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oniyide on 08 May 2011

@rolstoppable  if Killzone, Resistance, Infamous, Twisted Metal, God of War, MotorStorm, and not to mention the 3rd party exclusives like, Demon's Soul, MGS4, etc. are kiddie. Then i dont want to be hardcore



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poroporo on 08 May 2011
RolStoppable said:
oniyide said:

@rolstoppable  if Killzone, Resistance, Infamous, Twisted Metal, God of War, MotorStorm, and not to mention the 3rd party exclusives like, Demon's Soul, MGS4, etc. are kiddie. Then i dont want to be hardcore

Good for you, because playing those games doesn't make you hardcore.

Demon's Souls, not for the hardcore?

Someone has very high standards. (Not that I care)



ethomaz on 08 May 2011
poroporo said:
RolStoppable said:
oniyide said:

@rolstoppable  if Killzone, Resistance, Infamous, Twisted Metal, God of War, MotorStorm, and not to mention the 3rd party exclusives like, Demon's Soul, MGS4, etc. are kiddie. Then i dont want to be hardcore

Good for you, because playing those games doesn't make you hardcore.

Demon's Souls, not for the hardcore?

Someone has very high standards. (Not that I care)

I think hardcore is not about the game itself... it's more about how you play it.

But Demon's Souls is for hardcore... there are no other form to play it.



oniyide on 08 May 2011

^^^^^ dont mind that dude, being hardcore is overrated anyway



Squilliam on 08 May 2011
Rpruett said:
Squilliam said:

The big 3 in order of the power of system selling exclusives has always been:

1. Nintendo.

2. Microsoft.

3. Sony.

In this current generation.

If a game doesn't sell, it doesn't move systems and Sony simply hasn't released that many games which have come out and outright sold systems. The only significant game they did release was known about since the start of the generation, GT5. Anyone who says that the exclusives released by Sony has lead to some kind of manifest destiny is pretty much deluding themselves. It has always been the brand and the expectations around the brand which has made the PS3 perform as well as it has. If the 'Playmaker 1' had been released in 2006 for $599 it would have sold fewer than 10M consoles.

What you fail to understand and many people fail to grasp is that Sony has never, ever, ever,ever been about selling tons of one copy of one game and selling tons of systems associated with it.  Sony and it's library of games are what sell systems. 

Sony has never been a company with life-long mascots like Nintendo or Microsoft has been.  Even when presented with the perfect opportunity to market a mascot (IE: Sackboy)  they don't do it nearly as much as the other two.

That's my biggest reason for enjoying Sony consoles.  Every generation is a plethora of 85/100   exclusive games in a wide variety of genres.  Contrast that with Nintendo and Microsoft who seemingly have only their blockbuster exclusive games and their exclusive production cycle is very limited and repetitious. 

Sony just releases a constant flow of what I would consider 'good' games.  Not always 'great' but 'good' games.    Where as Nintendo and Microsoft ride the wave of their 'BIG' games.   Mario, Zelda every generation regardless of the capacity are solid selling titles.  Halo is in the same boat.  Gran Turismo is the same for Sony but they don't advertise Gran Turismo in nearly the same manner (Atleast in the USA) and Sony doesn't make it their 'Flagship' title. 

All I said was Microsofts exclusives were more effective at selling systems, did you actually contradict me here? I don't see it. To clarify everything from the timed exclusives to the semi-exclusive PC/360 games count.

I also said that the significant reason why the PS3 is doing so well is the past performance of the PS2? You didn't seem to contradict me here either.

So why the hell did you quote me?!



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Albion on 09 May 2011
Squilliam said:
Rpruett said:
Squilliam said:

The big 3 in order of the power of system selling exclusives has always been:

1. Nintendo.

2. Microsoft.

3. Sony.

In this current generation.

