This week in video gaming news there are new releases and new revelations about games out on the market. Forza 3 has a bit of a physics mishap and Ballad of Gay Tony shakes the GTA community. Also, there is an interesting video showing what Sony could have done with the Eyetoy if the company just had the foresight.
Netflix and Sony recently revealed a new partnership. Considering Microsoft’s belief that the company has some sort of exclusivity with Netflix, this news was a bit confusing. The great Michael Pachter believes that the Netflix disc for the PS3 is to circumvent the deal with Microsoft.
As any regular readers will know, I’m a big fan of the PS3. It has some cracking games available for it, many of which are exclusive to the Sony console. However, almost without exception, the big titles that were meant to sell by the bucketload and to sell the console have failed to deliver. After the disappointment of both LittleBigPlanet and Killzone 2, can Uncharted 2 finally manage to do what it’s being hyped to do?
There has been a couple of interesting developments in two controversial bits of gaming news recently. A gamer actually sued Sony for banning him from PSN, indicating that the service was paid for. Also, the bizarre Nazi ad everyone thought Sony created apparently has nothing to do with the company. The details are after the jump.
Dealing with exclusivity on this generation consoles can be a tricky thing. In the previous generation exclusivity did not matter much because the PS2 was clearly the dominant console. However, this generation there is two powerhouse hardcore consoles: the PS3 and Xbox 360. Often times, developers have to make shady backdoor deals with manufactures fighting over their games.
For the most part, news outlets and journalists have had a positive reaction to Sony’s price cut and new PS3 model announcement. Honestly, how can anyone really complain when Sony did exactly what everyone was asking them to do? However, of course there are a few critics that will complain no matter what Sony does.
With the advent of the NXE, many new features were delivered to Xbox 360 owners. Some of the features such as avatars and dashboard advertisements may not be popular, but additions like Netflix are very much welcomed. Despite the novelty of Netflix on Xbox 360, it remained hindered by Microsoft’s implementation of the service. However, with the latest update, Microsoft may have fixed one of the biggest grips of the feature.
Bionic Commando: Rearmed was one of the best selling downloadable games on XBL and PSN online services. The game sold extremely well and was praised by critics as a top notch game. However, oddly enough, the full retail version of game did not fare so well despite the success of the downloadable title.
As the holiday season is rapidly approaching it is looking like 2009 is set to be another crowded year for gaming. Sony is said to currently have the biggest 2009 line-up out of any publisher and it is looking like that might actually hurt the company. Sony may need to start thinking about delaying some of the games to 2010 to ensure that the market doesn’t get too crowded.
LittleBigPlanet has been one of the success stories of the PS3. Here is a game that doesn’t sound very special but has managed to sell in great numbers and gain huge critical praise along the way. Which means news of a Game Of The Year edition and the possibility of LittleBigPlanet 2 will no doubt please a lot of people.
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