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Experts talk about what Sony needs in E3 to get flying colors

Posted Jul 1, 2007 at 3:52PM EST by QJ Staff

Listed in: PS3, PSP Tags: Michael Pachter, N'Gai Croal, Sony
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How will it sell? - Image 1E3 is the major event for gamers, developers, and publishers alike. Whatever waves that huge hurricane of video games create can decide whether something will end up a tsunami, or ultimately flop. That said, Sony will need a great boost from this much anticipated gathering where everyone is fighting for the spotlight.

Industry experts Michael Pachter, Billy Berghammer, N'Gai Croal, and Shane Shatterfield sat down with Geoff Keighly to discuss about what can revitalize the PS3 and PSP.

Hottest issues on PS3's shoulders include exclusivity, the steep price, and the fact that some don't experience hardware superiority that Sony promised.

The guys at Bonus Round pretty much concluded that the PS3 needs more games to increase momentum. Lair, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, Final Fantasy XIII, and Metal Gear Solid 4 have been mentioned. As Shatterfield said, "Metal Gear Solid 4 can't come soon enough, Final Fantasy XIII can't come soon enough."

Pachter, known to talk a lot about price cuts, couldn't stress it more that the hefty PS3 needs to lower its tag. He believes that an announcement regarding the matter on E3 should give console sales a lift.

About the PSP, Pachter said that publishers should look at the handheld in a different light. According to him, games have been aiming for an immersive experience - something against the pick-up and play nature of portable game devices.

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# Second round of Warhawk betaGuest 2007-07-01 17:05
Hey guys check your psn second round of Warhawk beta is now out how do i get credit for this?

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# They better do somthingGuest 2007-07-01 17:06
WHen Home drops and we get actual in-game xmb w/ custom soundtracks & messaging (not that crap in Home but what the dev kits were doing awhile back) it should be on par with the 360 feature wise. Afterwards comes the games and some more solid 1st party games on the ps3 thats going to move more units *coughcoughMGS4 coughcough*. I have a bigger library of 360 games now about 15 and 2 launch titles on the ps3 and I must say for just launch titles they have way better graphics then any 360 game I HAVE. But the crappy ports with the bad frame rates make the system look bad and its really not at all.

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# I didnt have itGuest 2007-07-01 17:28
Nope sure didn't just checked too.

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# PffGuest 2007-07-01 17:31
Do these industry experts get paid to say what they do? 'Cause I see daily dozens of people saying the very same things in internet forums for free.

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# Here is the confirmation emailGuest 2007-07-01 17:33
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Once you're playing the beta, make sure you join or start your own Warhawk Clan.



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P.S. If you have problems accessing Warhawk beta, please click here and send us an email. Make sure to include your account information (the email address you used to register for this Warhawk beta) and a brief description of your problem. When you reach the Consumer Services page, be sure to select "PlayStation Underground" as the topic of your email.

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# lolGuest 2007-07-01 17:55
I was thinking the same thing. Who are these experts? You need experts to tell this kind of stuff? Anyone here could have said that.

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# what they sayGuest 2007-07-01 17:57
What they say is true, they need a few more exclusive games, and to lower the price tag. I will buy a ps3 regardless, but the price is the only thing holding me back. I don't care for exclusive games, just a system I can depend on. The 360 is dependable, but a few things make me turn away from it completely. To me it's a system I only play because my friend has it.

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# Srry its actually Eclipze_Guest 2007-07-01 17:58
(it signed me in as Quixand...) But anyways, Why do they say they dont think the Hardware is superior? Cause (in my opinion) the PS3 has the best hardware. The controller is simple and rechargeable with Sixaxis. And the PS3 itself has everything you need.

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# EclipzeQuixand 2007-07-01 19:23
although u ain't Quixand... what you just said is Quixandesque.



i agree with you all the way and more.

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# ...Guest 2007-07-01 20:10
Because 95% of cross platform games are as good if not better on the 360 than the PS3.

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# WarhawkGuest 2007-07-01 20:13
Why didn't they mention Warkhawk? I mean thats a high profile PSN game. And I think its gonna be a big hit.

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# hahahGuest 2007-07-01 20:18
two words EXPERTS SMEXPERTS

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# New Use!Guest 2007-07-01 20:56
Wow, turns out the 360 CAN do something the PS3 can't! Just watch this video and you'll see the new use of an xbox! Good news to those that got the 3 rings of death, your system can still be used!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v+oLabckoPC0g+mode+related+search+

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# New link!Guest 2007-07-01 21:03
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v+oLabckoPC0g

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# wow good point they fu/cken blow asssGuest 2007-07-01 21:11
Get paid to say what has already been mentioned about 10000 times I bet they go on forums and just copy what else everyone else says. yeah that makes sense

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# lucky bastardGuest 2007-07-01 21:14
Not everyone got it. I hate u. I have been waiting since 2000 to get into a beta and they still wont let me in one. .sdl;vgfjbvgskdf bvskdfjbljv

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# Pick up and play vs Immersive.Guest 2007-07-01 21:15
One thing I love about my PSP, is that it offers IMMERSIVE, FULL-TIME, CONSOLE-LIKE games.



