Has Microsoft Stolen Sony's TGS Crown?

"Microsoft finally invades Japan"

This gameplayer article explores the history of the Tokyo Game Show and the massive shift in focus this year from Sony to Microsoft and what it means for the two companies.

[xhi4]

lol yeah what the hell happened to those 9 unannounced games from Sony? and the 2 from Konami and Irem or something?

[dro]

hmmmmm.....so is sony going to finish the show without the exlusive games they talked about!!!!!..... if that happens that is gonna really suck... :/

[ShinMaster]

Besides, all Microsoft showed was another Halo expansion which no one cares about.

[Sharingan_no_Kakashi]

How the heck did this article get approved and TGS aint even over yet? They should ask this question in three days. And in three days...the answer will be a big fat "HELL NAW".

[Lanoire]

Didnt we hear how MS "cracked" Japan a few months ago?
Or how MS "is selling like hotcakes" in Japan?

What has changed since?

NOTHING.

Listen, Sony has LBP, WhiteknighChronicles and HOME for Japan this holiday season.

Nothing on both competitors have stuff that even comes close.

[DARKKNIGHT]

All microsoft is doing is buying themselves more time. The 1 year head start backfired on them.............no wait... Everything they have ever done with the xbox has backfired on them, if it wasnt for the deep pockets xbox would be the 3do right now, DECEASED.

While the 360 attempts to buy out everything the playstation ha. sony is busy farming 1st partiy studios and creating games that even if stolen CANNOT RUN ON THE 360. That will be the end of the rrod.

Copying only goes so far. Innovation pushes technology. This reflects on the software lineups for 2009. Seriously, how many halos before people realize that.
Thats Microsofts weakness, they dont innovate. They imitate and then try to pass off as quality(elite,zune,windows,psn ripoff,wiimote ripoff, etc,). Microsofts strategy didnt work last gen. They got desperate and here they are now. Desperate and shook that all their precautions, even the 1 year head start did not work in their favor.

[jaysquared]

How is Darkknight able to post on the gamerzone and have over 5 bubbles? ... Ohhh yeahhh that's right this place is full of his/her kind!

Face it DORKknight.. Everybody copies! Sony copies, Nintendo copies, MS copies, Apple copies! Its how the world works buddy!

[Lanoire]

3rd party games are all going multi platform. By 2009 and 2010, 97% of these games will be on more than one console.

Sony has 1st party studios like no other. MS does not.
Sony is able to keep pumping out elite games like LBP, R2, M2, KZ2 etc and they will ALL BE EXCLUSIVE.

MS will have nothing but multi platform title. On the PS3, all those same multi platform titles + all those 1st and 2nd party exclusives.

Take two guesses which console is the better one.

[gijose]

i like how all the sony fanboys keep going on about "games like R2, KZ2, LBP etc."

too bad they haven't even come out yet. how about you wait until they come out, see if they're ACTUALLY the killer apps they're hyped up to be, and then wait another 2 years for the next round of good sony games.

[agmsd]

Wow... Tekken. it's still on the PS3. everyone knows that in this gen publisher must go multi-platform because of the development costs. Tekken still on the PS3. but I still hate that. anyway where is the 9 or 11 or what ever games?!.

[Lanoire]

Check this out.

http://forums.gametrailers....

ROFL look at the difference!
One is like watching a 1980 cartoon and the other is like watching a 2010 cartoon!

My god. Feel the POWER!

[Beast_Master]

Putting the fanboyism aside. Even as a Sony fan I have to say MS easily won TGS. I mean Sony said they had 11 new games to reveal, they knew people where screaming for more JRPGs and to see something new. I even kept hitting this site for any news of Sony revealing a new game, we did see that new Tecmo game, but I am disappointed they decided against not having a press confrence, especially one that could rival MS. I mean all they had to do was show maybe 2 - 3 trailers of games for next year and they would easily have "won" back their fans. Unless we see Sony unvail a new game or at least confirm something for next year I will have to give MS their credit for stealing the thunder from Sony at a major event.

[sleepbox]

So, are they trying to say the PS3 does QTEs better than the 360? I don't understand.

[razer]

haha sleepbox that is the exact thing I wanted to say. i think i threw up in my mouth with the feel the power talk.

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

Lots of scarred Sony fanboy's in this comment, some have even come out of hiding.

On topic, everything in this article is true and undeniable.

[thewhoopimen]

How is it that you're a ps3 fanboi if it takes only a 360 Halo stand alone expansion to make you piss ur pants?

*shakes head*

[Beast_Master]

If you think I am a fan of Microshite you should check all of my previous posts. My point is Sony let MS go to their home turf and with just 2 annoucements are being crowned as 'TGS winners'. If you have been following this site you would know that Sony was supposed to annouce 9 new titles but they did not.

It is fine if Sony decided against annoucing those titles, but all Sony had to do in their keynote speech was show a trailer for the Tecmo game, maybe talk about White Knight and give a tentative release date for the US and Maybe annouce just one other title. That way no one could say MS won the day by annoucing 1 new game and taking Tekken 6 as multi-plat, because Sony annouced two new titles.

