OMG.. PS3 Making the Biggest comeback in Video Game History!!!

I think sony is really on the verge to making one of the biggest and fastest comebacks in video game history.. I mean WOW, i still cant get over this news. For the last year critics and media have been saying that sony needs to win the format war or else and BAM, Just 4 days into 2008 and sony manages to make history by winning the format war in just one day! Now that the format war is over sony will now move on to plan B. Make great games and win back the gaming war that belongs to them..

there are times i had my doubts about the PS3 even though ive always been a hardcore PS3 fan but I honestly think we are about to witness a comeback of epic proportions. You may think that sony winning the format war has nothing to do with gaming but i say it does.. More people now will be more inclined to buy the PS3, you have to think that Devs are now starting to second guess, thinking the PS3 is here to stay and blu ray is needed afterall.. Sony has put MS in one of the hardest positions.. A. either MS creates a format of their own for the next xbox much like the Dreamcast did with GD-roms. or B.swallow that pride and adopt blu ray as the drive for the next xbox either way sony will still have the upper hand.

As time goes on, MS is getting weaker slowly but surely.. HD-DVD is now dead, 360 is failing hard in Japan, PS3 outselling 360 in japan by large margins and is starting to outsell it in Europe, All the Heavy hitting PS3 games for this year are a lot better than 360s games, Xbox live getting sued recently over network problems and ofcourse the RROD. As someone said previously, the 360 is built on quick sand.. PS3 is built on solid ground.

By the way, i would love a copy of that issue of EGM with the cover called "Battle station" which shows a tomato being thrown at the PS3, that will be a good thing to keep for history sake when sony makes the biggest comeback ever!

The 360 never had a chance. The system is all but dead outside of North America. The XBOX 360chosen HD format has been failing since day one. The system is a hardware disaster and 2008 holds no suprises for its customers.Khansoul

...and you know this, how?

Unless you work for Microsoft's gaming division, how would you know they have no surprises for 2008, given that surprises are not supposed to be known before they happen?

HD DVD is dead? lol. You're reliable.OhhSnap50893

New York Times: "The high-definition DVD war is all but over." source

Maybe the biggest comeback, most definately the longest pep rally.

You keep the faith out there man.

being a manticore, i cant care less what happens

i just think you're dead wrong. just going by the people i know, they all have or want a 360/wii. and almost none have any interest in a ps3 at this time. though "at this time" is probably the key phrase

[QUOTE="OhhSnap50893"]HD DVD is dead? lol. You're reliable.fuzzysquash

New York Times: "The high-definition DVD war is all but over." source

Because we can believe everything NYTimes posts.

[QUOTE="fuzzysquash"]

[QUOTE="OhhSnap50893"]HD DVD is dead? lol. You're reliable.SSCyborg

New York Times: "The high-definition DVD war is all but over." source

Because we can believe everything NYTimes posts.

The 360 never had a chance. The system is all but dead outside of North America. The XBOX 360chosen HD format has been failing since day one. The system is a hardware disaster and 2008 holds no suprises for its customers.Khansoul

[QUOTE="Khansoul"]The 360 never had a chance. The system is all but dead outside of North America. The XBOX 360chosen HD format has been failing since day one. The system is a hardware disaster and 2008 holds no suprises for its customers.OGTiago

and most countries that arent called japan....

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[QUOTE="OhhSnap50893"]HD DVD is dead? lol. You're reliable.SSCyborg

New York Times: "The high-definition DVD war is all but over." source

Because we can believe everything NYTimes posts.

No, because we can believe what that particular NYT article is reporting--namely, that Warner has gone blu. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to understand the consequences of that decision.

[QUOTE="OhhSnap50893"]HD DVD is dead? lol. You're reliable.fuzzysquash

New York Times: "The high-definition DVD war is all but over." source

I guess one scandal is as good as the next.

[QUOTE="SSCyborg"][QUOTE="fuzzysquash"]

[QUOTE="OhhSnap50893"]HD DVD is dead? lol. You're reliable.fuzzysquash

New York Times: "The high-definition DVD war is all but over." source

Because we can believe everything NYTimes posts.

No, because we can believe what that particular NYT article is reporting--namely, that Warner has gone blu. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to understand the consequences of that decision.

[QUOTE="fuzzysquash"]

[QUOTE="OhhSnap50893"]HD DVD is dead? lol. You're reliable.Riverwolf007

New York Times: "The high-definition DVD war is all but over." source

I guess one scandal is as good as the next.

