@oflow Sounds like the gist of what I was trying to say a few comments below. These guys have to realize that there are soooo many more outlet for gaming now that they really have to be on top of things to get people to drop hundreds/thousands of dollars anymore.

@Aria1368 That's what I think, but I wonder if they've really figured out how to monetize it and integrate it into their services (i.e. PSN).

My only real expectation of the next generation of consoles is that they're more powerful than the current ones. Sometimes the best experience on a platform has less to do with which one has the fastest hardware than with the one that has the best development environment. Who cares who powerful a console is when the programmers are all targeting a different system and porting the code?

@XeonForce Agreed. It's like sitting around talking about which car is better based on horsepower.

@Hawkeye747 That's what I look at. Sony used to outsell Microsoft by about seven-to-one in consoles, but now they're neck-and-neck. And to top it off, only one of them is profitable from the games division.

I wish folks would stop referring to the "XBOX 720." :-/

Somebody should tell Kaz that (a) nobody is gonna add another year to an expensive, eight-year R&D cycle just to get a few more MIPS on their competition and (b) releasing first allows you to establish a customer base before your competition even launches. I would think Sony would know both of these lessons very well by now.

I'm not sure why folks are dumping on Gamespot here. This game sold 2.5 million units in one month extending *after* the holidays. That's both impressive and newsworthy to me.

I wonder if Sony or Microsoft are considering streamed games as a component of their future consoles. I'm not sure at all if that's what "Gunpowder" is, but what would be an exciting prospect.

I was actually looking forward to the 3DS version of this game until I read about the crazy, non-removable, single game save slot. I never did buy the game after that. I'm not sure if I can get past that bad taste in my mouth to get one of these newer versions, but I certainly won't pay $50 for it if I do.

One word from the NRA and these videogame bashers just jumped out of the woodwork like it was 2002 all over again. And I thought they had all disappeared after their crushing defeats in the courts. The good news is that this line of argument doesn't seem to be gaining much political traction...yet.