Look 360 out sold PS3 last month in every region, and I don't think Sony did anything to make people say wow I guess I don't need to buy a 360 because Sony has got me covered. My part in all of this is simple, I don't want to buy a 360, I think the 360 is a rip off, it should not even be contending after the RROD. I have been a loyal customer but I am running out of reasons to tell X-bots to fu** off.

[thewhoopimen]

My question is how do you know this? There's at 3 days left. Sony could be saving it for last. Who knows?

[Omega4]

Well Tekken 360 and Halo3:Recon have been the biggest annoucements of TGS so far and they both came from MS

And without a real press conference i doubt Sony has anything to counter them

Not to mention Mistwalker hasnt shown anything yet, means MS could have a few more aces up their sleeve

[Shane Kim]

As the guy above me said. Halo 3 was big for YOU since you are a 360 troll. Don't try to pass that out as facts. If it was Halo 4 then that would be something else. Now as far as Tekken goes, we all knew it was going to happen. Was just a matter of time.

[Firstkn1ghT]

Be careful man. A lot of the sony faithful are starting to show a lot of frustration and anger like the 2 comments above me. Don't rub it in to much ;)

[Omega4]

Halo3: Recon wasnt big eh?, then name me another game announcement which tops it from TGS

I think its safe to say that the biggest shocker from Sony this TGS is that there were NO big shockers

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

Of course we're angry, Firstkn1ghT!

We aren't getting an expansion pack AND one of gaming's dying genres is trying to revive itself by releasing a port on a lesser system.

*supreme jealousy reigning down upon us*

[lowcarb]

The Halo Recon news was definitely the biggest news of the show for 360 fans but honestly so far im a little dissapointed at the outcome. I mean we've all waited this year forsome huge news and gameplay and yet we got nothing. As it stands now the show is a tie until somebody shows gameplay of an amazing exclusive.

[StephanieBBB]

If a person doesn't like fps's and only cares about Japanese Rpgs then how can the Halo expansion be anything big for them? Japan had a problem with MGS4 just because they needed to use both the analog sticks at the same time. Does that remind you of something else? Halo was not big for anyone except for the Halo fans and that fanbase is mostly in US and Europe. TGS's biggest Wow announcement for the Japanese was not halo trust me.

It really shows that some of you can't put yourself in a other person's shoes when you say stuff like this.

[Keele]

Tekken was probably one of the biggest announcements, however Halo 3:Recon I can't say.

I'm not expecting anything from Sony to be honest. They already have a pretty good lineup.

@MasterOfPwnage : Randomly accuse someone of being a troll one more time and I'll smack your face off.

[Why o why]

I want to hear about 'Me only' not 'Me too' tut tut

its best to wait for the end before titles are given, just common sense.

[DARKKNIGHT]

oh snap, firstkinght!! i thought you committed suicide like youre 3rd 360? whoa!!!

glad to see youre still GGREEN with hate.

[Cenobia]

I seriously don't see how people are already considering Microsoft the "winner" of TGS. They announced an expansion and a multiplatform game (that they likely stole...again). I've heard of 2 new IPs for Sony. Demon Souls and Quantum Theory are already announced (one semi-playable) and the show isn't even over yet.

I personally don't really care about Tekken, but I'm sure its a big deal in Japan (but again, its not like it went 360 exclusive). Halo, on the other hand, isn't really a big deal at all there. Plus its just an expansion. I'm sure a lot of people are happy about the Halo announcement, but if you asked someone who was actually there who was winning, I don't think they'd say Microsoft.

[tatotiburon]

no one cares about halo?? hahaha more than 8 millions buyers says HI!!!....more buyers than any PS3 title LOL

[Beast_Master]

I don't see how you guys aren't mad at Sony right now I mean come on! MS reveils they are releasing an expansion pack to Halo and that Tekken 6 is going multi-plat and Sony doesn't counter? I mean Sony has over 20+ first and second party studios! MicroShit--y has like 3! Come on where are the 11 new games SONY for F sake, SONY is taking the bullets out of my gun. I can't believe you guys are saying well it isn't that big a deal. Dude MS had basically Poo-Poo and Sony said well we will let them win with crap because we won't even play.

[SlappingOysters]

seems to be Sony's big focus... and that is lame.

I was really hoping for God of War 3 or Uncharted 2... doh!

Microsoft still has Alan Wake up its sleave too.

[MiloGarret]

Word! Fück Home, I couldn't care less about that crap (yes CRAP fanboys, its CRAP, boring fücking CRAAAP). GOW3 is what I am waiting for now. Since Tekken 6 went multiplat its the only exclusive game I'm likely to get for my ps3 in the coming year besides Motorstorm 2, and possibly KZ2 if its any good beyond its gfx.

