The game that pushed the PS3 pass the Wii (Video)

DrWan - 760 days 23 hours ago

the series alright, just a bit repetitive, i actually had fun playing DW Gundam, and i was yelling out stuff from the anime with my friends 'YAhhh!!! DIE DORMO!!". depends on how well u get into the groove lol

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socomnick - 760 days 22 hours ago

One of my cousins is absolutely obsessed with dw I dont understand why though. It seemed like a button smasher but he told me it was so much more.

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MK_Red - 760 days 22 hours ago

I also know many great gamers that love DW and are obsessed with it. For me, it's an ugly looking mindless button smasher with no redeeming feature but that's just me and as I said, many great gamers love it. I just don't understand. I feel all Koei games (Aside from Fatal Inertia) are the same. Sure, DW: Gundam has Gundam elements and Bladestorm has strategy but in the end, they all look the same with different characters and slight differences. Also, why Koei's next-gen games look so ugly? Bladestorm could easily be a PS2 game and Dynastry Warriors 5 Empires for 360 looked exactly like the PS2 version. DW6 and DW:Gundam are the only better looking games and even them look like original Xbox games IMO.

Still, DW helped PS3 to pass Wii and that is enough for me to praise it even though I'll never buy or rent it.

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Charlie2688 - 760 days 22 hours ago

@MK_Red: Have you tried Capcoms answer to DW, Devil Kings? I actually liked it compared to Dynasty Warriors due to the extreme bizarreness of the characters and the obvious anime influence

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MK_Red - 760 days 22 hours ago

I have it and like more than all DW games combined. It's actually a fun game and looks rather cool.
Another game that I love in this genre is N3. The game looked really good and was much better than other Koei games on 360. IMO, N3 looked better than the upcoming DW6 graphically! Koei really needs to work on graphics of their games.

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Gamespot-equals-EGM - 760 days 22 hours ago

I think what a lot of people are missing here (and not mentioned in the article i think) is that Sony made a white 40gb ps3 bundle with DW6.

So the combination of white ps3 + cheaper sku + DW6 = skyrocket in sales.

BTW, the bundle is pretty sweet. Check the link.

http://www.ps3fanboy.com/20...

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babyhand - 760 days 21 hours ago

If you look at the button layout in the beginning of the videos there BOTH the PS3. WTF
Am i the only one that noticed this!!!!!!!!!!!!
There is no video of the 360 on there. The 360 does not have a Square button.
22.1 apparently when i click on the 360 version after the ps3 version its streaming the ps3 video again???!!?!? I had to clear my cache and click the 360 version first.

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barom - 760 days 19 hours ago

I love the DW series. though I only bought 2 and 3. Obviously not much has changed. Bought the 3rd one for the two player.

I thought I might be getting this one, seemed almost like it was suppose to be a huge step forward. With the exeption of graphics I don't see much has changed.

And honestly I don't understand why I luv it myself. Maybe it's the idea of going against thousands of people (yes HS sounds really cool to me) or that I used to love wuxia tv-shows/movies.

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V_Ben - 760 days 23 hours ago

commence flaming in 3,2,1...

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nirwanda - 760 days 23 hours ago

only joking man I grow up with a spectrum now that is waiting

I'll not be getting this game anyway same repetitive cr@p load times only really matter when it involves data streaming

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MK_Red - 760 days 23 hours ago

Agreed. If DW6 can push PS3 in presense of Wii's Mario Galaxy, then MGS4, FFXIII, GT5, DMC4 and others will hopefully slaughter Wii in Japan.

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DrWan - 760 days 23 hours ago

but if u look at Kotaku's sales number, it makes sense dont you think? It sold more than Mario

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titntin - 760 days 22 hours ago

I'm not saying it didn't help to shift units - plainly it did.

I AM suggesting that it wasn't solely responsable for shifting units - if that was the only thing shifting PS3's then you could have expected to see an upsurge for the 360 too, like when Ace Combat was released. It was released on 360 same day, but you didn't see many japs buying that machine to play it on!
The reason, is because many people in japan wanted the new lower priced PS3 skew to mark its anniversary, and what better way to play your new console than with the latest DW game. If loads of people are going buyt a new machines sku, then they will obviously buy the popular game thats released on the same day. I think that DW got extra sales because people were buying the hardware, as well as the other way round!

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MK_Red - 760 days 22 hours ago

I'm with you. I don't understand them either but at least they are going for the better consoles.
Hope 360 sales rise as well.

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cmrbe - 760 days 22 hours ago

For example. I will never get why westerners like FPS so much.I don't mean any disrespect whatsoever but i am just saying it.

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MK_Red - 760 days 22 hours ago

Different tastes indeed cmrbe :)
The thing that I don't get about westerners is their love for sports games and specially Madden, I can't find a reason to buy the next yearly updated Madden, NBA, Fifa and such.

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cmrbe - 760 days 21 hours ago

Americans Love their local sports and European countries are football mad.They follow them like a religion. From my part of the world is Rugby.

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titntin - 760 days 22 hours ago

I have to admit I have a soft spot for DW games too. Mindless button bashing mayhem at its finest!

I prefer being a smaurai and hacking my way through legions of foes, to running around yet another WW2 battlefield with a gun looking for a head shot! But then I was raised on a diet of Jap games, so its bound to have a left a mark on me! :)

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Danja - 760 days 22 hours ago

Agree 100%...

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Skerj - 760 days 22 hours ago

Yes @ Both of you. Devil Kings was a fairly decent attempt by Capcom at the DW formula, I hope they revisit it and upgrade a few things. As far as Kessen, Koei could carve out greatness and sell tons of units on both shores if brought it back and gave us battles with scale that dwarfs Supreme Commander and the Total War series.

A robust online mode would give the game some longevity. Hell make it nigh persistant with the players assuming the roles of Japanese generals trying to take over Japan during the Warring States era Risk style. I'm logged off and you can attack my territories if I didn't leave them well defended or we're all logged on duking it out classic style. I wish someone at Koei would think of these things, maybe they will who knows. If they do there are players to be had, a lot more than Musou/Dynasty Warriors 90720372309723323.

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Darkiewonder - 760 days 20 hours ago

said it all. KESSEN ROCKS!

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ddldave - 760 days 21 hours ago

nice try by the way. i just rewatched the videos again and the 360 version has 360 buttons. ps3 version has ps3 buttons.

ladies and gentlemen, this shows how desperate 360 fanboys are in trying to make the ps3 look bad. by making lies. how sad, i know you're jealous that the ps3 is better, but don't mean you have to make up lies. jeeze.

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7ero H3LL - 760 days 20 hours ago

it's not worth comparing THIS GAME JUST FLAT OUT SUCKS.

MASS EFFECT MAKES THIS GAME LOOK LIKE SH!T.

if japan wants this game this bad then.....OK........??????

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