General gaming news

[Anderian]

Finally got my Xbox 360 Elite. In other words; I WON THE CONSOLE WAR LOLZ!

[GraveRobberX]

My god I just finishing playing the Ratchet & Clank Demo on my PS3

Holy Shit, the demo is f'n amazing

(Theres some tearing/demo issues) but overall 1 of the best platformer games I have played

Ratchet has always been a good platformer, but with the new weapons = WOW

The Groovitron was a huge blast to use, hell even my mom was like throw that disco ball, + shes a Happy Feet fanatic, so the Transmorpher Gernade (it turns enemies around you in to penguins with snow falling down) is her favorite

This game will sell consoles, I am amazed @ how awesome Insomniac came up with the new weapons/ideas

Oh btw if you didnt know, if you reserve R&C for ps3 you get a free blu-ray demo ^-^/

[Exoduso]

There's a ratchet demo out? >.> gdi i should go reserve it then lol.

[izembo]

yea pretty spiffy demo, i was surprised to see a demo and not just a psn downloadable demo.

[Exoduso]

Why aren't they putting it up there though...

[izembo]

prolly have a thing with gamestop to help them get preorders, giving out free shit with preorders isnt new ;p

[Mysterio]

LittleBigPlanet (1)
Metal Gear Solid 4 (2)
Final Fantasy 13-Out when? late '08 for Japan probably, early '09 for US
Final Fantasy Versus 13-How complete is this game? It'll be coming out in '09, a ways away indeed
The Last Remnant-Japan accounts for less than 1/5 of the global market, shutup lol Japanese are serious gamers, why deny that?
White Knight Story When? It's playable at TGS
Factor 5 project RPG -when? Well after White Knight Story
Killzone 2 (lol?) Sony's answer to Halo, we'll see how it does I guess
Unreal Tournament 3-Coming to xbox Yeah it is, like 6 months after it's a timed exclusive
Uncharted Drake's Fortune-lol? This looks like crap That opinion is from a diehard Halo fan, lol
Ratchet and Clank Future-I want this, but how different is it than the PS2 versions? It was successful on the Ps2, they won't fix something that isn't broken, it'll sell well
The Agency (MMO) Irrelevant untill it releases. Hard to write off any MMO to be honest, they all make money
DC Comics Universe (action MMO) (see above)
Gran Turismo 5 (How many people buy racing sims anymore?) About 1/3 of the population of Japan at least.
SOCOM: Confrontation (Not being made by the original SOCOM team) (Doesn't matter who makes it, it's Sony's big multiplayer game it'll be a hit)
SOCOM 4 (3)
Tekken 6(4)

There are lots of cross-platform games I've left out obviously

Perhaps because theyre always out months earlier on xbox? Only a select few, They only sell more on the 360 because it has the larger install base

I'm curious what your lineup for the 360 looks like, after the perennial dick swinging of Halo, what else is there?

(1)Ninja Gaiden 2 This will be cool, almost identical to Sigma, but will be popular as it's not another remake thank god
(2)Lost Odyssey This will be a great game, hopefully the critics will like it, but it'll ultimately fail as Japan doesn't buy 360's.
Ace Combat 6 Very little appeal to the mass market, won't sell well. Not a bad game though, I played it at PAX
(3)Halo Wars Seen this game in action, world in conflict is superior in every aspect aside from the Halo brand name. Will sell well.Mass Effect Cool game, limited audience but it'll do well.
Virtua Fighter 5 w/ Online Won't sell well, anyone who really cared about it got a PS3 for it. Wasn't anounced as multi-plat until well after release.
(4)Project Gotham Racing 4 Doesn't appeal to me, plays like shitty need for speed games (played it at PAX) Will do decent, overshadowed by Forza 2.
Beautiful Katamari Won't sell well, also multi-plat
Fable 2 First Fable 1 was a hit, because it was one of like 3 RPG's on the shitbox. Lost Odyssey and Mass Effect leave no room for this game, wont sell well.
Unreal Tournament 3, just to name a few. Timed exclusive for PS3, extra maps for PS3 version due to Blue-Ray and PC - PS3 cross play, 360 version wont sell well.

4 games out of this that are even noteworthy. And only 2 will be decent games.

GTA4 will be getting it's own PS3 exclusive content.

No it won't. You haven't been paying attention, PS3 will be getting it's own exclusive content as well. This was news back in like October of '06 http://biz.gamedaily.com/industry/news/?id=14138 One of several sites, 1up also had a report on it.

Will the 360 survive in the US only? It'll never sell in Japan, that's been established.

Get off Japan's dick. They buy like 18% of the total games sold in the world. They're only one country. Final Fantasy games all sold more than Halo's because of Japan.

[izembo]

and just for the record katamari got cancelled on other consoles, its 360 only ;p

[Mysterio]

and just for the record katamari got cancelled on other consoles, its 360 only ;p

read on Kotaku a couple weeks ago, that the PS3 version is still a go. Not like many people in the states will care though.

[izembo]

well gamestop word is currently that its still canceled so just going off that :/

[Falconblade]

and just for the record katamari got cancelled on other consoles, its 360 only ;p

Sauce plz~

Only heard of it being canned on PS3, the same time I heard of a Wii version. Did they can that too?

[izembo]

wii version is its own game, not beautiful katamari, and as such, it isnt cancelled.

[Mysterio]

Seems like rumor, but it's from the Bandai Namco site itself...

360, PS3, and Wii

http://kotaku.com/gaming/multi_plat-blo ... 298448.php

[izembo]

its been on their site like that since they announced it and they never changed it when they cancelled it.

[Mysterio]

its been on their site like that since they announced it and they never changed it when they cancelled it.

oh, could be.

Like I said, yet to find anyone who really cares, lol

[izembo]

ive had a # of katamari fanboys whining and bitching about it being cancelled for ps3 heh

[Kazen]

I'm shocked you forgot to mention Dynasty Warrior 6 coming out as a Ps3 exclusive. Those games always sell massively in Japan as well as selling well in the US and europe. I myself cant wait for it, It's one of the games I'm waiting for most.

[izembo]

yea im looking forward to a dynasty warriors game where the system can actually support it and not have half the units around you constantly disappearing.

[Semitry]

I'm shocked you forgot to mention Dynasty Warrior 6 coming out as a Ps3 exclusive. Those games always sell massively in Japan as well as selling well in the US and europe. I myself cant wait for it, It's one of the games I'm waiting for most.

No. Not that it'll help the 360 in japan unless they care for the better version
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[Exoduso]

lol, clearly.

(yay achievements :D:D.. why do I care for them so much >.>)