Launch ps3 owner, extremely dissapointed, best games for my ps3 right now are Super Stardust HD, Wipeout HD, and Motorstorm. And I didn't pay no 600 $, I paid approx 1000 $ for a dust collector. I want to love my ps3, but I see no reason why. And don't bring up mgs4, or uncharted, finished them both once, quite enough.

[Beast_Master]

I hate to say it but I am kinda in the same boat! But next week times will finally begin to change with Dead Space, then LBP, R2...you know the list. I mean if it were not for COD4 my PS3 would be a dust collector as well, I really think that LBP and R2 will turn the tide finally.

It has taken a while but I think that Sony is finally getting to a point where it has enough games to keep me busy for the long haul.

[masterofpwnage]

not really
imean
micro announce all of those, but sony got
whiteknight
yakuza 3
quantum theory
demon soul
and some other shiit
, but both of company, has not impress so far.

imean, were is all the 11 unannounce ps3 exclusive.

and tekken thing was not even a big deal. we all knew. it was just wen they will do announce it. and its going to the ps3.

this article is stupid.

no company even showed anything exiting yet.
well beside quantum theory and whiteknight and starocean.
this sux

[MiloGarret]

Mmmmm, I'm thinking you're 12 years old, could be wrong, maybe 11... And no way in hell do you own a ps3, more likely a ps2 fanboy wishing he was actually a real ps3 fanboy

[masterofpwnage]

so wat in my comment that made me look like a 12 year old.

maybe some comments i sound childish, but seriously i think u are replying to the wrong comment.

and yes i do have ps3,
actually i own all.
thats why i said im exited for both.

and also said im disappointed so far from both

[Johnny Cullen]

Tomorrow is the two public days, isn't it?

I'd be very dissapointed if Team ICO doesn't show up although the chances of them showing up day by day is getting slimer.

The only way I'd forgive Sony for this is if they announce that the Konami exclusive is a Kojima game and is, infact, Zone of the Enders 3.

Lets us pray for either one or both.

*prays*

[ceedubya9]

A new Zone of the Enders game would probably be multiplatform.

[gano]

Sony has an ending keynote with square. What's up.
And it is about ff13.
http://www.jp.playstation.c...
And no they didn't. Halo and a multiplat means nothing.

[fufotrufo]

Has microsoft stolen sony's tgs crown?

Hell no!

sony had 11 new and EXCLUSIVE ps3 games announced @ Tgs!!

a full double conference with level 5 with tons of new level 5 rpgs for the ps3!! i mean tonss of LEVEL 5 RPGS!!

and a private party where they show new stuffs and more ps3 games like Team Ico new game!

... wait a second ... I'm not Nasim!

SILLY ME!! :p

[MiloGarret]

WTF?

Crazy person.

[razer]

that was so thick in sarcasm it even fooled me.

[qface64]

i mean come on seriously now microsoft didn't even have any shocking announcements they just showed more of what they have and showed some things that were obviously coming how did they steal this crown they are talking about?

[cherrypie]

Halo 3: Recon is big news.

Halo has sold TENS of millions of copies.
Halo is one of the best reviewed game series since its launch, 97, 95 and 94 for Halo:CE, 2 and 3.

There is, without a doubt at all, that Halo 3: Recon will be a very big title for MS next year.

Anyone who tries to pretend otherwise is fooling themselves. note, I'll even offer, maybe **YOU** dont like Halo (you think it "suxors", and you dont own an Xbox) -- but there is no way you can try and say that a new Halo game *isnt* big news.

Halo 3: Recon is TERRIFIC news.

BTW, this "TGS crown" is nonsense. Ignore this article, gameplayer.com.au is worthless and should be banned from this site.

[qface64]

do you realize what your saying?
this is TGS revealing a new halo expansion isn't big news at all at TGS those sales mean nothing in the land that hasn't been kind to the game it may be big news here in the states but revealing that over there isn't big what so ever

and no i don't like halo for 2 reasons 1 i never liked the story i found it really boring and most importantly 2 all the time online every single person is an idiot and a real ass sure you can play mute the mic but if im gonna play an online game without the headset i might as well go play my wii online

[morganfell]

HALO Recon hasn't been big news. I am going to get it because I am a huge HALO fan but it isn't big news and quite frankly it didn't pump me up the way a game about a Spartan II would. That isn't Master Chief specific for most HALO fans as those that read Ghosts of Onyx were just as taken with that story.

But an ODST - when you first meet them in HALO Fall of Reach they are a bunch of pricks that get killed for their stupid arrogance - just doesn't appeal in the same way. Frankly the announcement has been met with a ho hum attitude.

Once again MS tries to drive one announcement (FF13 at E3 comes to mind) as if that matters more than the plethora of news that Sony brought to the table.

[TheColbertinator]

lol We'll see

[Sir_Ken_Kutaragi]

Has Micro$ofts TGS Show finished??? Was that it???
Didn't see anything that will kill off the PS3!!! ;-D

[CIO Caveman Trolls]

LMAO *scratches crotch*

umm.. WATT?