[QUOTE="fuzzysquash"]

[QUOTE="OhhSnap50893"]HD DVD is dead? lol. You're reliable.SSCyborg

New York Times: "The high-definition DVD war is all but over." source

Because we can believe everything NYTimes posts.

Like it or not HDDVD is dead you got accept it and move on. Sony using Blu-Ray for the PS3 was a smart move.. PS3 is the cheapest blu-ray player out there that can play GAMES and movies.. Just look what happen with the PS2 it was cheapest dvd player and it was really successful..We are going to see the same exact thing happening right now with the PS3..

360 was a rushed product and 2007 was its best year but its over now.. the games isnt going to be there..Ps3 have over 30 exclusive through out 08 and 09.. I bet you there be even more that is unanounced it..Sony will concentrate on games now..and they better..:D.

I don't honestly care how well a console sells in any other country. It's about games - and guess what - the 360 has the best games at the moment. I don't even know anyone in real life who owns a PS3. GodLovesDead

you must locked yourself in the room with no human contact..The PS3 have games stop over looking it..i agreed that the excluisve games last year was average but there is some great ones ratchet and uncharted, resistance folklore warhawk ngs.. this year its going to be different..

[QUOTE="fuzzysquash"][QUOTE="SSCyborg"][QUOTE="fuzzysquash"]

[QUOTE="OhhSnap50893"]HD DVD is dead? lol. You're reliable.Dante2710

New York Times: "The high-definition DVD war is all but over." source

Because we can believe everything NYTimes posts.

No, because we can believe what that particular NYT article is reporting--namely, that Warner has gone blu. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to understand the consequences of that decision.

If what is true? If Warner went blu is true? Every news source w/ a technology team in the country is reporting it.

And the consequence I was referring to is quite obvious: HD DVD is as good as finished.

And whether or not it is "sad" that movies help push a videogame console is irrelevant--that's your subjective feeling about the ethical justifiability of such a phenomenon. It's got nothing to do with whether or not said phenomenon will occur.

If you want a debate, bring some better points to the table next time.

I think the "format war" is a load of crap and doesn't really apply to the video game industry. If someone buys a console based on what movies they can watch on them then they have earned my loathing and contempt. Regardless I will comment.

It seems people have taken the news of Warners backing of Blu-Ray for more than it's face value. The article describes this as a tilt in the battle. You've described it not as a mere tilt, butas Warner all out flipping the b****. Things arn't looking great for DVD, but it ain't dead yet.

The 360 never had a chance. The system is all but dead outside of North America. The XBOX 360chosen HD format has been failing since day one. The system is a hardware disaster and 2008 holds no suprises for its customers.Khansoul

then why is it that half of my friends on live are from europe and again how come i can get on halo 3 and see who is playing around the world and see that there are just as many people playing over seas as here? im sorry but i think you must be remembering the original xbox.... we are in 2008, the 360 is beating sony to death... not to mention the power house known as nintendo. if anything is dead as far as gaming its the ps3... big f*ckin deal you can play high def movies... maybe sony should make a GAMING CONSOLE that can actually play games.

[QUOTE="GodLovesDead"]I don't honestly care how well a console sells in any other country. It's about games - and guess what - the 360 has the best games at the moment. I don't even know anyone in real life who owns a PS3. Damrightfresh

you must locked yourself in the room with no human contact..The PS3 have games stop over looking it..i agreed that the excluisve games last year was average but there is some great ones ratchet and uncharted, resistance folklore warhawk ngs.. this year its going to be different..

I can honestly say I've never met someone and learned about them having a PS3. Pretty much every friend of mine has a 360. I'm not locked in my room or anything. The PS3 is just unpopular.

EDIT: And also I can say a good 1/4 of my friends on Live are from Europe.

[QUOTE="Dante2710"][QUOTE="fuzzysquash"][QUOTE="SSCyborg"][QUOTE="fuzzysquash"]

[QUOTE="OhhSnap50893"]HD DVD is dead? lol. You're reliable.fuzzysquash

New York Times: "The high-definition DVD war is all but over." source

Because we can believe everything NYTimes posts.

No, because we can believe what that particular NYT article is reporting--namely, that Warner has gone blu. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to understand the consequences of that decision.

If what is true? If Warner went blu is true? Every news source w/ a technology team in the country is reporting it.

And the consequence I was referring to is quite obvious: HD DVD is as good as finished.

