Sony blog writes: "Green up, it's time to go.
I'm happy to announce that SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Confrontation will be hitting store shelves and the PLAYSTATION Store on September 16th, 2008. You'll be able to download it from your couch or pick up a copy at your favorite brick-and-mortar and get to business.
As we approach the release of SOCOM: Confrontation on the PS3 this September, we are very excited to announce the all new SOCOM community site: www.SOCOM.com.
We've been working for some time to grow and expand our support for the SOCOM community. The initial phase of SOCOM.com (Phase 1) will launch with the official Blog and Message Boards dedicated to the world of SOCOM. The Blog will be the place to go for the latest updates on everything SOCOM related; including screenshots, video, behind-the-scenes blogs and more. It will also give us a method to directly communicate with the SOCOM community. You can sound off in either the comments section for each post or in the message boards. We have agents gathering intel and dev team members will respond when they can."
Last year I wrote an article titled, The State of SOCOM. I discussed my
love and history for the beloved third person shooter that helped pioneer
online multiplayer on consoles. It has been six years since we last had a
new SOCOM game.
Baffles me as to why they have not done anything with this franchise. Seeing as how it was #1 on the official PlayStation poll.
With all the trash put up weekly on the App Store why has nobody done a clone of this yet. I've been playing Defiance as my go to 3rd person since 2013 but still nothing like that old school Socom/Socom 2 up all night gameplay.
the only game on that list that's like socom is wild land if you want socom type games then you will have to invest in a PC
RAINBOW SIX: is the closest you'll get to Socom.
Also, in response to @lookatthisi
They let go the creators, and I think socom is a game that's hard to clone even the creators had a hard time making Socom 2, Socom 3.
JM:
"Would you purchase a game you can’t play for a single penny? Video game retailer GameStop seems to think that it is worth trying to sell to this market."
Depends the situation. Usually if they have a trade in X and get Y bonus for preowned purchases, a store will let you have the excess credit if you make 1 purchase and 1 cent is cheap enough where I wouldn't have to bother returning it or eating the cost out of laziness.
Stan replied passionately, sadness creasing his face, “they’re shutting us down. Offline, man, off-fucking-line. I dedicated my life to this, and it’s just ending. This is the last battle.” - PSLS
MAG will be missed, my all-time favorite shooter. They're shutting servers down in January.
too many shooters within 2 months. resistance, KZ2, and now Socom?
Think about it...each shooter is completely different and the best part about it is that none of them uses the UE3 engine which pretty much guarantees that it'll be something new and different. If you say you cant afford all of them start saving because no matter when they come out they will be a day one purchase for me.
Finally Socom.. The best 3rd person shooter of all time.. and the best online set up ever.. No more Match-making.. Just pure and easy to use.. Socom rooms.. Hey you wanna play certain maps with a certain amount of people and weapons.. PSHH no prob.. Socom can do it.. Wanna make a room just for your friends.. PShh socom can do it.. Wanna hang with your friends without other people ending rooms and havent to meet back up.. Hey Pshh make a socom room in East 4 pick your weapons levels and style of game.. Stay in there as long as you want without the fear of the room ending.. SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCCCCCCCCC CCCCCCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM
cool site
I'll pick it up at Best Buy, looking forward to it.