I think this is good for people who don't own a PS3 or never had one. For me, who still owns & uses my PS3 daily, not so much. I get my games, in physical form, & mostly used. Plus, I like to build a collection, etc. And the last thing I need is another subscription service since I already have cable, Netflix, & am going to get HBO's service whenever that launches.
At least it's better than the b.s. pricing they had when if first rolled out the service. And people calling this a "scam" are partially correct, but we knew it was comimg. They could have made the PS4 backwards compatible, but chose not to bc of $. And this is where that $ will come from. But backwards compatability is an extinct thing, except on Nintendo's consoles. But unlike on Nintendo's consoles, we get more than 3-4 games a year worth buying, so it's worth it
You said it best.....we, as consumers, benefit from the two companies fighting a close battle. The last thing we want is Sony taking over & getting lazy.
While I can't stand Microsoft, Sony is partially to blame. People like you, who make excuses for Sony are the problem. There is no excuse for Sony not being more open about what was happening & let their paying customers know what's going on. And why can Xbox Live be fixed in half the time PSN was corrected? It's unacceptable. And if you throw in the Driveclub fiasco, Sony hasn't looked great so far.
This "reward" for dealing with the PSN outage is a joke. So PS+ get an extension to what they already paid for? Pfft. That should happen regardless.
And the 10% coupon thing is weak. So now I have to SPEND $ to get a "reward" for my patience & not being able to play my online games during that week? And it's an extreme minimal reward, at that.
Um, shouldn't a vote for "GAME of the year" go to an actual......well, ya know......GAME?!
Good to see the Push Square staff finally admits that the PS4 had a rough year, software wise. Because other than the staff drinking an excessive amount of booze before posting this article, I have no idea why a DEMO should get a silver trophy in a "GAME of the year" vote.
With this way of thinking.....my 2011 GOTY vote goes to.......Dead Island. Ya gotta love that trailer!! So emotional!
Due to language restrictions on this site, I can't express what I would do to this individual if I were face-to-face with him. Needless to say, this would be his last "hacking" experience.
Now the authorities need to find this turd & make an example out of him.
Just give it time. The Xbox 360 was winning last-gen (I am not counting the Wii) & then Microsoft made the mind-blowingly stupid decision to go all-in on the Kinect. And Sony's exclusives started hitting big & turned the tide.
But make no mistake, Sony is an extremely arrogant company. It took stones to release the PS3 at $600 and the only really good, exclusive game for a long time (before the first Uncharted) was Resistance: Fall Of Man. And their decision to go with the cell processor set them back years. But they eventually figured it out. Plus when your only real competetion is Microsoft (who will do something stupid again eventually), & with the PS4 still selling well, their motivation may be at a lower point than it should be.
All they need to do is fix all these network problems they are having & actually get their AAA exclusives out the door in working condition (cough.....Driveclub) & not underwhelm (Killzone, etc.) or just flat out suck (Knack). And enough with all the PS3 remasters & cross-gen titles.
In other words, Sony needs that "system seller", next-gen exclusive that they had in the PS3 era that knocks everyone's socks off & shows PS4 owners that they mean business & give people like me (who are on the fence) a reason to drop $400. That's their trump card over Microsoft. They just have to play that card.
Ok, I said two things, not five......a non cross-gen game & an exclusive game that didn't launch with game crippling bugs.
Those are two very important things regarding this point. In fact, the problem with buggy games shouldn't be a problem on ANY system. If you want to settle (& pay for) the crap these compnies are shoveling you....go ahead.
I was just saying that I agree with what a previous poster said about his views on the PS4 & this "next-gen". And it's not just Sony. Microsoft's biggest exclusive is a remaster of a bunch of old Halo games. Pfft. Give me a break.
I am not saying it won't get better, because it will. It's just that this has been the most underwhelming first year of a console generation I have seen & I have lived through them all.
Yea 30 games for it, with 20 of them available on the PS3 in some form.....I am guessing.
I think DESS's point was you can get most of what the PS4 has to offer on the PS3. And some things are WORSE on PS4.
And if you say, "what about the exclusives?"......give me one PS4 "must have" exclusive & also didn't get released in.some buggy, disasterous form that had to be patched later.
