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Sony Didn't Intend PS3 To Succeed As A Console

Everyone was probably glad to know that the PS3 managed to sell more than a 150k during November. And while many Sony fans would see the glass half full, analysts and skeptics would see the glass half-empty, considering that the PS3 and PS2 combined didn't come close to the Xbox 360 or Nintendo Wii's numbers.

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jack who5627d ago (Edited 5627d ago )

well than i have to say they Succeed at it

fuzon5627d ago (Edited 5627d ago )

It costs 4x as much as PS3 in Eu

and 2.5x as much in USA

PS3 will reach 140 million lifetime like PS2

but for MS 2008 is the last year in console war as it has no games in 2009 and MS cant go below 100 euro (present price) in the future

@blazing bastardf

hey motherfuccer

get the fucc out of here

sucks that XFIX ME is dead in eu and Japan

least expensive console and least sold in the world

Here u go motherfuccer

http://www.n4g.com/industry...

ouch no more PC for x360 in 2009 as it is already below 100 euro in EU and 150$ in USA

plus XFIX ME has no games in 2009 and beyond

BLaZiN PRopHeT5627d ago (Edited 5627d ago )

@ Fuzon

LoL please lay off the pipe it is clearly affecting your brain.

Edit:

LOL the 360 has sold more consoles than the ps3 in EU your moron. lol you have been saying that the 360 is dead for as long as ive been a member of this site.

BTW what happened to LBP putting an end to the 360 as you claimed?

AngryTypingGuy5627d ago

jack who - LOL, that was the funniest comment I've read in a while. bubbles

Sonyfanclubpresident5627d ago

I don't know my fellow Ps3 droids.

This sounds like a bad excuse for the @ss beating the competitors are giving us this gen.

I mean,come on,
we're still in 3rd place and slipping.

JasonPC360PS3Wii5627d ago

HAHA Nasim's 563rd accout, dude lay off the drugs

Jock5627d ago

OMG...whats the secret ingredient you put in ur Kool-Aid..? I wanna know

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xhi45627d ago (Edited 5627d ago )

one month with Gears of War 2 (which is a MASSIVE system seller, because basically what else does the 360 have to offer?)

So what, in the months when God of War 3 and Gran Turismo 5 come out are they going to say the 360 is doomed?

The logic is flawed............deeply flawed.

Nathan Drake5627d ago (Edited 5627d ago )

Let me tell you right now:That is never going to happen for as long as the Ps3 and Wii are in production and distribution.

Saint Sony5627d ago

That sounds incredibly STUPID. On the other hand, if you think all the things Sony has done to improve PS3 as a gaming point of view... that statement kinda starts to get some back up.

Genesis55627d ago (Edited 5627d ago )

Yeah that's why the spent all most 3 billion dollars developing the components for it. So they could just ditch after they were done. I mean really what is wrong with these so called journalist.

Why go to all the trouble of co-developing the cell processor if you are only thinking about the media format. They could have just pulled one out of a PC like the 360 did.

Evocation5627d ago

I eel they kinad hoped it would, but it has got all this "new" stuff, and anyone would know that "new" stuff with computer never works well the first time, but after the PS3 the cell and blu ray are going to be dirt cheap and still good enough for another generation. The PS4 will i believe be cheap and powerful and hopfully sony will have learnt from the mistakes, and gotten a beter OS/online/dev kits

jaysquared5627d ago (Edited 5627d ago )

Sorry but God of War 3 isn't going to sell PS3s.. Looking at God Of War 2 sales figures which right now has sold 2.35 million

http://vgchartz.com/games/g...

So sellings a little less than 2.5 million on a console with an install base of 120 million plus I wouldn't expect too much for GoW 3.. Gears 2 sold that much in a day on a console that has install base of 25 million!

xhi- 360s upcoming titles include Halo Wars(anything names halo is going to sell at least a million its first day out), Halo OSDT, Alan Wake, Resident Evil 5, Final Fantasy 13 etc etc.. Yes the last two are going to be on the PS3 as well but which console do you think casual gamers will choose when those games come out? $199 at one end $399 at the other end.. Of course the cheaper version!

