Nintendo just announced that its interim net profit was cut by more than half to ¥69.49 billion (about $770 million), from ¥144.83 billion last year at this time
Posts tagged consoles
Posted 2 years ago
Sony pulls a dick move, no one is surprised.
Sony are dicks. Even the most hardcore fanboy secretly admits that their favourite electronics company is prone to acting like a bunch of douche bags. ATRAC? MiniDisc? UMD? How much money has Sony made their faithful consumers waste in the name of hopeless, self-serving proprietary formats? You get my point.
Unfortunately, Sony’s latest trademark dick move is one which will affect an entire generation of nostalgic movie buffs. By buying up the publishing rights to Ghostbusters: The Video Game and subsequently announcing said game as a PS2/PS3 exclusive, Sony have at least temporarily denied the film’s massive gamer fanbase their long awaited thrills.
I say temporarily because if there is one thing Sony likes more than dead-end formats it’s money, and they must therefore surely realise that the already completed Xbox 360 version of the game will earn them more on store shelves than if buried in a safe at Sony HQ. The exclusive will therefore likely be nothing more than a timed exclusive.
Still, I guess one can’t be too harsh towards the PlayStation maker: with its latest war cry in the console wars being “Dominance! *(in three-to-five-years)” they could be forgiven for trying to get three extra people to buy their laughably overpriced console. As an avid gamer and child of the 80’s however, I can’t help but wish they’d chosen a less meaningful franchise to exploit for their stunt.
Posted 3 years ago
Killzone scores a 7, world ends.
I wrote a couple of days ago about the anger and outrage incurred by IGN for daring to issue a mere 9.4 rating to Killzone 2, the PS3’s latest shooter.
I knew I was in for some fun then when I came across a headline about the same game scoring only a 7 from EDGE. I was not to be disappointed. Follow the link in the title for some rabid fanboy hilarity.
Posted 3 years ago
Posted 3 years ago
When 9.4/10 is a grave insult
Whether or not you find value in ranking media along an arbitrary point scale, you’ll probably agree that a 9.4/10 review score is generally seen as positive.
Not so if you’re a Playstation 3 owner, apparently. On the contrary, it would seem that giving a 9.4/10 review score to PS3 exclusive title a is an insult worthy of the most severe outrage.
Reviewing technology with an occasional sprinkling of art and humour.
