Yes, another thread onthis. Why you may ask? because i never recieved any answers or reasons of why in my last blog. Be aware while reading this i own ALL Next Gen system. and in no way fanboyism. i just want my stuff to work the way it was meant to.

I've got a few "answers" (most just speculations and fanboy rants), but none of them seemed to be actual fact. Few of the things i heard was that the PS3 flat out couldn't handle it, which i flat out just don't believe. Cearly companies boast about what theirs systems really can't do, but at this stage in the game, i doubt, highly doubt, that they would clearly state that their system and games could go up to 1080p when theres no way that they could, especially since there are 1080p games out there for the PS3.

Some people like to blame the Devs. Which in some case might be true. i mean after all they're the ones releasing games on multiple platforms while the games only seem to be in 1080 on other platforms. Some people think its the case of them developing the game on a rival system and porting it over to the PS3 because it would be cheaper for them to do so and the PS3 is apperently the more powerful system and its harder to make games for. well then why isn't it in 1080 on the PS3 then if it is on the other system? besides wouldn't it be easier to make it on the harder system and then port it over so nothing is lost? i guess money may still be a factor, but then atleast you wouldn't be cheating the consumer. Another reason i heard was because apperent;y Sony doesn't help developers make games for their system so this is a way of punishing them? again i don't buy that since i know Sony does help Devs, and the blow back from any "punishment" towards Sony product would be evident. aka i don't think Sony would just take it on the Chin. But then you look at Sony exclusive games, case in point Littlebigplanet. A Sony exclusive yet only goes up to 720p. but if its Sony exclusive why is it only on 720 you might be asking. i asked the same thing. the response i got was the game is highly geared towards children or atleast a family friendly environment, and most don't have an HD tv yet so it made sense to make it for a more wide range of what people had. ok....but can't it support multiple outputs? 720 and 1080? i have plenty of games that have multiple outputs so why not this?

The main problem i and most of you should have with this is that its confusing why games aren't released on a standard system and why another system which plays the same games has the upper hand? I mean you'd think Sony alone would be pissed they're losing sales to their competitor due to those who want superior quality. i've switched preorders before on a game that wasn't supporting 1080p on Sony and i'll do it again. which is a shame, i weigh my option on multiple factors, to of the major ones being, how does it look and can i play it with my nephew who has a PS3. i can take a hit in quality if i can play it with my nephew, but i really don't like to. especially when today i did a side by side comparison of the Demo for Brutal Legend on both systems, and while if you only had one system you obviously wouldn't know or care about the difference, but when you look you can definately tell a difference between 720 and 1080.

We know the system can handle it so why is this still an issue? why hasn't it been addressed and why isn't anyone talking about it. seems like the unspoken rule. "don't mention this issue, its taboo.". Screw that i want an answer and it fixed, this is ridiculous at this point. i want an explanation of whats the problem why it hasn't been fixed and when we can expect it to be fixed, or a reason why it won't be. i think if we';re the ones spending the money then we're the ones who deserve an answer!

Little known fact i found out the other day. i say little known because it was the first time i'd heard of it and being the case of what it is, i figured i would have heard of it alot sooner....

Apparently, forsome reason or another, most game companies don't release PS3 titles in 1080p. The Xbox360 version, oh sure theres no problem there. But when it comes to the PS3 version, they decide to cut corners??? The BS reason i got was how the PS3 is so hard to make for (give me a break, still with this excuse?) and alot of these companies don't have the money/resources to go about doing it for the PS3 (but they can do it for the 360 instead?). Kinda garnishing the market aren't we? they either can't or won't be bothered to release both titles in 1080, so they release just the one, and when it comes to a custoemr like me (both systems and 1080p TV) you're gonna want the game that looks better and stands out, right? almost seems like an unfair advantage....am i right?

Store Clerk: what kind of tv do you own?

Customer: oh, i have a 1080p flatscreen 5 billion inch screen that takes up the great wall of china and i'm looking for a game that takes advantage of that.

Store Clerk: in that case, stay away from most PS3 games, they only release them in 720-kiss my arse-p.

Customer: you've totally made up my mind.

Come on, thats just plain stupid. Isn't PS3 billed as the fully HD system?? then why is it we can't get a friggin game released in 1080p?!?! If its so friggin hard, call Sony up and ask them how to do it or for help in doing it but don't just blatantly not do it!!!! thats the most ridiculous thing i've ever heard and its unfair to customers. Over half my games are on the PS3, tho had i had known about the 1080/720p thing i might have bought otherwise. Which some how doesn't seem fair to me. like its purposely tipped on the other side. i mean if you can't do it for both then don't just do it for one and leave the other one hangin cause thats kinda unfair to those who only own a PS3. Surprised i hadn't heard much about this cause its one of those REAL problems that come around every so often and is worth to complain about.