Sadly, I don't think there has been a Firefly game. It's one of my all time favorite shows & so ahead of it's time. I would love to see a Mass Effect game set in the Firefly/Serenity universe.
Wow. Well, you are the exact opposite of almost everyone else who had played this series. But to each their own.
The good news is that if you liked 6, you'll probably love 5. And you will probably like Revelations. I will never play the abomination of crap that is Operation: Raccoon City for fear it may turn me off of video games forever. Lol.
Obviously, you are entitled to your opinion & I respect your view on this, but I just have a question for ya......are you full from eating everything Nintendo shovels ya? Lol.
Are you going to try to me Virtual Boy wasn't a complete disaster next?
Or how Nintendo, basically, created the PlayStation when it screwed over Sony, creating another challenger in the market? Was that part of their genius plan?
Or when they stubbornly stuck with cartridges instead of moving onto CD-ROM, like the rest of the industry, & pissed off every third party developer in the business costing them countless millions when all of those developers moved on to Sony? Including one major trump card that Nintendo had & just pissed away.....Final Fantasy VII. Was that about not bowing down to third parties? Because I am pretty sure the Wii U has games on DISC, right?
Oh and I am sure it was fun for you to type in ridiculous friend's codes while trying meet up with friends in Mario Kart instead of just clicking on soneones profi......oh wait......Nintendo doesn't even have online player profiles?!! What year is it?!!
In fact, according to Nintendo, gamers really don't care about online gaming anyways......yea. They actually said that. Lol.
I guess I must have been wrong about all these examples and Nintendo is just completely ahead of everyone else in the industry with their forward thinking and non-arrogance.
Yea it is shocking Sony even had the stones to release a console at $600. Video game companies become extremely arrogant when they win the previous generation.
Look at this generation as an example. I know Sony eventually outsold the 360 (and the Wii was a fad joke console), but it would be hard to argue that Microsoft didn't win last gen. Well their arrogance led them to thinking they could force Kinect on every Xbox One owner & force some ridiculious policies (that have since been, famously, recinded) on the consumer. How did that work out? Lol.
I was just talking about the US. Sony, as a whole, will be just fine with the PS4. But the Xbox has a very strong fan base here in the states. And Microsoft's coffers are endless. So, in my opinion, Sony needs to start hitting on these exclusives they are putting out. Games like DriveClub are completely unacceptable when Forza is over on the Xbox.
Nintendo is not giving the same quality as they did in the SNES era....not even close. Their first party games, maybe (and even that's extremely debateable), but the SNES had third party developers making excellent games for the SNES too. The Wii U doesn't have that.
Ever since the N64 days, Nintendo has made stubborn & awful decisions & design choices that have pushed them away from third party developers. And a console needs those developers to fill in the gaps between the Mario and Zelda games that Nintendo puts out. Until they get those developers back, Nintendo will always be a distant 3rd place and even if the Wii U is a great console, it will be a niche console.
Nintendo survives by dominating the handheld market, producing it's first party games, & by loyal Nintendo apologists, like yourself. If you want to be playing Mario Kart Wii U in 5 yrs.....more power to ya. But I like more variety to choose from when I own a console.
And comparing the Wii U to the PS4 is completely ridiculous. The Wii U has caused Nintendo to lose over 500 million dollars & may cost the CEO his job. They got lucky the Wii caught on as a fad with mothers & grandmothers who loved Wii Sports. In reality, the Wii was a little white box of massive amounts of shovelware, aging technology, & a ridiculously ancient online structure. And to brand their new console, the "Wii U", based off of that fad was a huge mistake.
If Nintendo would've released the Wii U last-gen, Nintendo would be on top right now. But, as usual, Nintendo has to be different for the sake of being different & at the expense of third party developers. No publisher wants to always have a full seperate team making games solely for Nintendo's behind-the-times (technology wise) consoles. It just doesn't make financial sense.
And until Nintendo realizes this, you always have Wii U apologists saying, "Well, at least we have Bayonetta." Lol.
You should get a PS4 because Microsoft is a moronic company who doesn't deserve anyone's money.
