Approvals 10/10 ▼
Captain Tuttle (3) - 5189d ago Cancel
vgn24 (2) - 5189d ago Cancel
Nineball2112 (4) - 5189d ago Cancel
math (1) - 5189d ago Cancel
300°

Only Sony is Stopping Sony From Being Number One in Games

GFB writes: "While fanboys argue back and forth about what holds the Xbox 360 back or why the Wii is "lame", the Playstation 3 and Playstation Portable hardware have been facing the toughest foe of all, their own manufacturer. For some reason Sony just keeps shooting itself in the foot and refusing to catch on.

Starting back with Sony's first major marketing mistake of this generation, the home of Playstation decided to create a fake marketing campaign called 'all i want for xmas is a psp' which resulted in a huge backlash from gamers. Some still argue that the PSP hasn't recovered from the viral stigma slapped on it from this horrible holiday campaign."

Read Full Story >>
gofanboy.com
Create Report !X

Add Report

Reports

Lame
Kain815189d ago WhoDisagree(0)Agree(0)
Lame
gofanboy is so desperate for hits.
xfrgtr5189d ago WhoDisagree(0)Agree(0)
Other
flamebait
unrealgamer585189d ago WhoDisagree(0)Agree(0)
Lame
Seriously? Why would you publish an article like this now? These articles belong in 2008, or at least before the introduction of the slim
zenosaga045189d ago WhoDisagree(0)Agree(0)
Fake
Jamie Foxx5189d ago WhoDisagree(0)Agree(0)
Lame
ArcFatalix5189d ago WhoDisagree(0)Agree(0)
Lame
xbotpleasefixme5189d ago WhoDisagree(0)Agree(0)
Jamie Foxx5189d ago (Edited 5189d ago )

Sony have the best first party games,most powerful console,reliabilty,best equipped for the future,most first party developers everything is in place...I believe marketing its strengths is what's needed because if microsoft could boast all of the above we would see commercials saying 'only our console is pushing gaming graphically,only our console has bluray,and our online is free'

Sony need to get aggressive,and get consoles instore

Speed Racer5189d ago

Really? so you dont count the 2 years in a row we got game of the year? 2008( littlebigplanet) 2009(uncharted 2) 2010 probably god of war 3. the ps3 has pushed the graphics bar very very high, and uncharted 2 holds the crown.

VG_Releaser5189d ago

Did you read it at all? The article says the Sony hardware and games are the best. Are you illiterate or only read the title?

poontab5189d ago

Garbage Article. Sony's made a lot of mistakes (IMO nonexistent marketing in NA being the worst) but the PSP? When the PSP in Japan sells 30k+ every week I doubt they really mind the PSPgo floundering.

Lifendz5189d ago

The Author really should've expanded on what Sony has done to correct initial mistakes/shortcomings. The only thing I can knock Sony for now is the shortages of PS3s that everyone seems to be experiencing. Still find it hard to believe that if you live in a major city you can't find a PS3.

The only thing I would say Sony should start doing is give consumers the option buying a PS3 with a blu-tooth and/or a blu-tooth headset in every PS3 box.

Right now the quality of PS3 exclusives and 3rd party multiplats are incredible, God of War 3 needs to be seen to be believed, and GT5 is on the way. I'd say Sony, despite the mistakes early on, have done a stellar job recently in revamping the PS3.

wicko5189d ago (Edited 5189d ago )

I don't think the PSP Go was even meant to replace the 3000. When faced with complaints about the price, they said it was aimed at early adopters. It would have performed better if they had managed to get the entire PSP library digital, and also allow those who bought a hardcopy to be able to download it for free onto the Go. And honestly, that issue wasn't their fault, publishers just wouldn't go for it. Not to mention that some game retailers wouldn't even stock the Go.

PSP Go was more of an experiment than any kind of successor. I hope they continue going digital only with the PSP2 right out the gate. Game retailers like EB/Gamestop can go screw themselves, I could care less if they can't make money off the console, they make enough peddling used games for 5$ below the new price.

sikbeta5189d ago

Don't Give a Damn, Sony is making Amazing Games and as Jamie Foxx said The only problem with Sony is that they don't make enough PS3s

Lightsaber5189d ago

This just proves how F'ing stupid ps3 fanboys are you guys dont have 2 brain cells between the lot of you. Seriously you are f*cking ranting and all you read was the damn title and I'm sure it took you hours just to read that much.

btw the article is about the psp not the ps3

Syronicus5189d ago

They show us exactly how ignorant the journalists are getting and have been over the years. Most of thee journalists were not even around when the PSone launched and cannot make a connection between the launch of the PSone, PS2 and the PS3. Sony has been very consistent between each launch and the sales of each console have been very close. The PS3 was the first of the three to hit the market at such a high price tag but despite the huge price tag it is still selling and has sold faster than the 360. When the 360 had close to an 8 million console lead over the PS3 they now only have a 5 million console lead and that is slimming down very fast now that the PS3 has hit its stride. Once Sony irons out supply issues, you will see the PS3 in tops with sales month to month and their ten year track is on point and slated to show us all that once again, Sony is king when it comes to supporting their consoles for the decade, just as they promise.

