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   MrWonderr
   19/10/2008 at 8:42

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   I’m sorry you feel this way.

   Sony’s not being great this gen… but I’m still going to stay loyal. I just don’t like Microsoft. They brought their stupid company policy of “Screw loyalty, we have money” into the field of gaming. Sony first decided to earn its exclusives like it should, but Microsoft took advantage of that. I see a bully picking on a nice kid. And their knack for shamelessly borrowing ideas from other people and taking all the credit for it.

   I’m not gonna support a company like that. I do care about missing out on some cool stuff like Star Ocean 4 and Tales of Vesperia, but I can try really hard to cast that envy aside. I’ve been a Playstation fan ever since the PS2, and I don’t think that’s going to change. I have faith in Sony. I don’t care if 2010 is the year of the PS3. I’m going to stick with Sony.

   Because I’m not going to be bought off.

   
   
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   alisound
   19/10/2008 at 8:48

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   so true.
   with all the hype and promises of sony , it is hard to not feel let down.

   but then again i mostly only play warhawk, and that is damn better than any game i can think of on the xbox (my oppinion). plus microsoft are a massive bunch of cunts that just copy and steal off truly imaginative companies like apple, google and sony! so microsoft, you can keep your xbox and its botched innards and i will continue to use my very well designed and sleek (did i mention quiet?) bohemoth.

   i still have a little faith in sony at present, or should i say incognito. warhawk 2.5 anyone?

   
   
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   artefx
   19/10/2008 at 10:33

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   I agree with nofi completely. Sony this gen has been such a let down so far. Very limited exclusives and the ones that did come out were not that great.

   I am one of those people who don’t feel any loyalty to any console. Personally I own all 3 of them and I’ll buy the games on the machine they’re better on, simple really.

   Exclusive are gonna be rare in the future in my opinion. Companies are always trying to maximize sales and the only way they can do that is to spread their work over multiple platforms. The only thing that will sway developers is money and as Microsoft don’t mind splashing the cash for the exclusives whilst Sony do it seems like the exclusives can only go one way.

   
   
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   Withnail
   19/10/2008 at 10:35

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   Little bit harsh I think. The Age of Booty thing is annoying, but the delays between US and EU PSN have largely been eradicated now (at least when the publisher submits to both at the same time), and the last few Capcom PSN games have had simultaneous releases.
   You can argue that Linger in Shadows was a waste of time, but I’ll take Wipeout HD and LiS over Rez HD and Duke Nukem any day of the week.
   Does anybody really care about the GTA4 DLC?
   And don’t use the term “NXE” please, it’s just a firmware update, and a massively over-hyped one at that. The PS3 has had its fair share of free updates, including a pretty tasty one just this week, but you seem to have forgotten. Home is imminent by the way, 2.50 was one of the final hurdles, and Ubisoft don’t create game-spaces for a few people in a closed beta.
   LBP got an illustrious Edge 10, and will certainly feature in many best-of-year lists. The delay to the game is unfortunate but it’s still coming. I’ll also wager that Resistance 2 will review better than Gears 2 (though it will sell fewer copies). So there certainly isn’t anything wrong with the line-up.
   If sales figures are that important to you then OK, PS3 is currently struggling. The PS3 warriors on the forums may be losing a few battles at the moment. Personally, that hulking black box under my TV is providing me with more entertainment than I have time for, which is exactly the reason I bought it.

   
   

   rothbury

   Couldn’t agree more.

   As it is I’m gonna to struggle to play any of the awesome multiplat games this winter I have so much first party awesomness pre ordered.

   
   

   Metalgsean

   Im with you too! i do get annoyed at stupid delays and exclusive rights and all that rubbish, but at the end of the day my PS3 has kept me grinning from ear to ear since the day it came out. People have to remember that it takes a few years to make a decent game, and a few years ago the PS3 wasnt ready for developers to learn and start developing specificly for it, now they are starting to and I think we are gonna see a very fast turn around from 360 developing to PS3 developing sometime next year. Remember Uncharted is one of the most stunning games to emerge this generation, and it used fuck all of the PS3s power, once developers have had chance to become alot more experienced with the proccessor we are gonna see things that we wouldnt even imagine being part of a game. Keep the faith everyone, we will emerge the victors lol!

