E3 2009: Sony Press Conference

Sony's Press Conference really delivered some surprises though where spoiled prior to their presentation.  My favorites where the following 3...

1. Final Fantasy XIV Online was revealed even before the release of Final Fantasy XIII.  This looks to be the successor to Final Fantasy XI.  They showed a CG trailer but no in game trailers just of yet.  The classes seems to be the likes of it's predecessor.  I just hope it wasn't as slow as it was.  I am a hardcore FF fan and forced myself to play XI and I enjoyed it presonally.  But with my other gamer friends playing the game, they didn't have the same sentiments.  Lets all hope that this one will make it big.  Let's give Square, the best RPG makers in my opinion, another chanced in the MMORPG realm.

2.  ICO's creator Fumito Ueda finally reveals its new nexgen game The Last Guardian codenamed Trico.  I love this team because they are not pressured and will not be pressured to a release date.  They concentrate on the quality of the game and will put their full power and creative knowledge and know how to make it the best game and they have done this with ICO and Shadow of the Colossus.  And now Last Guardian, looking just as stunning and incredibly amazing.  The best graphics in a game I have seen up to date.  The feathers on the creature was staggering.  Each feather moved in its own physics and the game play and the kid was just awesome.  The music really give an epic feel to the whole presentation.  This will surely live up to its reputation no doubt about it.

3.  God of War III was the closer of the whole conference.  Looking ever so stunning and everything that the series has been made famous.  Showing Harpies, Chimeras and giants, the demo had to be cut short because of time.  God of War will surely live up to the expectations of God of War fans everywhere.

That was it with Sony.  I expected it to be dull and short of expectations for Sony fanboys because of the bombs of Microsoft with the Kojima surprise and the introduction of Project Natal but they didn't let that stand in Sony's way.  They have surely delivered.

That's it, Sony is coming back!

360 Outsells PS3 for the 2nd Time in Japan

For the 2nd time in history Xbox 360 has outsold the PS3. The last time this happened was the release of Final Fantasy creator Sakaguchi's Lost Odyssey!

But that's not the amazing part of the article. Xbox 360 has outsold the PS3 nearly 3 times more. The actual numbers? PS3 sold 9,673 and the Xbox 360 with 24,962. That's 19,000 more then the previous month for the xbox 360.

So why the sudden boost of sales for Microsoft in the land of the rising sun? The only game that Japan cares for... Final Fantasy! Last month, Yoichi Wada, President of Square-Enix, announced Final Fantasy XIII on the Xbox 360 along with the JRPG line up consisting of The Last Remnant, a new Star Ocean game, and Infinite Undiscovery.

But Final Fantasy XIII isn't coming out for the 360 in Japan you say? Yes but also a factor that might of resulted in this is the price cut. The new SKU rumored to be at $399.99 120GB, $299.99 60GB, clearance 279.99 20GB, and $199.99 256MB might of happened a bit earlier in Japan.

Eventhough all these things that might of caused it, my conclusion is that in Japan all they care about is JRPGs and once a big project like Lost Odyssey and Final Fantasy is around the corner, the local japanese folks are willing to spend that money to get their fantasies fulfilled.

But all in all my bottom line is... japanese girls are HOT!

source: joystiq, kotaku, ign

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More Confussion on the European PS3 Starter Pack

What is really the deal with the Playstation 3 Starter Pack? This is the answer to Europe after announcing that US is getting a 100 dollar price cut. To keep the Europeans happy they give a starter pack. But we recently found out that the PAL territories are not getting the same package. So now they are the ones complaining.

Sony also e-mailed people who purchased a PS3 days before the announcement of the starter pack and told them that it's only up to August 31 only so don't mind the other people who are getting it.

Whatever the true story is behind it, it is just a bit messy and now people really don't know what to do. Sony can you please shed light on this?

Unreal Tournament for the PS3 to get a Mouse-ish Device

Sony's PS3 is getting some sort of hybrid mouse and keyboard. We don't really know how this thing will really work but Epic said its for both handers (left handed or right handed) and also be able to play with the sixaxis with it.

So will this make it easier for people that complain alot about the joypad and prefer keyboard and mouse? Maybe we'll have a poll later when it's actually comes out in the market.

The Nex-Gen Console Wars

Well i'm pretty late in posting something about this but better late then never, plus I just began with blogging.

As you all would know the next generation of video game consoles are at hand and it's has been a one crazy ride. Microsoft did a preempetive attack on sony by releasing the X-box 360 early. But both Microsoft and Sony didn't know what was going to hit them both. Nintendo surprises everyone with their magic wand. The WII until now is sold out still since its release November 2006.

Who do you think will win? It looks like Nintendo is catching up fast to Microsoft's current domination, or will Sony bounce back and convert all those PS2 owners to PS3 owners with the latest price drop and MSG4? Whatever happens, we'll be keeping track of these updates and latest news. For now, lets just keep an eye on these numbers from Nexgen Wars.