Also I agree with the title. The PS3s named was used for blu ray to suceed in winning the HD DVD format wars. The money they will get from movie royalties are a lot more than gaming industry! Of course PS3 fans isnt' going to admit that because they still think their Blu Ray player is a gaming machine!

MNicholas5627d ago (Edited 5627d ago )

He's right that Sony has already won. With DVD going the way of the Dodo (fast shrinking marketshare) and HD-DVD already a distant memory, Sony has already won. Now that Blu-Ray is taking over Sony's got a massive income source to look forward to.

However, it's absolutely untrue that the Cell processor is not well suited to gaming. The reality is that the bulk of the processing in games can be parallelized and the Cell, providing game developers with more than 7 parallel processor execution units to work with (compared to just 3 on Xbox360) and a unique architecture that allows vastly greater processor utilization rates when parallelism is used, you have a genuine graphics beast.

The results (KZ2, Uncharted, GT5, MGS4, LBP, Ratchet, etc...) speak for themselves as each is the premier example of it's type across all console platform and each visibly exceeds the performance expectations associated to the specifications of the GPU.

CrazzyMan5627d ago

Do they think, that PS3 will stop selling or games will stop coming?
I mean, what the point of that PS3 "doom" thing?

That broken song was in 2007, then in 2008, after PS3 started outselling x360 for almost whole year, that thing stoped, now one month, and again "doom" thing. Is there any point of these articles on N4G?
Do they bring USEFUL info???

Genesis55627d ago

No they are completely useless. The part I can't figure out is why I keep coming back and reading them and then commenting on it.

Danja5627d ago

ne ways Sony did use it's fanbase to push Blu Ray and I had no problem with them doing that since Blu Ray was the better format.

but to say Sony didn't expect the PS3 to succeed as a console is just stupid...."If the PS3 didn't succeed then Blu Ray wouldn't have won"...

The PS3 is one of the best designed console ever and the most powerful yet...so this article makes some sense but it most fails..

drewdrakes5627d ago

jaysquared - Good call. Oh except "I definitely need a PS3 for god of war 3". Those were the words i uttered to my friend not more than 2 days ago.

Maddens Raiders5627d ago

btw -- PS3 FTW. Everyone knows this will be the outcome when the sawdust settles, but no one has the balls to write it.

Just passing by5627d ago

A lot of people bough the PS3 for Movies remember? So when you study the way Sony launch the PS3 at the begining was almost all about Blu-Ray Remember?! Just check out how many games a Xbox 360 fan have, right now i own a Xbox 360 & a PS3. Do you wanna know how many games i own on Xbox 360? 16 and i trade around 10-12 games. How many PS3 games i have? 3 (MGS4, Ninja Gaiden Zigma & Little Big Planet!!! d-_ob) What move me to get a PS3? Blu Ray and then Ninja Gaiden Zigma (I love Ninja Gaiden). NOW What move me get a Xbox360? Halo3 to finish the Fight, Ninja Gaiden Black Sequel> Ninja Gaiden 2 (sweeet!), Fable 2, Mass Effect, Gears of War, Lost Planet, Lost Odyssey, Blue Dragon, Ace Combat 6, BioShock, Mirrors Edge, DOA4, Last Remnant, Halo Wars (I cant wait any longer!!!), COD4, FORZA2 and knowing that A.R.M.A. 2 & Operation Flashpoint 2 are coming for X360 (I hope they do a PC & X360 Cross over). All this since Xmas 2007. I KNOW SOME OF YOU ARE GOING TO POST IGNORANT COMMENTS BASHING MY TASTE FOR GAME BUT KNOW THIS Do i care about yours? Xbox360 have games... Do i care about GOW3? maybe i get it. Do i care about GT5? they better come out like a real simulation game this time.

blackpanther255627d ago (Edited 5627d ago )

Yeah i feel you i got a ps3 for the blu-ray and role-playing games and i got a 360 for the first person shooters. Lets be real some of those games you stated are crap(last remenant lol), but i do get what your saying. To me it's not like the 360 has more good games (cause it doesn't, and your post makes it seem as if there isn't anything good on the ps3) i just usually play more games on the 360 because its modded and that's the truth. As of now i have 15 ps3 games and about 40 xbox 360 games(half of them i only played once)