   
   
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   Josekenshin
   19/10/2008 at 11:02

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   To be Honest

   **GT4 DLC who cares almost all gamers doesn´t even get 100% in the game XD

   **MGS Multiplatform there is not even a Next MGS and Kojima isn´t say anything about it…and well MGS saga has been already Multiplatform.

   **All console lose Exclusive that is the easy way to get fast money

   **NXE is just like Mii…. nothing like Home to be Honest.

   **199 Xbox360 nice is a good deal But Ps3 give more at least for me.

   **Silent Hill Delayed…360 version is delayed too.

   **The PSN is pretty good is free that all i care.

   **LBP c´mon is a small delay is not a big deal.

   
   
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   Divine
   19/10/2008 at 11:03

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   WOW, so no more SixthAxis then?

   
   

   nofi [ Site Admin ]

   Why would you say that?

   We’re a fansite, we’re allowed to think and say whatever we want, and we don’t use fanboy blinkers. If anyone thinks the PS3 has had a good week, they’re in denial.

   That said, we’re hopeful next week will be better.

   
   

   Divine

   Hey, I agree with everything you said.
   Your last sentence just seemed a little erm… Ominous

   
   

   nofi [ Site Admin ]

   We’re 100% committed to the PS3 and the website, we’ve worked far too hard to drop it now! Just venting my opinions, I guess, which is why it’s labeled under ‘blog’ as opposed to anything else.

   
   

   fredrikpedersen

   My exact thoughts.

   
   

   Los Havros

   I wouldn’t go that far, but as Sony read the articles on this site often, this is exactly what they need- a wake up call.

   To say that the various bits of news and screw-ups have demoralised loyal Sony gamers, it’s not good. Sony obviously need to change their gameplan.

   Want exclusives? Then it looks like Sony better start paying for them. Want sales? Then at least drop the price of the console even a little bit.

   As for Home and LittleBigPlanet, theses are tricky and unforeseen circumstances: developing an MMO-like game is never easy, and it’s unfortunate that music track slipped by Q&A.

   
   
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   suicidalllama
   19/10/2008 at 11:39

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   The reason i think the ps3 is being consistently outsold is down to the fact there is practically no advertising, so joe public doesnt know what it has to offer, and its still high price. I can the reasoning for not dropping price (their losses are less now)but i think the losses are likely to be much worse this way as it doesn’t appeal to people right now so they will go and buy a cheap xbox they’ve seen advertised.

   
   
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   fredrikpedersen
   19/10/2008 at 11:47

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   Oh and whats with all the talk of exclusives? Just because the game ain’t an exclusive doesn’t mean it ruin’s the experience for me as a ps3 owner. Far Cry 2, Fallout 3 and PoP just to take some examples. The three last 360 exclusives I played; Bioshock (o wait), Gear of War and Halo 3. The 360 doesn’t get as much 3rd party support as every1 credits it for. Only when Microsoft starts pumping out the $$$.

   And one tip to Sony; START FUCKING ADVERTISING!

   
   

   Divine

   Absolutely. I hope SONY isn’t gonna adopt it’s predictable ‘We don’t need to advertise’ policy this Christmas.
   Considering the current financial climate, if SONY doesn’t pull something out of the bag (I don’t mean ‘home’ either!!!) for the holiday season I could see them really struggling.

   
   

   Jas-n

   The thing with loosing exclusives, is that games are going to lack quality, because of (for example) the 360’s restrictions to DVD. Just think how uncharted would look if it wan’t an exclusive… not half as good as it is now.

   
   
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   cc_star [ TSA Staff ]
   19/10/2008 at 12:08

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   Remember the end of 2007 ?

   Nope let me refresh your memories, people were feeling down on the PS3
   360 fans had it all to shout about it

   Sony’s 2nd party devs started saying, it’s OK 2008 will be the year of the PS3, do a google search for “2008 the year of the PS3″

   Every single gaming website published stories about how good ‘08 will be for the PS3.

   Well we are now a year further on and things are exactly the same
   People are still down on the PS3; 360 fans have it all to shout about the only difference is people are now saying 2009 will be the year of the PS3

   If Sony were a cat, they would have lost about 7 of their lives by now… and are things looking that good for the future… I can’t see a difference to a year ago

   The other thing:
   In Japan (Sony’s homeland with it’s biggest fans) the PS3 is the 3rd best selling Sony console behind the PSP & even the PS2 and is the 6th best selling overall unfortunately thats last place!

