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EyePet benefited from Eight Days and Getaway cancellations

The adorable debut of EyePet at Leipzig Games Convention was quite possibly the biggest surprise of the show. The innovative use of the PlayStation Eye, coupled with one of fthe most adorable creature designs in recent memory, made it one of the most high-profile titles we showcased on our site during the Convention. Although it's still not planned for a release late next year, it benefited from the controversial cancellations of other SCEE games, such as Eight Days and The Getaway.

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dro - 483 days 19 hours ago

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as a hardcore gamer and a fan of getaway since ps2 i really hope they bring the game back,and same gose for eight days. when they release the eyepet start working on it again bcuz i really liked what i saw from eight days and i liked getaway 1/2.

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sonarus - 483 days 19 hours ago

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As a hardcore gamer, fuk sony and their need to further annoy me with the loss of 8 days with this kinda crap. How can you even consider trading eight days for this...WTF

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gaffyh - 483 days 17 hours ago

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You know they did the right thing though. Eyepet has a greater potential of bringing in new gamers than Eight Days or The Getaway ever did (although I wish the games weren't cancelled, just postponed).

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TOO PAWNED - 483 days 17 hours ago

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As a hardcore gamer i dont care! We have plenty if not 2 many "hardcore" games coming our way, and thats only announce titles of which we know, who knows how many more will be announced in next 6+ months!?

As a PS3 owner i am glad to see something like Eyepet on PS3, it is really refreshing. I dont know if i am going to buy it(most likely not), have to see more of it but still it is very cool with MASSIVE potential!

What about 8 days? We know nothing about that game, maybe it sucked. My guess is that Sony invested far to much money in 8 days and getaway and there was no positive result. Also Yoshida stated that no online mode was one of the reasons why those 2 games were canned.

Once again there are far to many games that hardcores will like, so please stop with overreacting about NOTHING!

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xhairs9 - 483 days 17 hours ago

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I dunno, I think this looks pretty cool and since they specialize in these types of things I bet it will come out pretty sweet like. That monkey looks awesome by the way.

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whoelse - 483 days 17 hours ago

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EyePet will sell more consoles.

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joe382 - 483 days 13 hours ago

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as a hardcore gamer I was sad when Sony announced that 8 days was canceled, however I am excited by Eyepet and its amazing technology, I cant wait to try it.

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Homicide - 483 days 9 hours ago

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I would rather have Eight Days and Getaway than this. I blame Nintendo and the Wii.

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Fishy Fingers - 483 days 19 hours ago

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I'm sure this is good news for some, but the hardcore gamer in me screams F**********!!!!

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harry190 - 483 days 17 hours ago

2.1 - What hardcore gamer?

Define the term hardcore gamer. I always thought hardcore gamers were the people who played ALL types of games including those viewed as casual. If being hardcore means playing Halo and Gears and thinking those are the best games ever created, I would have abandoned gaming a long time ago.

I simply can't understand.(this is not personal) Everyone is complaining about the over-abundance of shooters and when they decide not to make one, people cry foul? WTH? I am one of those people who enjoyed Nintendogs greatly and believe me, according to my own definition of hardcore, I am really really hardcore. People who believe hardcore players are only those who play shooters and other types of games involving violence and gore are mistaken.

The real hardcore are out there, looking for new,fresh concepts and I can say that Eyepet sounds very very interesting to me. As interesting as 8 Days. People who think that this is crap are unfortunately pretentious and lack a little culture.

Eyepet was NOT the reason 8Days was canceled. Don't try and spin that ( again a general idea, not personal) as if it was the sole reason. HOME is also in the works at the London studio and at this point in time, it is their priority.

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idontcare - 483 days 17 hours ago

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@harry190:

absofvckinglutely

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xhairs9 - 483 days 17 hours ago

2.3 - @Harry

I agree, but there is a flaw in your statement. Eyepet is not a casual game, in fact it's not really a game. Just like Chia Pets or Nanopets they're not games.

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harry190 - 483 days 17 hours ago

2.4 - Thank you Care

And XHairs, yes, indeed, it came to my mind while writing this comment that Eyepet was not really a game. From the info that filtered, we are right now legitimately able to think of it as a super evolved Tamagotchi. However, I still think that they will implement some future, let's say 'mini-games' in it that would allow us to qualify it as a 'casual/game'. One thing I know is that I have always appreciated Eyetoy games and Singstar and Eyepet has certainly caught my attention.

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elitewh0re - 483 days 13 hours ago

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yeah i can see the queues now, this will sell a damn few consoles, im sure its not just my sister thats been wanting for a new tamogochi!

