never forget 2010

 

 

Aljosa23

The sad thing is that England isn't even an elite team. They are a good 2nd tier team but nowhere on the level of a Spain, Germany, Argentina, Netherlands, or Brazil and Italy when they are in form.

For all those saying "Merica don't like soccer", bunch of bs, theres a reason ESPN, Fox and NBC are showcasing soccer more, theres a growing interest, especially with a growing latino population. 15 years ago I couldn't watch any soccer on American television. These days theres rarely a game that isn't being televised. Americans are just insecure at the though that they might suck at something. Come to think of it its sad that America isn't even the best at its own game(baseball), the Dominicans are far better. Real Football is growing in this country, it may never be on the same level as american football(only one player actually kicks the ball with their feet), basketball and baseball, but i can see it overtaking hockey at some point.

Circa Survive

Did anyone else catch the epic match between these two Mexican powerhouses? I was going insane when America tied the game in the final seconds. The penalties were pulse pounding, but in the end Aguilas Campeones!!! Viva el America!!

What a great match, one for the ages.

Nobody is declaring a winner, but you cant deny the PS4 has more going for it right now. Early sales are HUGE for new markets, the early adapter are the trend setters, the laggards (people that wait a year or two) will generally follow what the early adapters choose. Ealry adapters for next gen systems will be the HARDCORE gamers, and PS4 clearly has a leg up right now in that demographic.

This also happend last gen, the 360 at launch was promised a console designed for Hardcore gamers with state of the art graphics, xbox live etc. The people who flocked to that system were the hardcore gamers and the cards fell from there. Sony made a mistake launching 1 year later at an absurd price with a mediocre game selection, at the same time the 360 had gotten the hardcore gamers for year already and a lot of them had no reason to pick up a ps3 at that price. Things have turned around since the reveal of the Kinect i would say. M'soft dedicated itself to trying to go after that casual audience, while the PS3 built up a quality game lineup over time, continued its focus on the hardcore gamers to the point where i rarely turn on my 360 anymore and mainly play on ps3. M'soft will not have the advantage of having that hardcore audience as easily since both systems will come out together. Whoever wins that initial hardcore game r audience will likely have won the next gen war.

I'll call it that the US sales numbers for next gen will very closely mirror the end of this gen with Microsoft having a healthy lead from month to month.

R3FURBISHED

And i will call that PS4 will easily out sell ONE in every other region. The US market will be closer than you think maybe half and half , perhaps even PS4 slightly ahead. It would be sad for M soft lose in sales in America, with a console designed exclusively for Americans though.

Sony can own Microsoft by showing their commitment to indie games/developers. With the huge cost of AAA/ full retail games, the indie scene will play a big role next gen. The Walking Dead and Journey winning goty's showed that last year. The best games are no longer AAA games with some exceptions. Instead we will keep seeing the equivalent of summer blockbusters in movies like Transformers and Ironman represented in games (COD, Sports games, Battlefield etc.). While the true trailblazers will be making the 20 dollar psn games. 

Sony can really hit M'soft hard by

-Continuing its diverse exclusive library (a good mix of mainstream games i.e killzone, uncharted, infamous and niche titles i.e Demon's Souls, Heavy Rain, Journey, Last Guardian, Beyond Two Souls, Last of Us)

- Embrace the indie scene( this will keep giving games unique experiences at a lower price at a more frequent pace rather than waiting for 2 or 3 AAA game per year)

-Hit them with their own medicine. Last gen Xbox 360 could legitly say that a lot of multiplat games looked and performed better especially early in the console cycles. If PS4 truly is more powerful and easy to develop for, we could see the tables turned this gen.

Microsoft just went the complete wrong direction with the ONE. I already have phones, tablets that do everything it does, and am fine with my cable box(which will likely go at some point soon). People buy gaming consoles for the one thing no other device in the home can give you, top quality video games at the convenience of one unified platform. PS4 went the right way, a gaming console for gamers and game developers, and guess what i can still watch Netlfix, Amazon Instant, and other movie/music streaming services.

Is anyone wondering how many of the 15 exlcusive games are gonna be wacky kinect games? My bet is at least half, if not more.