   
   
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    glennpfc
    19/10/2008 at 13:26

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    Japan has changed….they like mobile and social gaming more than ever..the ps3 is too expensive to compete on that level.
    The only thing the Xbox will have this xmas over my ps3 is GoW2 and Fable2…thats all I am interested in…but I get to play LBP and Resistance, so I think I can cope…plus my box has alot less chance on killing itself.

    Why the doom and gloom? What has Xbox really got that your missing out on? All there big announcements are just games that were once just PS are no longer, we still get them…

    Both are good systems, but by the team you have bought your wireless adapter, Xbox live subsciption etc it stops looking so cheap a hardcore alternative

    
    

    GamerRiley

    Good points Glenn, both machines are great, both have great games now and in the future. But what swings it for me is the fact I can play online for free, usually on a game that’s available on both systems, and the fact that when I’ve finished playing online I can chill and watch a BluRay film in True HD.

    
    
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    Demibeard
    19/10/2008 at 13:41

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    You’re right it hasn’t been a good week for Sony, but then again it’s not been as good a generation as the PS1/PS2. That said the PS2 took a while to get going, but the 360 and the Wii (I know it’s not in the same game, but it’s playing in the next field) have gotten off to better starts.

    Did people really think Microsoft would let the PS3 rule? Maybe the Sony board thought so, but as with every other area of life, there’s competition.

    I like it, strange as it sounds, but without it there would be no PlayStation brand. (thanks to Nintendo saying no to the CD add-on for the snes)

    As a sony fan(man?) I don’t understand why anyone would want an x-box, but there must be a reason, they sell enough.

    Is it because it’s cheap(er)? Are the games better? It might be the underdog thing (I know it’s microsoft, but the x-box was the underdog to the PS2).

    I did consider a 360, but decided to stay with PlayStation because I want to play the games that are on the PlayStation, specifically GT. God forbid that going multiplatform… well urgh no, I’d give up gaming.

    I do think Sony have dropped the ball, and the trouble is someone from Microsoft was at the door and switched off the light. Until Sony decide to focus their efforts the PS3 will remain underated and misunderstood.

    I love my PS3 it does everything I want, it’s on everyday (PlayTV, Games, Music, Movies and the Web) but instead of stating all of it’s strengths, concentrate on the one that sells the most machines (Games).

    Spend some money on exclusive content and advertising (not everyone likes Football games) because if you don’t you won’t have any consumers to inform about the machines other abilities.

    I would be interested in knowing if and why people buy the xbox over the PS3. Anyone know?

    
    

    seedaripper1973

    nope…
    and great little write up…

    
    
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    stefhutch20
    19/10/2008 at 13:56

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    If you’re a fan of cloned FPSs and RPGs, I’m guessing it’s great. If you’re not, then it’s not.

    
    
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    kellyonline
    19/10/2008 at 14:10

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    From the first time I played Tranz Am on the Spectrum in 1983 to the day last week when I swore blind that the London Underground level of Resistance is out to get me, I’ve been a ‘loyalist’ to one machine at a time.

    We Sinclair bods put up with the Commodore propaganda in the playground..

    I fought long and hard that the MegaDrive would destroy Nintendo..

    The sound of Tekken and Tomb Raider rang out as the PSOne made it’s way into my front room and once again the Nintendo wars were on..

    I watched the Jaguar crash, the Dreamcast deliver so much but fall so far (sorry UK:R, but some things you have to live with), the Saturn, the 3DO… All gone. All good machines, but ultimately, all gone..

    We gasped at the utterly appalling opening line up for the PS2 and watched in horror as the DVD playback skipped, and yet still the PS2 is outselling it’s bigger brother..

    And then I jumped ship to the original Xbox, the lure of Halo was just too strong…

    From the Xbox to the 360 I went, and in came Bioshock and COD2 and GoW..

    So, what’s my point?

    In April this year, in the middle of replaying Bioshock and COD4 and Burnout Revenge and Halo 3, I simply sold my 360 and bought a PS3, much to the annoyance of my closest friends/wife/bank manager..

    The attraction of this monster of a console was too much. I wanted to feel the thrill of Motorstorm, explore the ruins of Uncharted and most of all, come home to Sony..

