Amid speculation that the PS3 action title would be pushed into next year, Sony has revealed its lineup of first-party games coming "throughout the year," including God of War III, Uncharted 2, Infamous, and Heavy Rain. Still, the company did not specify firm dates. <BR><BR><a href='http://meincmagazine.com/gaming/news/2009/02/sony-quietly-schedules-god-of-war-iii-for-2009.ars'>Read the whole story</a>
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Sony quietly schedules God of War III for 2009
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Unfortunately I never had a PS2 so I've missed out on the first 2, but I have been playing it on the PSP and the game is impressive (on the weakest platform for it). I think God of War III is probably the first game that could be a system seller for Sony, especially if they get the price down by the time it comes out.
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It would be nice if they released the first two GoW for the PS3. They don't need to update the graphics or anything, just make it run w/o having to muck about with emulation (which is basically non-existent for most PS3 owners at this point in hardware revision).
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Otis Wildflower
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$400? Try Five Hundred And Ninety-Nine U S Dollars.. PS3 deserves the same derision for its ridiculous price that the original XBox got for its ridiculous size.. <BR><BR>That said, GoW III may be the first PS3 game I actually play on mine that wasn't a downloaded demo..
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So Otis -<BR><BR>You bought a PS3 for $599 and are disappointed? Did Sony hold a gun to your head and force you to buy one?<BR><BR>And the comparison to the original Xbox's size? WTF?<BR><BR>Are you high on something?
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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Otis Wildflower:<BR>$400? Try Five Hundred And Ninety-Nine U S Dollars.. PS3 deserves the same derision for its ridiculous price that the original XBox got for its ridiculous size.. <BR><BR>That said, GoW III may be the first PS3 game I actually play on mine that wasn't a downloaded demo.. </div></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>Is this an anti-Sony Troll in disguise as a PS3 owner?
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GuitarAficionado
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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">...the PS3 has struggled to gain momentum since its launch in 2006, primarily due to its $400 price tag. </div></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Does every ps3 article on Ars have to repeat this? Yes we get it, the ps3 isn't selling as well as you expect and the price is too high for you!<BR><BR>Interestingly -- I just read Sony claims the ps3's pretty even in sales with the 360 elsewhere worldwide, and of course in Japan the ps3's even with the Wii and outsells the 360 3:1.
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quantum meruit
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I suppose if Sony were to throw enough money at it, the game could be finished as soon as Sony wants. By the way, the fanboy geek-fights are amusing. Guys, these companies don't care about your love - they're just using you for your money. Get a puppy. It will love you back!
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Bird Skull
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Great, another inspid abomination to further cement videogames as the domain of preteens.
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shavedgrundle
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Sony does this all the time... GOW will NOT be out this year, and if it is, it will be a rush job, and nobody wants that.. So they are just trying to get a bit of talk going on, that's it.<BR>Sony needs to come to terms with the fact that they lost this generation, plain and simple and get on with it. This way they can start concentrating inward again instead of concentrating on their competitors.<BR>Most of us that have PS3's are more serious gamers, and most of us have at least 2 of this gens consoles if not all 3..They aren't going to tap into the casual market anytime soon so IMHO they should concentrate on the type of games that are lacking on the other 2 consoles, LIKE GOW3 and Uncharted...just keep putting out great games like that and people will come... it might take some time given the economy and that the PS3 is still pretty pricey, but the HC gamers won't want to miss out on games of that quality for sure.
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MoistDinosaur
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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by GuitarAficionado:<BR><BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">...the PS3 has struggled to gain momentum since its launch in 2006, primarily due to its $400 price tag. </div></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Does every ps3 article on Ars have to repeat this? Yes we get it, the ps3 isn't selling as well as you expect and the price is too high for you!<BR><BR>Interestingly -- I just read Sony claims the ps3's pretty even in sales with the 360 elsewhere worldwide, and of course in Japan the ps3's even with the Wii and outsells the 360 3:1. </div></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>where are you getting your japanese figures for the ps3 selling evenly with the Wii?
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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by GuitarAficionado:<BR>Interestingly -- I just read Sony claims the ps3's pretty even in sales with the 360 elsewhere worldwide, and of course <B>in Japan the ps3's even with the Wii</B> and outsells the 360 3:1. </div></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>wat
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GuitarAficionado
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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by MoistDinosaur:<BR>where are you getting your japanese figures for the ps3 selling evenly with the Wii? </div></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>I mentioned they came from Sony's comments. Here's a link to another source, apparently Japanese console sales are way down in general, but the Wii is really getting hit.<BR><BR>Japanese Console Sales Plummet Again, But PS3 Closing Gap With Wii
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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by GuitarAficionado:<BR><BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by MoistDinosaur:<BR>where are you getting your japanese figures for the ps3 selling evenly with the Wii? </div></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>I mentioned they came from Sony's comments. Here's a link to another source, apparently Japanese console sales are way down in general, but the Wii is really getting hit.<BR><BR>Japanese Console Sales Plummet Again, But PS3 Closing Gap With Wii </div></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>And the link shows the Wii at ~25% more sales than the PS3 as <B>even</B> and this is ignoring that at least until recently the Wii was outselling it by about 3:1? It is also likely that the 360 will be the #1 console in Japan for the week because of Star Ocean 4...<BR><BR>nice try there GuitarAficionado.