If a game doesn't sell, it doesn't move systems and Sony simply hasn't released that many games which have come out and outright sold systems. The only significant game they did release was known about since the start of the generation, GT5. Anyone who says that the exclusives released by Sony has lead to some kind of manifest destiny is pretty much deluding themselves. It has always been the brand and the expectations around the brand which has made the PS3 perform as well as it has. If the 'Playmaker 1' had been released in 2006 for $599 it would have sold fewer than 10M consoles.

What you fail to understand and many people fail to grasp is that Sony has never, ever, ever,ever been about selling tons of one copy of one game and selling tons of systems associated with it.  Sony and it's library of games are what sell systems. 

Sony has never been a company with life-long mascots like Nintendo or Microsoft has been.  Even when presented with the perfect opportunity to market a mascot (IE: Sackboy)  they don't do it nearly as much as the other two.

That's my biggest reason for enjoying Sony consoles.  Every generation is a plethora of 85/100   exclusive games in a wide variety of genres.  Contrast that with Nintendo and Microsoft who seemingly have only their blockbuster exclusive games and their exclusive production cycle is very limited and repetitious. 

Sony just releases a constant flow of what I would consider 'good' games.  Not always 'great' but 'good' games.    Where as Nintendo and Microsoft ride the wave of their 'BIG' games.   Mario, Zelda every generation regardless of the capacity are solid selling titles.  Halo is in the same boat.  Gran Turismo is the same for Sony but they don't advertise Gran Turismo in nearly the same manner (Atleast in the USA) and Sony doesn't make it their 'Flagship' title. 

All I said was Microsofts exclusives were more effective at selling systems, did you actually contradict me here? I don't see it. To clarify everything from the timed exclusives to the semi-exclusive PC/360 games count.

I also said that the significant reason why the PS3 is doing so well is the past performance of the PS2? You didn't seem to contradict me here either.

So why the hell did you quote me?!

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o_O.Q on 09 May 2011

wow sales? are you guys really talking about sales?

wii fit has sold more than most games this gen by your standards that must mean that it must be one of the best games this gen right?



darthdevidem01 on 09 May 2011
KylieDog said:

A lot of good movies are releasing on Bluray.

WITH THE GREATEST MOVIES OF ALL TIME RELEASING THIS SEPTEMBER

OT:

Because BHR-3 said so.

OT fo Real:

The Empire Strikes Back, it was all foreseen.

Just wait till it hits $199

100 Million here we come!

PS3 is a marathon runner who is JUST jogging right now, the Wii tripped on the track and is waiting in the accident n emergency room of a busy hospital, the Xbawx just had lucozade and is running well, PS3 has had no lucozade yet, it is just jogging still because PS3 has GREAT legs, long ones and strong!



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ssj12 on 09 May 2011
darthdevidem01 said:
KylieDog said:

A lot of good movies are releasing on Bluray.

WITH THE GREATEST MOVIES OF ALL TIME RELEASING THIS SEPTEMBER

OT:

Because BHR-3 said so.

OT fo Real:

The Empire Strikes Back, it was all foreseen.

Just wait till it hits $199

100 Million here we come!

PS3 is a marathon runner who is JUST jogging right now, the Wii tripped on the track and is waiting in the accident n emergency room of a busy hospital, the Xbawx just had lucozade and is running well, PS3 has had no lucozade yet, it is just jogging still because PS3 has GREAT legs, long ones and strong!

the day that is released, a shit ton of blu-ray players and PS3s will be bought...



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shinsa on 09 May 2011
Troll_Whisperer said:
xinstantnoodlez said:

It's only outisde of america where the ps3 dominates...if it wasn't for the 360's abysmal japan numbers, it would be the number one console worldwide...

ONLY outside of America is 96% of the world population. It is more accurate to say "only in America the 360 dominates". No offense, but America is just one part of the gaming market (a minority of it). As if USA was better than the rest of the world, what an attitude...

agreed

makes you wonder why the xbox is selling best in america.....hmmmm maybe its because of adverticing, propaganda, or that it's an american product.

imo americans are pretty stupid(i'm american just so you know) because in all honesty i think PS3 is the better value for the long run. (a fact i was right when i had to choose which one to buy :D)

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