    So that was April, and now it’s October, and were are we?

    Still waiting for Home, LBP delayed, no TV advertising of any worth, lost exclusives etc, etc, etc…

    And yet, I simply don’t have enough time in the day to fully utilize everything this utterly brilliant machine can do.

    I’ve been around games since I first played in the arcades in the mid to late 70’s and I’ve seen it all, and this is just another evolutionary step towards Sony winning the war. Of course, it may not seem like it now, but the war will be won by Sony, not Microsoft.

    History has shown us this.

    We just need to keep playing, keep writing, keep supporting TSA, keep expressing our opinions and most of all, keep believing that the big black box under the TV is the future, because if we don’t, then we might as well give up now..

    We need TSA more now than ever.

    Apologies for the serious tone of the comment, next time I’ll mention tits or something..

    
    

    GamerRiley

    Hi Kellyonline I like your little history lesson although is was the C64 that wiped the floor with the Spectrum. But apart from that a good post. Nice to hear you’ve jumped ship from 360 to PS3, it’s usually been the other way around of late.

    
    

    seedaripper1973

    Totally the same story as mine (minus the xbox stuff)
    And i absolutely concur that the ’speccy 48′ was the home comp of choice (Although i did have a commodore plus4 as well)…
    I do find it depressing that Sony arnt doing enough to bloody advertise the thing though, every other advert revolving around games are either Wii/DS ads or sodding 360 ads. All this resting on ones laurels could end up being a bit of a stinger in their arse.
    I’m more pissed off with this lax attitude on Sonys behalf, because i invested a shit load of money/time/heart into the system (£550 launch day, countless propaganda against rivals (not unjust) and singing praises for a machine i think will win this ‘war’?)
    If this turns out to be not the case then i will be mightily pissed off…
    But at the ‘end of the day’ im an eternal optimist..so discount anything i just said, because everything is happy happy la la…

    TITS!

    
    
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    nofi [ Site Admin ]
    19/10/2008 at 14:58

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    I think people have misunderstood my post (and I’ve had some RIDICULOUS emails since writing it). I, and the other writers here, don’t get paid to do this. This isn’t a ‘PR-sponsored’ blog - the adverts on the right barely pay for our bandwidth.

    If something’s on our minds, and it doesn’t affect any NDAs or otherwise, we’re perfectly entitled to say it. I paid for my PS3, at full retail price, on day one, and I’m obviously happy enough with it to spend half of my waking day on this damned website.

    It’s just that recently the news has generally been negative, and Microsoft seem to be doing the right things. I’ve not sold my PS3, it’s still here, pride of place, but a bit of spare cash and the boundless enthusiasm that Microsoft seems to have tempted me back to the 360 as an additional gaming machine, alongside the PS3, the Wii, the PSP and the DS.

    This site’s going nowhere, we’re now way above ThreeSpeech in terms of hits and Alexa ranking, so we’re obviously doing something right, but I’ll keep doing what I’ve been doing for 16 months now: speaking my mind. If Sony do something right, you’ll be the first to hear about it, but when MS get the upper hand, well, that affects us all.

    Enjoy your day.

    
    

    Hodgi92

    TOO RIGHT NOFI…I love this site

    
    

    cc_star [ TSA Staff ]

    Well said

    
    

    GamerRiley

    Well said Nofi. The only thing I would add to the end is that when Microsoft has the upper hand it only makes Sony work harder to get it back. And that should only be a good thing to all of us who have invested so much in Sony’s machine. In a fight like this there is always going to be one winner and that is the consumer.

    
    

    KittDJW

    agreed!.. been tempted myself and i never thought i’d feel this way, will resist as long as i can! i love my PS3 and just wish Sony would get their act together quick smart.. please Sony i don’t want to be ringing Microsoft Technical support because my 360 broke… don’t make me buy one.. Please for the love of all that is good can we have a few good weeks and some news on some decent RPG’s and exclusives.

    
    

    g00nerz

    Ahh. The anticipation of 360 hardware failure… It’s in the post Nofi my son!

    
    
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    Dafro1989
    19/10/2008 at 15:36

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    I don’t see anything wrong with you buying a 360 nofi - the console is going to get SOME exclusives that will appeal to the gamer in you. I prefer my Sony consoles as I’ve always had great longevity out of them, and prior to this generation the game library was bigger and IMO better.