Not only pick-up and play. NDS is for that.

PSP is for a different crowd, stop trying to turn into an NDS.



I for one want my Disgaea, Monster Hunter, Grant Theft Auto and all the PSX/PSP/GBA/SNES jRPGs I can eat on my PSP.

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# E3Guest 2007-07-01 23:50
E3 is not the bug thing that it used to be, much more attention nowadays is payed to TGS, and places like that. Although there will still be lots of announcements, it's not the thing it once was, so stop pretending that it is.

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# woopsGuest 2007-07-01 23:51
I meant "Big" not "Bug"

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# You had to show your sh !tty face againGuest 2007-07-02 05:03
Oh noo Look its a Monkey, its a que er, no it's Mister F@ktard nonsens. Okay buddy pack your stuff and go back to you Sh! tty xbot forum.

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# dafsGuest 2007-07-02 05:19
Yea sony's all talk with the PS3, when are they actually gonna do something?

Just like they neglect the PSP, they will neglect the PS3 and expect their reputation to make them their sales. Not a good strategy especially when there's the 360 on the loose.

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# to Mister Common SenseGuest 2007-07-02 06:16
how can the ps3 be dead? It's sales are going up. Not as fast as one would hope, but going up. I can't understand how someone can say a console is dead because it's not doing as well as the others. and BTW mgs4 will never be multiplatform.

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# dreamlandGuest 2007-07-02 08:15
the only killer game for the 360 is gears of war.360 boys talk like the 360 is full of killer games,

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# Yup...Shatterdome 2007-07-02 16:50
They did the exact same thing with PSP....like they said in this webcast....where is the online movie and music downloads ? We should have had that a year ago.....although they do have a half-ass implementation of it for Japan...it's still far from fully integrated....



I don't mind too much as I know how to convert movies n such, but it would still be nice to see sony back up their word....



Like common sense, my biggest beef is that Sony continues to lie and treat the consumer like an idiot....but unfortunately most consumer are idiots because they actually beleive Sony....



:(

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# ...@ tmaddGuest 2007-07-02 18:44
1. Not tryin tobe rude but dont be an idiot and expect 599 to 399 all the sudden. your forgeting that the sony is losing an average of $50 USD with every PS3 console sold.

2. Your right. GTA4 could have been a ps3 exclusive if they paid rockstar. That the main reason why XBOX 360 has exclusive content. I also wonder is the 360 is goin to have GTA5 because of the 360 LIMITED SPACE. Its already using two discs for GTA4. Imagine GTA5 on three discs?!! Thats insane. (swaping discs to go to other parts of the city n *****.)

3. And yea psp wit PS3 together...USELESS!!

Who needs it?? Waste of time. But it also neat in some ways.

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# ..Guest 2007-07-02 18:49
yea thats true but your halo3. its also good game. hmm..we ps3 owner dont have nothing to brag about (sigh) ..besides blue ray beating hd dvd.....and mgs4...

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# Lmao F***ing Xbox FansGuest 2007-07-02 19:14
Lol Xbox only have Gear of War and Halo 3. M$ thinking those game have what it takes to beat the Playstation 3. No Xbox fan can't name more than 5 games that will take down the Ps3.

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# LOL to mister common senseGuest 2007-07-02 19:45
The only thing your an expert on is how to talk so much S.H.I.T from your own mouth and actually start to take it as fact, i would start in with xbox but why talk about a real dead, sega saturn console. Since we all know its going to happen.

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# LOLGuest 2007-07-02 19:50
Its cause ppl like Mister common sense and these people, actually know whats good. Facts are good when they're coming from the right people.

Not from idiots who ban a game called manhunt 2 that could one day do the same with all games.

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# lol what a loserGuest 2007-07-02 21:52
listen you Mister common sense know it all, i didnt realize you helped built sony ps3 and that you know everything on it. I guess we should be praising you for the work you have done.



If your done ranting my i suggest doing a little rant for all the xbox fanboys, that are as ignorant as you. And dont forget to add stuff like MS sucks and there console is basically a high way robbery. And how defective your system is.

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# ShatterdomeGuest 2007-07-02 21:56
Has it occurred to you and Mister common sense That they only treat the ignorant ppl like both of you as idiots, coming from your posts i say they did the right thing, How about you dumbA$$es stop taking your own S.H.I.T as fact. And either support the ps3 or be a wii and xbox fanboy and leave the forum.

