Lets see:

Currency differences: Here in Brazil I would pay almost 1500 USD for a PS3, just so you know. R$ 2,09 = USD$ 1.

Taxes: Lots and lots of them. We got import taxes, high tech taxes, and over import taxes to boot (meaning anything that is above 500 USD get you to pay another60% on that particular price, thats why we have to pay 1500 USD for a PS3. Gess what? Import X360 isnt far behind, and the ones that are officially backed up by MS Brazil are even more expensive than the imported ones!)

Get it now? Europe suffers just as much, if not less than other countries. Gaming IS an expensive hobbie, jut live with it, or abbandon it completely.

PS- Interesting enough, for the price of a PS3 or X360, I could upgrade my PC into a beast (DX10 video card, Core 2 Quad, 4 GB ram and so on), for PC parts are somewhat cheap to buy here....

PS2- Nintendo Wii isnt that cheap at all too. Its almost 700 USD here!

[QUOTE="Tnasty11"]square enix never said it is coming in 09killaj2786

They had it for 2007....and look what happened there.....

look how long FFXII took to come out.

4-5 years.

Well, lets see if we get more info on TGS.

This debacle is all about two main ideas IMO:

1- PS3 doenst have as many free RAM as X360 - Thus making its development more difficult to do -> wich means, to me: "We are not able to produce a efficient code for PS3 right now. And we did brough in a PS3 developer to help, but its taking time."

2- Fanboys will be fanboys: once again I might get modded for this, but I dont care: Fanboys read all they want to read in these kind of interviews. A dev say this and that about their hated platform, so they go rampant about it. If its in favor of that plat, the dev is pathetic, if it is against, the dev is god. Carmack is a well know PC dev, who doenst like PS3 since the very beggining. Why? "Because its a pain in my ***" he said hinself. Pre-concept FTL? I would say he is lazy in his engine tunning, but we all know that this is business and they are time constrained, so I'll give this to them, but to slam a console they plan to release their game into is pretty much idiotic.

Anyway, there are plenty of well know devs that are high tunning their engines for PS3 games, and those always shut up fanboys and nay sayers alike.

Only fanboys asume that the games on PS3 and X360 (and maybe theWii? As easy as it is to develop for it, its another proof that devs are/can belazy when they want to be)will be always like they are already. Time will bring better development tools, and ore efficient codes will make the games run better.

So there. Keep going with the stupid hate, this is SW. Logic and common sense doenst work here anyways.

Allright, Pachter isnt it? Isnt he the same analist that said that the PS3 will be thenº 1 console in this gen by its end? IF we consider those 90% (no way IMO) TC said he's right, then yeah, maybe.

I'll go with R* wating to polish things, or a mix: X360 suffers with no HDD (in all SKUs)+ DVD9 compression problems and Sony's hard to develop PS3.

PS- either way: I dont care! I dont like GTA series. This 'whos at fault' is just fuel to fanboy wars.

[QUOTE="Ryusuken"]

Unlike SW, Sony has people who works on this things. THEY ARENT MOVED BY STUPID FANBOYS LIKE HERE. They problably have a plan to achieve that. IF they will manage to achieve that its another thing entirely.Whatever they are planning, it have to be abdurdly good to work. I'll keep my judgment on it for later, for whatever the plan may be.

PS- Sony said theysold (i.e. shipped to retailers, that is interesting enough, the same thing to MS) more than 4,5kk PS3s. So, they have to sell another 10kk by March/08. Its possible, imensely difficult, but possible. There are games coming that may ensure they sell so many units by March of next year (look for threads here in SW, there are plenty listing those).

PS2- If a company isnt sure about themselves, who will be? They forecast to sell all that, and they will sure try. If they will accomplish it its the problem.

PS3-Fanboys have no logic whatsoever.IMO, anyone who doenst understand the concept of forecast in business should keep their mouths shut.

Zeliard9

Sony's estimates on how much the PS3 would sell in Q1 was so badly off that they lost 2 billion dollars. Enough of you.

Yep. And that immediately, surelymeans that they will fail again. :roll:

My post says that its possible to reach that, not that they will. Common sense tells they wont. But I (more likey noneof us)dont know how they will try to push sales. Your Crystal Ball told you something that you arent happy to share with us or what?

Oh, just to keep the trend: Enough of you.

[QUOTE="Ryusuken"]

Unlike SW, Sony has people who works on this things. THEY ARENT MOVED BY STUPID FANBOYS LIKE HERE. They problably have a plan to achieve that. IF they will manage to achieve that its another thing entirely.Whatever they are planning, it have to be abdurdly good to work. I'll keep my judgment on it for later, for whatever the plan may be.

PS- Sony said theysold (i.e. shipped to retailers, that is interesting enough, the same thing to MS) more than 4,5kk PS3s. So, they have to sell another 10kk by March/08. Its possible, imensely difficult, but possible. There are games coming that may ensure they sell so many units by March of next year (look for threads here in SW, there are plenty listing those).

PS2- If a company isnt sure about themselves, who will be? They forecast to sell all that, and they will sure try. If they will accomplish it its the problem.

PS3-Fanboys have no logic whatsoever.IMO, anyone who doenst understand the concept of forecast in business should keep their mouths shut.

-Renegade

dont you mean lemmingshave no logic.. anyway if they sold 4.5 mil in just over 4 months what makes lemmings think they cant sale another 10 million system in 12 months especially after big titles like heavenly sword, gta 4, and mgs 4 arrive.

I really mean fanboys. The most 'energetic' to be polite (complete idiots and stupid ones, if I forget to be polite...must not bash..) are the real problem. They dont have a mind of their own, and their coletive brain is completely void of logic.

Its quite a target to reach, but its possible. They are forecasting to reach that. It means that they will try to accomplish that. ITs so simple. And then, we have all these fanboys running rampant, specially the MS ones (after two weeks of bad new on them for change, they want their revenge).

It will be funny if they manage to sell all those units. "OH it will be even more 'ownage' when they dont" fanboys will say. I say: 'Not asmuch, for every one with a brain(and wanting touse it)knew it was quite difficult to do that.' Once again, simple logic.

Thats quite hard to decide. I've played so many RPGs...

All FFs to date (but 11, no interest in MMO at the time). All Square Soft RPGs in the 90' (Chrono Trigger, Xenogears, Saga series and all that). Atlus RPGs just a few, Enix RPGs (quite a lot of them)and so on.

So my selection would be gigantic, but I'll sumarize those that in some days I feel like playing agan (but, once again) I dont have time to do it anymore:

FF VI, VII, VIII & X (I stillplay XII when I have nothing to do...going 110 hours now - I've done moree than 170 hours in FFX, so I'm still away from my personal record in hours played)

Xenogears (man I love it so much it hurts...I've bough the Xenosaga series just because I tought it was a prequel to it...now I know its not, but I love it in the end anyway)

FF Tatics ( I will end up buying a PSP just to play this one again on the go...and I am not ashamed of that. Its a great game)

Chrono Trigger and Cross (Yeah, have to love them. Possible the one reason it would make a miracle happen - me buying whatever the console the seguel launched into it).

Vagrant Story difficult to master, but special in its own way (never finished, for the lack of time.....yeah I have bad management skills concerning my freetime...)

Elders Scrolls: Oblivion, Pool of Radiance, KOTOR and a few other just to name a few WRPGs.

Just to many RPGs to remember. Those were the good times...and I am happy to day that there quite a few to come in the future....I just wish to manage the time to play them....oh well...adulthood s**** sometimes.