PlayStation LifeStyle writes:
"The real winner here is Sony, who has driven more revenue, while selling 100,000 less consoles than its closest competitor. Profit on the other hand, is a different story, since Sony is still losing money per console sold. Sony has already lowered some of the manufacturing costs with more changes in the pipeline. Once they lower the price, there is no stopping the PlayStation 3."
Gary Green said: You’ll be forgiven if you haven’t heard of the Ar Tonelico trilogy. The previous two games arrived so late in the PS2’s life-cycle that they simply went unnoticed. While most were tinkering with their shiny new PS3s, Ar Tonelico: Melody of Elemia and Ar Tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica were being ‘returned to sender’ by your local Game stores. Luckily, you won’t need to have played them to understand and appreciate this third and final chapter, Qoga (pronounced k-yoga) tells the story of a racial war between humans and Reyvateils, a breed of biologically produced female cyborgs capable of reproduction, while still having a digital mind.
Oh my god. I kinda wish this would get a remaster on PS5, it would be awesome. One of my favorite games on PS3.
That and 3D Dot Game Heroes. It's a shame that some stuff is stuck on PS3.
Ar Tonelico 3 is good I still prefer the first AT game. The music is solid in all the games and Akiko Shikata is a very talented singer bringing life to the game. Only annoying part is well I find is Saki I always choose Finnel or Tyria. KOEI so needs to HD remaster the franchise along with Ar Nosurge and Ciel Nosurge since it never came to North America. I would day one the Ar Toneliceo games and Ar Nosurge if they were remastered.
I still have the limited edition of Qoga unopened. Unfortunately it never went up in value like I had hoped all these years.
Used to own all these quirky JRPG on ps3 good times. Wish I would have kept them all
This could be fun as they make great tables. Go big or go extinct. Prime your senses for a neural handshake and step into the cockpit of a Jaeger. It is on you to cancel the apocalypse when Pacific Rim Pinball comes to Pinball FX on May 16.
Gary Green said: We have a juxtaposition of 2D and 3D visuals, flashy turn-based combat, quirky anime characters with cheeky dialogue with plenty of partial nudity; Yes, this is a Compile Heart JRPG. Whilst the engine is borrowed from Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2, Mugen Souls is more of a Disgaea spin-off. It’s not a strategy RPG as such, it merely sits within Disgaea’s ever-expanding universe (Multiverse? Netherverse? Your guess is as good as mine). You won’t find cameos though, since Mugen Souls is a franchise which aims to stand on its own two feet.
Makes the silly fanboys eat their own words right?
"The real winner here is Microsoft, who has driven more revenue, while selling 100,000 more consoles than it's closest competitor. Profit has been a good story, Microsoft is still making money per console sold even though they were notorious with RROD. Microsoft has lowered some of the manufacturing costs with more changes in the pipeline (smaller/Natal 360). Once they lower the price again, there is no stopping the Xbox 360."
'sold' and 'shipped' are easily transferable when they infer completely different things. In reality sony shipped 100K less than MS shipped.
Anyway, although it seems strange to say, I agree that Sony 'beat' MS this quarter despite being outsold. Although I'm still most impressed with the wii, the ps3 has surprised me and is doing very well in holding its own without a price cut.
However I must say that to keep this close would be more impressive during busier quarters (sales naturally bunch up in summer).
Looking at launches aligned too this only the second quarter that the 360 outsold the ps3 and the 360 recieved the price cut nxt quarter so sony still has ALOT to do.
And finally i'm not sure the ps3 can be determined a winner when it was outsold by its older brother, hardware that is 10 years old!
However this for keeping with the 360 this quarter i've gotta say congrats. The winner? No that is still nintendo by far.
@below - but then you'd just be spitting out random accusations with no proof or evidence. Hey, fancy becoming an analyist?
As for the ps2, do you really think in 2005 Sony or anyone predicted the ps2 would be outselling the ps3 in 2009? Its outslling the 360 too, so its not a weak argument in fact it is very telling of the demand for HD products compared to their competitors at the moment. Don't worry I'm not Sony bashing or anything I'm just telling it how I see it.
Wii???
Sure the stats are real. Good for Sony, but that site has be fanboy owned. Look how they praise the PS3 on nearly every line. Its creepy.
A price cut would be great considering im about to buy an 80gb tomorrow.