Edit: i bought a 360 cause most of my friends had one (about 30 people) and i was a halo 2 whore. I had 2 copies of halo2 and was in like a 60 man clan and i didn't even own an xbox lol

fishd5627d ago

----------US NPD----------JPN MEDCRATE----------- TOTALS----
--------PS3--------360------- PS3-------360-------PS3 ---360
Jan - 269,000 ' 230,000 / 213,367 ' 32,064 / 482,367 ' 262,064
Feb - 280,841 ' 255,000 / 68,953 ' 11,534 / 349,794 ' 266,534
Mar - 257,120 ' 262,000 / 65,291 ' 9,265 / 322,411 ' 271,265
Apr - 187,071 ' 188,000 / 37,820 ' 6,760 / 224,891 ' 194,760
May - 208,709 ' 187,000 / 44,611 ' 8,756 / 253,320 ' 195,756
Jun - 405,488 ' 219,000 / 130,050 ' 11,020 / 535,538 ' 230,020
Jul - 224,900 ' 205,000 / 62,963 ' 22,480 / 287,863 ' 227,480
Aug - 185,353 ' 195,000 / 41,661 ' 37,333 / 227,014 ' 232,333
Sep - 232,408 ' 347,000 / 33,255 ' 54,449 / 265,663 ' 401,449
Oct - 190,000 ' 371,000 / 60,312 ' 36,029 / 250,312 ' 407,029
Nov - 378,071 ' 836,000 / 96,059 ' 46,580 / 474,130 ' 882,580
----------------------------- ------------------------------ -
-----2,818,961'3,295,000/ 854,342 276,270 / 3,673,303 3,571,270 <----PS3 is ahead

PS3 is ahead of 360 even without europe's number,Sony'a strongest territory

Sega/Dreamcast/HD DVD fanboys are out in full force,LMAO

Rythrine5627d ago

It's actually praising Sony. It'll be just a couple of minutes. Don't be lazy :)

40cal5627d ago (Edited 5627d ago )

Wow it took me along time to google all those damn numbers because I had to do it by month, but yes sir you are 100% correct. Now we just need PAL numbers to see the big picture. Bubbles!

fishd5627d ago

Speaking of pal sale,Sonysold 6.3 mil from jan to september(16.8-10.5=6.3)

According to media charts and NPD sony sold about 2.9 mil in jap and usa so we can tell that sony sold about 3 mil in pal territories from jan08 to sep08(9 months)
It took ms about 3 years to sell 7 mil in europe!

Proxy5627d ago

So, he thinks:
1) Sony intended the PS3 to fail.
2) Sony intended the PS3 to push BD format.

Only flaw I see is that if the PS3 had failed, it wouldn't provide very much "push" for the new format now would it?

Sony intended the PS3 to do well AND push the new format.

PS3 FTW5627d ago

sh00win99 Didn't Intend This Article To Succeed As An Approval

Jock5627d ago

whats this a negative PS3 article , that's not really a negative PS3 , but alot of fanboys are saying it's a negative PS3 article because they just read the title and didn't bother to read the article...?

IcarusOne5627d ago

This article was mature and insightful, not something one expects from the title. I actually have much more respect for Sony's grand strategy having read this. The anomaly that has been the PS3 now makes sense to me.

jaysquared5627d ago

"jaysquared - Good call. Oh except "I definitely need a PS3 for god of war 3". Those were the words i uttered to my friend not more than 2 days ago."

Oh okay just because your going to be buying a PS3 for GoW 3 another 5 million people are going to jump right in and buy a PS3 right? There will be some sales of PS3 because of GoW 3 but is it going to make it so that next years NPD it will sale at least equivalent to the 360? IMO it will not sell as much as the 360 next year even if Sony drops the price and has GoW 3, Uncharted, KZ2, Home etc etc etc. The 360 slim will be out by then and expect the arcade version to be ousted replaced by the 60gb at the $200 price tag.