However, if as a consumer you don't feel Sony has done enough to warrant $400 of your $ (which they haven't, in my opinon), then sit tight & enjoy your PS3 until Uncharted releases.
At this point, Microsoft hasn't done squat either. They only dropped the price by $50 & their best exclusive is a remastered collection of Halo Xbox 360 games.
With either console you are, essentially, paying for what's coming. Not for what's here now. Both consoles have been a disappointment, software wise, but hopefully that will change in '15.
And trust me, it hurts to type that because I used to LOVE Nintendo. I have owned all their systems & they, single-handedly, brought console gaming back to the US after the Atari debacle in the 80's.
I have been loyal to them a long time, but their arrogance & stubborness has cost them on so many occasions, it's ridiculous.
The Wii U may be a great console, but it's what we should've had LAST generation instead of the Wii. That would have been amazing. Instead the Wii U will probably go down like the Dreamcast. A great niche console that just got lost behind the two bigger "brothers", so to speak.
Exactly. I highly doubt this price cut is temporary. That would be a stupid move on their part.
Sony will never be able to compete with Microsoft's unlimited funds. So they MUST get some big name, exclusive games out as soon as possible, & they better be good. That is their upper hand over Microsoft. If they don't, they will be in trouble in 2015.
The Order needs to be great. That's an extremely important game as it comes out early '15 & is a much hyped exclusive. Sony's lack of AAA exclusive dominance & them touting all these damn indie games & PS3 remasters instead of getting their big franchises out there has caught up to them.
If Sony isn't going to play to their strengths, then Microsoft will. And their strength is $. They can afford a price drop this early without batting an eye. Sony would be wise to keep bundles coming & maybe even slap a bigger hard drive inside the PS4.
However, most gamers (especially here in the US) are idiots. They used to have an Xbox 360. Then Microsoft made fools of themselves leading up to Xbox One. Then a lot of people jumped to Sony's camp. But no Uncharted type games & Sony botching almost every big name PS4 exclusive, so far, & a nice shiny price drop for the Xbox One is a tough thing for the casual, idiotic US gamer to ignore.
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Re: Talking Point: Has PlayStation Now's Subscription Service Put You on Cloud Nine?
I think this is good for people who don't own a PS3 or never had one. For me, who still owns & uses my PS3 daily, not so much. I get my games, in physical form, & mostly used. Plus, I like to build a collection, etc. And the last thing I need is another subscription service since I already have cable, Netflix, & am going to get HBO's service whenever that launches.
At least it's better than the b.s. pricing they had when if first rolled out the service. And people calling this a "scam" are partially correct, but we knew it was comimg. They could have made the PS4 backwards compatible, but chose not to bc of $. And this is where that $ will come from. But backwards compatability is an extinct thing, except on Nintendo's consoles. But unlike on Nintendo's consoles, we get more than 3-4 games a year worth buying, so it's worth it
Re: Analysts: Xbox One Will Catch Up to PS4 in 2015
@SuperCat
Well played, Supercat. Well played.
Re: Analysts: Xbox One Will Catch Up to PS4 in 2015
@mitcHELLspawn
You said it best.....we, as consumers, benefit from the two companies fighting a close battle. The last thing we want is Sony taking over & getting lazy.
Re: Analysts: Xbox One Will Catch Up to PS4 in 2015
@SuperCat
Where does one need to go to purchase a supercat, like yourself?
Re: Analysts: Xbox One Will Catch Up to PS4 in 2015
Looking at the Xbox One's currently announced exclusives for 2015, I have no idea how anyone can choose that lineup over Sony's.
Now if Sony can just get their exclusives out the door, in fully working condition, & live up to expectations.....they will fine.
The only things Microsoft has is Halo & endless $.
Re: Analysts: Xbox One Will Catch Up to PS4 in 2015
@Tasuki
While I can't stand Microsoft, Sony is partially to blame. People like you, who make excuses for Sony are the problem. There is no excuse for Sony not being more open about what was happening & let their paying customers know what's going on. And why can Xbox Live be fixed in half the time PSN was corrected? It's unacceptable. And if you throw in the Driveclub fiasco, Sony hasn't looked great so far.
