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Final PS3 Launch List Shows 13 Games For America

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the lucky-number dept.

Wowzer writes "Sony's PlayStation 3 is set to arrive this week on November 17th. With just 400,000 units available at launch in the USA, and an unknown number of game consoles arriving the rest of year. The total is expected to be below 1 million units in 2006, as a result many publishers have decided to delay their games so more time can be spent polishing them. From the article: 'Remember you'll have other ways to entertain yourself with the PS3 aside from it's multimedia capabilities. From day one you'll be able to download small games (plus their demos to give them a try first) and while Sony hasn't announced any specifics like price and release dates yet, count on Sony's PS3 download games like flOw & Blast Factor to be there.' From minor delays like Need for Speed: Carbon being delayed until November 20. To big launch lineup losses like MotorStorm which was delayed to March, 2007. The PS3 launch will now have 13 titles including Resistance: Fall of Man, Call of Duty 3, Genji: Days of the Blade and Ridge Racer 7."

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  1. In the long run.... by shoptroll · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I'm still curious to see how this system holds out in the long run. The launch is going to most likely go well, as long as you don't look at the real numbers, in other words they'll sell every unit they've made just forget about the fact that they are a noticeable number of units short of the initial estimates/hype. Long term should be a lot more interesting, they're still a ways off from the next installments of system-seller franchises. Metal Gear Solid 4 is still about a year away, GTA4 is within a year, Final Fantasy XIII is very very far off (supposedly only 1% of it is complete? Although might not be a big deal, FF7 shipped 2-3 years after the PSX was out). I'm just wondering exactly what Sony is planning to fill in the gaps between these 3 high-profile franchises which pretty have pretty much kept the PSOne and PS2 running.

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    1. Re:In the long run.... by shoptroll · · Score: 2, Interesting

      That's pretty much my theory at this point. They've proven themselves to be a company that is going to make games for the platform that will give them the biggest audience. Anyone who argues graphics/hardware capabilities had better take a good look at the S-E lineups on the PSP and DS and give a good explanation as to why there's been a lot more titles on the DS than the PSP. Their increasing interest in cell phone games is another good example of this. It seems like Deja vu if it's technology (and it's cost) that makes Square-Enix switch their "exlusivity" again.

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  2. Wow... by TomServo · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I remember that I wasn't going to bother with an XBox 360, then as it got closer and closer to release and I kept seeing shots of PGR3, I just kept wanting one more and more, cursing myself for not pre-ordering. I finally tracked one down a couple of months after launch.

    I'm getting none of that with the PS3. As it was, the official playstation magazine a couple of months ago went nuts over the big killer-app launch title, Oblivion, and now that's delayed.

    I'm sure I'll buy one eventually, but I'm certainly not upset that I didn't try to get a launch box.

  3. Should Be Less by duerra · · Score: 2, Interesting

    According to reviews, games like Tony Hawk 8 and Ridge Racer *should* have been delayed, because of framerate issues and bugs in general.

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  4. Untold Legends: The PSP Port? by Shiptar · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Isn't the Untold Legends series a PSP series, which is a clone of CHampions of Norrath for the PS2?

    That's a bit underwhelming. It's too bad that there's 1-3 total new games on that list? I don't know about Gundam or Resistance, so that's why I ask if it's 1-3.

    Hopefully the games come out faster than BR movies.

    1. Re:Untold Legends: The PSP Port? by Aladrin · · Score: 2, Interesting

      There's been a TON of Gundam games. Can't call it original.

      Resistance seems to be genuinely new, even if it sounds a lot like that other virus game... With Mitochondria Eve... Forget the bloody name. Grr.

      What's the third one, that you were sure of? You don't mean Marvel Ultimate Alliance, do you? It's just a clone of another game, the name of which I forget. Another 'comic book heroes join together and fight in third-person overhead view'.

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  5. Re:Full Launch List by HappySqurriel · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The only 2 games on that list that are not readily availabe for other systems are Genji 2: Days of the Blade (which is currently rated at 59% based on 4 reviews on Gamerankings.com) and Resistance: Fall of Man (which is currently rated at 90.3% based on 3 reviews on Gamerankings.com)

    It will take some time before the scores become more solid...