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cereal_killa - 483 days 11 hours ago

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@Harry

Excellent comment its games like Nintendogs that make the DSlite a huge seller for children and like LBP this game will be an excellent selling point for the parents who think that the PS3 is just for shooters and RPGs type games with all sorts of violence that they don't want there children to play thus 1 of the main reason the Wii and DS are selling like hotcakes. Bubbles for you!!!!

Although its sad to hear any game get cancel but games get canceled all the time this is not the first or last to be in this predicament.

@Tomonobu

Eyepet: low cost, funny, attractive, can touch a wide public, perfect for casuals that love Tamagotchi / Sims. Flawless victory.

Took the words right out of my mouth.

@Figboy

at least EyePet is trying to do something innovative (something Nintendo get's routinely praised for, though, in my opinion, with the Wii, they have yet to actually deliver that "revolution" they were proclaiming, or even a HINT of that revolution), and while having 8 Days and The Getaway be delayed sucks, what did we really know about those games besides the title (and the previous Getaway games?)

I always find a lot of your comments very long but I do try to read them because most of them are very logical reads the comment above says it all props to you

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THC CELL - 483 days 19 hours ago

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Getaway and 8 days will be back in make after this ..

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kittoo - 483 days 19 hours ago

3.1 - I too hope

Pleas Sony, please get them back....
plzzzzzzzzzzzzz

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clintos59 - 483 days 18 hours ago

3.2 - Yeah sony has already said that these games were just put on hold to work on other projects...

Doesnt mean they canceled it completely. I am sure they will bring it back since eight days looked awesome. Maybe they did it to give those games more time to be worked on since sony has so many other huge titles being worked on aswell.

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dro - 483 days 19 hours ago

4 - sonarus

u m may look at it as crap but dont foret this gen there are more causal gamers than last gen,the wii is eating all of them up so i can see y sony is bringing out a game like this.....but i still agree with u...bring back 8days/getaway 2.!!

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sonarus - 483 days 19 hours ago

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They can bring it out if they want...but at the expense of eight days. Screw that. I'm all for casual stuff and all but how much resources can eyepet be taking that it will eat away from eight days development

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TradingWarStories - 483 days 19 hours ago

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sonarus is right, WTF I would rather have 2 games rather than just the one however dro has a point. In the end I hope they bring both of the games back, cos Eightdays brought innovation in gameplay and so has eyepet so either way its a win - win for buyers. i dont know about getaway they never released much news about it :)

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dro - 483 days 18 hours ago

5 - TradingWarStories

off topic: u like 2pac dont u,TradingWarStories is the name of one of hes songs.

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Steven Colbert - 483 days 17 hours ago

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I was never interested in Eight Days.But The Getaway was a different story.An open world game taking full advantage of the Playstation 3 would have been phenomenal.Hopefully Sony looks at this project again and reconsiders development.

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DJ - 483 days 16 hours ago

6.1 - I was really looking forward to Getaway

Especially after all the amazing tech demos, but if GTA V is PS3 exclusive then there's probably little reason to make Getaway. Hopefully the project is revived at a later date though.

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jkhan - 483 days 17 hours ago

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Atleast they shouldn't can the franchise all together. I mean you guys are busy with other projects, keep the two titles on hold. Finish what you are doing now and then move on to these games.

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ThaGeNeCySt - 483 days 17 hours ago

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i would have preferred the get away and eight days over Eyepet... but ok i guess

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DTClown - 483 days 17 hours ago

9 - IMO, SMART move Sony.

Quickly get out a game that has MUCH more mass appeal. Imagine McDonalds including free costume codes for the EyePets in their Happy Meals. Next thing you know, MILLIONS of children nagging to their parents "I want a PS3, I want an EyePet!" Give it a week and you will see PS3's flying off the shelves. There are more children to be turned into PS3 buyers than there are adults buying a PS3 for 8 Days or the GetAway.

I for one have a 8 year old boy and a 6 year old girl, this game and LBP are going to force me into buying a second PS3 just for the kids. (and their own BluRay player too)

I have NEVER owned more than one of the same console ever. This will be the first...it will be PS3.

Very smart Sony, VERY smart!

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Rice - 483 days 17 hours ago

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Quote me on this.."eyepet will be the biggest game of 2009"

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sajj316 - 483 days 17 hours ago

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I not only will quote you on it but add my name to your quote :) This is the type of game that not only Japan will go gaga for but everyone with a child. As a new parent and an uncle, they are going to love this type of game when they are over. It keeps kids busy while growns up talk :)

I am willing to wait in line for this type of game. Actually I'm going to buy Eye Toy with the Eye of Judgement game! Go Sony!

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RealityCheck - 483 days 17 hours ago

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I wonder if that is the famous game that "blew away" that BBC journalist...