    That doesn’t stop me considering buying a 360 a lot of the time to go alongside it, so that I can enjoy Fable II, GoW2, Lost Odyssey etc. whilst taking a break from Resistance 2, Valkryia Chronicles & Metal Gear Solid 4.

    I agree with the Blog post really - Sony really hasn’t got their a** in gear this gen. I’m not very impressed by the NXE it must be said (slightly better looking Mii’s and a new lick of paint for the dashboard - no biggy), but having an avatar system out on time etc. is better than what Sony has provided. Home could be really fun - but I see a major problem being the lack of people actually on it at any one time =/.

    What the PS3 needs to turn Japan around is a high number of exclusive JRPGs - worked wonders for Microsoft after all!

    Apart from that, just better time management would be nice on Sony’s part - delays are not helping the PS3 one bit.

    
    
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    DJ Judas
    19/10/2008 at 16:20

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    I lvoe my PS3 (not literally) I think it’s great, I use it all the time, play it watch it, listen to it but I still feel that it’s a total let down. Not only this, I feel that this whole generation of consoles are a let down.

    Taken completely at face value the 360 seems brilliant, great games, great online and it just works (well 70% of them do). But I don’t use or enjoy mine. It makes too much noise and I hate the sort of company Microsoft is and has proved itself to be: Using biceps made of dollar-signs they’ve muscled their way into the console world and are the quintessential all-American company with their dog-eat-dog, lack of business etiquette, consumer snow-blanketting techniques that unfortunately the rest of the world is buying into.

    Lose a team doubles match on Halo 3 and the smack-talk session that spews from the winners post-match completely sums up why I dislike the 360. The games are great, the experience…..not so much.

    The Wii is also brilliant, everyone says how great it is; including me. But aside from gatherings and randomly passing time with friends and family it just can’t hold my attention in a single player context for more than an hour. Even the awesome S-Mario Galaxy couldn’t and having owned mine for nearly 2 years it only gets turned on when the mates are round.

    Finally my PS3, as I’ve said I think it’s great, but it’s just so disappointing. My opinion is that Sony just can’t justify spending money on advertising, nor can they trump MS when it comes to keeping their exclusives. Sony are a huge, ridiculously wealthy corporation, but they do not have limitless funds. Losing out on PSP and PS3 for years without seeing any come-back WILL have taken it’s toll and no matter how enthusiastic the presentation is trying to persuade share-holders to release more funds for advertising it’s just not justifyable and they cannot compete with MS.

    Sony are sailing on nothing more than loyalty at the moment and it’s fast wearing thin. What more evidence do Sony need of this than a high-profile, non-profit website echoing this very thought?

    
    
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    kellyonline
    19/10/2008 at 16:35

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    I’ll tell you what I do understand, that Sony need to start advertising the hell out of the thing, and quick.

    Those current 360 ‘head’ adverts might be annoying, but at least they give visibility to Microsoft product and enlighten undecided users as to what the Xbox actually does.

    Another example is the Far Cry 2 campaign. Using a review from an Xbox magazine only re-enforces that the product is available on the 360, and oh yeah, the PS3 if you look quick enough.

    I wasn’t for one second suggesting that TSA is going anywhere, I f**king love this site and it is the only site I visit on a daily basis, hour by hour. Long may you continue, for your honesty and entertaining articles if nothing else.

    I’m just getting sick of having to justify why I brought a PS3 all of the time, it’s a brilliant machine capable of greatness, so why don’t Sony want to tell the world?

    As I said in my previous comments, history has shown us that there is always a fight on, but it’s unrealistic to ask people to continue to stay loyal if all we get given is disappointment and delays.

    I agree totally with Dafro1989, this is not helping one bit.

    Now, can someone please pop round to my house and finish Resistance for me? When did games get so hard?!

    
    

    Metalgsean

    Hard?My only 1 true problem with next gen games is how short they are,im luckey if it takes me more than 2 or 3 days to finish a game, hell i got Bioshock on Friday and by the looks of things im right around the corner from the finish. MGS4 16hrs, Resistance was about two days, Uncharted a day or two. Now before you say your playing them on easy, I always start on medium, and then move to hard which I find takes about the same time to finish, give or take an hour or two. Dont get me wrong, i fully enjoyed all the games, and played most of them again and again, I just feel that games used to be bigger and tougher (maybe ive just got better), anyone else feel the same? And its not just PS3, i played GoW at my mates and did it in 4 hours (which annoyed him as he couldnt finish it lol!)