    The question is can you justify spending $500/$600 for 1 good game?

  6. Resistance is killer app by SuperKendall · · Score: 4, Interesting

    For the Sony launch, Resistance: Fall of Man is the big title - Oblivion was kind of nice but not a deal breaker since it's not really new and people could also play it on PC's.

    Resistance looks to have a great story, and also really good multiplayer support with 40 people at once and no slowdown. Plus I have experience with the other games that publisher has worked on and I know they do a great job with control layouts and weapons.

    It's the title that is making me wish it wasn't so hard to get a PS3 anytime soon... I'm not keen on waiting in line.

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  7. Wait for it... by sirstar · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The system has hundreds of games for it already! Look at all these PS2/PS1 games it can play! Why, you have hundreds of (repeat/re-hashed/duplicate) games to play until we get some new/repeat/re-hashed games out for the PS3 system! Buy, Buy, Buy!!!! Trade in your older systems now and save (very little) on the new PS3 toaster oven! And how many of the 'new' 'next-gen' games will just use the PS2 emulation chip? Time will tell.....

  8. Ho Hum by mechapanda · · Score: 5, Interesting

    For what it is worth, a couple of notes from someone who actually owns a PS3...

    The launch titles play infinitely better than what was available at the Japanese PS2 launch

    Mine has been running 20 hours a day since I got it home, no over heating, no game skipping, no crashes.

    It's a big beast (I nearly dropped it when I was handed it over the counter as the retail box weighs a ton), but runs pretty quiet compared to my original Xbox which I only use as a MythTV frontend.

    No Linux yet as we are waiting on the installer, but the good news is long term it will be possible to install any distribution that supports PPC (out of the box it supports Fedora). Bad news is that as pretty well all hardware access is via the hypervisor/virtual devices, there is no access to the GPU - yet.

    Despite the wishful thinking of Nintendo/Xbox fanboys, the games I own are ALL on BluRay.

    It's a really nice bit of kit, for me being able to buy a Cell dev box for 300 quid is an absolute bargain, and a fraction of what I paid for my Arm and PPC box's - and then I get to be able to play Metal Gear 4 and FFXIII too?

    If you can code, are interested in non-x86 processors, and can afford one, it's a no brainer - get one.

    1. Re:Ho Hum by mechapanda · · Score: 2, Interesting

      Legit?

      I'm one of the Brit's who flew to Japan to pick up a PS3, though as I lived in Tokyo for 9 years I'm staying a couple of extra weeks to see old friends. See http://www.psm3mag.com/ I took all the photo's there and acted as the fixer to get the reporter Joel his PS3.

      I gave pre-order a miss, got down to Akihabara for 5am the day before, and was second in the queue at Asobit. Despite the issues at Yodabashi and Shibuya, we had only a couple of Chinese in our queue, and they were game shop owners who had flown over, and about 12 homeless:)

      The PS3 here costs a lot less than it would in the UK, so the whole trip + PS3 has cost me less than a weekend's skiing and a UK model in 4 months.

      I've heard that there is going to be an 8 page report on us getting our PS3 in the UK magazine PSM3, so proof enough I think:)

  9. Re:Uhhuh by Babbster · · Score: 2, Interesting
    Even if you spend $3000 on a PC and you will never get the kind of graphics that the PS3 is capable of running at a 1080 resolution.

    I think you need to scale back your hyperbole a bit. If one goes with the new Nvidia 8800 (particularly in SLI) on your hypothetical "$3000" PC, doing PS3 level graphics at 1920x1080 will hardly be a problem. Take a look at what this card can do in Oblivion if you need more information.

    Note that I'm not a PC gamer these days at all since my [already old] PC broke down and I've been too cheap and lazy to replace it. In fact, I much prefer console gaming, and would agree that generally consoles provide a better gaming value than the PC. But, if one is willing to spend "the big bucks" (I consider "big bucks" to be $2,000 and up) on their gaming PC, they can definitely get to the level of PS3 launch-game graphics and beyond.