[Pain]

whats a TGS crown go for these days? 100mill?

dose M$ have that must Office/excel/Word royalties left to buy that?

[Stubacca]

To be honest, I haven't seen anything available for any other console that rivals what is available for the PS3. The best hardware, the best games, the best online community.

[-Maverick-]

Stubacca................hahaha hhahahahhahahahhahhaa

No Nasim. Just no. Not even a little close to truth.

[Fishy Fingers]

Correct me if I'm wrong but shouldn't articles such as this wait until the show is finished?

[Jamegohanssj5]

Well we all know that there are people who love to jump the gun.

TGSI

[juuken]

EXACTLY.

[Silogon]

There are no 9 games, guys. It was a mix up and translation error. Please understand this. Sony has nothing at TGS but what we've already seen and that ain't much.

[razer]

once again all the big talkers and then reality comes and bites them on the butt. they are doing the same thing with the upcoming lineup of games but maybe if you throw enough shat at a wall some of it will eventually stick.

[Skadoosh]

Yeah sony f*cked up again. Just more hype with very lil substance. I gave up on my ps3 long time ago. I haven't played anything great since Uncharted.

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

I'll buy it!

[kratos-i-am]

lol your no PS3 owner! lol I have both and have barely touch my 360! Seriously even at this moment i'm about to play my PS3 for wipeout! Only on here because i'm waiting for 12:00am to finish downloading it in my off peak time!

[Jamegohanssj5]

The Gaming Show doesn't begin until Sony says so. Hell Sony hasn't even announced all of those exclusive games yet, so it really hasn't started.

TGSI

[militant07]

ps3 fanboy nowsaying that they dont care about tekken 6 and its sucks take a look here.

LittleBigKillzone - 54 days 11 hours ago

- It will go to 360
Oh dont get me wrong, Im all for the PS3 incase you cant tell by name im just simply stating the obvious, This game will come to 360 without a 2nd thought. Id love for it to stay PS3 exclusive but I know it wont.
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Paiton - 53 days 22 hours ago

.1 - And I know for a fact
that it wont go to the 360.

Tekken is bound by contract and thus exclusive for the PS3. Thats why all Tekkens so far are PS3 exclusive.

The only exception made was for the handhelds. So dream on. Best fighter ever = PS3 exclusive.

You thought SC4 was fun, Tekken is on a whole different level. Online is actually FUN and competitive in Tekken.

[Bombomb]

yeah i ermember them ff post too..

[Lanoire]

So have fun bragging. We cant wait to shove it in your face when Mass effect (1 and 2) are announced for the PS3.

[militant07]

Pff MASS EFFECT 1 is published by microsoft so forget about it and hope for mass effect 2 anyway iwill own all 3 consoles this fall.

dosnt matter alot.
but i respect what microsft did for xbox360, did the impossible !!
they deserve to win the console work this time unlike sony.

[NickIni]

So MS deserve to win the console war for creating a console with no new technology and a 30% failure rate?

Sony pushed the boundaries of gaming totally. The PS3 isn't just a game's console, it's an entire entertainment system. Games such as Little Big Planet are examples of Sony's innovation, and will likely change the face of gaming for ever. IMO, Sony deserves to 'win the console war' (despite being that there will never be a true victor) just because, the next generation of consoles that come out will all use technology first used in the PS3.

[snoopgg]

Fighting games suck big time. Just my opinion don't really care which console this game goes to cause I hate fighting games!!!!!

[razer]

that is a classic right there. buuuurrrrrrrrnnnnn

make sure you pm that jackass and remind him.

[Light Yagami]

HAHAHAHAHAHA! Stupid SONY LIZARDS

[fufotrufo]

lol @ people still waiting for the 11 exclusive games

[Silogon]

I know, it's sad as hell. People just odn't get it. Ok, here... if Sony shows those 9 games, I'll leave the site for ever and never come back. I'll forfit my account, give the password to you all and that'll be that.

How about it? That's how certain I am that Sony has nothing and what we've seen, which is nothing, is what we get from Sony.

[fufotrufo]

Sometime i think this site is full of mentally retarded people..i give them enough proof and they just keep going and going and going.. they live in a freaking fantasy island where they think that games don't cost a thing a don't need developing time and because their favorite console is not shinning as they want to ..developers are going to run and announce all kinds of exclusive games and series and remakes just because they want to!

[kewlkat007]

That could really get more Japanese more excited about the 360.

What have Sony shown for that Market? If not multi-platform where is the incentive for that PS2 owner?

WKC, LBP and HOME maybe but I do not expect Shooters to be that popular over there though.

[ThatCanadianGuy]

You are forgetting Yakuza 3,Way of the Samurai 3,FF13,FFvs13
All exclusive to PS3 in Japan.

[kewlkat007]

...