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Rice - 483 days 17 hours ago

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exactly, btw dont get eye of judgement. its a game where you play it for 2 days then you stop. Happened to me, but it is quite fun playing with friends but the time teaching them is quite annoying.

@ above

i highly doubt this is it..

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SickNick85 - 483 days 17 hours ago

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i prefer getaway and 8 days to this game...wrong choice from Sony

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Tomonobu Itagaki - 483 days 17 hours ago

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The Getaway: potential risk of failure since even if it's a sandbox game, it does not have the popularity of a GTA or Saints' Row. Cost much money.

Eight Days: since the only video we saw was CGI (lol @ HUD), it would be quite hard to give a render and a gameplay nearby what we saw (alternating cut-scenes, contextual actions and gameplay would be spectacular but horrible to play).

Eyepet: low cost, funny, attractive, can touch a wide public, perfect for casuals that love Tamagotchi / Sims. Flawless victory.

Go straight in Hell, you bunch of money eaters.

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Voozi - 483 days 17 hours ago

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From a gamers perspective some people may feel this is a bittersweet accomplishment for Sony (mainly those who really wanted Eight Days and The Getaway)

But from a business perspective, this was a smart move on Sony, just as long as they bundle this game with the PS Eye and market it wisely to get those kids seeing this game, and as one said above, to start nagging their parents "MOOOOMMMM DAAAADDDDDD I WANT A PLAAAAYSTAAATTION THREEEEEE PLEEEEAAAAAASSSEEE"

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sajj316 - 483 days 17 hours ago

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Exactly! You've seen that parents were willing to buy a Wii for ONE game (Wii sports). With the right price, parents will be willing to buy a PS3 for ONE game and possibly use it as a Blu Ray player. Can't go wrong :)

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elitewh0re - 483 days 13 hours ago

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wii sports was aimed for the whole family, you really think granddad joe really gives a fcuk about a virtual monkey?

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AclayPS3 - 483 days 17 hours ago

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Whenever Sony cancelled The Getaway on the PS3, I was VERY disappointed because I own both Getaway games on the PS2 and loved the hell out of them. I know that The Getaway games got pretty average reviews, but they were still special to me regardless. I hope that Sony plans on bringing it back sometime in the PS3's future.

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jay2 - 483 days 17 hours ago

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Like I said, the cancleations weren't worth it.

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Marcus Fenix - 483 days 16 hours ago

16 - I hope they make those great games

I really wanted 2 see them, especially 8 days, that game looked awsome

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DJ - 483 days 16 hours ago

16.1 - The good thing about those two projects is that

That the technology developed for them filtered into a lot of other games, including ones we already own. There was at least some benefit.

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Marcus Fenix - 483 days 16 hours ago

17 - @DJ

you maybe right but it would be much better to see those games running as well

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BigKev45 - 483 days 16 hours ago

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I'd rather have the Getaway then Eyepet.

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wangdiddy82 - 483 days 16 hours ago

19 - I wonder what Microsoft is going to come up with

to counter this????

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mt - 483 days 15 hours ago

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as long as getaway and eight days coming after eye pet i am so fine with that

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siberiantiger28 - 483 days 14 hours ago

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8days and Getaway3 we not canceled/postponed for Eyepet. London studio is Sonys biggest studio. PSeye games are made by a completely different set of devs, on a different floor.

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pain777pas - 483 days 14 hours ago

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Eyepet had to be made its one of those "important" games as far as furthering the uses of technology and the appeal of the IP to non-gamers.

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Figboy - 483 days 14 hours ago

23 - *shrugs*

we only saw tech demos and target renders of both 8 Days and the Getaway, so i don't see why we should get upset about a "non-game."

i mean, are Motorstorm: PR, Little Big Planet, Fat Princess, Crash Commandos, SOCOM: Confrontation, Resistance 2, Killzone 2, God of War 3, MAG, DCUniverse Online, inFamous, Heavy Rain, Team Ico's game, Final Fantasy XIII, Final Fantasy Versus XIII, White Knight Story, and quite a few more top notch games not good enough?

i personally liked the first Getaway game, and i'd like to see more in the series, but i don't think the games are outright canceled. just postponed until development of other games picks up.

i think some of you need to sit back and view this from a business perspective.

