It's a do-or-die year for Sony, and judging from the lineup, it can be done. With many of its heavy-hitting exclusives finally finding their way to release, the PlayStation 3 is looking more and more attractive as a platform.
Huzaifa from eXputer: "2008 was home to the likes of Call of Duty: World at War, Dead Space, GTA 4, Far Cry 2, Left 4 Dead, and many other hits, which is outright remarkable."
Just about every year in the 7th generation was great and something we most likely won't experience again.
2009 for example had Assassin's Creed 2, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Dragon Age: Origins, Uncharted 2, Halo 3: ODST, Killzone 2, Borderlands, Bayonetta, and Demon's Souls to name a few.
Alone in the Dark developer Pieces Interactive has been hit with layoffs a month after its release, as per the latest information.
That genuinely, genuinely sucks. The reboot has clear flaws, but it really felt like a solid first step for this team to receive *greater* investment.
That's standard. Teams are together for a Project, after its done some..and sometimes most devs are fired until the next Project is in the works and people are needed again. Only the core members stay in the time between the hot phase of the game development.
VGChartz's Lee Mehr: "In one sense, it feels strange to even think Pieces Interactive had big shoes to fill with this series' legacy. Given what's come before, did it really? And yet, even when considering the last two flops over a two-decade span, there's still something about Alone in the Dark emblazoned on a title screen that carries a sense of revered history. In that respect, perhaps this reboot's best accomplishment is in honoring that spirit through its inventive world. It's also fair to emphasize knocks against its survival-horror design, some puzzle-solving, and so on; it certainly won't be considered a trendsetter like the 1992 classic. Still, the amount of goodwill wedded to its brighter qualities makes for something that dawdles the line between unfortunately-flawed and impressively-enticing."
im looking forward to 2008. Sony's year.
I'm not too sure it's as drastic as 'do or die'. Next year is definitely looking to be an exciting year in terms of games and I for one am worried at how I'm going to be able to afford all of them!!
No one gives a crap what a site like shacknews.com has to say about the console market.
They should go back to crying over the dying pc game market...
So what is so different between 2008 and 2007??? Lair, Genji, Untold Legends, NBA 08, Folklore, Heavenly Sword, Eye of Judgement, etc... were all crap. So what makes you think the exclusives in 2008 will be any better???
Software sales is what makes the real money in the gaming biz and the ps3 isn't cutting it. Uncharted has completely failed. UT3 sold 70,000 it its first week. That's called a sales flop kiddies. So why is 2008 all of a sudden going to magically fix everything??? MGS and GT will definitely help but all the other games you always like to mention in your ps3 lists are probably going to be another failure.