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GuitarAficionado
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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by FearLES:<BR>And the link shows the Wii at ~25% more sales than the PS3 as <B>even</B> and this is ignoring that at least until recently the Wii was outselling it by about 3:1? It is also likely that the 360 will be the #1 console in Japan for the week because of Star Ocean 4...<BR>nice try there GuitarAficionado. </div></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>I guess you can spin the numbers any way you like - but I think it's interesting how the systems are faring worldwide compared to domestically, e.g. the PSP is outselling the Wii in Japan!<BR><BR>What are "normal" 360 sales? And why do the Japanese dislike the 360 so much?
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The 360 sells like crap in Japan but then again so does the PS3, just a better smelling version, although a game exclusive for the 360 can give it a burst past the PS3 for a few weeks. Call it spin if you want but those are the rough numbers.<BR><BR>"Normal" means average since the last quarter of last year. What about those PSP software numbers?<BR><BR>If you want to look World-wide the PS3 sales still stink.
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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">quantum meruit<BR>I suppose if Sony were to throw enough money at it, the game could be finished as soon as Sony wants. By the way, the fanboy geek-fights are amusing. Guys, these companies don't care about your love - they're just using you for your money. Get a puppy. It will love you back! </div></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>I "heart" puppies!
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GuitarAficionado
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<div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by FearLES:<br>"Normal" means average since the last quarter of last year. What about those PSP software numbers?<br><br>If you want to look World-wide the PS3 sales still stink. </div>
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<br>About 21 million in sales since inception wordwide vs. 25 million for the 360 - if 21 mill stinks then I'd assert so does 25. 21 million surpasses the Gamecube's lifetime sales and is close to the original xbox.<br><br>Keep on spinning. I don't understand why a console has to be a failure in some people's minds if it's last place in sales in a field of three. -- View image here: http://episteme.meincmagazine.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif --
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<div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by FearLES:<br>"Normal" means average since the last quarter of last year. What about those PSP software numbers?<br><br>If you want to look World-wide the PS3 sales still stink. </div>
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<br>About 21 million in sales since inception wordwide vs. 25 million for the 360 - if 21 mill stinks then I'd assert so does 25. 21 million surpasses the Gamecube's lifetime sales and is close to the original xbox.<br><br>Keep on spinning. I don't understand why a console has to be a failure in some people's minds if it's last place in sales in a field of three. -- View image here: http://episteme.meincmagazine.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif --
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21 million PS3s is an estimate on the high range<BR>25 million 360s sounds like 3.5 million short (give or take).<BR><BR>The YOY sales of the PS3 <B>decreased</B>!<BR>The YOY sales of the 360 and Wii increased.<BR><BR>It is a recession and the PS3 sales are slowing and Sony's ship may not be sinking yet but it sure has some big leaks to seal.<BR><BR>The PS3 is the closet thing to a failure when it is coming off the hardware and software supremacy that was the PS1 and definitely was the PS2!<BR><BR>Calling the PS3 a success and making excuses that it plays movies and came out later etc. etc. "10 year plan!" <I>is</I> <B>spin</B>
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GuitarAficionado
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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by FearLES:<BR>Calling the PS3 a success and making excuses that it plays movies and came out later etc. etc. "10 year plan!" <I>is</I> <B>spin</B> </div></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>My figures come from the console wars article on wikipedia.<BR><BR>You brought it up, the 360 has a one-year lead, so you'd expect the sales gap to be even greater, wouldn't you?<BR><BR>Also, why spend time in ps3 threads if you quite obviously hate it so much?
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I am a gamer so I am interested in gaming topics and I am especially interested in GoWIII although it is unfortunate that it is only on the PS3, but I'm not the kind of person who buys a system for one game (especially when the game isn't out yet or for the foreseeable future).<BR><BR>As a investor and someone who is also interested in the business side it is interesting to see a leader in one industry screw things up repeatedly and go from hero to zero. At this point in the generation it is unlikely that the order of things will change much and things don't look good for Sony at the moment.<BR><BR>Developers don't care who came out first or not they only care about which system is easiest/cheapest to develop for and which systems will sell the most copies of their software.
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GuitarAficionado
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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by FearLES:<BR>At this point in the generation it is unlikely that the order of things will change much and things don't look good for Sony at the moment.<BR><BR>Developers don't care who came out first or not they only care about which system is easiest/cheapest to develop for and which systems will sell the most copies of their software. </div></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Actually I think things look pretty stark for Sony and MS, plus just about any electronics firm right now, perhaps excluding Nintendo -- although they've just downgraded their predictions for next quarter's earnings.<BR><BR>Hopefully you're not right about developers being nothing but greedy and lazy, but I see your point. We're all in trouble if developers move to the Wii exclusively just to make a quick buck.<BR><BR>Luckily most of the big game titles worth buying are financed by the console makers themselves, so this isn't an issue. Plus I think the larger developers are after more than easy development -- they want to produce solid, impressive games they can be proud of. This doesn't mean it can't be for the Wii or even the 360 -- but I think we'll start to see some more amazing stuff on the ps3.
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I hope so too but the developers have to eat and find a publisher and the publishers have to satisfy their stockholders, who are too often short sighted and only looking at the short term.
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