensemble and ACES) but still I don't think that it's going affect either the PS3 or 360's future success in any major way. The Xbox 360 and PS3 are here to stay, and I hope that Playstation and Xbox always stay separate.
This would be the greatest console invented ever if it did occur, chances are higher of me being eaten by a shark I feel though.