From the article: -- "The PS3 hasn't performed as well as expected. In fact, since E3 last year, not much has actually gone Sony's way. There was the removal of features, loss of exclusives, extreme price and severe supply constraint… and that's just leading up to the launch. Once November 17th rolled around, there were people camping outside of Best Buy to get PS3s so that they could scalp them on eBay for extreme prices, and that worked for a while. Then buyers got sick of paying for a system with one semi-desirable game, a blu-ray player with questionable usefulness and a really bad PS2 emulator. They're not the only one. Gabe Newell, Co-founder and Managing Director of Valve Software, had this to say about the PS3:
"The PS3 is a total disaster on so many levels. I think it's really clear that Sony lost track of what customers wanted and what developers wanted. I'd say, even at this late date, they should cancel it and do a 'do over.' Just say, 'This was a horrible disaster and we're sorry and we're going to stop selling this and stop trying to convince people to develop for it.'"
Even after all that, it's still possible for the PS3 to turn it all around. With that in mind, I decided to try and figure out a way for the PS3 to make a solid recovery, so I started sending emails and making calls. I talked to N'Gai Croal of Newsweek, Chris Baker of Wired and several others in my quest to see what could change and bring Sony back from this black hole of negative buzz. Here's what we came up with." --
The official story: "Microsoft does not comment on rumors or speculation." -- Microsoft rep. As for Capcom...see below
What we heard: It's no secret that Microsoft wants to break into the Japanese game market--badly. When the Xbox 360 launched in late 2005, it allocated a third of its launch stock to the island nation--where half of it gathered dust on store shelves while bored shopkeepers stood by picking their noses.
Microsoft has also tried the software approach, hiring Japanese game-design legends such as Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi and Space Channel mastermind Tetsuya Mizuguchi to make Xbox 360 exclusives. Unfortunately, the latter's first effort, Ninety-Nine Nights, fizzled on both sides of the Pacific. However, the former's debut, Blue Dragon, fared as well as an Xbox 360 game can in Japan, given the platform's limited base. It sold more than 80,000 units in its first four days on the Japanese market last fall.
Still, Microsoft hasn't spent tens of millions in Japan to eke out modest hits. So the fact that it might opt to acquire a major Japanese publisher seems perfectly plausible, given its near-bottomless bank account. Thus was spawned this week's top rumor, which had Microsoft buying Capcom, the developer-publisher behind the Resident Evil series, outright.
Sure, it makes sense. Capcom has made two critically acclaimed Xbox 360 games, Dead Rising and Lost Planet: Extreme Condition. (Look for the latter's review on GameSpot later today.) And Microsoft is flush with cash--$35 billion in reserves as of last summer, according to Reuters. So why not drop a relatively small chunk of change to take on Sony and Nintendo on their home turf?
However, plausibility does not equal reality. And in this case, the reality is that, for the time being, Microsoft is not buying Capcom. Apparently this latest orgy of speculation is an ancient rumor, resurrected by a Japanese blog promising a "On January 11th in game industry large announcement," according to a clunky Babel Fish translation. That, in turn, prompted a huge forum thread on the new Gaming Age forums, the Star Wars cantina of game gossip, which led to another post on the EvilAvatar forums, a top virtual water cooler for the overexcited gamer. Then came RSS feeds, rampant content poaching and...well, you do the math.
While Microsoft quickly raised its boilerplate defense shields (Q: "Is the world flat?" A: "Microsoft does not comment on rumors or speculation."), Capcom was more forthcoming. "It's a 3-year-old rumor, most likely refueled by our recent spate of 360 titles," a rep told GameSpot.
Bogus or not bogus?: BOGUS. "No soup for you! You come back, one year!"
Ok!, ok!, i use to think MS saying "Microsoft does not comment on rumors or speculation" meant is was a for sure thing, then i changed my mind untill the truth about the third 360 SKU came out with some truth to it; "point being" i'm back on the "Microsoft does not comment on rumors or speculation" as meaning yes bandwagon. MS's says "NO" when not true and " Microsoft does not comment on rumors or speculation" when mostly true.
My sister works for MS and she would say "your right" but we will see is MS gets Capcom
I think its just a bad idea in general for MS/Sony/Nintendo to buy third party developers. Now, it isn't a bad idea for the big corps as they eliminate competition and increase their own profits, but it isn't good for the gaming community. For the first time since Sony has taken dominance, there is a real consule war going on. For us gamers we're going to see great games coming out on both sides to try to win us over. Multiply that with the fact for increased game production and developers spending money and time wisely to win our wallets instead of just shoving out another Bionicle Lego game. Regardless of what consule you support, this battle is great for gamers because we're gona get some kick a** games, and that's what we all what. If MS/Sony/Nintendo every dominate like the later two have done in the past, we'll miss out on creativity. Capcom has shown they support MS, so I'm hoping MS just stays content with the games they are getting from them (It's not like they're bad games) so Capcom can still make games for the PS3 and Wii.
