Angelcurio
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He has a very nice view of where the industry is headed.
SE Yoichi Wada Has High Hopes for PS3, expects Sony market to take off in 2008
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He has a very nice view of where the industry is headed.
Rainbow Man
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The idea that casual gaming will conquer all is misguided in my personal opinion.
Like not everybody liking vanilla ice cream the most not everybody will like Wrio Ware and Mario Party games either.
There will always be a need for all flavors of gaming. Casual hardcore and kinda inbetween.
I think/hope PS3 will enjoy a lot of success. Probably not as much as PS2 which was kind of exceptional one has to say. But still. It will be successful even though it might look a bit bumpy initially.
I remember a lot f people dooming the original PS2 too when it was new. It was too hard to program it was too expensive etc.
Strangely all thos epeople have just shut up these days hehe.
Peace.
Like not everybody liking vanilla ice cream the most not everybody will like Wrio Ware and Mario Party games either.
There will always be a need for all flavors of gaming. Casual hardcore and kinda inbetween.
I think/hope PS3 will enjoy a lot of success. Probably not as much as PS2 which was kind of exceptional one has to say. But still. It will be successful even though it might look a bit bumpy initially.
I remember a lot f people dooming the original PS2 too when it was new. It was too hard to program it was too expensive etc.
Strangely all thos epeople have just shut up these days hehe.
Peace.
tongue_of_colicab
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The ps2 is a whole other story though. The ps2 didnt had any competition for a year and when the competition arrived it had to compete with a purple cube and the first machine from a company alot of people wanted to see fail. Now sony is in the complete opposite position. They are a year late, have a more expansive console, far less (good) games and dont offer something the x360 doesnt have on the gaming side. I really do wonder how many devs want to go ps3 only by 2008 when ms has like 20 - 25 million units out and ps3 probably something around 10 million if they manage that.
Read this over at Elite Bastards the other day and it pretty much sums up my view on anything Sony has to say PR-wise about the PS3 lately:
Bobenis at Elite Bastards said:
Classic! Truly Classic!
Another good one:
"once you see the world of high vision, there's no going back" - Wada
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So it looks like FF will be out in 2008 and I noticed he mentioned xbox360 along with ps3 at the end of the interview. This in conjunction with a prior interview with SE about six months ago where they stated something like; we want them to succeed but we don't want to support Sony too much - interesting.
What ever happened to that realtime demo these guys did at e3 for xb360? It looked great from what I remember and this was a year and a half ago.
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Bigus Dickus
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LOL, that's doing your job no matter what! Classic.
"High vision" is simply the Japanese term for what the west calls "HD"
inefficient
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Everything in Japan is advertised as Hi-Vision not HD. I think they figured "definition" has too many syllables in it and is hard for Japanese to pronounce.
they can't even pronounce PLAYSTATION 3 properly in my opinion. Kutaragi's way of reading PS3 as "poo-ray-soo-tation free" was so funny
Oh boy. Let's try and keep this on topic, not another SONY stoning session! Anyways...
SE will play a big part in SONY's progression over the next 12months, and these recent statements bodes well for SONY and PS3 supporters alike. It's good to know that SE are quite confident about the PS3's future, and are keen to continue their support of the system.
Did they ever disclose that game they said would only work if released in 2007? I think it was tied to a FFVII remake rumour?
I agree. 2007 holiday period will really be interesting, and we won't see the full picture till the first month of 2008.
SE will play a big part in SONY's progression over the next 12months, and these recent statements bodes well for SONY and PS3 supporters alike. It's good to know that SE are quite confident about the PS3's future, and are keen to continue their support of the system.
Did they ever disclose that game they said would only work if released in 2007? I think it was tied to a FFVII remake rumour?
archangelmorph
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they can't even pronounce PLAYSTATION 3 properly in my opinion. Kutaragi's way of reading PS3 as "poo-ray-soo-tation free" was so funny
Well if your opinions are going to come with such an air of bigotry then maybe you should keep them to yourself in future..
(I'm sure there are quite a few Japanese words that you'd struggle to even read let alone pronounce so I hardly think it's fair for someone like yourself to make such comments..
)Bigus Dickus
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It's humor, just like the site Engrish.com. Japanese invite this humor, as many seem obsessed with English/American language and culture and thus make many "mistakes" in the way they use them.
It isn't as if everyone else doesn't have loads of things to poke humorously at either... hell, if I tried to speak Japanese I'd sound like some, well, an idiot.
It isn't as if everyone else doesn't have loads of things to poke humorously at either... hell, if I tried to speak Japanese I'd sound like some, well, an idiot.
wow are they that scarce, ie big shops with just 1-3 consoles, i was under the impression in the states that they were everywhere in numbers. im guessing each of those shops had 20+ ps2's/xb360s + perhaps also 1-3 wii's
tongue_of_colicab
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Well if your opinions are going to come with such an air of bigotry then maybe you should keep them to yourself in future..
(I'm sure there are quite a few Japanese words that you'd struggle to even read let alone pronounce so I hardly think it's fair for someone like yourself to make such comments..
People shouldnt make fun of other people's language anyway. Especially if you only speak one language. Though Japanese sometimes ask to be made fun off with english. Reminds me of this blog of some guy in Japan and ''breast girl''.
Actually in the comic strip they claim that they still can't find a wii...
I remember when the PSP first came out. I imported myself a Japanese unit (from toysnjoys.com). Paid like 400 dollars for it. Now? It collects dust. Almost the same story with the 360. My wife would kill me if I spent 600 bones and then let it collect dust... I still want a PS3 and enjoy playing my dad's any chance I get.
Gradthrawn
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If you told your wife that your father's acquisition of a PS3 before you getting one is an insult to your status as a tech geek, and that you must reclaim your honor, would she go for that?
If you told your wife that your father's acquisition of a PS3 before you getting one is an insult to your status as a tech geek, and that you must reclaim your honor, would she go for that?
Actually my wife would probably punch you if you mentioned the PS3
. Sore subject, cause my dad rubbed the fact that he has one and I don't in my face (we are both tech ppl, the only diff is he has a much bigger bank account ). My wife hated it, and was happy that he got one, cause then he stopped talking about it. I get the death look from her still (he has had one since like the beginning of January ) when we come across a store with one in it.In other words, no
. Wii on the other hand, is looked upon favorably .