Re: Game of the Year: These Are Your Favourite PS4, PS3, and Vita Titles of 2014
I am disappointed that, "My PS3 Backlog" didn't make the list. Oh well. Maybe next year.
Re: Game of the Year: These Are Your Favourite PS4, PS3, and Vita Titles of 2014
Destiny being on this list made me question the sanity of 10% who read this website.
It is a great example of why EA, Activi$ion, Ubisoft, etc., will keep releasing partial games & charge us $60.
Re: Rumour: Destiny to Explore the Plague of Darkness in September
Bungie is dead to me.
Re: Sony Extends PlayStation Plus Subs Due to Xmas PSN Outage
@Gamer83
Couln't have said it better myself.
Re: Sony Extends PlayStation Plus Subs Due to Xmas PSN Outage
@dacendarin
Bias? How so? When did defend Microsoft? I was simply stating that Xbox Live was down for a shorter time than PSN, which it was.
Why can't Sony get their act together fixing stuff faster? Or at least communicate what is going on (in a timely manner)?
Re: Sony Extends PlayStation Plus Subs Due to Xmas PSN Outage
@dacendarin
Xbox Live wasn't down for FIVE days.
Re: Sony Extends PlayStation Plus Subs Due to Xmas PSN Outage
This "reward" for dealing with the PSN outage is a joke. So PS+ get an extension to what they already paid for? Pfft. That should happen regardless.
And the 10% coupon thing is weak. So now I have to SPEND $ to get a "reward" for my patience & not being able to play my online games during that week? And it's an extreme minimal reward, at that.
Sony is really starting to tick me off.
Re: Poll: What Was Your Favourite PlayStation Game of 2014?
I voted for, "Other".......
A.k.a. my PS3 backlog.
Re: Fat Princess: Piece of Cake Bulks Up on Vita in January
@get2sammyb
Well played.
Re: Fat Princess: Piece of Cake Bulks Up on Vita in January
@Azikira
I was thinking the same thing. Extremely dirty, actually.
So we can't swear in the comments section, but you guys can post pics. of animated plus sized ladies "sharing a moment (and cake)", so to speak? Lol.
Re: Game of the Year: Gold Trophy - inFAMOUS: Second Son
So a demo of a game gets the silver & an inFAMOUS game gets the gold?
2014 was a slllloooowww year for games on the PS4.
Re: Review: Trine: Enchanted Edition (PlayStation 4)
Opens wallet...
(sound of crickets chirping)
Re: Game of the Year: Silver Trophy - P.T.
Um, shouldn't a vote for "GAME of the year" go to an actual......well, ya know......GAME?!
Good to see the Push Square staff finally admits that the PS4 had a rough year, software wise. Because other than the staff drinking an excessive amount of booze before posting this article, I have no idea why a DEMO should get a silver trophy in a "GAME of the year" vote.
With this way of thinking.....my 2011 GOTY vote goes to.......Dead Island. Ya gotta love that trailer!! So emotional!
Btw, how did that game turn out? Too soon?
Re: Rumour: Rebecca Chambers Will Return in Resident Evil Zero on PS4, PS3
@FullbringIchigo
Yea these RE Gamecube games are WAY different than a remaster of Tomb Raider or something that just came out on PS3 2 yrs ago.
So yea, you are right, these are the types of remasters that are a good thing.
Re: Feature: 10 PS4 Firmware Update Features That Need to Be Added in 2015
Most of these issues, if not all, should have been dealt with pre-launch. Ridiculous.
Re: Meet the Man Who Stole Christmas for PS4 Fans
Due to language restrictions on this site, I can't express what I would do to this individual if I were face-to-face with him. Needless to say, this would be his last "hacking" experience.
Now the authorities need to find this turd & make an example out of him.
Re: Rumour: Rebecca Chambers Will Return in Resident Evil Zero on PS4, PS3
I actually liked this game, even if others didn't. I figured this was coming once they announced the RE remake for PS3/PS4. Nice.