[derek]

No offence but MS feeling good about the sad sales numbers they have posted in Japan over the last month shows how poorly they perform in that market. Comparing yourself to Sony who's sales have been poor as well is not a great indicator of overall success. MS still has a problem of market share and mind share in Japan, nothing has happened over the last few months to change that.This has been a poor TGS as far as announcements go all around, certainly nothing earth shattering. Tekken is a good game but lets not get carried away, it is still only a fighter that wasnt going to move consoles even if it remained a PS3 exclusive. The article seemed to be suggesting that Sony was some how chased out of TGS, I just dont see it.

[DELTABOY04]

is this guy for real? how the fuk is a halo expansion some bomb shell announcement...and lordy lordy tekken goes to xbox!!! lol this is pathetic worse tgs ever! by both companies. Because we all know announcing halo expansion pack at a Japanese convention is really going to wow the Japanese press....gtfo of here.

[DELTABOY04]

this fanboy stuff is getting old. Get both systems and stfu

[militant07]

not everyone can afford getting both, unless your gona pay

[pixelsword]

...if it didn't break more than a cracker in an earthquake.

The 360 was an excellent first choice for a next gen console (I am a Quake fan, and Quake IV came out for the 360), My inner paranoid nerd said "you may want to wait, let the 'job 1's' get sold". So I did, and sure enough, the early ones started breaking, then the later ones started breaking, then all I heard was breaking. So I said "WTW is happening?" I then heard about the PS3, then what probably ran through my mind was "the PS2 didn't exactly run smooth because of the disc read errors, so why should I get a PS3?" Until I heard that they delayed the PS3... for quality control.

Sony?

SONY?

PS3 quality control?

Sold!

I got one, and... so far, I play it in hot weather, It's dusty, it's in a small space next to my TV, but I had no breakdowns. I would recommend this system because it has of yet not broken down on me. I would still recommend the 360 because it's a nice console, it's just not a dependable console.

[snoopgg]

but still hate fighting games, so it really doesn't make a difference to me.

[Johnny Cullen]

PLAYSTATION®3
リトルビッグプラネット Live Performance Show

TEAM ICO!

This surely has to be it, for the love of god, pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeease!

PLAYSTATION®3×KONA MI
METAL GEAR SOLID 4　-The Global Challenge-

It's the MGO World Championship section yes but this would be perfect for Kojima to show ZOE3!!!

[N4PS3G]

http://babelfish.yahoo.com/...

here ..get a translation

I does not says Team ico

This was told already ..those are the playable games from sony's booth list

[cliffbo]

lets face it Microsoft has stole everything they have they don't create anything original, and always substandard quality products too windows always full of bugs 360 RROD off the shelf parts ect ect ect.

what is Microsoft going to do next to stop Sony from gaining sales on them give there 360's away, they are losing money hand over fist selling the 360 at so low a price it will come back to haunt them.

where as Sony is sticking with its price as they know they will sell and in then end it will be Sony who win, people in general want quality products and quality games and that is what they get with the Ps3.

[Death]

Microsoft has dropped the price on all 3 SKU's by $100 in the last 3 years. Sony has dropped the price of the PS3 by $200 in the last 2 years. Microsoft is "giving" them away while Sony sticks to their price? What planet do you live on? I know the price in Japan may have had more aggressive cuts by Microsoft, but the PS3 had it's first cut in Japan before the PS3 even launched. Anyway you look at it, Sony hasn't stuck by their price, they just have less room to move since they created a very expensive system and already made some very heavy cuts along with downgrades to the system itself.

-Death

[WIIIS1]

Sony is losing substantial market share. Big deal. That was predicted and foreseen 2 years ago. The game plan was always there. First to establish sizeable install base, and quickly win over the developers. Nintendo suppressing Sony in Japan at launch helped. Sony also helped dig its own grave by making the PS3 expensive and difficult to program for. It was bound to happen, no biggie. Important thing is LBP, WKC and KZ2.

[DELTABOY04]

i was out of line with the get both statement. I know the majority of people on this site is like 12 so...save your allowance......mow a few lawns and you might be able to afford it around the ps4 time frame...lol...j/k

[kratos-i-am]

lol they announce a Halo game in Japan? They don't even like FPS games! That's why there were none on the PS2! Jeez Microsoft! Your so out of touch! Then you celebrate Tekken on your platform? HEY IT'S STILL ON PS3! Who ever wrote this article must be lost, Sony has a massive presence where they are not only focused on the PS3 but also the PS2 and the PSP!

[lelo]

Really this TGS has been disappointing from Sony... i expected more from them... well still 2 days left.

[DELTABOY04]

i look at it like this...price is the mega factor here...not so much games in japan. There have already been many attempts ( lost Odyssey...blue dragon) to lure the Japanese faithful into their console...failed. Even with the jrpgs they have coming, if they were still at their old price point it would result in the same. The world is slowly going in to a recession..cheaper is better nowadays. Sony console is too expensive and at this point cant get any cheaper and i dont expect it to. It s high tech gaming machine with blu ray capabilities.....i mean millions of people aren't buying Ferrari's doesnt mean that the company should sell them dirt cheap for sales...This is a price battle and microsoft is about to win the war.

