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by Jeff "geedeck" Gondek, Nov 14, 2007 6:13am PST

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How is everyone doing today? I zonked out a bit early last night, still trying to get rid of whatever is going around. Busy day though, with Rocket Race enthusiasm bringing it into mainstream Halo 3. I wonder how people will react? Probably just like they mistreat Oddball with vetoes. :( Don't they know it's only the best melee weapon? Poor Skulley. Still more stuff to bring together this morning, but I think we'll run a contest in the chatty today too. We have two copies of Gears of War PC, courtesy of Microsoft and Epic. In order to qualify, post your best co-op gaming story in this thread, and we'll post winners tomorrow.

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Is this holiday season the make-or-break-it time for PS3?

Nov 14, 2007 1:31pm PST

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Is this holiday season the make-or-break-it time for PS3? : FushigiDenki
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  dude, take it back, get a 360 : diddlyd
  - hahah :) I didn't buy one : FushigiDenki
- Just about. They need to establish a serious installed base to encourage more developers to invest effort... : rudds
- I think it's going to be pretty important. $400 units and high availability. No reason it shouldn't sel... : pigvomit
- I kind of thought last holiday was honestly. I just don't see it ever surpassing 360 sales worldwide, and... : qwpeoriu
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  Yes and No. If the big guns (MGS4 and Final Fanatsy) next year can't make a difference, then I would con... : grabbie
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    yup, mgs and final fantasy are the only system selling franchises in the us. and i guess god of war. in... : wvuong
    - Gran Turismo? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_video_games#PlayStation_2 : yellowtexan
- I think it's very unfortunate that HOME isn't ready to go. That would be a pretty huge selling point. But... : Yanks
- More like keep it from breaking. : Sailor of Fortune
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  You really expect them to fold ever on the PS3? They are making tons of money from the PS2 system still ... : AndyGoin
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    No but I expect 3rd parties will make it the last console in their line of priorities if it doesn't secur... : FushigiDenki
    - yeah, at this rate it'll be relegated to where the gamecube was; gets the obligatory multiplatform ports,... : ttyRazor
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  I think it's too late. They've lost in this generation. No way they can make up the ground lost to MS and... : Silent Sorrow
  - I'd agree. It's not looking good for PS3. With the 360 and Wii only becoming stronger and stronger by t... : PenicillinX57
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    how are sales in japan? : Morgin
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      I think it's slightly outselling the 360, but this means little given how it has been crushed in the two ... : Silent Sorrow
      
      well if outselling it 4:1 is 'slightly' I guess you're right. : aeg1x
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      360 outsell ps3, there. recently. http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=16184 : pobone
      
      That's one single week, it really means nothing. It might not even ever happen again. : qwpeoriu
      
      That was an outlier though. I mean they got it for Ace Combat 6. Sure they'll get more games but it's not... : Sailor of Fortune
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    Agreed. Its too late to turn it around now. MGS4 and FF aren't going to do it : bozer
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      Don't tell that to Sony/Playstation fanboys. It would crush their spirit. Send them into the corner, cryi... : pobone
      
      I will say this though. I have noticed that non-gamers, like people who pay no attention the gaming in ge... : bozer
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    Is it just me or does it seem like MS makes more games for the 360 than Sony can for the PS3? : Sailor of Fortune
    - Sony has the largest first party dev shop. : Grandmoff
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    They've got some big guns for 2008, BR still has some advantages over HD-DVD, PS2 loyalty is still strong... : edgewise
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      Continued PS2 success is great for Sony as a whole but I don't see what it has to do with PS3. Why would... : Chris Remo
      
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      I don't have any statistical evidence to back this claim up, but I'd suspect that the number of games com... : Ride-My-Rocket
      
      Like I said, continued PS2 success is great for Sony as a whole. However, edgewise seemed to be bringing... : Chris Remo
    - PS2 has 100% backwards compatibility though. : Sailor of Fortune
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    I certainly hope you're wrong, if Microsoft is the only ones offering a gaming solution (for the hardcore... : abrasion
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      Well, its already almost like that for me. They are the only ones offering a good online service. The Wii's online service is a joke and the PS3's I hear isn't great either. Being able to play with friends just beats everything else for me. I don't think MS is going to be the leader and then all of a sudden start fucking everyone over. That doesn't make sense really. Why would that happen?
      
      Even if you don't care about online play, everything is going online. Digital downloads, ... just so much shit can happen in the future based around online features. Everyone else has had their heads up their asses for so long now while Xbox Live is over 5 yrs old now and clearly MS knows wtf they are doing in that regard
      
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      Well, its already almost like that for me. They are the only ones offering a good online service. The Wii... : bozer
      
      The point is you have that choice to make. You'd have to be very naive to think an environment with only... : Chris Remo
      
      Nickle and diming consumers with digital downloads doesn't sit well with me. Microsoft in my opinion hav... : abrasion
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    I think they wouldve had a chance on the 40GB release if it still had BC, now everyone I know is like fuc... : ghost in my shell
    - Yep guy at work tried to buy a PS3, couldn't get a BC model so said fuckit and cancelled buying one. : abrasion
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  Nope. I absolutely WILL buy one...in three years. : fleabug
  - yeah, I will wait, before buying one. (When everyone you know who owns one say they only rent, and buy ja... : pobone
- I don't see it ever overcoming the 360 but I still think it can be a successful console system with bette... : baronzemo78
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  I think that last season was make it or break it for them. This season is important but i dont see them ... : trevis
  - Biggest gripe for me w/ PS3 is how they're all over the map over the something as simple as backward comp... : pobone
- i was right! http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=13535882 well almost right. they did sell their c... : mista mista
- no, not yet. Next holiday season it had better make up a ton of ground, but this year is still pretty ear... : edgewise
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  sony's got a 10 yr lifecycle for the PS/3. so don't worry about it till 2010 when it will really start to... : gdestiny
  - No, they don't. No one 8 years from now is going to be developing games for the PS3, mark my words. : Vincent Grayson
- No, the system has only been out a year, and none of the big guns have hit yet (namely 2 huge FF titles a... : Vincent Grayson
- They'll atleast have to maintain any momentum they get from this holiday season. : feek
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  I think we'll have to wait for Sony's first party to start dishing out the releases before me can call it... : aeg1x
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    Sony's 1st party is solid but I wouldn't say the stronger than their competitors. Nintendo's 1st party li... : yellowtexan
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      Eh, I definitely prefer say, God of War and Shadow of the Colossus over just about any Mario or Zelda gam... : Vincent Grayson
      
      For me, Nintendo first party at its best largely outshines Sony first party at its best, but Sony's has c... : Chris Remo
  - While Sony PS3 is waiting on their "1st party-exclusives" to come out and bail them out, 360/Wii are movi... : pobone

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