Re: Soapbox: Poor Communication Continues to Be PSN's Biggest Problem
@WARDIE
Just give it time. The Xbox 360 was winning last-gen (I am not counting the Wii) & then Microsoft made the mind-blowingly stupid decision to go all-in on the Kinect. And Sony's exclusives started hitting big & turned the tide.
But make no mistake, Sony is an extremely arrogant company. It took stones to release the PS3 at $600 and the only really good, exclusive game for a long time (before the first Uncharted) was Resistance: Fall Of Man. And their decision to go with the cell processor set them back years. But they eventually figured it out. Plus when your only real competetion is Microsoft (who will do something stupid again eventually), & with the PS4 still selling well, their motivation may be at a lower point than it should be.
All they need to do is fix all these network problems they are having & actually get their AAA exclusives out the door in working condition (cough.....Driveclub) & not underwhelm (Killzone, etc.) or just flat out suck (Knack). And enough with all the PS3 remasters & cross-gen titles.
In other words, Sony needs that "system seller", next-gen exclusive that they had in the PS3 era that knocks everyone's socks off & shows PS4 owners that they mean business & give people like me (who are on the fence) a reason to drop $400. That's their trump card over Microsoft. They just have to play that card.
Re: Game of the Year: Best PS3 Games of 2014
@meppi
Ok, I said two things, not five......a non cross-gen game & an exclusive game that didn't launch with game crippling bugs.
Those are two very important things regarding this point. In fact, the problem with buggy games shouldn't be a problem on ANY system. If you want to settle (& pay for) the crap these compnies are shoveling you....go ahead.
I was just saying that I agree with what a previous poster said about his views on the PS4 & this "next-gen". And it's not just Sony. Microsoft's biggest exclusive is a remaster of a bunch of old Halo games. Pfft. Give me a break.
I am not saying it won't get better, because it will. It's just that this has been the most underwhelming first year of a console generation I have seen & I have lived through them all.
Re: Soapbox: Poor Communication Continues to Be PSN's Biggest Problem
@get2sammyb
Great article, Sammy. I am sure a lot of other readers are feeling the same way. I know I do.
Re: Sony Engineers Investigating as PS4 Goes Offline Again
And THIS is why you never buy online only games.
Never. Ever.
Ever.
Re: Game of the Year: Best PS3 Games of 2014
@meppi
Yea 30 games for it, with 20 of them available on the PS3 in some form.....I am guessing.
I think DESS's point was you can get most of what the PS4 has to offer on the PS3. And some things are WORSE on PS4.
And if you say, "what about the exclusives?"......give me one PS4 "must have" exclusive & also didn't get released in.some buggy, disasterous form that had to be patched later.
Re: Game of the Year: Best PS3 Games of 2014
@DESS-M-8
Preach on.....I completely agree. Neither "next-gen" console has done squat except launch remakes, remasters, cross-gen titles, indie garbage, & buggy, underwhelming exclusives.
There are exceptions, of course. But, as of right now, my PS3 backlog is way more appealing than some $400 promise of things to come.
Re: PSN Offline for Second Day as Attackers Bring Servers Down
@blah01
Put them all in a room with no windows, alone with me for 20 minutes & I promise they will never hack anything ever again.
Otherwise, find & prosecute these twerps & send a message.
Re: PSN Offline for Second Day as Attackers Bring Servers Down
@Jaz007
Why would you even get Destiny at this point? Lol
Re: Sony's Cancelled Movie The Interview Is Out Now, But Not on PSN Yet
I could care less about this movie, even after all the hacking pub it got. I am so tired of Seth Rogan & James Franco is a terrible actor.
Also, Pineapple Express & This Is The End are ridiculously overrated.
Re: There's a Deep Downgrade in These Deep Down PS4 Screens
Free-To-Play games suck.
Re: Sony Will Fix PS4 Messages in Future Firmware Update
My PS3 messages fine.
Wasn't there an article here about how much easier everything is to do on PS4 than it was on PS3? Hrm.....just sayin'. (Only kidding, Sammy) lol.
Re: Uncharted 4: A Thief's End Avoids the Uncanny Valley on PS4
@rjejr
Sadly, I don't think there has been a Firefly game. It's one of my all time favorite shows & so ahead of it's time. I would love to see a Mass Effect game set in the Firefly/Serenity universe.