ThanatosDMC5189d ago (Edited 5189d ago )

Sony has the most games coming out and it keeps on churning it high quality games. The other two consoles... well... it takes them 6-12 months to come out with something worth while.

PSP is somewhat dead in the water due to publishers not wanting to lose money due to piracy. I hope PSP2 will be rock solid and be unhackable for a long time like the PS3.

God_Of_Epicness5189d ago

Only God Of War is stopping 360 and Wii from "completely" overtaking PS3. Kratos is standing strong and will hold the barrier long enough for other games like GT5 to come in and soon, PS3 will reach number 2 and skips past number 1 and cement it's place as the best next gen console cos 360 is hardly next gen. Wii on the other hand is PS1 generation with those funny "everyone has a big round head" graphics.

+ Show (7) more repliesLast reply 5189d ago
Michael Myers5189d ago

this article fails miserably, forget about metal gear solid getting game of the decade on vgcharts? guy above me got it right, i can go on and on, but before i do, ill play beyond.

5189d ago
RedDragan5189d ago

Michael Myers, I love the PS3.

But the article is not bashing the PS3, if anything it is lauding it with praise.

Even today they do not state all the features it can do, but they are doing a better job advertising it today.

The high price wasn't that much of a crisis point, people still bought into the console in high numbers but considering the massive profits from blu-ray related merchandise and cell revenues from business servers... they could have sold from Day 1 at £250 without an operating loss to the parent company Sony Corp.

Sony Corp realised all along PS3 would start off as a money loser, but that was completely made irrelevant by the big profits coming in from the PS3 tech used in other things. Sony Corp gets money from every blu-ray disc ever sold, every blu-ray player ever sold, every blu-ray recorder ever sold, every cell processor sold.

Servers that would cost £2000 and going for over £10,000... just because it has Cell and that processor is far superior to Sun's, Intel and AMD processors for the jobs they are required to do. Those reports of Cell being doomed are quite funny, since they tend to come from "Gaming" websites.

not including Wii, PS3 actually had a good start... it just wasn't selling as quick as Wii, all of a sudden US media deem it a failure because it takes the heat of their own company which has sold worse on every month-by-month comparison to date. Even month 1 sales for PS3 was better than month 1 sales for 360.

However, I know it sounds like I am rambling (I kinda am, but can't be bothered to delete all that) the article is saying what if.... What if they did sell for £250 on month 1? What if they did advertise the blu-ray from month 1?

My guess is it would be close behind Wii.

aCHU5189d ago

while these so called "journalists" and blogs,game sites ec t ect.. dwell on the past of sonys mistakes.. sony themselves are looking into the future and where to keep on improving and giving gamers what they want the most.. LAG FREE online gaming for no price and exclusives that not only push and raise the bar graphically and gameplay wise,but give us ps3 gamers new IP's to get our feet wet into.

something other competition try's but has not succeded very well..
every company makes/made mistakes.. the point is to LEARN from them and only improve on them were needed.

its all about us gamers in the end and no one has done it better then sony since the ps1 days :)

5189d ago
unrealgamer585189d ago

no no it's dumb @ss sites like you'res who's holding sony back

GunShotEddy5189d ago

This article praises the hardware and games of Sony, but the fanboys didn't get past the idea that there may be fault with their god-like company. I guess fanboys can't read.

s45gr325189d ago

Fanboys are fanboys and its bloody sad that the fanboys are now the majority and the gamers like you and I are the minority. The article was spot on you can't deny the fact that the launch PS3 marketing campaign was horrible because it was horrible it didn't inform the gamers what the PS3 was capable. Is bloody sad that gamers can't comprehend that you need an operating system not a computer to make games. Man like the article says the PSP Go has been a failure PSP owners prefer the PSP 3000 over the PSP Go and that's a fact. Damn!!! these people just read the title wich was a misleading title but it was spot on and non-fanboyism a rarity these days.