    
    

    kellyonline

    I agree, they are too short.

    And hard.

    Like a midget Ross Kemp.

    
    

    Metalgsean

    I finished Bioshock yesterday, the last guy was a piece of piss< it would have been harder if you had to fight a big daddy lol! I only had to use 2 health packs! Loved the game but was a bit dissapointed that you cant carry adam over when you start a new game, ah well.

    
    
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    stefhutch20
    19/10/2008 at 17:12

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    lol about Resistance - I got it on launch day and only completed it a few months ago.

    
    
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    cc_star [ TSA Staff ]
    19/10/2008 at 19:01

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    I have an even bleaker view from the ‘inside’ at Europe’s largest videogame retailer… It won’t make pleasant reading, but PS3 game sales are rare to say the least in comparison to all other formats (Wii, 360, DS, PSP & PS2)

    During a week on the shop floor, I have seen every console sold (360, DS & PSP in abundance) except one, and no prizes for guessing which console I haven’t seen sold

    
    

    GamerRiley

    Hey cc I shop at “Europes largest videogame retailer” but I do so online so you won’t see me there!

    
    
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    montage
    19/10/2008 at 19:52

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    As tempting as I find the 360’s lineup, there’s no way in the world you’ll get me to buy buy hardware that unreliable.

    To be fair, thie entire generation’s a waste of money.

    
    
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    GamerRiley
    19/10/2008 at 20:42

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    Hey guys reading through this seems you’ve all got a bit of a downer on at the moment. So what if LBP has been delayed for a few weeks, does it really matter? Like I’ve said in a previous post, it will still be here before Christmas, and that’s what really counts. So will Home and then at the begining of 2009 we’ve got the mighty Killzone 2 to come. Cheer up folks things are starting to look rosey!

    
    
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    Vinegar Joe
    19/10/2008 at 21:30

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    The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence, eh?

    I have both a 360 and PS3 and play both in roughly equal measure. Although the PS3 has a fair amount of catching up to do overall, this year wasn’t exactly vintage for either console.

    For every Halo 3 (actually 2007…), Braid and Gears of War 2 you have an MGS4, Wipeout or LBP on the PS3. I challenge anyone to look at this year’s line-up for both consoles and say that the 360’s is far superior. It’s just not. If anything it’s the other way around.

    I agree Sony have messed it up in terms of pricing and marketing (and will suffer for it), but for me 2008 has not been a let-down (maybe because my expectations were a little more realistic, though). There have even been a few nice surprises such as Siren and Valkyria Chronicles which I really didn’t expect. Granted, they’re not exactly AAA titles yet they’re still decent exclusives.

    The news about LBP has been blown out of all proportion. Losing Tekken 6 and FF XIII were much more damaging to Sony in my eyes. LBP will still be released soon, it’s still got fantastic reviews and still not on Xbox.

    
    
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    Mick939
    20/10/2008 at 0:32

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    …Surely Silent hill 5 delay works to our favour, i have it i’ve finished it i’ve loved it, why?

    Because i have a ps3 and its region free, had i had a 360 i couldn’t of played it.

    
    
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    Mick939
    20/10/2008 at 0:33

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    Oh and sorry to double post but you think all this has brought your week donw, spare a thought for me, my launch day ps3 went down the shitter this week …

    
    
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    Shadow0410
    20/10/2008 at 2:34

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    I own both the PS3 and the 360 however, even though I have the option to play both I always find myself lured more towards the black box over the white lump.

    I am on my 7th 360 now the red ring of death used to haunt me whenever I played Halo 3 or Gears online and it always happened at the worst possible times. So far my PS3 has had no issues what so ever, the console is far better made and tons more solid than the 360 ever will be. I am sorry but someone slotting together a 360 like a piece of Lego somewhere in Mongolia doesn’t exactly fill me with confidence.

    I would like to say here I am not a fanboy what so ever and I do feel both consoles have alot to offer but the gap between the two is getting smaller and continues to do so every time the PS3 is updated. At least I can feel safe knowing I can play my PS3 for marathon sessions without it just dying mid game.

