Didn't expect an FPS to break that list. Ands it's a 360 FPS on top of that.



Notice how they didn't ask, "Are you going to buy a PS3?". And since so many said the price is high (didn't say the price is too high tho), I wonder how it'll do. If it fails in Japan, Sony is finished.

If it failed in Japan...The PS3 would be a goner.

did those Japanese watch the same e3 i did. because they must be retards if they did.

When ps2 was first around, it had most exclusives, partly due to xbox coming out later and being newer to the console market. The thing is, microsoft has almost completely closed that gap, so very few games that aren't first party sony don't go to xbox, as it stands (excluding 1st party games, since its obvious which system they go to) microsoft has more exclusives than sony does. All they've got left is FFXIII and MGS4. MGS won't be around forever, and FF games are on the verge of becoming cross platform. What does MS have? Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey. The differences between the systems grow less every day.

"did those Japanese watch the same e3 i did. because they must be retards if they did."



That's why they're called japanese. Not australian, german and certainly, not americanos. They have there own interests. They do not ask what do you like, but what they like.

...but I guess you're right. They must be retarded.



P.S. bgss, check your list on exclusives for Sony, Nintendo and MS....

I agree with a lot of what you said, except for the First Generation PS3 games looking like crap. I was at E3 and played Resistence, Untold Legends, Warhawk, Heavenly Sword and Sonic the Hedgehog.



Resistence looked awesome, and was hella fun to play.



Untold Legends looked good, but wasn't spectacular. It was a step up from the PS2 and X Box visually though. The gameplay was typical hack n slash.



Warhawk, being about 40% complete (like most of the games playable at E3 for the PS3) looked really good, especially the water effects. The game also controlled way better than i expected with the motion tilt control. The game was also fun to play.



Heavenly Sword was incredible looking. It truly looked and felt like a next gen game. I don't know if all you've seen are grainy videos, but seeing it in all it's glory in person is a totally different matter. The game kicks ass, actually, and not just in the visual department. It plays like God of War, but with a female lead. It was the best game I played on the PS3.



Sonic the Hedgehog was nicelooking, and looked exactly like it's 360 counterpart(whi ch i also played, just for comparison). The game was also nice and fast, but the problem I had was with the camera. Sonic just moves to fast, and the camera often has to swing around to catch up, which can lead to Sonic plummeting to it's doom. Also, this was the game that tended to crash, but PS3 bashers wanted to brand the system as crap, just because this one particular game crashed the system. I have emulators on my PSP that will crash it if the code get's jumbled. Working in the games industry, I have learned that it's not always the hardware that causes those sorts of things. Sometimes it's just the code of the game.



anyway, the PS3 won't show it's technical superiority until it's second year, as it's been stated that the peak performance of the system is far higher than the 360s, but ultimately, it just boils down to how the developers use it. I mean, look at the "underpowered," PS2. games like Metal Gear Solid 3 and Okami push the system beyond it's limits to incredible results. all 3 next gen systems have their pros and cons, and i'm going to own them all.

Most people seem to agree that ps3 titles and 360 games look similar. Is it just me that realises that some 360 games are on their 3rd generation from developers and yet the ps3 games arent even finished yet look the same. If that doesnt worry you 360 owners than kudos to you, But i bet your skins just gone prickly aint it!

Another on the visuals:

The alpha kit to the ps3 with games that are for the most part between 30 to 50 % done look comparable to the 360. Considering that the PS3 is difficult to program for and lack proper support that says alot. Programming for the 360 is very similar to programing for the PC and already devs like epic are already using some of the other cores. The PS3 is going to sell the first year... very well so the question is will you see a differance between 360 games and PS3 games? It is my firm belief that yes you will. As far as a $200 difference that is all a matter of perspective. What if PS3 ends up with exclusives that are more your taste? or the Wii? or the 360?



on the polls:

yep. they seem to say the same thing in japan. Wii leaping out in front with the PS3 lagging behind... but who knows... maybe games will come out for the PS3 that the will win back the japanese market. If you use this poll to represent all of japan 21% out of 128 million people aint that bad.



on Japan

If you look at the top selling games of all time... or even the top selling games for most systems ( except the xbox)

you will find that the majority of the list are from japanese devs.ask people what titles they would want to see on the PS3 to make them spend the extra $200 chances are they will be japanese as well. The sad truth is.... the japanese devs normally don't make games with american tastes in mind. They make thier games with more of japanese sensibility in mind and they happen to pick up in the states. If a console fails in japan chances are some of the most unique and engrosing titles will stick to what ever platform/platforms are popular in japan. Exporting and localizing games are a huge risk for Jap devs and most do not even try it unless they are sure it will be a hit. I.E. established core audience. Yes, Japan is only (small)% of the world market... to Microsoft, which is enjoying its success everywhere else in the world, and financially really doesn't even need to consider Japan on the larger scale. That was thier frame of mind last generation as well. Why are they reaching out to more jap and korean devs this time around?

Take any Stats class, and you will see that 1,000 is not a small sample size. Most "opinion" polls are around 1,000 samples, because if they are done randomly, it's the easiest/quickest way to get closest to the true answer without doing a census.



Also, am I the only one who doesn't think the X360 and PS3 graphics are that similiar? I see a lot of noticeable differences between the two. It might not be as big between them and the Wii, but it is still noticeable.



One last thing, if Sony fails in Japan(they won't), they will fail completely in all countries, because the only thing wrong with the PS3 is the price. If the rabid Japanese gamers do not buy the PS3 because of its price, no one will.