Sergeant Osiris5627d ago

is the THREAT that the PS3 and it's architecture represent to the pc industry. I have nowhere near the amount of interest or devotion I had to PC gaming now that the PS3 and it's cell processor are among us.
They (meaning the M$' of the world) saw this coming. The Valve's of the world saw this coming. The PS3 SPELLS THE END of American dominance of gaming software. THAT is why they fight it tooth and nail. Nothing more.

Aquanox5627d ago (Edited 5627d ago )

"Without counting Europe numbers"

I have news for you: The Xbox 360 is also kicking ass in Europe. December sells 4 times more than a regular month so the Xbox 360 will have all it needs to catch up with the difference the PS3 got this year.

In Japan, the PS3 will still lead but the HD sales over there are miserable compared to America where the Xbox 360 has already surpassed the PS3 and will continue to do so, at a faster pace in December. Japan will not be enough to save this difference.

PS fans insist on posting "Stop the press!! We're still tied!!" articles, ignoring the fact that they're pretty much tied despite the PS3 being long ahead this year until September when the Xbox 360 catched up in just 2 months maintaining a rocket trend whereas the PS3 has constantly lost terrain even comparint it to itself in the same periods last year.

For those with a little bit of brain, the Xbox 360 has already won 2008 in HD consoles. For those in denial and not much brain, they'll have to do their best trying to spin until January, when official numbers are released and they all hit a concrete wall.

By the way, this is the stupidest article I have ever read.

Playstation sales represented 50% of total revenue for Sony Corporation back in 2002 and they are trying to say that they didn't want the PS3 to continue this trend? Somebody needs to STFU, learn about the industry, and only then write.

prowiew5627d ago

mmm should I report the article? Wait, gay list!. Not

Argento-Nox5626d ago

@1.5 Jaysquared

If Halo Wars doing a million units is good enough for you, why are people whining about LBP numbers? RTS games don't generally do well and I doubt most Halo fans will pick up Halo wars just for the namesake.

Your forgetting that FFXIII and Versus XIII are exclusive in Japan (possibly a complete worldwide exclusive for Versus) and half of all sales for any FF games is generally in Japan itself.

The 360 rpg exclusives in Japan have bumped sales of 360's over PS3 for several weeks this year, but I guarantee you, FFXIII and Versus XIII will make those 360 hardware gains insignificant in it's 1st hour alone. Plus, the FF: Advent Children movie comes out on Blu-ray in the 1st quarter of 2009.

@1.24 Aquanox

Being tied with PS3 after having a significant price drop with a good game lineup isn't exactly anything to be proud of. I'm much more curious to see how 360 numbers are when PS3 prices drop to the same range.

Look at it another way, if 360 DIDN'T have the price drop, PS3 sales would have been ahead of 360 heading into '09, rather than being roughly the same. People don't seem to realize that 360's jump in sales for the last half of the year has more to do with the price drop than it's game lineup.

jadenkorri5626d ago

im not even gonna bother, the name says enough, ps3 is doomed like always, but apparently 2 month of bad sales, when the other lowered its price and had some good games release, hell, even i added 1 xbox 360 to the numbers when fable 2 launched, man do i ever regret that...luckily Infinite Undiscovery had some hope until it crapped in my face at the very end, kinda the same as Fable 2, so ive started Lost Odysey, 4 freaking dics, better be good...

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PirateThom5627d ago (Edited 5627d ago )

And yet, it succeeds by having the highest rated games... hmmm....

Sony didn't intend to make a console and accidentally made one.

Captain_Sony5627d ago

Having the best crap to AAA ratio last gen did nothing for the GC and it still finished last place.. What you are saying only makes sense if you ignore the history of consoles and just think that everything happening this gen is a first,which it isnt. Why do you think people are calling the GC of this gen? Because it has a high qualtiy to crap ratio with killer 1st party support, and people are passing it by left and right for a console with tons of shovelware..