    People need to remember the 360 has been around alot longer than the PS3 now and it has an already established fanbase, when all is said and done the PS3 has only just started to walk so please don’t ask it to run before it is capable of doing so. Good things can, will and are happening for the PS3 but if people just keep focussing on the negative stuff then what chance does Sony have of making that black box something truly special like we all know it is.

    Patience is a virtue my friends, use it well.

    
    
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    Morphine
    20/10/2008 at 2:40

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    One thing we are forgetting is that Micro$oft ha$ more money$$$$$$

    
    
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    clank250
    20/10/2008 at 5:48

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    The xbox is getting all of this shit because there are WAY more people with a xbox then thre are for the ps3, so people go for the system which will for sure prevail in the market for money for the product. Yes Microsoft has more money but it’s because they made something that has benifitted society. DAMN YOU WINDOWS! I’m guessing that almost everyone is running off of windows whihc jus tgives Microsoft more money to help their 360 to beat the PS3. Sony just has huge over priced TV’s, over priced fancy HD players, and an over priced system which leads people to say that more people have 360’s more of their friends have 360’s and it’s a cheap system.

    The people who have both of the systems (sorry wii but nobody likes you) also say that the controller has i’s issues of not being fitted to a hand. I’ve grown up with the Playstation controller ever since I was three, with my beatiful PS1 (I still have it!) and that’s why I don’t have a problem with the controller, but the people who have 360’s argue that their controller is almighty and awesome but some of the buttons just don’t make sense with me. When my friend says “HIT X GOD DAMNIT! YOU’RE GOING TO DIE!!!!” I naturally press the button that feels right to me, I press A or whatever it is and I die and my friend freaks out.

    So really the xbox has a lot of things going for it and that’s why people in Japan are buyig more 360’s than their true native system (again sorry wii nobody likes you) the PS3.

    Also with the LBP situation it seems that EB Games (the Canadian equal of Gamestop) is giving out a costume pack instead of just Kratos. It comes with Kratos, Medusa and the Minotaur costumes as well as a sticker pack of these characters.

    This is the American TV ad for the pack,
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATnpmQwghRA&feature=related

    
    
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    Dafro1989
    20/10/2008 at 13:15

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    One thing that really annoys me is the 360 being the ‘cheaper’ console. My ass is it. And I know this for fact, as I’ve been tempted to buy one lately.

    Just for comparisons sake lets take the 80GB PS3 (which is to become the ‘lower’, standard model) price and a 60GB Xbox price (comparing the Arcade Console doesn’t count, it may only be £130 but it’s got no hard drive, which you WILL need eventually).

    game.co.uk:

    Xbox 360 Pro with Pro Evo 2009 - £179.99
    PS3 80GB with Pro Evo 2009 - £309.99

    ZOMG you say? that’s £130 difference.

    Now lets see where it gets interesting.

    Xbox LIVE Subscription - £40.00
    Xbox charge and play kit (unless you have UNLIMITED batteries) - £14.99
    Xbox Wireless Bridge - £54.99

    That’s £110 in accessories. For me, and many others I’d imagine, those accessories would be a necessity.

    PSN Subscription - £0
    PS3 Mini USB Charge Cable £0 (one in the box)
    PS3 Wireless Capability - £0

    £20 difference. That’s all folks. Not to mention that the PS3 is a Blu-Ray player (it’s an under used format, but it still has it built in should you want to) too. 20GB bigger hard drive as well.
    Oh, and lest we forget, that LIVE subscription is a year only, so next year, you’ll be charged again. It’s a cheap service (lil over £3 a month), but it’s not free.

    So the PS3 is more expensive - but not by much, and you get more memory and a blu-ray player chucked in for £20.

    
    

    seedaripper1973

    where do i sign up???

    
    

    Eldave0

    i see your point but for someone like me who is moving into a house with no phone line and intead wants a console just to play every now and then the 360 is 100% the right move in my opinion.
    i sold my ps3 this week and picked up everything i needed to get going for 130 quid (xbox 360 arcade + memory unit + saints row 2).

    people in that sort of situation where they just want a console to play games with their mates will always go for that option considering the price and the fact the games come out first for the 360 usually.

    
    

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