[QUOTE="Nike_Air"][QUOTE="Floppy_Jim"] Well, last year Sony announced Resistance 2 and Motorstorm 2 for the holiday lineup. So I'm sure there's still a couple of games for the end of the year we don't know about yet.carljohnson3456
They'll have holiday games to be sure (a few new ones like an Insomniac game of course) , but the main game will be Uncharted 2 at the end of the year. It'll be ok for gamers because we play great games all the time and great games come when they come , but it will be a bummer for Sony at the holidays without a major title once again to reach a bit of a mass market level. Maybe they get lucky and Final Fantasy XIII will release in Japan by then to make the sales beat-down less worse. Sony just needs to market GAMES like crazy. I hate how they advertise the system, the games, and Blu Ray all in one 30 second commercial because then they dont focus on just one thing. The "Entertainment Unleashed" commercial is good and all, but they need to focus on ONE game and make everybody want it. They arent going to say, "I need that game" seeing a 5 second clip of Nathan Drake jumping ledge to ledge. With all that said, I'm sure Sony will have more than just one "must have" holiday game this season. Unless they pull a Nintendo. lol.They always run game specific ads for their bigger games , then on top of that they have commecials that show a collection of great things about the ps3 to promote the platform including a collection of games.I think they do it pretty well , they just don't do it enough (especially in the primetime/network TV slots) because of their financial situation. We all think we could do a better job with the ads for better results , but probably not at the end of the day. In 2007 - Uncharted , Heavenly Sword , and Ratchet all had games specific TV ads ..... then they had those cool commercials that showed the ps3 and games off there as well to support those game specific ads. This year they had LittleBigPlanet , Motorstorm PR , and R2 ads - then the wishlist ads , Entertainment unleashed (supported games and blu-ray) , Network ads (supported games and the network card) , movie download service ads (still supported Resistance 2 and the new Motorstorm)
In 2008 - they'll probably have Uncharted 2 , the next Ratchet , and maybe Heavy Rain (or something) :?, then they'll run additional ads meant to excite and educate the people about the platform in general. It's all they can do really besides a holiday bundle and a freebie pack-in game and movie like usual. The ps3 will probably be $299 by then to compete with the competition , but the marketing budget will likely have to suffer to compensate for that. They just won't have those games that will really hit home with the mass market this upcoming holiday anyway ...... they'll get beat down by cheaper systems and bigger marketing budgets , a Halo 3 expansion , and probably Mario Party 9 (or is it 10 already?) and game packaged with a peripheral.
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