I_LOVE_MYSELF5627d ago

The gamecube was my gem of last gen... under rated by many but loved by the hardcore fans because of the great 1st party support... In fact its like the wii did a total face change and did everything different... Although it has most sales its still a crap console... PS3 manages to capture the magic GC gave me last gen... And when you play the greatest exclusives other peoples opinions, ratings and sales dont even matter... And thats why all you N4G gimps suck balls

CrazzyMan5627d ago (Edited 5627d ago )

"Why do you think people are calling the GC of this gen?"
Because they are STUPID.

1) GC was CHEAPEST console on the market, still had LOW sales. PS3 is MOST expensive.

2) GC wasn`t selling in CRISIS, PS3 is, and still at 400$/€. If anyone expect, that at 299$ or by 199$ PS3 sales won`t increase atleast by 2 times, then he is ignorant blind fanboy.

3) PS3 has and is going to have MORE GOOD/GREAT exclusives games this gen, then both XBOX+GC had last gen combined. That`s why PS3 is and ALWAYS will be a MUST HAVE console.

CURRENT:

Metal Gear Solid 4
Uncharted
LittleBigPlanet
Valkyria Chronicles
Folklore
Motorstorm: Pacific Rift
Resistance 2
Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm
Heavenly Sword
Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction
Motorstorm
Resistance
Warhawk
Ninja Gaiden Sigma
Siren: Blood Curse
Disgaea 3
Tekken 5: DR
Gran Turismo 5 Prologue
Socom: Confrontation
WipEout HD

INCOMING for 2009:

KillZone 2
Yakuza 3
Heavy Rain
Gran Turismo 5
Final Fantasy XIII:versus
White Knight Chronicles
God of War 3
InFamous
Uncharted 2
Quantum Theory
Final Fantasy XIII
Demon`s Soul
MAG
Agency
Ico 3
Wardevil
Eyepet
Heavenly Sword 2

INCOMING for 2010:

INCOMING for 2011:

INCOMING for 2012:

GIJeff5627d ago

the 360 is the dreamcast of this gen.

GARBAGE LICKER5627d ago

Current
Metal Gear Solid 4
Uncharted
LittleBigPlanet
Resistance 2
Resistance
Warhawk

2009
KillZone 2
Gran Turismo 5
White Knight Chronicles
InFamous
Uncharted 2
Final Fantasy XIII

2010
Ico 3
Final Fantasy XIII: versus
God of War 3
Quantum Theory

Jazz41085627d ago

I think the real problem is no matter how many consoles Sony sells they are losing money on everyone of them. They have lost more money on the PS3 then they have made profit wise on the ps2.

Argento-Nox5626d ago

@2.1 Captain_Sony

The NGC argument having a better AAA game ratio is weak at best. The PS2 won with it's huge 3rd party support, not just it's own games. Casual games like Katamari, Singstar, and more more hardcore games like DMC 4, GOW 1 + 2 etc. Rockband and Guitar Heroes wouldn't be where they are now without the success on the PS2.

Look at the best game in each genre for the last gen and you mostly come up with a PS2 game. Example, best rpg could have been done by year if you want; DQ8, Kingdom Hearts 1 and 2, FF 9 + 10, Odin sphere, Nocturne, Persona 3/FES. In fact the best rpg this year could still be Persona 4 that just came out.

360 is doing well this gen b/c it has a more thorough line-up than the xbox, with games for everyone.

Argento-Nox5626d ago

@2.6 Jazz4108

Look at the bigger picture; Sony has determined the format for the last 2 game generations with CD for the PS1 and DVD for the PS2 and now Blu-ray with the PS3.

They make money off every blu-ray movie sold, hence a multi-pronged attack. Writable blu-ray disc are now on the market for computers and will eventually do what DVD-R's did to CD-R's.

Sony isn't actually losing as much as people think they are with the PS3. At most, Sony is losing a few bucks each PS3 unit since the price for parts has gone done signicantly.

Is everyone forgetting that they got rid of the PS2 emotion chip while reducing the number of chips in the PS3, hence the 20GB and 60GB PS3's being the "holy grail among the PS3 systems.

They've pretty much determined the format for the next generation for several reasons:

1) MS using the now defunct HD format in the next xbox console is unlikely since there's no widespread support for the format, hence a high cost to press HD discs.