EyePet won't see release until late 2009. probably November/December, just in time for the holidays.

i'm assuming that if Sony doesn't initiate a price drop by years end to $300-$350, they will do it next year.

a $300 PS3 puts it at only $50 more than a Wii, and you suddenly have an application like EyePet that will have children pestering their parents to no end until they break down and buy that $300 Playstation 3 and EyePet.

even if The Getaway and 8 Days were still in development, WHEN, exactly, do you think it would see release, looking at Sony's so far revealed 2009 lineup?

and not only that, but do you think a game like The Getaway and 8 Days would get a family of four (Mother, Father, Son, Daughter), to rush out and buy a PS3 for Christmas?

there are plenty of games to appeal to the hardcore gamer demographic for the next few months and well into all of 2009.

the Playstation 3 is slowly dropping to a mainstream price. the included Blu Ray player and Web Browser (to name only a few features), will certainly get across the "value" proposition to a family looking to step into this HD generation (my theory is presuming that the family has purchased an HDTV in preparation for the move to digital signals early next year), and a PS3 would be the proverbial "fun for the whole family" device, and well within their budget that spending limit of a mainstream family ($300 for a games console slash Blu Ray player is a bargain, any way you slice it, and it has internet access too? please).

i wouldn't get my panties in a bunch if i were some of you guys. The Getaway and 8 Days will simply see release a little later than expected. afterall, the PS3's estimated life span, judging by the PS1 and PS2, is at LEAST 6-8 years, and there's plenty of great exclusives and multi-platform titles to appease the hardcore gamer.

hell, how many of us can actually afford ALL the games on our must buy lists anyway? my PS3 list ALONE (not including 360 and PSP titles; they have their own lists), consists of 30 games. ALL releasing THIS YEAR. my budget can only afford 10 of them at the most. so i'll be catching up on this years crop well into NEXT year, when MORE games come out, meaning most of THOSE will get pushed down on my list also.

at least EyePet is trying to do something innovative (something Nintendo get's routinely praised for, though, in my opinion, with the Wii, they have yet to actually deliver that "revolution" they were proclaiming, or even a HINT of that revolution), and while having 8 Days and The Getaway be delayed sucks, what did we really know about those games besides the title (and the previous Getaway games?)?

i was really looking forward to 8 Days, personally, but there are too many other games to get excited about NOW, rather than "non-games" that won't see release until well beyond 2009.

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Firstkn1ghT - 483 days 13 hours ago

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Too bad. I thought Eight Days looked pretty damn good. I guess it was just another one of those fake videos to spark interest. Sony is known for showing fake gameplay clips.

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MK_Red - 483 days 13 hours ago

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So far, EyePet looks decent and could be a huge seller for casual crowb but 2 hardcore games being cancelled in favor of a casual title? Those pets better be really cute and interactive.

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THC CELL - 483 days 19 hours ago

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I think when this game is out and completed

they will announce the getaway and 8 days again

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ThatCanadianguy420 - 483 days 19 hours ago

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I think so too.

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RAM MAGNUMS - 483 days 18 hours ago

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you gotta think long term right now.
my kid loves this eyepet & already has ideas of what he wants to do with
the game.
Innovation at its finest.

Canadianguy you made me laugh out loud when you said "hotel"
hey, can anybody tell me if that card game on psn is any good?
the one that uses the ps eye. I forget the name but the monsters
come to life & battle, kinda pokemon, yugio?
thanks

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heyheyhey - 483 days 17 hours ago

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you mean Eye of Judgement?

it's sorta niche... so if your into that kind of thing then yeah go ahead

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Stryfeno1 - 483 days 18 hours ago

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BS

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heyheyhey - 483 days 17 hours ago

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erm why? it's logical

all those games are/were being made by London Studio- the less games they are working on, the more they can concentrate on the games they ARE working on

it's common sense... are you saying you have none?

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jack who - 483 days 17 hours ago

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my close source told me the getaway was a crap game that was never coming out...has for 8days lol real time game play lulz

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harry190 - 483 days 17 hours ago

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First part Sony Intellectual Properties on the XBOX 360? Now I recognize my dear PP. For a few moments I thought you were not being serious. But the fact that you are incapable of producing such as thing as 'sarcasm' with your 'superior intellect' quickly doused my fire.

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Mr Bot - 483 days 17 hours ago

4.3 - well if its about sources related to MS

no one is better than me, and my resources(which he is a big boss bot) told me MS is exiting the gaming industry if 360 fails like last time and that 360 could be the last console they make, along with halo and gears of war!! me and my other fellow bots were angry about that so we r making a petition to change MS mind and give them some kind of deal that they can steal even more money and charges for even more things just so MS stays in the gaming industry and so we could lough so hard on the droids for 360 not exiting the gaming industry even after being distinct 3rd!!

stay tuned for the results of this petition and Ms response to me!!

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Patchstation 3 - 483 days 17 hours ago

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Oh man, I rather eyepet than 8 days...yeah, if I owned a Wii.

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heyheyhey - 483 days 17 hours ago

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bleurgh... leaves a bad taste in my mouth

if Sony don't re-start work on Eight Days within the next year i swear i will publicly take a sh!t on a copy of EyePets on launch day

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