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# lol yeaGuest 2007-07-02 22:00
Not to mention MS pays off ppl like Bungie and epic for making games for there console. The truth is no xbox games can. There system is so S.H.I.T.T.Y That it will just not read the disc and you just wasted money on a rushed up piece of trailer park trash of a system.

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# ...Guest 2007-07-02 22:26
umm yea. mircrosoft is only money and money.

they basically beg...

Sony should start doing this...LOL

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# Common Sense?Folding Junkie! 2007-07-03 04:20
So you admit that 360 launch games were not as advanced as the PS3 or do you always make statements like the following.



by bg:

"I have a bigger library of 360 games now about 15 and 2 launch titles on the ps3 and I must say for just launch titles they have way better graphics then any 360 game I HAVE."



To this you responded:

"How old are the XBOX 360 games you have? They must be launch games."



If that is not an admission that the PS3 had better launch titles, at least in your opinion, then I guess that I don't know what is!



Were you on drugs when you made that statement? That doesn't sound like most of the irrational and fanboyish comments that come from you. Most of what you say is rubbish. I wish that you could at least debate facts instead of opinions and lies once in a while.



Go play your 360!

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# PS3 is next generation- i stand by itGuest 2007-07-03 04:29
I applaud sony for pushing technology to the limits!



They think ahead and build quality products, most of what they do, they do it with perfection.



Sony make excellent games and aren't turning the gaming industry into a MacDonalds all you can buffet like what MS is trying to do. They really do try make compelling games. It just depends on your taste. Motorstorm is one of the best racers i've played for a while, Eye of Judgement is a very interesting card game, Uncharted is interesting and fresh looking title. Ratchet and Clank looks gorgeous and should have stelling gameplay. Wipeout is incoming and will be a smash, GT 5 always pushes the boundaries of excellence. Eye Identify looks like it will be alot of fun. Lair has an intereting plot and im impressed with the visuals etc.. what im trying to say is that the Xbox 360 is too average, i mean i sold my Xbox 360, i played gears and it was probably the best multiplayer games i've played but i dont miss it, i played PGR3 and it was one of the fastest fun racers i've played, but i prefer RR7 and Motorstorm. i feel that the Xbox 360 is very boring, I hate shooters! Halo is a shooter, Alan wake, seemsto be ok guess ill look into it. I mean really, i suppose they're is Blue Dragon, Lost Oddysee and Eternal Sonata(pS3 too!) but i hate the visual style, Eternal Sonata is good though. I dunno i hope the ps3 does well, coz the xbox 360 just dissapoints me. Forza 2 looks so bland, im sure its a good game, but it says nothing to me when i play Gran turismo for the first time i always got goose pimples, It was that good a racing game. Microsoft always cuts corners and using desperate tactics i suppose that is good for business but i dont admire them and i was going to give up gaming if the ps3 didn't eventually come out. I dunno, i can always expect sony to always push even if they fail, they're better than MS and Wii anyday

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# Why is it...Guest 2007-07-03 06:04
...that even time someone exchanges one console for another, suddenly everything about their previous console is uninteresting and boring and everything about their new console is awesome and exciting?



You've sold your 360 and purchased a PS3, that's great and I'm sure you'll enjoy the games, but please stop looking for reasons to convince yourself that you made the right decision (because that's what it sounds like to me). MS are no better or worse than Sony in this industry, and we can argue all day about the supposidly good and bad things about both companies, but who really cares? No really? It's about games, and most of these come from developers who have no loyalty to either company anyway.



So just enjoy your PS3. :)

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# dopeyGuest 2007-07-03 15:19
Tell me does sony or nintnedo pay people off and tell them to make games only exclusives to there system, NO they don't. The devs who makes the games for them want to make it exclusives cause they feel there system is perfect for making it exclusives.



And has it ever occurred to anyone that the sony games that went multi that used to be exclusives was never meant to be exclusives to begin with.I'll even go on to say dmc4 was also part of this. Maybe Sony doesn't need those games to beat MS maybe games like Agency and the 15 new games that are exclusives will take over.

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# lol 7eleveGuest 2007-07-03 15:30
Strife Hawkins is right, do you know MS doesn't care for people like you, hell they don't care about this industry. They are only in this gaming industry for the piece of the pie that sony ad nintendo are used to with success. They are definitely not innovative. List what they did you innovated the world of gaming since xbox1 . And everything else. They dony even use there own products, they seem compelled to compete to Sony who is in a different league in the gaming world since they been in the business from the start. Face it when you start to think about it, they take things that Sony had, like rumble.

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