2) I doubt the movie industry want another HD/blu-ray fiasco any time soon. Most people don't realzie that Sony owns 3 of the 8 major studios: Sony, Columbia Tristar amd MGM (James Bond anyone?).

3) Disney and the Porn industry are huge factors. DVD didn't really start taking off last gen until Disney started supporting the format.

Kids are a huge factor in every family purchase, hence the saying "If it's good for the kids, it's good for the family". Everyone here was once a kid; remember how you got your parents to buy you toys and candy etc. (^_^)? How about most Wii and DS sales, anyone willing to bet a kid was involved in the purchase?

Disney movies always sell as does porn (which rivals even Hollywood for sales). Disney was actually one of the most vocal advocates for Blu-ray at the beginning of the HiDef wars, and Sony decided near the end of the war to let the porn industry use the Blu-ray format.

All the format needs is a few more accessible movies to convince people to buy; ex. Star wars, Lord of the Rings etc.

4) MS doesn't have the clout in Hollywood to push a new movie format on their own, hence the alliance with Toshiba for the HD format.

5) Anyone who says dvd is enough answer me one question; "Will the next xbox console use dvd again?."

Secondly, I don't think digital downloads will take off for at least the 5-10 years for several reasons:

1) Download speeds in most US states is capped for speed or capped by the amount you can download. The max speed for my area (Canada) is no more that 200 kb/sec.

Japan and Korea have been downloading at about 10 mb/sec for the last few years, that's about 50x faster than North America! 10mb/sec is probably the bare minimum to download true HD movies.

2) Anyone who understands bitrates and how blu-ray is uncompressed audio and video (for the most part), know that those so-called "HD-movie downloads" are a sham.

For one, they're compressed files, which defeats the purpose of being HD to begin with. Secondly (see reason 1), North America is seriously lagging behind asian and european countries for the bandwitdh necessary to do HD-downloads nationwide.

3) Does anyone here actually think their older relatives (aunts, uncles, grandma, grandpa etc.) are actually going to download to own movies in the future?

PVR is one thing; but how are you going to buy movies for family (for birthdays, Christmas etc.) or lend movies to your friends?

There's too many factor's right now for digital downloads to work. That being the reason I don't think Blu-ray will be gone any time soon. I highly doubt Nintendo, nevermind MS or Sony will go the next round without some type of media format.

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Nathan Drake5627d ago

I honestly wonder if Videogame journalism can become an even bigger joke than it is right now,I really do.

hfaze5627d ago

It's just more of the same 'ol tired "Blu-Ray Trojan Horse" argument. This article is all about how Sony used the Playstation fanbase to get Blu-Ray out in the masses...

I guess they did the same thing with the PS1 (CD's), and the PS2 (DVD's) :-P

Once Killzone 2 releases, and everyone gets to see what deferred rendering can do for PS3 games (the kind of thing that the Cell+RSX combination was DESIGNED for), oh yes it's ON... :-)

Also, if you compare the architecture of the PS2 and PS3, you can see the similarities in the designs... Both CPU's have a RISC core, with multiple vector processing units... With the Emotion Engine, it was a MIPS R6000 series core with two vector processing units (VPU0 and VPU1). With the Cell Broadband Engine, it's a IBM Power5 series core with eight Synergistic Processing Elements. Both architectures relied on an external GPU as well.

Now if the PS3 is not intended for gaming, than neither was the PS2, and we all know how well that architecture worked for gaming... ;-)

Sergeant Osiris5627d ago

until the part about PS2 having an external GPU, from what I understand the PS2 doesn't have a GPU and uses the emotion engine for graphics. This is why some games started looking better on the xbox1 towards the end of the generation. Sony quickly picked up on that and didn't make the same mistake twice. That being said, don't believe what the fanboys say, the RSX kicks the ever loving dog poo out of the 360 GPU.

hfaze5627d ago

Actually, the PS2 used the GS (Graphics Synthesizer) chip for rendering/video output. VPU1 has a direct bus with the GS chip.

Also, the 20GB and 60GB PS3 has both the EE and GS chips, where the Motorstorm bundle 80GB (and PAL 60GB models) only have the GS chip.