" but it isn't good for the gaming community" I would agree if Japan would not be so bias against microsoft. What did Sony had to do to get exclusive titles like Metal Gear and Final Fantansy? Nothing, since kojima and square are considered Sony fanboys. Japanese developers do not want to make games for the 360; probably with the valid point that there arent enough consoles to turn a profit. well, if microsoft owns their @$$e$ than, they wouldn't have to worry about it. It's ok for Sony to get all this exclusive content and, "It is good for the industry", but it is not ok for microsoft to do the same. Microsoft have to beg and give lots of incentives and money for Japanese developers to make games for the 360, something that Sony has the luxury of not having to do. Why should microsoft continue to give money to developer instead of buying them? A company like microsoft which suffers of so much bias and hate has to do what they have to do to survive. I say buy their @$$e$. and once they own the IPs fired the entire staff! Just kidding. lol
But I think taking steps with games like Blue Dragon will improve their position. I think Japanese gamers are really keen on history, and Sony and Nintendo has delivered for them. If MS continues to give the market the games they're looking for they'll gain ground.
I know what you're saying about Konami and Square-Enix, but they're not owned by Sony, even if they're practically in bed with them. I'm sure they'll start developing for the 360 if it keeps gaining a wide audience here in America.
Again, it makes sense for MS to buy the IPs, but I really wish they didn't. I want the competition to drive the video game market, not the MS or Sony stock.
Here is the list of the latest review scores from Famitsu.
The complete list:
Motorstorm (PS3, Sony): 8 / 8 / 8 / 6 - (30/40)
Sonic The Hedgehog (PS3, Sega): 8 / 7 / 7 / 7 - (29/40)
Lost Planet: Extreme Condition (Xbox 360, Capcom): 9 / 9 / 9 / 9 - (36/40)
Sonic The Hedgehog (Xbox 360, Sega): 8 / 7 / 7 / 8 - (30/40)
Seiken Densetsu 4 (PS2, Square Enix): 7 / 8 / 8 / 7 - (30/40)
Madden NFL 07 (PS2, EA): 7 / 8 / 7 / 5 - (27/40)
Monster 4X4: World Circuit (Wii, Ubisoft): 7 / 6 / 7 / 8 - (28/40)
A Ressha de Ikou HX (Xbox 360, Artdink): 7 / 6 / 7 / 7 - (27/40)
Metal Gear Portable Ops (PSP, Konami): 9 / 10 / 9 / 9 - (37/40)
Tales of The World: Radiant Mythology (PSP, Bandai Namco): 8 / 7 / 8 / 7 - (30/40)
Nounai Aesthe: IQ Suppli DS (NDS, Spike): 7 / 7 / 6 / 6 - (26/40)
Heisei Kyouiku Iinkai DS (NDS, Bandai Namco): 6 / 9 / 7 / 6 - (28/40)
Need for Speed Carbon (PS2, EA): 8 / 8 / 7 / 7 - (30/40)
Need for Speed Carbon (PS3/Xbox 360, EA): 9 / 9 / 8 / 8 - (34/40)
Need for Speed Carbon (Wii, EA): 8 / 7 / 6 / 7 - (28/40)
Need for Speed Carbon (PSP, EA): 8 / 8 / 7 / 8 - (31/40)
School Love! (PS2, Views): 6 / 6 / 6 / 6 - (24/40)
Intelligent License 2 (PSP, Now Production): 7 / 9 / 7 / 8 - (31/40)
NBA Live 07 (PSP, EA): 7 / 8 / 7 / 7 - (29/40)
Hamster to Kurasou (NDS, Interchannel): 6 / 6 / 5 / 5 - (22/40)
The most important rating is that Lost Plant scored a full 6 points higher than Motorstorm. That is so huge. Sony has really been pushing Motorstorm as a reason to buy a PS3.
Yeah, 30/40 for Motorstorm is definitely not good news. That is like a 75/100 here. 75 for Motorstorm?? The last time I checked, when a game got a 75 rating that meant it sucked. I thought this was supposed to be the killer app that sold more consoles. You don't sell consoles with 75 scores. Lost Planet got the equivalent of a 90.
Motorstorm is sooo awesome, NOT. I guess it doesn't look or play well like all of the other PS3 games.
Does anybody know how they score the games and in which order for catagories, e.g sound , graphics
There are 4 people reviewing the game and each scoring the game out of 10. The 4 scores get added together to givea total out of 40. Hope that helps. :)
Digital Extreme released the first gameplaytrailer of their upcoming futuristic game Dark Sector, that will appear on PC, Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 somewhere in 2007. You will be taken to Russia, where you become a FBI agent during an investigation.
While working there, you will be infected by a parasite after which you die. A moment later you wake up with a robot-arm and supernatural powers. You will find yourself in the middle of the war between the infected and an unknown Russian army that wants to exterminate them.
It was one person who called PS3 a disaster,heard of someones opinion.Don't make it true.
and thats a FACT
the end of ps3? REALLY? it's been said before, but here it is again. The system has only been out for a couple of months, and hasn't done that well, why does everyone assume that it is doomed? No one can really predict what will happen later, maybe the price will drop. People should stop bickering all the time about the same thing, just shut up and watch. If a year from now, the sales haven't picked up, fine. But until then nothing is determined.
i hope it is.so we can get rid of sony.
My favorite quote:
"The 4th dimension really IS time, because Sony keeps telling people that the system is only going to start delivering at some distant point in the future."