
Aaron Greenberg (Microsoft product manager) gave the funniest remarks right before the sales for the month were released. Even ppl who love the 360 should be able to see how lame it is lol He goes on about shortages (I haven't seen a place sold out of 360's) of the 360 which is of course why the PS3 outsold it. I guess we could of used that also when the PS3 first had trouble selling. Let me drop a quote from him "we don't know what will happen to Blu-ray. Is it the next DVD, or the next UMD? Your guess is as good as ours ... we don't expect [Blu-ray's win] to give a boost to PS3 sales, and we don't expect it to impact our sales. Frankly, we think it's the games that sell the consoles."
Them fightin words lol First off UMD might be seen as a failure but at least Sony is doing something with the PSP regarding movies. I mean almost all consoles support dvd nowadays and UMD is like dvd for your PSP. I think thats a big step for handheld consoles personally. Also Blu-Ray is boosting PS3 sales. Blu-Ray players have shot up because of the format winning but the PS3 is still staying the same so your average joe is using it for a BD player. He's right though games do sell consoles in the long run. Games like MGS4,LittleBigPlanet,Resistence 2, and Gran Turismo 5. Plus the cool PSN titles (echochrome comes to mind) and the multi platform titles which sell big time like DMC4 and CoD4. This is just to funny though and you can read the full article at http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9530&Itemid=2
Sony has had a rough time with their consoles. Both the PS3 and the PSP have had hard starts. 2007 brought some good games to both of these systems like Uncharted, Ratchet and Clank and Final Fantasy tactics to name a few. Still they were over shadowed by the Wii and DS craze. This year however will be such a different story. Welcome to the Sony express, it's picking up speed and doesn't show any signs of slowing.
First off the PS3 has price drop which already has brought more people to it (cheap bastergs!!). The PSP has a new model out which has been selling considerably well. Then you got the new games on both systems that have people very excited.
PS3 (exclusives)
LittleBig Planet
Gran Turismo 5
Resistence 2
FF:XIII
Infamous
Killzone 2
Motorstorm 2
White Knight Chronicles
Haze
The Agency
Singstar
PS3(non exclusives)
GTA4
R6:Vegas
Fallout 3
Star Wars:The force unleashed
Guitar Hero whatever
Civilization Revolution
Soul Calibur 4
Borderlands
Dead Space
Aliens
Silent Hill 5
PSP
FF:Crisis Core
Wipeout Pure (I know gamespot didnt give it a good rating but for fans of the game it's pretty awesome)
Patapon
Secret Agent Clank
Looks to me like a great lineup of games not to mention all the PS1 games they release on the PSstore and the games.
Now, there are two games I havent talked about and I think it's obvious which ones. Thats because I wanted to talk a little bit about bundles. The PSP and PS3 are getting amazing bundles this year.
First off the PS3 is getting a Metal Gear Solid 4 bundle. It will come with an 80GB system, the game and a DUALSHOCK 3 Controller. It's a pretty amazing deal actually and I plan on getting it come June of this year.

The PSP has a really exciting bundle for God of War:Chains of Olympus. It will come with the game, a UMD version of Superbad and a newly designed PSP 2000. This is a great deal for the more mature gamers and the new PSP looks freaking sweet.

Let's not forget Home, it looks like it will be a pretty cool experiance for the PS3 users. I have a feeling the PSP will be getting in on it in some way also. Also Blu-Ray is the HD format (I don't know who actually thought HD would win) and already sales for the PS3 is jumping up. By the end of this year expect the PS3 to pull ahead of the 360 and it to be very close to the Wii. The Wii fever will die down by 2009 I believe and then the PS3 might actually jump to first place. All in all it will be an amazing year for Sony and Sony users.
Merry Christmas everybody! More than likely I wont be on for awhile (hopefully I will be playing CoD4
) soenjoy the holidays and be thankful for friends, family, god and of course games ![]()