And whether or not it is "sad" that movies help push a videogame console is irrelevant--that's your subjective feeling about the ethical justifiability of such a phenomenon. It's got nothing to do with whether or not said phenomenon will occur.

If you want a debate, bring some better points to the table next time.

if this will help the ps3 do better, it will once again prove that the ps3 is being looked at as a blu-ray player rather than a gaming console....
Dante2710

That's a false dichotomy.

The PS3 is both: a blu-ray player and a videogame console.

If it is looked at both ways, that's an advantage, not a disadvantage.

Again, leave your ethical considerations out of this. We're talking business: and if the PS3 can be seen as offering high def DVD playback and high def gaming capability, that just means its perceived value goes up.

[QUOTE="fuzzysquash"][QUOTE="Dante2710"][QUOTE="fuzzysquash"][QUOTE="SSCyborg"][QUOTE="fuzzysquash"]

[QUOTE="OhhSnap50893"]HD DVD is dead? lol. You're reliable.Dante2710

New York Times: "The high-definition DVD war is all but over." source

Because we can believe everything NYTimes posts.

No, because we can believe what that particular NYT article is reporting--namely, that Warner has gone blu. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to understand the consequences of that decision.

If what is true? If Warner went blu is true? Every news source w/ a technology team in the country is reporting it.

And the consequence I was referring to is quite obvious: HD DVD is as good as finished.

And whether or not it is "sad" that movies help push a videogame console is irrelevant--that's your subjective feeling about the ethical justifiability of such a phenomenon. It's got nothing to do with whether or not said phenomenon will occur.

If you want a debate, bring some better points to the table next time.

By some people, but when you want to buy a console and there are two that share alot of games, something like Blu-Ray can make the difference,

[QUOTE="Dante2710"] if this will help the ps3 do better, it will once again prove that the ps3 is being looked at as a blu-ray player rather than a gaming console....
fuzzysquash

That's a false dichotomy.

The PS3 is both: a blu-ray player and a videogame console.

If it is looked at both ways, that's an advantage, not a disadvantage.

Again, leave your ethical considerations out of this. We're talking business: and if the PS3 can be seen as offering high def DVD playback and high def gaming capability, that just means its perceived value goes up.

I think sony is really on the verge to making one of the biggest and fastest comebacks in video game history.. I mean WOW, i still cant get over this news. For the last year critics and media have been saying that sony needs to win the format war or else and BAM, Just 4 days into 2008 and sony manages to make history by winning the format war in just one day! Now that the format war is over sony will now move on to plan B. Make great games and win back the gaming war that belongs to them..

there are times i had my doubts about the PS3 even though ive always been a hardcore PS3 fan but I honestly think we are about to witness a comeback of epic proportions. You may think that sony winning the format war has nothing to do with gaming but i say it does.. More people now will be more inclined to buy the PS3, you have to think that Devs are now starting to second guess, thinking the PS3 is here to stay and blu ray is needed afterall.. Sony has put MS in one of the hardest positions.. A. either MS creates a format of their own for the next xbox much like the Dreamcast did with GD-roms. or B.swallow that pride and adopt blu ray as the drive for the next xbox either way sony will still have the upper hand.

As time goes on, MS is getting weaker slowly but surely.. HD-DVD is now dead, 360 is failing hard in Japan, PS3 outselling 360 in japan by large margins and is starting to outsell it in Europe, All the Heavy hitting PS3 games for this year are a lot better than 360s games, Xbox live getting sued recently over network problems and ofcourse the RROD. As someone said previously, the 360 is built on quick sand.. PS3 is built on solid ground.

By the way, i would love a copy of that issue of EGM with the cover called "Battle station" which shows a tomato being thrown at the PS3, that will be a good thing to keep for history sake when sony makes the biggest comeback ever!

ChristopherM81

Why dont you use your other account ChristopherM80...

I think sony is really on the verge to making one of the biggest and fastest comebacks in video game history.. I mean WOW, i still cant get over this news. For the last year critics and media have been saying that sony needs to win the format war or else and BAM, Just 4 days into 2008 and sony manages to make history by winning the format war in just one day! Now that the format war is over sony will now move on to plan B. Make great games and win back the gaming war that belongs to them..

there are times i had my doubts about the PS3 even though ive always been a hardcore PS3 fan but I honestly think we are about to witness a comeback of epic proportions. You may think that sony winning the format war has nothing to do with gaming but i say it does.. More people now will be more inclined to buy the PS3, you have to think that Devs are now starting to second guess, thinking the PS3 is here to stay and blu ray is needed afterall.. Sony has put MS in one of the hardest positions.. A. either MS creates a format of their own for the next xbox much like the Dreamcast did with GD-roms. or B.swallow that pride and adopt blu ray as the drive for the next xbox either way sony will still have the upper hand.

