• 15Dec 07

  PS3 will not win. And you had better PROVE otherwise....

  Console Wars Episode VII

  By Daniel Moir

  First a message to fan boys. Nothing sickens me more than seeing lame comments like "everybody knows Sony will come out on top eventually" followed by no sources, no data, nothing more than a biased hope that their console of choice comes out on top presented as fact. We saw this with Xbox supposedly outselling the PS2, and let's not get started on the brokenhearted and desperate GameCube fans. "Resident Evil will save us!" Uh... yeah if the game had remained exclusive a few more systems might have been sold but realistically without heavy hitters like Halo, or GTA GCN was simply dead before its time.

  Now for the first time in over a decade Nintendo fans DO have something to rejoice in. For the last year Wii has been outselling their competitors to the point that no one can ever find them. Market data is not showing a slow down in demand, so where do market analysts and PS3 gamers get off making absurd proclamations like "PS3 will eventually take the lead?" What evidence do you have that confirms this? That the PS1 & 2 were the market leaders of their generation? Well by that logic then Nintendo 64 won its console war which means GameCube won it's meaning you now have a nullified argument because now the Wii winning is the next logical step in this once concord always dominated market.

  The success of a game system can help establish a recognizable brand name, but that's as far as it can go. A name alone does not guarantee success of a system. Look at the N64. I will repeat this argument. We all loved the NES, and SNES, but PS1 shifted out affections its way much to the surprise of an increasingly turbulent market.

  Why? People go where the games are that they want to play. For me the turning point was Resident Evil followed by FFVII. Those games (plus the cheaper cost of PS1 games $50 compared to N64's $60... sound familiar anyone?) made me set aside my 64 despite the fact that aside from FMV sequences the 64 had dramatically better in-game visuals. Graphics didn't save the day then, it won't now.

  The market trend is as follows people. # 1 System with biggest demand Wii, 2nd place is 360 with the PS3 in 3rd. And I will now do what NONE of you do and cite a source to back up my argument since this is how intelligent people argue.

  "" The latest dispatch from the console-war front leaves no doubt as to the victor. More than 981,000 Wiis were sold during NPD's November reporting period, besting the Xbox 360's 770,000-unit total and more than doubling the PlayStation 3's 466,000-unit tally. Sony's most venerable platform, the PlayStation 2, continued to outpace its younger brother with 496,000 units in sales. (http://www.gamespot.com/news/6184008.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=newstop&tag=newstop;title;7)

  According to the same article the Wii has sold more than double what the PS3 in November. How does this tell us that the PS3 is going to eventually over-take Wii when current market data tells us that the Wii is selling twice what the PS3 is? According to this same article the PS2 is outselling the PS3 with 496,000 units sold opposed to PS3's 466,000 units sold. If the current Gen system is being beaten by its predicessr that is a pretty sad state. So please do tell me where you are getting the idea that the PS3 will somehow overcome insurmountable odds and become market leader again when there is simply no empirical evidence to support such an absurd thesis. It has to beat its own predicessor before it can even take on the 360, let alone the Wii, and if you can take my challenge to prove to me that the PS3 will not remain in 3rd (or 4th if you factor in the PS2)place please do so with just actual facts and data not biased speculation.

  • Posted Dec 15, 2007 11:57 pm GMT
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• 17May 06

  X3 the game... Not available for review?

   The X3 game is out, and now I won’t buy it. Why? I love the X-Men! I really do, but it bothers me that there is not a single website I frequent who has posted a review of this game, and lately any time I have spent money on something that didn't have a pre-release review available I have regretted it. So with that said I have to ask what is it that the developers are hiding that they have not made it available for critics to review?

     I've been hearing rumors that the story's cut scenes are still images to make them more "comic book like" which does not work with the games art style, more over there is no lip movement which is simply inexcusable with today's technology. However, this is just a rumor, and may not be enough to completely destroy a game. What I want to know is how does the game play? Why should I shell out $60 for an Xbox 360 game when no one can tell me if they think it's any good?

     Frankly I miss the Capcom X-men games. It seems like (aside from Legends) there has not been many great games based on that license, and I have been waiting for a game based on the films for some time. It would be a severe disappointment in X3 the official game of the movie ends up sucking. Yet it would not be a surprise. So for now, I will not buy the game. If the developers are too afraid to let this game be reviewed than it is usually a telling sign that the game is going to be crap.

  • Posted May 17, 2006 8:12 am GMT
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• 8May 06

  Well I was going to aim for a T rating but...

   What happened to Bethesda Software is absolutely sickening. Even if their character models were anatomically correct what was released in the retail version of the game featured clothed women. Clothed women that, because of someone messing with and altering the code, can now run around without their tops.

    What hasn't been made clear to me is whether or not this is Sim/Barbie style nudity, of if there are indeed nipples, but either way I don't think its fair to penalize Bethesda for something a hacker did!

     Furthermore the ESRB's accusation that the game is more violent than Bethesda disclosed is absolute nonsense. This game is one of the least violent titles I've played in a long time. Limbs don't go flying everywhere, there's no guts exploding everywhere, and only a minimal spray of blood occurs ones in a great while. There is no legitimate reason for this game to be rated M.

     Consequently, while I had intended to aim for a T rating for the games I develop in the future I am not going to bother now. If a hacker can come in and tamper with my code and the ESRB responds by penalizing me then there is no point to holding back with the gore. No point at all.

  • Posted May 8, 2006 8:36 am GMT
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