Show all comments (59)
230°

It’s Time for Sony to Bring Back Killzone and Resistance

Sony is in the middle of an FPS crisis, but bringing back two much-loved PlayStation shooters could easily be the solution.

Create Report !X

Add Report

Reports

+ Updates (2)- Updates (2)

Updates

Changed from Pending to Approved
Community14h ago
Changed: title
FPSRUSSIA1d 2h ago
shinoff218316h ago

I'd rather them focus on a rpg. Shooters can wait

just_looken14h ago

We have alot of rpg's but only cod for a AAA first person shooter unless you toss in xdefient but that is still fixing 2yr old beta issues.

We need more AAA fps games then rpg's

shinoff218312h ago

Yea right. Theirs so many shooters on the market.

just_looken10h ago

@shin

Name 3 AAA fps games coming out this year

Crows9011h ago

There's tons of RPG in the market too...what's your point exactly.

Ironmike11h ago

No more rpg for a while would love a new resistance though

DarXyde11h ago

Agree on preferring RPGs though at this exact moment, it would be great to see more horror games. Another reason why Japan Studio closing is just tragic. Loved Siren.

just_looken10h ago(Edited 10h ago)

Fuck jim ryan japan studio did so much and helped alot with ports/localization

If they were around bloodborn would be possible like how they helped with demon souls ps4 finial fantasy port.

Horror games would be nice but the jim ryan axe job helped alot in killing playstation dev numbers/freedom and increased regulation with the new censorship crap.

1Victor4h ago

If Sony is bringing back a old shooter I would prefer Warhawk or better yet Starhawk

Rynxie3h ago

No thanks. Resistance and killzone were my all time favorite fps games. I completely dominated those games. I met good people, had a ton of fun and have a lot of fond memories. I don't want them to bring back these games, unless they tackle the cheating epidemic. I know I will absolutely hate these games, if I was to play them now, with all the effing cheating going on in fps games.

Psychonaut852h ago

Bro the market is oversaturated with quality RPGs AND bloated shitty RPGs already.

+ Show (4) more repliesLast reply 2h ago
Inverno14h ago

I honestly don't think we'll be seeing these anytime soon, if ever. Insomniac is officially on Marvel duty since it seems that all they're working on based off the leaks, and Horizon is more of what the casuals want these days. And I now I'll get a bunch of disagrees, but keep in mind that Resistance last got a game on the PS3 (2011) and Killzone was a launch title for the PS4 (2013). 10 years is a long time to make a game, if had any interest they would've done it by now, add InFamous to that list.

just_looken13h ago(Edited 13h ago)

Your right except the dates killzone mercenary was on ps vita 2013 same with resistance burning skies back in 2012

Good-Smurf11h ago

Both of those games are either made by smaller B team or completely different developer.
Killzone Mercenary developed by Guerilla Cambridge which is now defunct.
Resistamce Burning Skies wasn't made by Insomniac but by Nihilistic Software also defunct after the failure of CoD Black Ops Declassified.

just_looken10h ago

@good i know i never said they were

I mentioned them as they were the last games under that ip well killzone was last on ps4 but still even though they are different devs they led to the lose of the ip.

I highly doubt they made up for there budget cost even killzone on ps4 had low sales for such a large ip at the time.

shinoff218312h ago

Infamous should atleast get remastered. I'd be cool with that

SPEAKxTHExTRUTH13h ago

Resistance 3 turned me off to the series but I’d love a reboot. KillZone I think can stay dead. Give me a new Resistance like 1or 2 and I’ll be happy.

JEECE13h ago

Except Resistance 1 and 3 were far more similar, 2 was the outlier. 3 was a great return to form after 2 changed so many things from the first game.

SPEAKxTHExTRUTH11h ago

I didn’t like 3 and I didn’t find it similar to the first game.

Moegooner12h ago

2 was the best resistance game.

Michiel19892h ago

agreed, the co-op was my fav in 2

Michiel19892h ago

I'll keep saying it, have Bungie make a new resistance game, a match made in heaven. Although I imagine Bungie would be too proud to take over an existing IP.

Huey_My_D_Long13h ago

I honestly never cared or liked killzone. Huge resistance fan though. I remember so many nights playing melee only on USS Lexington, and I like the alt history vibe.

InUrFoxHole1h ago

Liked KZ more but both those games are better than MAG

P_Bomb13h ago

I’ve been barking up that tree for years. 😢

OtterX5h ago

Keep barking, boy! Keep barking! Never give up hope. ;)

Show all comments (52)
210°

Metal Gear Solid 5, Nearly After A Decade, Is Still A Timeless Classic

The Metal Gear series, led by Kojima, pioneered the stealth genre, creating a masterclass in storytelling and gameplay.