Don't just leave this problem as is.......@#%$&* FIX IT YOU LAZY BASTARDS!!!!!!

Now i love games and i always will. I've played games for as long as i can remember. I love them all, numerous genre's and what not. But what i don't like are all the friggin Sequels. Now, don't get me wrong, i do like sequels, but when you look at all the games coming out over a certain period of time and all the names of the games are preceded by 2..3..4.. you start to think. Atleast i did. What gives, these men are supposed to be the pinnacle of creative in more then a few ways and all they can come up with is the same game just with slightly new improvements. Somtimes the game jumps to a new system and alot more is changed but whatever happened to newer ideas? You see alot of newer things then you used to but i want to seem some truly original ideas. crazy stuff, things i would never have thought of. Like i look at a game like littlebigplanet and say wow, someone took a gamble on that. You may say why, its a great game, that it is, but to hear of it before you saw it, you might be optomistic and you might be very skeptic of what could or couldn't be done. but how often would a game company take a chance like that. Activision/vivendi Passed on a bunch of high profile games like Ghostbusters and Brutal legend, but i bet Gave the greenlight to a bunch more sequels.

way too much like the movie industry if you ask me

This ones going to be a short one, only cause....if i don't keep it short its going to be long....very long.

I don't know how or why any of this becomes any more for someone like me to understand. It seems fairly simple a concept, but apparently, some people seem to think that there's more to it. Basically what i'm talking about is Game Ratings and the Gamers that love them. I can go online, walk around in a store, even read a magazine...and in Doing so can find out exactly what a game is about. Doesn't take very long, takes maybe a few minutes to understand exactly what the games about and second or two to find out what its rated. So where in any of this do people IE: YOU PARENTS, fail to understand what exactly it is you're buying your child? If your Child is not a teen, then perhaps you should think twice before buying them games like Halo or Mortal Kombat. If your is not 18 years of age, maybe he shouldn't play games like Manhunt, Gears of War, God of War.....matter of fact, if it has War in the title, about War in any way or if you take a few letters from its name and can spell war....don't buy it. Its simple right? So why is it that they just Blame everyone when their kids are doing something they feel their kids should not be after they've played this game they shouldn't have? "Its the Creators of the game, the Company who released it, The Manufacturer of the System its played on AND the Guy who sold it to Me's fault Because".....this games TOOOO TOOOO VIOLENT.

I know somehow its become Standard practice in this country to blame everyone in the nearest vacinity when something goes wrong, but When its on such a large scale or is something that effects me, i have to say something. Sometimes the guy behind the counter does sell a game He's not supposed to, true. Shame on him. But where is this Kid Playing this game? Home, where do you live, home. so this kids playing this game right around you and you don't say anything until something bad happens?? Shame on YOU.

This Industry is about more then just making a child's toy anymore. it might have started that way, but us gamers have grown up and want to play material that we want to play on our intellectual level. Its an art Form, like movies and music. Where someone can express pretty much anything and everything they want to. They can have ratings, thats fine, of which they already do. BUT, how dare you try to take that choice away from anyone. Who are you to say what i can or can't play, listen to or watch? Take care of your own, let them play the Powerpuff Girls game till their blue in the face and let me play my GTA:San Andreas and get me some hot coffee.

This Country, i think anyway, still belongs to The People. With the Laws it was built on to protect us, though it seems Lately its only been about taking those laws away or changing them so its what they want them to say. Well, Freedom of Speech says i can Say what i want, and unfortunately so can you. But something it doesn't say, is that you can tell me what to say or do. So keep your finger pointing and Blaming in your own home, take some responsibility for your OWN actions and let the rest of us play some games in peace. So much for being short, but trust me, this could have been alot longer.

If Wanting Freedom is anarchistic......Then give me Anarchy.

I've been coming to Gamespot for years although i only really started getting more involved with things like Unions, Tags and Emblems lately. There were many things that always made me look forward to coming here, On the Spot, Jeff gertzman (He's a sillybuggar) and the Last Word. Every week I'd hop on to Gamespot hoping to catch The Last Word with tor thorsen and Tim Surette. They had a good flow, they worked well together and the show was genuinely funny. After long the shows started getting long, fueling my hopes that perhaps they might just give them their own stable, much like On th Spot is for Thursdays. Then not only was it cut back down to its briefer beginnings, but it wasn't as frequent anymore. Slowly but surely there just wasn't a last word anymore. Personally i miss it. It was good enough that i would look forward to it, and i felt informed after having watched it, especially since sometimes you can only swallow news when its given to you in a silly way. I don't know if one or more of either talents have gone their separate ways from Gamespot, maybe I'm the only one who found them funny, maybe they just didn't want to do the recap anymore. The point is this, there's a void in my Gamespot....and i didn't realize it until now.