The first demo for Final Fantasy XIII has been announced, but, it will only be available (right now) on the PlayStation 3. It will arrive as “bonus material” when you purchase Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete because the game arrives on Blu-Ray and there is plenty of room for this additional content. The game […]
Final Fantasy XIII Demo For PS3 Announced
August 3rd, 2008 · 1 Comment
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Sony Says Competition is Good
July 23rd, 2008 · No Comments
It seems the console maker who’s trailing in sales typically says how great competition is and how it’s great for the consumer. Sony’s not leading the console race, as of now, and Sony Computer Entertainment Europe president David Reeves stated in a recent interview: The winner, he said, is the consumer. “That’s why we are […]
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Wii Takes US Lead In Console War
July 18th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Just in case people were actually thinking the Xbox 360 was going to hold out against a viral console, Nintendo is now the best selling console in the United States. Anyone really surprised? This months sales figures for consoles broke down something like this: Nintendo DS: 783,000 Wii: 666,700 PlayStation 3: 405,500 PSP: 337,400 Xbox […]
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MGS4 Pushes PS3 Up 300%
July 17th, 2008 · No Comments
Metal Gear Solid 4 was a solid release for the PlayStation 3, the exclusive title that gives Sony an edge over the competition. This was Sony’s Halo 3 title and it needed to be a big success in order to keep gamers confident in the Sony brand. Sony is reporting a 300% increase in PlayStation […]
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War On Video Game Exclusives
July 16th, 2008 · No Comments
Typically, we have “exclusive” fallout from the console war which forces the hand of the consumer to purchase all consoles to play all the games they love. Many hardcore gamers are into first person shooters like Halo and Gears of War but also like their Grand Theft Auto and Final Fantasy fixes. In years prior, […]
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Sony’s E3 Conference: Fairly Impressive
July 15th, 2008 · 1 Comment
We’re all used to Sony falling on their face at E3 in the last few years, but, this year, things were different. They’re information was delivered well, they had a great presentation medium using Little Big Planet‘s game engine as a presentation platform over the standard PowerPoint slides and everything went smoothly. The format for […]
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PlayStation 3 80GB For $399.99
July 15th, 2008 · No Comments
So there you have it, the PlayStation 3‘s 80GB console is now the price of the PlayStation 3’s 40GB console, running in at $399.99. This is, in effect, a price drop to compete well with the Xbox 360 which is now going to be $349.99. The new price of the PlayStation 3 with the talk […]
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First PlayStation 3 Greatest Hits Games
July 13th, 2008 · 1 Comment
It’s that time in the life-cycle of the PlayStation 3 where a few of their hit titles go into “classic” game mode, which translate to a price drop. We saw this with a few games like Kameo on the Xbox 360 a year or so after the launch of the console. The first games said […]
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PlayStation 3: Not About Quantity, About Profitability
July 11th, 2008 · 1 Comment
The Xbox 360 price drop rumors flow like water and it’s all but officially been announced at this point. What about PlayStation 3 and their price? No. Nobuyuki Oneda, the Sony’s chief financial officer said, “our plan is not to reduce the price. Our strategy is not to sell more quantity for PS3 but to […]
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Mega Man 9, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 Confirmed
July 10th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Capcom has finally come out and stated Mega Man 9 will indeed be available on the PlayStation 3 (PSN) and Xbox 360 (Xbox Live). Capcom may be making a great move by providing everyone the ability to play their new retro title in download form. The game is definitely going to be a smaller title […]
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