Create Report !X

Add Report

Reports

+ Updates (1)- Updates (1)

Updates

Changed from Pending to Approved
Community22h ago
SimpleSlave22h ago(Edited 22h ago)

No. But MGS5: Ground Zeroes might actually be one of the greatest Game Demo ever, if not the best.

xHeavYx20h ago

I know a lot of people didn't, but I actually liked that story twist at the end. The game was fun and all, but I wouldn't call it a timeless classic.

Cacabunga4h ago

Metal Gear legend stopped with number 4.
MGS5 needed a year or 2 more of development to be maybe among the classics.. it was clearly rushed, especially at the end. The story teaches us absolutely nothing new.

just_looken17h ago

A demo is free that was a $40 cry for help as later we would know konami did not want to fun hideo and his team anymore that is why we got the unfinished phantom pain.

-Foxtrot21h ago(Edited 21h ago)

Meh

Great stealth gameplay but the game was just average.

Bland open world that felt lifeless, the story felt shoehorned in, unfinished story etc. The whole thing was just average to me compared to the other main titled games.

I would have rather preferred it if they kept Ground Zeroes for the main game as the opening and the rest of the game turns into a Metal Gear 1 & 2 remake to bring things full circle.

just_looken17h ago

If you dig around they had old behind trhe scenes of phantom pain vids and books wrote around the time.

Before funding was puled the main idea was to keep peace walker coop it was in the games early builds and that end game were your building your base that was suppose to be metal gear one.

You as the fake big boss was going to make your own metal gear one map aka your base (outer heaven) then me as sold snake use the mode that is in the game invade/defeat the base even fight your current version of metal gear that was in the game but not finished.

So your idea was on the table bit got canned.

CrimsonWing6921h ago(Edited 21h ago)

Like hell it is. That was the first time I became aware of being sold an unfinished game and was blown away about blind fanboys saying it was some perfect game.

Yea, the first few chapters were great until they do that thing halfway and make you replay all the missions again. Then little things like capturing animals but only seeing a JPEG unlike 3 where everything was modeled out. Areas were massive, desolate, and boring to look at.

Game was a massive let down for me and the potential was so high for it. Honestly, this was one of the most disappointing games I ever played. What’s worse is it starts off brilliant. You literally play through until you get to the point where you could tell they just stopped developing and then quickly used glue and construction paper to “finish” it and then sold it. Quite frankly, that’s insulting to consumers and fans.

Inverno21h ago

People have selective memory. This game had huge drama attached to it, what Konami did to Kojima and this game was horrible. Now they praise Konami cause they revived Silent Hill, even though SH looks half arsed too.

CrimsonWing6921h ago

I dunno if they’re getting much praise after the Silent Hill 2 debacle. Makes me scared sh*tless for the MGS 3 Remake…

JEECE21h ago

Yes and no. In many ways in was a great game; there's a very strong argument that it has the best gameplay of any MGS game, and that it is one of the more interesting open world "playgrounds" we have gotten, in terms of how the world operates. But as an MGS narrative, it is pretty far down the list, for many reasons.

Storm2311h ago

I don't think there is any argument. The gameplay was incredible. But yeah...disappointed in the rest. Could have been incredible but...well...we all know what happened...

DarXyde1h ago

The thing about Metal Gear Solid is that the narrative is what determines which is your favorite because the gameplay had ALWAYS improved with every mainline entry. It's amazing.

If it was gameplay, we'd all say The Phantom Pain, but the story is what truly sets them apart.

For me, that's Snake Eater, which is also my favorite game of all time.

Fishy Fingers20h ago

For me, best gameplay, worst, everything else.

Storm2311h ago

Yeah...gameplay was so damn good.

Show all comments (29)
80°

How Valve has treated Team Fortress 2 is a disgrace, and its community deserves better

17 years on from release and 5 years into a botting epidemic, Team Fortress 2 is on its knees, and it's high time Valve stepped in to fix it.

Read Full Story >>
videogamer.com
Create Report !X

Add Report

Reports

+ Updates (1)- Updates (1)

Updates

Changed from Pending to Approved
Community1d 20h ago
badz1491d 12h ago

Valve can do no wrong, remember?

fsfsxii1d 10h ago

Ah yes, pc gaming aka the bastion of fairness and equity and everlasting online playerbase, all i can say is lmao
Not to mention that these tf2 idiots were the progenitor of mrx in gaming