What I get from this is you think while Microsoft used to be undisputed champion of the consoles, Sony has some new energy that’s going to even the playing field. On those points I generally agree. But I wouldn’t say Microsoft is on shaky ground. Really, it’s Sony that’s on shaky ground, and what they’re going to do about it. Sony needs to get the PS3 doing its thing before the XBox 3 comes out with more power and more features.

GAMES
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Other comments put it right. It’s all about the games. The PS3 needs first prize games that rock that plasma. PS3 owners are tired of getting worse performance on a machine that KZ2 proves is better. If all the good non-exclusive games are either not released on the PS3 (Left 4 Dead x), or second-rate ports that do not flex the PS3’s muscle, then things aren’t going to change. I’m sure new development tools are making it easier to work with the PS3’s hardware, and hopefully developers will want to make games that push the envelope, and not just dollars in their pockets. If enough great games come out on the PS3 in the next year or two, it could become the late-blooming go-to console.

DLC
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On another front, Sony has been bungling exclusives and DLC. Microsoft must be blowing huge amounts of money to get exclusive content, or delay DLC for the PS3. Sony has got to do something, because the PS3 seems like second best, when it should be equal. Maybe they can’t compete with the deep pockets of Microsoft, but it has to do something, or people will naturally gravitate to the 360.

NETWORK
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The PS3 network may not be as good as the Microsoft network, but it’s free, and it’s being improved all the time. I’ve heard developers don’t like the weak online system of the PS3, and I can understand. It just makes development complicated. Each developer has to create their own system. Sony needs to invest in bringing their online system up to par with Microsoft, even if it’s free.

These are big challenges for the PS3, but I think Sony can do it. This past year showed the PS3 had hidden power. Now Sony just needs to keep the momentum.

Suggestions for your videos.
1. If it’s long, you gotta keep it tight.
2. Stop looking to your right. Put that info behind the camera.
3. Use titles to say what’s coming up, and what you’re talking about now.
4. Edit out flubs and slow parts. Keep it moving.

1. Gamers dont care about pay tv, b-ray, net tv, or any other tv.
2. You’re always talking about what SONY is “gone” do, they aint “gone” do S***! When the PS3 has cross game chat, when they have online parties, let me know.
3. The PS3 is enjoying console sales due largely to NEW HARDWAR, consumers re-buy products due to new hardware, existing PS3 owners upgraded or downgraded to a “Slim”
4. Developers know they can make a “Linear as Hell” experience on the PS3. Uncharted 2 is Linear as Hell, & that’s why the game looks good, when SONY makes a co-op game in the main campaign, then & only then should you or SONY talk about the “power” of the PS3. Right now, they show me nothing.

5. AND most important, How the hell can M$ be on “Shaky Ground” when Halo 3:ODST sells more in 1 day than Killzone 2 sold since its weak @ss launch?

***. You talk about the PS3 games coming, none of the games you mentioned is going to outsell Halo:Reach day 1 numbers, I wont go into the other games that will kill for 2010!

Also, keep doing articles like this, dont let Torrence ask you what motivated you to do this vidicle, keep it up, we’ve been debating consoles since the Atari & Odyssey. Most of us are true gamers, especially me, & its great to debate, keep it up!

Let’s talk about games and how much we love them, and the software. Why do we continue to compare the consoles years after they have been released? The people who come to video game sites already own a current gen console, so they dont need to hear about sales and why one console is supposed to be better than another.

What happens if next year Halo Reach, Splinter Cell Conviction, Alan Wake, Fable 3, etc all get 9.5+. If so, then this article is pointless.

“Is the PS3 bankrupting Sony?

Today, rival Sony announced it took a Â¥63.2 billion ($696 million) net shortfall during the same period, following the $1.03 billion annual loss it reported in May–its first since 1995. Revenue for the April-September period was Â¥3.261 trillion ($35.85 billion), down from Â¥4.051 trillion ($44.54 billion) during the same period in 2008. The three-month period saw Sony’s Networked Product and Services Division, which includes Sony Computer Entertainment, generate Â¥352.6 billion ($3.88 billion) in operating revenue for an operating loss of Â¥ 58.8 billion ($646 million). The company now expects to lose Â¥95 billion ($1.04 billion) during this fiscal year.”

See, it’s easy. Throw in some factual information with some selective editing and a wild speculation in the headline, and generate a ton of comments, which causes game developers to talk to you at events because they think you have a fanbase.

There are a ton of great games on the horizon for both systems, and the console war is still being discussed? EPIC FAIL.

Is it me or does the word Shaky look shaky. It doesn’t look right to me, I dunno.

Sony had an impressive year and so did ms, both consoles released awesome game and the year of the ……. Was just the year of good gaming. Exclusives on both consoles in my honest opinion can’t be judged off of each oher. Killzone -halo who wins is all opionion based. I like halo but after a few weeks I tire from the multiplayer. Killzone looks good with the background stuff but overall visuals didntimpress meat alland the multiplayersucks in my opinion , also I’m not enjoying the single player at all. I actually stopped playing to play borederlands and uncharted2z

so right there how do u judge “quality”? Graphics alone? I ask because odst is an expansion and people love if. Visuals are basically the same And when u reviewed thy you dogged it basically the entire review but gave it an 8 so what determines quality.

Sony has done a great job these past 2 months but I don’t understand why they waited so long to get behind their leading electronic device.

When it comes Down to which companies are on shaky ground iwould say none but if u step back every companyis on shaky ground. They all are ctrying to figure out what they need to do to beat the competitor.

Nintendo just released the dsilite to give itmore features to take on the feature rich psp line and a few months later they announce a new dsill with bigger screens, sony has dropped their priced from 500/600 to 400/300 and has released 8976347 sku’s and the xbox in almost 5 years has dropped their prices from 400/300 to 300/200 and has many sku’s aswell with new features. In the end it’s all business.

To be honest I had a point I wanted to make but my iPhone was being homo and The time it took trying to get itto go into landscapemode to type I forgot what my point was and only remembered bits and pieces of what I wanted to say.

smurfs on colecovision
rygar was the best nes game
ghostbusters on SMS
ghost&goblings on genesis
bonk on turbographics
Zelda on snes
tobal/ff7 psx
skip ps2
halo/brute force xbox

this gen my personal favorites
borderlands, too human,heavenly sword

And you’re using a fucking boxing match for comparison? Get the fuck out of here. Hand over your god damn man card and get the fuck out. I know damn well that you’re pro-Sony, no matter how you spin it to us. Seriously, the ONLY fucking thing that matter to Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo and any other publisher/developer, is if the project can bring in the money and food on their table. Yes, U2 is a fucking God-send when it comes to graphics, but there’s more to a game than that. There’s innovation, a story so well written that you can say 10 years from now what character you liked from whatever game. A game doesn’t need “realistic” graphics to be the best game ever, or even GOTY – which sadly isn’t the case.

Look, there’s no need to create these videos of how well these companies are doing or if Major Nelson stubbed his toe. No one cares, except for Nelson and his toe should it be stubbed, but what does matter are the games – and ONLY the games. I didn’t join The Bitbag to write fucking articles or read articles that dealt 95% of written text of how a 1st party developer is doing. I joined on to bring the news of what type of games are out there and to spread the word that there is so much more this generation of gaming. That’s why I created the Japan Gaming episodes and that’s why I’m still a part of the crew.

Cant wait.