As time goes on, MS is getting weaker slowly but surely.. HD-DVD is now dead, 360 is failing hard in Japan, PS3 outselling 360 in japan by large margins and is starting to outsell it in Europe, All the Heavy hitting PS3 games for this year are a lot better than 360s games, Xbox live getting sued recently over network problems and ofcourse the RROD. As someone said previously, the 360 is built on quick sand.. PS3 is built on solid ground.

By the way, i would love a copy of that issue of EGM with the cover called "Battle station" which shows a tomato being thrown at the PS3, that will be a good thing to keep for history sake when sony makes the biggest comeback ever!

ChristopherM81

I like how people always compare PS3 to 360 and completely discount Wii as a competitor.

Yeah, maybe the PS3 is gaining on 360 but that doesn't change the fact that Wii is running laps around it.

[QUOTE="Khansoul"]The 360 never had a chance. The system is all but dead outside of North America. The XBOX 360chosen HD format has been failing since day one. The system is a hardware disaster and 2008 holds no suprises for its customers.fuzzysquash

...and you know this, how?

Unless you work for Microsoft's gaming division, how would you know they have no surprises for 2008, given that surprises are not supposed to be known before they happen?

[QUOTE="fuzzysquash"]

[QUOTE="Dante2710"] if this will help the ps3 do better, it will once again prove that the ps3 is being looked at as a blu-ray player rather than a gaming console....
Dante2710

That's a false dichotomy.

The PS3 is both: a blu-ray player and a videogame console.

If it is looked at both ways, that's an advantage, not a disadvantage.

Again, leave your ethical considerations out of this. We're talking business: and if the PS3 can be seen as offering high def DVD playback and high def gaming capability, that just means its perceived value goes up.

...and why would blu-ray playback hurt the ability of third parties to sell games on the Playstation 3? :?

[QUOTE="OhhSnap50893"]HD DVD is dead? lol. You're reliable.fuzzysquash

New York Times: "The high-definition DVD war is all but over." source

I may be misunderstanding the quote but wouldn't that mean the format war ISN'T over?

[QUOTE="fuzzysquash"]

[QUOTE="OhhSnap50893"]HD DVD is dead? lol. You're reliable.smashed_pinata

New York Times: "The high-definition DVD war is all but over." source

I may be misunderstanding the quote but wouldn't that mean the formar was ISN'T over?

your right, "all but over" would mean that its far from over wouldnt it?

[QUOTE="Dante2710"][QUOTE="fuzzysquash"]

[QUOTE="Dante2710"] if this will help the ps3 do better, it will once again prove that the ps3 is being looked at as a blu-ray player rather than a gaming console....
fuzzysquash

That's a false dichotomy.

The PS3 is both: a blu-ray player and a videogame console.

If it is looked at both ways, that's an advantage, not a disadvantage.

Again, leave your ethical considerations out of this. We're talking business: and if the PS3 can be seen as offering high def DVD playback and high def gaming capability, that just means its perceived value goes up.

...and why would blu-ray playback hurt the ability of third parties to sell games on the Playstation 3? :?

ohh dont get me wrong, i do agree with what u say...what i dont understand is why some ps3 fans are saying its over for the 360 and the ps3 will be back on the top soon? :?
Dante2710

That's their business, but I never made those statements. I do think blu-ray's victory will put the PS3 in a better position. That's all I argued--no more, no less.

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[QUOTE="OhhSnap50893"]HD DVD is dead? lol. You're reliable.smashed_pinata

New York Times: "The high-definition DVD war is all but over." source

I may be misunderstanding the quote but wouldn't that mean the format war ISN'T over?

"All but" means "for all intents and purposes."

So yes, the format is war is technically still continuing. I went to Best Buy today and the HD DVD section was still there. But that section won't last through the end of the year.

[QUOTE="OGTiago"][QUOTE="Khansoul"]The 360 never had a chance. The system is all but dead outside of North America. The XBOX 360chosen HD format has been failing since day one. The system is a hardware disaster and 2008 holds no suprises for its customers.REforever101

and most countries that arent called japan....

Um no it's only doing well in the UK and USA and that's it. There's no way M$ is going to win with just two markets.