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PS3 In France Gets A Significant Boost In Sales

100.000 PS3 sold in France Within a Month.

Sony Computer Entertainment announced today by the means of a press release to have sold 100.000 PlayStation 3 in France since 12 October 2007.The French market answered with enthusiasm ever since the introduction of the new PS3 40 Giga model priced at 400 euros. Sony France had this to say,
"Our factories are in full production mode to meet this high demand and to avoid any out-of-stock condition. Our initial objective of selling 500 000 units come December 31 will be largely exceeded and give way for a season record in sales, ' declares George Fornay, chairman of SCE France and Senior Vice-president of SCE Europe.

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Jamaicangmr6048d ago

This is good new really farther shows that the high price was Sony's main obsticle.

TheHater6048d ago

not only that, but great games are finally coming out for the system

King20086048d ago

Seems to be hitting there stride in all territories so i'm glad they are selling well. More n00bs to pwn in COD4

Danja6048d ago

In all honesty I think the PS3 has done well...for beign priced at $600..and with the price coming down things are only looking better for Sony which means only good stuff for us PS3 owners

gamesblow6048d ago

Great news for Sony, that's for sure. Ratchet & Clank has sold nearly 150,000 units in under 2 weeks of it's "offical" release. That makes it the 2nd fastest selling game for the system. Japan is going to lap it up this week too. It'll go on to sell a million for sure.

I hope more people buy into Warhawk than they already have too. I want that game to be hugely successful cause Sony needs stuff like that.

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PureArts & Ubisoft Announce Assassin’s Creed Hunt for the Nine 1/6 Scale Diorama

This should make fans and collectors very happy. PureArts & Ubisoft Announce Assassin’s Creed Hunt for the Nine 1/6 Scale Diorama Assassin's Creed Hunt for the Nine 1/6 Scale Diorama available for pre-order on January 25.

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Can We Finally Admit Assassin's Creed 3 Deserves an Apology?

AC3 was released during a turbulent transition period for Ubisoft and the Assassin's Creed series. It ventured into uncharted territory, narratively and mechanically, which caused it to receive mixed reviews. At its core, though, it's a damn good stealth game.

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isarai235d ago

Nope, I hated 3, connar was bland, literally the most flat character in the entire game. Not to mention to myriad of bugs, camera issues, and that annoying thing where he automatically ditches his weapon you payed for for the sake of a cool finishing move forcing you to trek back to your base after almost every encounter just to re-equip your own weapon. It just didn't work as fluidly as the others like 2 and 4

Samonuske235d ago

The series peaked at AC3 for me. It’s been my favourite in the series. Connor will always be one of my favourite video game protagonists.

Becuzisaid235d ago

No. Game was BORING. Connor was really dull. Environments, while impressive, because of the geographic location and time period were not really exciting to be in. I would love some kind of game set in there colonial American time period, but a game like AC that back then centered around parkour and vertical traversal really didn't fit those environments.

-Foxtrot235d ago

Nope

There was a lot of issues but mine is how they handled the war

They told us Connor was not going to get involved, that the war was more of a background setting for the real story and it wasn’t going to be one sided

They lied, even the cinematic E3 trailer showed Connor emerge from the Colonist side and slaughter the red coats to get to his target, inspiring the Colonists to fight back

I just thought it would have made more sense lore wise that the red coats were mostly compiled of Assassins fighting the Colonist templars who wanted to take the new world for themselves.

Since the Red coats lost the war, it would then explain how the Templars started to gain the upper hand and how on the future the assassins were mostly killed off and the Templar’s had pretty much taken over everything.

Instead it just felt like they didn’t want to p*** off the American audience

Even Haytham was cool, he should have been an Assassin through and through and should have been the main lead.

toxic-inferno235d ago

The game even seems to lack the humour of the other games. It almost seems as though the idea of even slightly making fun of American history wouldn't be acceptable.