Re: Resident Evil: Revelations 2 Cordially Invites You to the Worst Party Ever
@ToddlerNaruto
Wow. Well, you are the exact opposite of almost everyone else who had played this series. But to each their own.
The good news is that if you liked 6, you'll probably love 5. And you will probably like Revelations. I will never play the abomination of crap that is Operation: Raccoon City for fear it may turn me off of video games forever. Lol.
Re: Resident Evil: Revelations 2 Cordially Invites You to the Worst Party Ever
@ToddlerNaruto
Wow. You actually purchased those 3 turds? Lol.
Research before buying a game is a good thing.
Also, Capcom continues to destroy this once great series. Mark my words, this has a 6 (7 tops) written all over it.
Re: Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Brings a Different Breed of Zombie to PS4, PS3
Why would they need a voice cast for some stupid multiplayer add on?
And enough of the frickin zombies already.
Re: Opinion: Why Sony Will Drop the PS4's Price if Necessary
@freaksloan
You mean reality? Nah, it's not that bad.
Re: PS4 Conditions 'Tougher' in the US Following Xbox One Price Cut
@thedevilsjester
Exactly. Gamers are speaking with their wallets when it comes to Nintendo.
Now if we could just get them to do it when it comes to Destiny......lol.
Re: PS4 Conditions 'Tougher' in the US Following Xbox One Price Cut
@thedevilsjester
I hope you are right, because I would hate to see the industry turn into a joke because of Microsoft.
Re: PS4 Conditions 'Tougher' in the US Following Xbox One Price Cut
@Kage_88
Obviously, you are entitled to your opinion & I respect your view on this, but I just have a question for ya......are you full from eating everything Nintendo shovels ya? Lol.
Are you going to try to me Virtual Boy wasn't a complete disaster next?
Or how Nintendo, basically, created the PlayStation when it screwed over Sony, creating another challenger in the market? Was that part of their genius plan?
Or when they stubbornly stuck with cartridges instead of moving onto CD-ROM, like the rest of the industry, & pissed off every third party developer in the business costing them countless millions when all of those developers moved on to Sony? Including one major trump card that Nintendo had & just pissed away.....Final Fantasy VII. Was that about not bowing down to third parties? Because I am pretty sure the Wii U has games on DISC, right?
Oh and I am sure it was fun for you to type in ridiculous friend's codes while trying meet up with friends in Mario Kart instead of just clicking on soneones profi......oh wait......Nintendo doesn't even have online player profiles?!! What year is it?!!
In fact, according to Nintendo, gamers really don't care about online gaming anyways......yea. They actually said that. Lol.
I guess I must have been wrong about all these examples and Nintendo is just completely ahead of everyone else in the industry with their forward thinking and non-arrogance.
Re: Opinion: Why Sony Will Drop the PS4's Price if Necessary
@Splat
Yea it is shocking Sony even had the stones to release a console at $600. Video game companies become extremely arrogant when they win the previous generation.
Look at this generation as an example. I know Sony eventually outsold the 360 (and the Wii was a fad joke console), but it would be hard to argue that Microsoft didn't win last gen. Well their arrogance led them to thinking they could force Kinect on every Xbox One owner & force some ridiculious policies (that have since been, famously, recinded) on the consumer. How did that work out? Lol.
Re: PS4 Conditions 'Tougher' in the US Following Xbox One Price Cut
@adf86
I was just talking about the US. Sony, as a whole, will be just fine with the PS4. But the Xbox has a very strong fan base here in the states. And Microsoft's coffers are endless. So, in my opinion, Sony needs to start hitting on these exclusives they are putting out. Games like DriveClub are completely unacceptable when Forza is over on the Xbox.
Re: PS4 Conditions 'Tougher' in the US Following Xbox One Price Cut
@Boerewors
Nintendo is not giving the same quality as they did in the SNES era....not even close. Their first party games, maybe (and even that's extremely debateable), but the SNES had third party developers making excellent games for the SNES too. The Wii U doesn't have that.
