New PS3 Title Called 'Watershed' in Game Industry

Watching the trailer for "Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction," the latest game from Insomniac Games for the Sony PlayStation 3, is a lot like watching a trailer for the latest Pixar movie. It features animal-like characters, gorgeous sci-fi scenery, and exciting action. Indeed, ToD, as it's called, represents a "watershed" in the console gaming industry, said the New York Times...Evan Wilson, a Pacific Crest Securities analyst said that "Ratchet & Clank" is an example of what publishers should be doing in the next generation of games, but unfortunately there is too little of this going on." He added that the impact of Ratchet & Clank on the overall industry would be limited because of the PlayStation 3's relatively low installed base."

[shmee]

hats off to u champ

He is not only unbiased but has very LIBERAL views

we all should learn from him

[Captain Tuttle]

Especially you.

[Armyless]

explain

[MK_Red]

Seriously, even the general media who only understand games like Wii Sports have found Ratchet & Clank TOD a true and beautiful masterpiece.
All of this says something about IQ and quality of GameSpot's work.

[d3l33t]

I couldnt agree more. The problem is easy to identify: to generate the traffic to a website, you need negative press. Bottom Line. If they give halo3 a 7.9, the amount of traffic directed towards the site (good or bad) generates an unreal amount of advertising income. It's ridiculous, and sad, but true.

[Gamespot-equals-EGM]

Your 'logic' makes no sense. Whether you realize it or not, you contradicted yourself. Either that or you don't know how to express your ideas.

If it was such a no brainer for GS to give Halo 3 a low score (7.9) to generate revenue & hits, why did Halo 3 end up getting a 9.5 from GS?

[d3l33t]

I was using it as an example.

If I rate everygame, or even the majority of them negative and biased, people will disregard ALL my reviews and the traffic ceases. It's a fine balance.

I'm sorry, i have a hard time trusting a review, when a game that has such good feedback from multiple sources, receives a low score because of unjust game flaws. "I like variety, the more the merrier....But this game has to much variety" i mean wtf kinda review is this. My little sister wrote a better science paper last year (shes 8)

edit: and did halo 3 really NEED anymore attention?

[Ju]

Well, there was a reason for the PS2 being successful in the past. The broader audience was one and R&C was a part of it. For me its also a reason for the platform, more then brand loyalty. I hope, the studios have the time and the will to do another Sly Cooper in HD, a Crash Bandicot or a Jak and Dexter. Or even come up with complete new IPs. The shooter and hard core crowd is covered, I am not worried about that.

[d3l33t]

I was looking at my ps3 box, (60 gig from launch) and it has almost all the current IP's that just got launched on it. Screen shots and everything. And i was thinking to myself, if they knew that far in advanced that such cool games are coming out in say, 2 years, what do you think sony has up their sleeves for the next 2 years? I think we will all be suprised with the amount of really good games coming to 'current gen' consoles. We are only about 1/6 into it's life cycle.

[cherdman]

7.5/10 does not a watershed moment make.

[Ashta]

The 90 score on metacritic would like to have a word with you. Also, those 27 different reviewers that gave it a 90 and higher would also like to show you the door.

[fenderputty]

which you so clearly are.

[tk]

In the company of Halo 3, Wii controller... calling R&C:TOD a Watershed moment is quite huge. Wll done to the devs.

To the reviewers:
We need to have a redo of all the reviews. Because R&C is so early in the PS3 life, we would expect that this is only a sign of things to come. Understand... only a sign of things to come. So this game can not be a 10/10 score. It might be the pinnacle of games today - but it is only in the beginning of the PS3 lifecycle - so if it is a 10/10 then we are saying that we don't expect better this gen.

Score it as 7/10 or 8/10, and use it as a benchmark. Rerate the games on the PS3 / XB360 / Wii against this. We will see much better than this during this gen - so allow for it in reviews.

[Lightning Mr Bubbles]

From a technical aspect nothing on consoles is better this gen in my opinion. This game has everything. Perfect graphics, frame rates, detail, explosions, platforming, fast pased action. The game never skips a beat.

This game has ended all the worries I had, people saying that PS3 isn't even as powerful as XBOX 360, that 360 is capable of better frame rates. Obviously people who said that didn't know sh*t.

I hope Ratchet & Clank Future is just the start of PS3.

[Maddens Raiders]

this is a watershed moment in next - gen gaming? Wrong. As usual these stuffed suits have no idea what they're speaking of; obviously he's never seen this:

[Captain Tuttle]

When Killzone 2 finally gets released. Until then it's a $20,000,000 one level demo as far as I'm concerned. R&C has proven itself.

[mighty_douche]

i love what ive seen of KZ2 but i gotta agree with ya there.

[HarryEtTubMan]

PS3 rules