-Foxtrot235d ago

Exactly

It just felt super safe

“Better not make the colonists look super bad incase people boycott our game”

jeromeface234d ago

someone missed the whole point

-Foxtrot234d ago

There was literally no point

What I've just said above would at least make sense lore wise and why the Assassins start to loose their war, die off and how the Templars are in control in the future of almost everything....what they did was just, pointless

CrimsonWing69235d ago

I’m one one of those weird people that liked Ass Creed 3, but to be fair I never got around to finishing it.

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5 Of the Most Unlikeable Video Game Protagonists

There are good video game protagonists, and there are bad video game protagonists.

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GhostScholar246d ago (Edited 246d ago )

I disagree that max is unlikable. Chloe is infinitely more unlikable in my opinion.

gold_drake246d ago

omg chloe was awful. i really hated her at the end haha

Cacabunga246d ago

Abby was absolute trash protagonist in every way..
Tidus was so meh to me..
On villain side, the one i didn’t like wa Micah, because they wanted him to be that way and it was brilliant👍🏽

Rancegamerx246d ago

I agree, I liked Max, Chloe was a horrible friend and a bad influence.

Cacabunga245d ago

Everyone agrees on chloe, I’m sure even ND do.

H9245d ago

Both are horrible, granted Chloe is infinitely worse, it feels like Chloe is just fanservice for people who too over the edge and wasn't written to be a character that makes sense

GooGobbler246d ago

What about that Forspoken Tw*t

MrChow666246d ago

exactly I was expecting it to be a the top of the list

ravens52245d ago

Ye I was expecting her too. Guess they actually played the game. Unlike you and whoever agrees.

gpimlott245d ago

I played through the whole game and think she is one of the worst character Ive ever played as

ravens52245d ago (Edited 245d ago )

gpimlott. How?

Stanjara235d ago

Why would I payed and played the game if the whole internet is making fun of a character?

-Im here to kill Chaos...are you Chaos?

Yeah, I didn't play that game either.

Christopher245d ago (Edited 245d ago )

She's actually not bad. It's the writing itself that is bad overall, but she's fine overall. She's no worse than Miles Morales IMHO. Both thrust into a spotlight and receiving both praise and blame and dealing with it.

Forspoken is a bland game because it's 75% bland, boring, repetitive going through the motions and diversions that add nothing of the value with purposefully gated memory moments that don't feel organic or like you're discovering things but waiting for others to reveal things.

ravens52245d ago

Exactly Chris. Even though I liked the game. I kno u played it. People who actually played it and went thru her dream saw she was a good likeable person who really just acted out due to being alone and unloved. I think your problem is it was open world, I think if it was more linear you may have liked it better.

savedsynner245d ago

Oh no she's bad. Very unlikable even before you add on the bad dialogue. The game could have been quite good with a good protagonist

ravens52245d ago

For all the people like synner. Shes actually half white lol. Inferior complexity is a hell of a thing. You'll be ok.

Nerdmaster246d ago

Most of these aren't even that bad. Especially comparing to others like Squall "Whatever" Leonhart, Forspoken's Frey, and the guy from Atomic Heart.

-Foxtrot246d ago

Squall is one of the best developed main FF characters so...

People talk about his "whatever" thing thats at the start of the game, not the character he eventually becomes in the end.

Nerdmaster245d ago

No amount of "character development", (especially the ones that for me feels sudden and undeserved like Squall's), will justify him being a d**k to my girl Quistis. Even if he found the cure for cancer, from that moment on, I would never like him.
The article is about being unlikeable, and he was indeed unlikeable for at least half of the game.

BrainSyphoned246d ago

Squall is the best protagonists in FF so you can go whatever yourself.

H9245d ago

My good sir, I need to steal that "you can go whatever yourself" because it's gold

BlaqMagiq1246d ago

Except Squall has actual character development.

gold_drake245d ago (Edited 245d ago )

the "watever" is only present in the english localisation.
so your argument doesnt rly ... stand imo.

Nerdmaster245d ago

Good for you that you could enjoy the japanese version. That's not the case for me and the majority of people here, though.

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gold_drake246d ago (Edited 246d ago )

i had to stop reading after the "blatant misogyny" in the Dantes inferno section.

i actually liked Max haha.

the forspoken chick is missing tho

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