[cliffbo]

if microsoft wins the war ill eat my head :)

[ganaeshd]

It goes on for about ten days right? So how can Microsoft have stolen Sony's crown, or whatever the hell that means, when Sony hasn't even announced their nine (was it nine?) new PS3 games? So far only 2 have been announced, Quantum Theory (which is a 3rd-person shooter, with the same bulky character models as Gears of War) and Demon Souls (which looks to be a Japan-ified Oblivion). That leaves 7 more mystery titles, with 5 more days to go.

Everyone loves assumptions. *sigh*

[lelo]

Actually TGS are 4 days... today is the 2nd day, 2 days to go. Finishes Sunday.

[Death]

It starts with two business days on the 9th and 10th and is followed by 2 days of fun with the public on the 11th and 12th. It is currently a little after 9pm Friday night in Tokyo which means the first two days are over. Most of the important business leaders that make announcements are on their way home and the only ones left are marketing people. Any announcements should already be made. That's not to say there can't be more, but it's unlikely.

-Death

[CAPT IRISH]

what crown would that be?

[Citizen Cook]

Droid B!tches!

[juuken]

Lol, so Microsoft stole Sony's TGS crown with a Halo expansion, a timed exclusive (might as well be), and how they're on "fire" in Japan.

And there's two more days left of TGS and anything could happen.

Riiiight.

[Death]

Microsoft didn't steal the crown like many people are assuming. This would indicate that Microsoft "won". What happened at this years Tokyo Game Show is Microsoft expanded their presence at the show. For quite a few years Sony has owned the show. With 75% of the market the last two generation, competition is pretty much been a non-factor. With Sony's loss in market share this gen, they are not owning the show. Microsoft last month in Japan has been good enough that they beat Sony in sales for a month for the first time since the PS3 launched. Microsoft for the first time has had a very good showing at TGS. This is why people are excited, it isn't that they beat Sony, it's the fact they were a factor this year and had a show good enough that Sony didn't steal it like usual.

-Death

[jlytle1234]

Then the title of the article makes no sense and is only there for the hits.

[Says you]

Considering all there trying to do is monopolize the gaming industry and you call that deserving to win they don't deserve crap considering they back stabbed Toshiba with the HD DVD they were trying to monopolize in what Sony is doing by taking over the media that Sony does and lies saying that digital download is the future when they lost to Sony and they said that HD DVD was better then Blu Ray and through your eyes Microsoft is the innocent corporation please they cut down studios they cant make there own games there counting on 3rd party's.

[militant07]

that what EVERY company do.

they dont need studios to make games they can buy games.

[cereal_killa]

@militant07

"they dont need studios to make games they can buy games."

What a stupid comment, Thats the problem with M$ they spend money on stupid and worthless DLC, Demos and making games multi-plat instead of using the money to build new IPs.

[Mr_Luke]

Probably for someone the TGS is already finished, dunno. Someone who lives in the future, since there are 2 days left and Sony has listed the events on its site. The interesting part will be Sunday according to me

[GametimeUK]

have stole Sonys crown full stop

[DFresh]

Hell, no Sony kicked Microsoft's ass at TGS and the show isn't over more games to announce.
Everyone at the show said Microsoft had a poor showing w/ only one announcement to appeal to the masses and that's Tekken 6 which Sony already has.
Sony showed more games and showed new stuff Microsoft just showed the same s*** at E3 the only thing that they had was one announcement.

[Emmo]

It is funny to read people slagging off Halo Recon and totally forgetting that the Japanese don't give a damn about KZ2 either and if I remember rightly KZ was a response to Gears.(for all those using the copying comments)

LBP is not getting many pre-orders either in Japan.

I think people should just accept that there a 3 consoles in this generation and they have all sold enough to be viable.

[cereal_killa]

@ Emmo

Who said anything about KZ2 in here and do you live in Japan how do you know that LBP isn't doing anything there please explain your so called fact.

[Emmo]

@Cereal killer

Sorry, I should proof read my messages better. R2 :(

Just from the sales on Amazon JP, Fable 2 has been out selling if for a long time now on pre-orders as has GTAVI on the PS3.

I know Amazon charts are anything but reliable, but they are good for guessing pre-orders.

I am going to guess that GTA has a better opening week than LBP.

Anyway if it doesn't my theory is shot to c.ck

[cliffbo]

killzone was announced before gears of war and also came out before it too so get your facts right! and killzone 2 was also announced before gears of war but just has not been released yet ignorant 360 owner that you are

[Emmo]

Hey clifbo, read my second post. ;)

Cheer up man

[robotnik]

Japan = Nintendo + Sony

get over it.

[pain777pas]

Microsoft has no new franchises worth a damn. People open your eyes they have no vision for the future except software enhancements, interface ripoffs, and stealing exclusives.

[lelo]

Personally i'm not a big fan of Halo, but just by the announcement of a new Halo (even if it is a addon), Microsoft has a great probability of stealing Sony's TGS Crown. Halo is really a BIG franchise.

