Oh man, the last MGS?
If there's one thing that Sony appears to be doing extremely well this year, it's shows. Having thoroughly impressed at GDC, the company's E3 keynote - which followed Nintendo's - certainly suggests that its development strategy is looking solid.
We've already pointed out the newest addition to the PSP family in an earlier story (read that, here), so now we'll move onto the matters of exclusivity.
When it comes down to it - while the world waits for Home - the general grumbling has been about a lack of games for PS3. and especially about the lack of exclusives. Well, the company appears to be well aware of this as hit the waiting crowd with several third-party titles, and the end of an era.
Starting at the end and with the very end of the Metal Gear Solid franchise. Breaking hearts or mending brains, MGS director Hideo Kojima showed a video trailer of the confirmed PS3 exclusive that is Metal Gear Solid 4 and then dropped the bomb (again) that it would be his last involvement with the series. In short, this is the last one folks. We'll all have to wait until the 17th of this month to get an actual hands-on by the way. But what do we love to hear - aside from the fact that all MGS secrets will be laid bare? We love to hear the phrase, "Simultaneous worldwide launch". At last, we Europeans won't have to look all enviously at our cousins across the pond when the game goes live 'early in 2008'.
Also up for exclusivity is MMO maker NCSoft - home of Richard Garriot's Tabula Rasa among others. While no product from the stable was mentioned specifically as exclusive to PS2, PS3 or PSP, it was made clear that the publisher of Guild Wars, City of Heroes and Lineage would be MMO'ing for Sony only when it comes to consoles.
As expected, one of SPOnG's most anticipated games of the year, Ubisoft's Haze was also marked with a 'PS3-Only' stamp, at least for this year.
Epic was next in line with the announcement that not only will its Unreal Engine be optimised for consoles, but that Unreal Tournament itself would get the PS3 exclusive brand for this year.
Stay tuned for more E3 updates (Sony and more!) from our man on the spot.
We've already pointed out the newest addition to the PSP family in an earlier story (read that, here), so now we'll move onto the matters of exclusivity.
When it comes down to it - while the world waits for Home - the general grumbling has been about a lack of games for PS3. and especially about the lack of exclusives. Well, the company appears to be well aware of this as hit the waiting crowd with several third-party titles, and the end of an era.
Starting at the end and with the very end of the Metal Gear Solid franchise. Breaking hearts or mending brains, MGS director Hideo Kojima showed a video trailer of the confirmed PS3 exclusive that is Metal Gear Solid 4 and then dropped the bomb (again) that it would be his last involvement with the series. In short, this is the last one folks. We'll all have to wait until the 17th of this month to get an actual hands-on by the way. But what do we love to hear - aside from the fact that all MGS secrets will be laid bare? We love to hear the phrase, "Simultaneous worldwide launch". At last, we Europeans won't have to look all enviously at our cousins across the pond when the game goes live 'early in 2008'.
Also up for exclusivity is MMO maker NCSoft - home of Richard Garriot's Tabula Rasa among others. While no product from the stable was mentioned specifically as exclusive to PS2, PS3 or PSP, it was made clear that the publisher of Guild Wars, City of Heroes and Lineage would be MMO'ing for Sony only when it comes to consoles.
As expected, one of SPOnG's most anticipated games of the year, Ubisoft's Haze was also marked with a 'PS3-Only' stamp, at least for this year.
Epic was next in line with the announcement that not only will its Unreal Engine be optimised for consoles, but that Unreal Tournament itself would get the PS3 exclusive brand for this year.
Stay tuned for more E3 updates (Sony and more!) from our man on the spot.
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king skins 12 Jul 2007 14:16
1/5
MSG is the only big one here. But nothing that is going to encourage me to buy a PS3 anytime soon. Still holding out for a big price drop and some more games I want to play.
Also HOME does nothing for me.
Also HOME does nothing for me.
config 12 Jul 2007 19:27
2/5
I dunno, NCSoft has made its stamp in the MMO arena, and an exclusive from company could make for a much stronger PS3 network offering in the face of XBL
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crs117 15 Jul 2007 17:16
3/5
first off...if you want to mmo...get a computer. i cant begin to imagine trying to play a game like guild wars or wow with a standard controller.
secondly...year long exclusives are silly. everybody knows if you wait for the release on other systems...you get an upgraded game. why...well the publishers arent simply gonna re-release the same exact content a year later at full price...hell no they add s**t...upgrade graphics, and re-wrap it as a gold edition or what not.
so at least sony can say they have mgs4...not worth the price of the console....at least for me.
-c
secondly...year long exclusives are silly. everybody knows if you wait for the release on other systems...you get an upgraded game. why...well the publishers arent simply gonna re-release the same exact content a year later at full price...hell no they add s**t...upgrade graphics, and re-wrap it as a gold edition or what not.
so at least sony can say they have mgs4...not worth the price of the console....at least for me.
-c
tyrion 16 Jul 2007 07:41
4/5
crs117 wrote:
first off...if you want to mmo...get a computer. i cant begin to imagine trying to play a game like guild wars or wow with a standard controller.
USB or Bluetooth keyboard and no problems there. It's more comfortable in the lounge than in the study/bedroom and I can play on my 80" projector screen instead of my 21" monitor.
config 16 Jul 2007 08:21
5/5
crs117 wrote:
secondly...year long exclusives are silly. everybody knows if you wait for the release on other systems...you get an upgraded game. why...well the publishers arent simply gonna re-release the same exact content a year later at full price...hell no they add s**t...upgrade graphics, and re-wrap it as a gold edition or what not.
Yeah, you get an upgraded year-old game. Sure bolt on a few goodies and, if the system it's going to can stand it, they'll tart up the graphics a touch (ie. lick of paint rather than a remodelling) - but it's still the same year-old game.