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    John Keefer posted a new article, Sony CEO: Competitors can go first in console battle.

    A lot has been speculated about the upcoming next generation consoles. Whether it's an eight-core AMD CPU for Sony's Orbis or Microsoft's Durango being released before Thanksgiving, nothing is definite. But Sony CEO Kaz Hirai seems content to sit back and see what the competition will do first.
    Jan 21, 2013 4:30pm PST
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    John Keefer posted a new article, Sony CEO: Competitors can go first in console battle.

    A lot has been speculated about the upcoming next generation consoles. Whether it's an eight-core AMD CPU for Sony's Orbis or Microsoft's Durango being released before Thanksgiving, nothing is definite. But Sony CEO Kaz Hirai seems content to sit back and see what the competition will do first. : ShacknewsThis person is cool!

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      Hey Kaz, the competitors went first this generation. Want to know what happened? "Giant enemy crabs!" .... : the archvileThis person is cool!
      • they also went first in the previous 2 generations as well (Dreamcast, Saturn before that) and Sony came ... : RikiTiki2
    • Wow, I wouldn't have guessed this...seems like a bad move considering how it all went down last time. : VorlonesqueThis person is cool!
    • Wow... that's pretty ballsy, considering the most recent generation of consoles... : Ambient80
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      I lot of people seem to speculate that the 360 dominates all over the world. It's clearly a second-class... : eyetyrant248
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        The 360 has under 5% market share in Japan. In Europe, the PS3 has marginally better market share than t... : the archvileThis person is cool!
        • Well, depending on how you look at it, there are more PC titles in a typical video game store than any pa : eyetyrant248
        • not sure about the market share in Europe, and if so it's because of the blu-ray player : moshmanThis person is cool!
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        people still care about jrpgs? : -=kodiak=-This person is cool!
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          Hell yeah. Not modern Final Fantasy, but games that have that same mechanic. : the archvileThis person is cool!
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            i dig certain games in that playstyle. Not going to lie, last time i ever had any fun with those games in... : -=kodiak=-This person is cool!
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              skies of arcadia : EvilDolemiteThis person is cool!
              • thank you!!! even by the end of that game i kinda got worn out with the random battles. loved the g... : -=kodiak=-This person is cool!
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              My problem is the length...there was this whole stupid arms race of "our game is the longest" in the 90's... : VorlonesqueThis person is cool!
              • ... the androgynous characters are pretty goddamn pathetic as well. First time that really stood out f... : -=kodiak=-This person is cool!
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          NI NO KUNI! It's gonna own, s0n! : Anastomosis
          • I'm pretty stoked about Ni No Kuni myself. : silverback1138
        • It would appear: http://www.shacknews.com/chatty?id=29566326 : RaptorII
        • Those in Japan do. : Mad Brahmin DiseaseThis person is cool!
        • My copy of Ni No Kuni shows up today, SO FUCKYEAH! : pixelat3dThis person is cool!
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        Japan is a small market. : Lucy LabiaThis person is cool!
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          It's one of the strongest countries, market-wise. At some points, Japan has competed directly with all o... : eyetyrant248
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            It's still an important market but it pales in comparison to North America and Europe. It doesn't seem li... : qwpeoriuThis person is cool!
            • Also other Asian countries like Korea and china are an important market but not sure how well consoles do... : Lucy LabiaThis person is cool!
      • You forgot Poland. : VorlonesqueThis person is cool!
      • Success in Japan doesn't mean what it used to. : greenbergMD
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        thing is, do they even need japan? clearly they tried with xbox, then said fuck it, and just targeting am... : EvilDolemiteThis person is cool!
        • They spend plenty of money trying to win Japan over. The gigantic Master Chief poster in Akihabara told ... : eyetyrant248
        • It's a big deal. You sell a million and your competitors sell 10 million? Yeah, it's a big deal. It's not... : K1Bond007This person is cool!
    • Isn't that what they did last time? : pigvomitThis person is cool!
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      Considering that it's more about the software than the hardware (when you have to systems of a 'similar" ... : DragonSire
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        You must hate games, then. The PS3 has God of War, Infamous, Uncharted, Resistance, Jak and Daxter, Ratch : David Craddock
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          As a non-console guy, only Uncharted and God of War on that list would motivate me to get a PS3. Likewise... : Firefly1985
          • The only thing that made me want a console was WipeOut...which is very possibly dead now. : Mr. Goodwrench
        • Forza. I'm a PC gamer, but that and Demon's Souls are the only console exclusives that really caught my e... : Wisp!
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          Most ports on the ps3 are so atrocious they may as well be considered x360 exclusives. : SigENeaT
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            That's not really fair these days. : ConanThis person is cool!
            • Yeah, I haven't heard such claims in a looong time. I started playing PS3 in 2008 and haven't run up agai... : David Craddock
        • I hate games too! I have little big planet. It came as a bundle though : mobab
        • Great list of PS3 exclusives there. How about some PS4 ones? : Endymion_
      • exclusives are the most retarded thing ever. i already own a piece of hardware that would be perfectly ca... : xxx2xxx
    • more like sony cant afford to go first at the moment, and need to see what can safely be trimmed to minim... : 60days
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      Translation: "our console is nowhere near ready, and we have no money." : AlvinKleinThis person is cool!
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        Neither does Microsoft if this is to be believed: http://www.forbes.com/sites/adamhartung/2013/01/20/... : cetra00
        • Yeah that seems a bit beyond silly. : MacemanInTW
        • That guy is a nut. So much wild speculation and knee-jerk reactions. : YanksThis person is cool!
      • I think they just want another year out of the PS3 and they're hoping Microsoft announces, but ultimately... : K1Bond007This person is cool!
    • I am heavily leaning towards the PS4 this cycle if they can fix the controller to be better suited for th... : ant_hillbilly
    • I don't care who comes out first, nor do I care much if I have to wait for a year or two more at this poi... : ramshot
    • Yeah, let's sit back and wait! And then we will release a 599.99$ behemoth that will crush the competitio... : creeping-deathThis person is cool!
    • Since the full text of the interview is behind a pay wall, I don't think we can make any judgement as to... : baron calamityThis person is cool!
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      PS3 vs 360 was a draw. #dealwithit : HockeyJohnston
      • Not by a longshot. Perhaps you were too busy playing your Wii. : powerinfused