Ever since the N64 days, Nintendo has made stubborn & awful decisions & design choices that have pushed them away from third party developers. And a console needs those developers to fill in the gaps between the Mario and Zelda games that Nintendo puts out. Until they get those developers back, Nintendo will always be a distant 3rd place and even if the Wii U is a great console, it will be a niche console.
Nintendo survives by dominating the handheld market, producing it's first party games, & by loyal Nintendo apologists, like yourself. If you want to be playing Mario Kart Wii U in 5 yrs.....more power to ya. But I like more variety to choose from when I own a console.
And comparing the Wii U to the PS4 is completely ridiculous. The Wii U has caused Nintendo to lose over 500 million dollars & may cost the CEO his job. They got lucky the Wii caught on as a fad with mothers & grandmothers who loved Wii Sports. In reality, the Wii was a little white box of massive amounts of shovelware, aging technology, & a ridiculously ancient online structure. And to brand their new console, the "Wii U", based off of that fad was a huge mistake.
If Nintendo would've released the Wii U last-gen, Nintendo would be on top right now. But, as usual, Nintendo has to be different for the sake of being different & at the expense of third party developers. No publisher wants to always have a full seperate team making games solely for Nintendo's behind-the-times (technology wise) consoles. It just doesn't make financial sense.
And until Nintendo realizes this, you always have Wii U apologists saying, "Well, at least we have Bayonetta." Lol.
Re: Sony's Fighting Back with Some Big US PS4 Bundles
@FlipNiggle
You should get a PS4 because Microsoft is a moronic company who doesn't deserve anyone's money.
However, if as a consumer you don't feel Sony has done enough to warrant $400 of your $ (which they haven't, in my opinon), then sit tight & enjoy your PS3 until Uncharted releases.
At this point, Microsoft hasn't done squat either. They only dropped the price by $50 & their best exclusive is a remastered collection of Halo Xbox 360 games.
With either console you are, essentially, paying for what's coming. Not for what's here now. Both consoles have been a disappointment, software wise, but hopefully that will change in '15.
Re: PS4 Conditions 'Tougher' in the US Following Xbox One Price Cut
@Savino
And trust me, it hurts to type that because I used to LOVE Nintendo. I have owned all their systems & they, single-handedly, brought console gaming back to the US after the Atari debacle in the 80's.
I have been loyal to them a long time, but their arrogance & stubborness has cost them on so many occasions, it's ridiculous.
The Wii U may be a great console, but it's what we should've had LAST generation instead of the Wii. That would have been amazing. Instead the Wii U will probably go down like the Dreamcast. A great niche console that just got lost behind the two bigger "brothers", so to speak.
Re: PS4 Conditions 'Tougher' in the US Following Xbox One Price Cut
@get2sammyb
Exactly. I highly doubt this price cut is temporary. That would be a stupid move on their part.
Sony will never be able to compete with Microsoft's unlimited funds. So they MUST get some big name, exclusive games out as soon as possible, & they better be good. That is their upper hand over Microsoft. If they don't, they will be in trouble in 2015.
The Order needs to be great. That's an extremely important game as it comes out early '15 & is a much hyped exclusive. Sony's lack of AAA exclusive dominance & them touting all these damn indie games & PS3 remasters instead of getting their big franchises out there has caught up to them.
If Sony isn't going to play to their strengths, then Microsoft will. And their strength is $. They can afford a price drop this early without batting an eye. Sony would be wise to keep bundles coming & maybe even slap a bigger hard drive inside the PS4.
However, most gamers (especially here in the US) are idiots. They used to have an Xbox 360. Then Microsoft made fools of themselves leading up to Xbox One. Then a lot of people jumped to Sony's camp. But no Uncharted type games & Sony botching almost every big name PS4 exclusive, so far, & a nice shiny price drop for the Xbox One is a tough thing for the casual, idiotic US gamer to ignore.
Re: PS4 Conditions 'Tougher' in the US Following Xbox One Price Cut
@Savino
The Wii U stands no chance because Nintendo is a stubborn, arrogant company that has lost touch with what gamers/consumers want.
Re: Learn if Life Is Strange in January on PS4, PS3
This game sounds interesting, but like others have said, I will wait & see how this turns out.