James Love, GOONL!NE writes: It’s that time of year again folks with E3 upon us now in a matter of weeks.
Speculation is rife with what to expect from the show, so we at GOONL!NE thought we’d throw down our predictions for what we think (and would like) to appear at this years show. Some of it may be wishful thinking but hey, we can dream, right?
The Nerd Stash: “The PS3 marked a turning point in the industry, and among the sea of popular titles came the rare games that are worth more now than ever.”
I don’t collect games for their value I collect games I enjoyed playing. Many games I own are worth a lot of money but they must be games I want to play for me to purposely collect them. Most of this list isn’t games I would enjoy. I may have some of these games because I bought my friends PS2/3 Collection years ago and I never actually looked what was in it. It was a couple hundred games though still sitting in a box and I’m sure there are some good valuable games. I should go sift through it sometime.
Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 launched last week to solid reviews from both fans and players. But its playercount? That's another story.
That's awful. This combined with the really low Steam numbers paint a disastrous picture imo. Really bad timing too because Tango was closed down for a similar thing. Great reviewed game, and low sales and/or player count. Hi-Fi Rush reviewed a hell of a lot better and it was widely loved by everyone, Hellblade 2 nowhere near that.
I know the rumor is that the studio has their next game already green-lit, but if I worked at Tango, I would be furious. "Why do they survive while we get binned?" I'd be telling myself.
But the suit woman will have you believe "Oh we have different metrics for the success of one studio compared to another studio. We judge each studio and game on their own set criteria" or something like that, I'm paraphrasing here but you get the idea. But no one who works there knows what the hell that even means. I mean the DLC for Redfall was getting worked on days before they even got the news their studio was getting dumped in the trash. So what are these mysterious metrics to let studios survive and others perish? I bet this is all hogwash, I bet MS don't even really know. They just had to make cuts and certain studios just found their way on the chopping block. Someone had to bite the dust, why not you?
Well I bet all this does nothing for the confidence of other employees in other studios. The truth is you have no idea where your career will be in a year from now working at one of their studios that aren't the mega big ones. MS just have too many studios to manage efficiently. "We'll just throw money at them and buy them and worry about the details later on. I mean we can do it, we're Microsoft."
If this game cost more and took longer to develop than Hi-Fi Rush, then I would worry if I were Ninja Theory. Projects may have been greenlit, but the increased scrutiny over at MS may very well put them on the chopping block. The incredible irony here is that it was PlayStation players that pushed the original game passed its 1 million copies sold milestone. With that purchasing power cut out, and the Game Pass effect having trained Xbox players to not purchase games, it seems that the sequel may have been set-up for failure.
"Limassol-based (Cyprus) indie games publisher ESDigital Games and Moscow-based (Russia) indie games developer Sobaka Studio, are today very proud and glad to announce that they have just released the "Full Act 2" update for their fast-paced twin-stick shooter “REMEDIUM” (the said update is available right now for PC via Steam and EGS)." - Jonas Ek, TGG.
Honestly price will be one of the deciding factors in motion control war. But at the of the day, software is going to decide the winner. Sony, unlike Microsoft, has a very large first party to invest in and make Move games that really utilize it. Microsoft has to rely on third party support, which isn't a bad thing (I.E. Gears of War).
My personal opinion, i think Natal is going to show some compelling content. On the other hand when it comes to games, Sony will always outpace Microsoft due to it's large first party. Sony also has a vast amount of third party support.
Microsoft= 3rd party
Sony= 1st and 3rd party
I dont think Bungie will show up at Sony press conference they have to much respect for their fanbase. What i do see happening is both mass effect and splintercell going multiplatform seeing as both could have sold a lot more. Sony will show off a third party game thats huge and exclusive for the ps3. Further more LBP2 and Killzone 3 will make people blow their load, Infamous 2 will get a massive gfx upgrade,Gabe logan steps into this gen together with Jak&Daxter.
I'm excited to see more on medal of honor, la noir, agent, and the last guardian.
the thing I don't know for sure and really what to hear about is the 360slim rumors.
I dont agree with these predictions. seems a bit sony biased. look at the size for each company...
Terrible Article, "Gears of War 3 should be teased too", how is this a prediction when it has already been confirmed for the show?
I'm getting sick of these articles, I know what I want from E3 and its confirmed, bring on Gears of War 3 gameplay!