Remember that TGS is a world show and not only for the Japanese. I think every gamer accompanies TGS.

[u got owned]

@ lelo

"Remember that TGS is a world show and not only for the Japanese. I think every gamer accompanies TGS."

Very true, some people keep forgetting that.

[b00mFargl3]

Both big parties will have they pros and cons. They will both have an awesome lineup and everyone (especially bias fanboys) will love what the party they are partial to will put out. i dont care about who won. im just glad TGS is finally here.

[LeGenDx]

honestly didnt care much for tekken 6, If you really think about it. its tekken 5 with couple of more characters,stages,combos(?), an also a new mode?. ill just stick with tekken 5 k tnx have a goodday

[SuPa-MaRiO]

Hello Dummy's TGS Is Not Over Yet Lets Be Smart Here That Was Jus Day One And People Already Given MS The Crown Get Real Fanboys U Guys Make Video Games Look Bad So Start A Better Rumor Then That

[DARKTRINITYxxx]

Nah just some of thier games.

[Fade_Walker]

Microsoft already stole a lot of Sony's exclusive games why not a crown ;)…I must inform the Queen!!

Still the exclusives they have are still good...like Uncharted, Heavenly Sword (depends on who you talk to), Metal Gear Solid 4 etc. Also a good portion of them take advantage of Blu-Ray.

[thematrix1298]

lmao is this some kind of april fool joke? Sony is crushing M$ at TGS!

All M$ is saying is 'gears is this...gears is that...gears is wow' man stfu! It's like we never seen an alien fps game before.

[dukadork]

and they're gonna come too soon again :(

[bigboss717]

TGS has not even started yet,take this poste down...and stop hattin

[smurfie4]

Youtube mr.me too and you will get a definition of what Microsoft is. It seems like the majority of 3rd party games exclusive to ps3 Microsoft wants as well.

[Figboy]

Microsoft at E3:

No real first party, exclusive announcements of substance
Teases something Halo related
Biggest announcement/surprise was a multi-plat game (OMFG, PS3 loses another exclusive!!!!11!)

Microsoft at TGS:

No real first party, exclusive announcements
Reveals Halo 3: Recon
Biggest announcement/surprise was a multi-plat game (OMFG, PS3 loses another exclusive!!!!11!)

Microsoft has done this deflection tactic TWICE so far. they bury the fact that they'd much rather close down first party development houses, and throw money at "traditionally" Playstation franchises, to come over, instead of investing in new, original, and most importantly, SELF OWNED properties.

i mean, look at the Playstation 3 group.

PS3 owners STILL GET:

Final Fantasy XIII
Tekken 6
Devil May Cry 4
Resident Evil 5
GTAIV

and all those other multi-plats (and since January this year with Burnout Paradise, PS3 and 360 multi-plats have been damn near IDENTICAL).

but wait, there's more! they ALSO GET THESE first and second party exclusives:

Uncharted 2
Resistance 2
Ratchet: TOD 2
Little Big Planet
SOCOM: Confrontation
Warhawk expansions and the new game from Incognito
Motorstorm: PR
Heavy Rain
MAG
Killzone 2
White Knight Chronicles
inFamous

and still unannounced games from their studios like Team Ico, Clap Hanz, Japan Studios (who are always working on multiple titles).

so, sure, have fun with Tekken 6 and FFXIII, but believe me, it's not ALL that PS3 owners have to get excited about. as an Xbox 360 owner also, i can honestly say that there isn't much outside of Fable 2, and Alan Wake that really has me excited about the 360. i'm curious about the Ninja Gaiden clone Ninja Blade, and Banjo and Kazooie also has my interest piqued, but i'm most excited about what's coming to my PS3 in the next few months to a year, and the list above isn't even comprehensive. and all of those games are being developed by studios with a pedigree.

did MS steal Sony's TGS crown? hardly. a few Japanese RPGs, and some backpatting with Square and Namco do not steal TGS. substantial games that get the gamers of Japan riles up are.

[HairyBrownSack]

pooooooooor droids, can't even "win" in their own town! :(

[snoopgg]

either japaneese people have bad taste in gaming or we as americans are doomed. That list was so drad!!!! Microsoft can have that list of shat!!!!

[razer]

Of course. the once reining champ is now hauling buckets full of spit.

