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zackblue on 10 January 2008

Come on march..



 

 2008 end of year predictions:

PS3: 22M

360: 25M

wii: 40M

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redspear on 10 January 2008
akuma587 said:
The demo they showed at TGS seemed completely bug free to my eyes. Assassin's Creed looked buggy at E3 and it came out only about 3 or 4 months later.

they bug test the demos too Akuma. Even if the rest fo the game is not. Also they look for obscure bugs like running through walls and warping textures from weird angles. Stuff you aren't likely to see with only 30 people playiing for 15 minutes at a time over the course of 3 days.

brute on 10 January 2008
zackblue said:
Come on march..

if it releases march then ps3 has somthing to help it agains SSBB



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CrazzyMan on 10 January 2008

sad, they missed 2 weeks, and maybe would release game o Christmas 2007.
Though of`course there could be left some bugs. =))

anyway what about those 1080 then? =)



Every 5 seconds on earth one child dies from hunger...

2009.04.30 - PS3 will OUTSELL x360 atleast by the middle of 2010. Japan+Europe > NA.


Gran Turismo 3 - 1,06 mln. in 3 weeks with around 4 mln. PS2 on the launch.
Gran Turismo 4 - 1,16 mln. with 18 mln. PS2 on the launch.

Final Fantasy X - around 2 mln. with 5 mln. PS2 on the launch.
Final Fantasy X-2 - 2.4 mln. with 12 mln. PS2 on the launch.

 

1.8 mln. PS3 today(2008.01.17) in Japan. Now(2009.04.30) 3.16 mln. PS3 were sold in Japan.
PS3 will reach 4 mln. in Japan by the end of 2009 with average weekly sales 25k.

PS3 may reach 5 mln. in Japan by the end of 2009 with average weekly sales 50k.
PS2 2001 vs PS3 2008 sales numbers =) + New games released in Japan by 2009 that passed 100k so far

darthdevidem01 on 10 January 2008

@brute

well I can't buy it till June if it releases in April....

I'm gonna probably miss GTA IV to....



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brute on 10 January 2008

^well then hopfully for you it releases early march(can you buy it that time?)



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darthdevidem01 on 10 January 2008

@brute

yup definetely, I'll just finish it throughout all of March

come on SONY

We people in EU SAVED your console this xmas...give us MGS4 at least a month early....



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Dallinor on 10 January 2008
MrMarc said:
Dallinor said:
MrMarc said:
Erm... this really isn't anything special, it's a game going into Beta phase, Alpha phase which is designing the game and it's content, putting it together and adding gameplay features is almost done. Beta phase will be the testing of the completed thing, refining, tweaking and fixing will be all that's taking place. While I quickly have the chance to say - Remember that all you Killzone 2 fanboys and your pre-alpha crap lol.

This is standard procedure for every single game ever, it doesn't mean the game's gonna come out next week lol, I bet the wait for MGS4 will still be a lengthy one! ;)

Are you disputing the fact that the pre-alpha stage exists?


I know this isn't the topic to go into detail on this, but the only reason I used that as a dig at KZ2 fans, is there is clearly some BS on Sony's part about what stage this game is actually in.

If it's set for release in 2008, then the stuff that was shown in E3-2007 couldn't have possibly been in "pre-alpha" stages, the demos shown were far too ahead of themselves to be in any kind of alpha stages. Beta testing would be ongoing, the game and it's content would be finished.

On the other hand though, if the game is indeed only in alpha stage as we speak, there isn't a chance in hell of this being released in 2008, or if thats the case and it does get released in 08, you can bet it'll be sloppy and poor because of the rush job.

KZ2 has supposedly been in development for at least 2 years now, possibly 3 years, I'm no game developer but surely alpha stuff does not go on THAT long, unless KZ2 is entering the realms of vapourware. Considering the time (and money) gone into this, it should be alot more complete than it supposedly was. 

 

 


Interesting then to note that the MMO 'The Agency' being developed by Sony is currently about to leave the Pre-Alpha stage and enter the Alpha stage. It has a scheduled release date for 08'. You can see videos of it on GT. It looks just as far along as KZ2 did, when it was shown.

Take into account that KZ2 is using a completely new engine. A deffered rendering engine, this could be the cause of the prolonged Pre-Alpha stage.



 

MrMarc on 10 January 2008
Dallinor said:
 

Interesting then to note that the MMO 'The Agency' being developed by Sony is currently about to leave the Pre-Alpha stage and enter the Alpha stage. It has a scheduled release date for 08'. You can see videos of it on GT. It looks just as far along as KZ2 did, when it was shown.

Take into account that KZ2 is using a completely new engine. A deffered rendering engine, this could be the cause of the prolonged Pre-Alpha stage.

 

Does it not concern you that if this game has only recently entered the alpha stage of development, where content is still being added, that there would be little time for beta testing? For an MMO especially, beta testing should be the most important part of it, content can be added throughout time but if the core functionality of the game is bust, who would want it?

 



 

 
 
Dallinor on 10 January 2008
MrMarc said:
Dallinor said:
 

Interesting then to note that the MMO 'The Agency' being developed by Sony is currently about to leave the Pre-Alpha stage and enter the Alpha stage. It has a scheduled release date for 08'. You can see videos of it on GT. It looks just as far along as KZ2 did, when it was shown.

Take into account that KZ2 is using a completely new engine. A deffered rendering engine, this could be the cause of the prolonged Pre-Alpha stage.

 

Does it not concern you that if this game has only recently entered the alpha stage of development, where content is still being added, that there would be little time for beta testing? For an MMO especially, beta testing should be the most important part of it, content can be added throughout time but if the core functionality of the game is bust, who would want it?

 

The game looks great, it looks fully playable and fleshed out already, so no, I'm not worried in the slightest.

I was trying to point out though that KZ2 is not unique in it's current development stage to release date plan.

Now both games could be delayed, but as of now, they're both in the same situation.  Both Pre-Alpha stage, both planned for a 08' release.

I would be more inclined to believe in the '08' is a unrealistic release date' notion, then 'Sony is lying to make KZ seem even better' idea.

Time will tell.