The reason behind games looking better on the XBox last generation was due to the much newer technology that was put into the XBox (newer graphics chip technology).

The PS2 had the Emotion Engine as the CPU, and the Graphics Synthesizer as the GPU.

Keele5627d ago

Even Sony says Suckstation 3 sucks.

panasonic235627d ago

to all sonyfans suck on my sackboy

KLEPTOMANIAC5627d ago

sony doesnt want a console to sell... their business ethics include spending millions on development just to make an expensive shiny black paperweight...*cough.... sarcasm*
what a stupid article.

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XiNatsuDragnel2d ago

Microsoft had a good idea but fumbled it again.

Cacabunga19h ago(Edited 19h ago)

Project Spark idea was decent but they quickly gave up ..
LBP was wonderful

ApocalypseShadow1d 13h ago

Microsoft in a nutshell. Always tried to poach Sony employees, games, 3rd party games and devices like the depth camera that was turned into Kinect but was running on PS2 before Xbox 360. Wouldn't be surprised they wanted LBP. Just like they worked behind the scenes pushing the MLB to bring Sony's baseball game to Xbox instead of making their own.
https://www.playstationlife...

They didn't spend years trying to develop their own baseball game. They wanted Sony's game.

They're scum.

Zachmo18218h ago

Microsoft didn't force MLB on Xbox. MLB gave Sony 2 options either go multiplat or risk losing the license.

Rynxie8h ago

And why do you think MLB said that? I believe Ms approached MLB.

ApocalypseShadow7h ago(Edited 7h ago)

Totally ridiculous comment.

The only exclusivity Sony had was to their own creation of The Show. Microsoft could have paid the MLB for the license just like Sony did and made their own baseball game.

Microsoft instead, groomed MLB for years in trying to poach Sony's game and bring it to Xbox. They're worth 3 TRILLION dollars. You think that's not enough money to make their own baseball game? Don't be delusional.

Microsoft spun it like they always do and told the media that they had to trust Sony with their hardware. After they put Sony in that position of not having a choice. Either go multiplatform or stop making one of their successful games. That's a no win scenario.

And what did Microsoft do? They didn't try to sell the game to the Xbox community. They put it on game pass to hurt Sony. Pushing the idea of why buy games that are $70 when you can play them in their cheap service for $10. It was a dirty tactic.

You fell for the Kool aid drink Microsoft served you instead of spitting it out. Hope it tasted good because you were fooled by Phil and the gang.

PonyRider3h ago

Being downvoted for speaking facts is crazy. They want to spin whatever fits their narrative of evil corporation.

Notellin4h ago

"Microsoft instead, groomed MLB for years in trying to poach Sony's game and bring it to Xbox."

Take a nap, conspiracies are rotting your brain.

PonyRider3h ago

The Blue camp really do be doing mental gymnastics.

OtterX21h ago

"However, Healey said Media Molecule wouldn't have felt right doing that, adding it would have been "morally corrupt"."

Major kudos to Media Molecule for being an upright studio with principles.

RNTody21h ago(Edited 21h ago)

Great, more stories like this please. Show the last of the zombies holding the line what we've been saying for years: Microsoft is anti competition, anti industry and has no interest in making games at all.

But hey, at least there's an Xbox Games Showcase to look forward to, right?

Inverno20h ago

Well considering SONY just killed the series, LBP would've been dead by now either way. Though MM probably wouldn't exist by now either, so I'm glad they stayed with SONY, hopefully they don't get shut down any time soon or ever honestly.

Inverno18h ago

They shut down the servers, that's millions of user created levels gone. That and dead are pretty much the same, it's also been years since 3 and they cancelled HUB soooo.

PonyRider3h ago

Lack of investment and killing off the servers ring a bell?

fsfsxii4h ago

They shutdown the servers because no one was playing, no one in the community cared about the user created levels so why keep them up? Wtf you guys would never succeed in running a business.

Inverno3h ago

Yea dood no one was playing so they shut off the servers. Cause people with enough common sense can't just Google why they were actually shut of, right?

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