Every generation we see interesting twists and turns to the main competitors. We've seen Sega fail and bailout during the Dreamcast lifecycle, while Microsoft came into the picture as the next contender for the home console title. Sony and Nintendo have studied each other over the years and formed patterns to combat against each other. Nintendo relied strongly on superior first-party offerings, while Sony created strong third-party relationships and offered a wide variety of exclusive titles. A change of strategy is now being made.
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.
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.
GL compiles a list of some of the most mind-blowing video game narrative twists in recent memory, from The Last of Us to Outer Wilds
With articles like these cant you tag the games mentioned so that we can know ahead of time if there’s a spoiler to avoid?
Not clicking on your article otherwise.
I'd be grateful if Microsoft was half of what Sony was/is. But for now, they're not Sony. They're just "me too" Microsoft.
this won't end great
Not a very accurate parallel. Sony secured all the major releases for their consoles because they made up 75% of the industry at those times. Nintendo in the 64 days lost a lot of support early on because the PS1 offered more storage space for better games... Metal Gear Solid 1 and Final Fantasy VII, being prime examples. This new technology prospect was the key in Sony locking up a lot of developer support in the days they were unknown. Hmm. Reminds me of a certain console out now...
Microsoft also isn't securing exclusives when they end up on the PS3 six months later with better graphics and more content. Thanks for beta testing though. ^_^
NOW NINTENDO IS SONY, MS IS MS, AND SONY IS NINTENDO. I love researchless articles.
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going by the generation before these new consoles, here's those console sales numbers.
GAME CUBE's sales
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XBOX's sales
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PS2's sales
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