[grantps3]

demon souls(looks amazing), quantum theory(looks great), star ocean is no longer 360 only> halo expansion and tekken 4 going multiplat

why do they even discuss that

[razer]

and then you woke up..

i dont know if i should laugh or feel sorry for people who keep claiming that someone has come out and announced star ocean for the PS3. i know you are itching to steal a 360 planned exclusive since the 360 has raped the ps3 but nothing at tgs confirms so4 for ps3.

and yes enjoy your gears of war meets anime copycat

[Needles]

WTH?! All of u ps3 fanboyz refer to random games as great exclusives u got...wat...the WHITE KNIGHT!? u dont know scrap about it...u havnt even tried it..u were all anticipated on haze...it got 4.5, well, i dont care about rating these dayz however, wen i saw a single pic of haze, i understood why it could be below 5, when i saw a vid, i understood why it must be BELOW 4.5...and LBP, 10/10...yah, sure, not to mention MGS4, if MGS4 is 10/10, why have all the people forgot about it suddenly, and the online player rate is that low...get a grip, u have THE MOST ANTICIPATING games which u havnt even tried yet, the result is CRAP...not to mention one of ur best exclusives droped to the 360, which i dont even have to mention, cause u know it, if u thought i'm talking about tekkin then u know nothing of ur good "exclusives" cause tekkin sux. MY OPINION...and probably is a fact ^^. so stop complaining about the 360 tgs, halo expansion is enough for me, u dont like it...know one asked u for ur opinion about halo...so plz, plz stop talking about random games that u get hyped on then turns out to be crap.

[STLiens]

Sony is quite done yet.

http://www.jp.playstation.c...

[Gantrfaxx]

No, M$ hasnn't stole anything, not with multiplatform titles. As long as their main news are the games they took from Sony they will not steal anything.

[Gantrfaxx]

No, M$ hasn't stolen anything, not with multiplatform titles. As long as their main news are the games they took from Sony they will not steal anything.

[Jecht]

The Microsoft fanboys come out in full force and act the same way all the time. Proclaiming victory before the game is over. They've been doing it for 2 years now, and it's never been true.

Example, the sales of the 360 consoles in Japan are slightly better for a couple of months, and suddenly the 360 is big in Japan and owns it. Despite the fact it still hasn't sold a million units there yet, and the PS3 has already sold 2.3 million units. But that doesn't matter because the 360 has been outselling the PS3 for the whole year......oh wait......it hasn't.

*Sigh* 360 fanboys....what can you do?

[badkolo]

sony fumbled tgs. simple and true.

[Light Yagami]

SONY SUCKS ASS!

[kenshin329]

sony and microsoft's show is kinda equal. microsoft had a bunch of games to show and xbox experience but nothing really surprising. Sony just talk about all the upcoming updates with their hardware and playstation network. I think the reason why microsoft's show is more appealing to gamers is because they showed games and sony didn't

[N4g_null]

What if funny is Halo recon is just as big as killzone 2 why isn't it? It's almost the same game. Actually it may be MS deferred rendering system LOL that the fanboy praise on the killzone 2 title LOL. Any way halo's concept art team crushes killzone 2 even if most of the stuff didn't make it into the game.

Yeah but SONY only lost the crown when they agreed to share it by going in with an expensive system to push HD gaming. Now HD developers have to use both systems just to make a profit, sad. Hey but that's progress right?

[Emmo]

I do think that Sony made a mistake pushing Blu Ray on us, it was just too expensive and adds too much cost to the machine.

If they had got to market earlier instead of waiting for Blu Ray, kept backwards compatibility the game would have been over long ago for MS.

[N4g_null]

"it was just too expensive and adds too much cost to the machine. "

So that is not a mistake? If it did more for the machine then why is it too expensive? I mean I have PCs worth $1500 at the low end and I don't see them as expensive because they do what I paid for them to do. I guess the question is what do the majority of gamers want the most an HD dvd player or a console? Yeah I think that was a mistake and I don't think I'll ever get a Blu ray. It's the next laser disk waiting to happen.

[MAGNUM RAM SUPPORT]

dam, there's alot of kids in here.
Take a look in the ps3 section of n4g to find out exactly how many exclusives
we got going on.

You kids made the awful mistake of thinking youre gonna
wait till next year to play a playstation game.
What happened to you xbutts?

Ps3 is the last hardcore system left. Are you really gonna screw up
your gamer image with "avatars" ???
nobody can respect that trash. Home is hardcore. If consoles are supposed to be a
all in one system conviently at your finger tips. Why would you want to get nintendo miis,
pay for cross game chat & play tekken on the d-pad you ignore?
let's not forget that you screwed your parents over by not having a bluray & no Internet browser to
Download cool media.

You guys are tools.
Just trade it after gears2 cause we both know your parents dont want to buy
microsoft points anymore. Psn has the good games. Quit be so casually ghey
isn't that why you stopped playing nintendo? Grow up. Google
ps3 exclusives.

Tgs was won by white knight story & yakuza 3.
Check out the trailer for mgo's meme expansion. I think
you kids are gonna love it. Also check out the gene expansion
with akiba/johnny & merryl. I think base would be perfect for
Young kids to master.

When home hits you guys are gonna create a home gang right?
menace 2 society right?
get creative. Leave that xbox alone.

[Sieghardt]

nobody won TGS, it's a matter of who sucked least so far.

[PirateThom]

I think Magnavox did well.

[Emmo]

@Jecht

I have not read anyone saying 360 owns Japan, at most the 360 has had a small revival in a country where it looked dead and buried.