Sony Plans 380 Games for Fiscal Year '08

Next Generation has the word that a bucketful of games are coming to the PS3 during Sony's 2008 fiscal year. While the library for the console consists now of some 60 full-price titles and 50 downloadables, they plan to release 200 retail games and a further 180 download-only titles by March of 2008. "In an e-mail to Next-Gen, Sony Computer Entertainment America PR boss Dave Karraker said that in the U.S. specifically, there are over 105 Blu-ray disc games and around 40 PlayStation Network downloadable games and game packs slated for this fiscal year. However, this figure doesn't include third-party games beyond Christmas, so there should be additional U.S. titles released during Sony's January-March quarter."

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*Holds Breath*

[Durrok]

We all know how well Sony keeps their predictions/promises. :)

Re:*Holds Breath*

[TB]

As usual people on slashdot post to things out of context, Al Gores internet sucks.

Re:*Holds Breath*

[earnest murderer]

Sure they will, localization alone that turns one game into 3. Don't forget reissues and collections or that about 40% of those games aren't going to be seen on US shelves. Of the 105 left, about 90 percent of those games are multiplatform. Almost all of which load faster and play better on a 360 (when it works anyway) months before the PS3 version is published. Of the 10 or so PS3 exclusives 5 won't suck, and three of those will be good.

It will be a grand year for owning a PS3.

I kid though, it takes 2 years for any console to get a steady stream of good software. That has been true since the 80's. X-mas '08 that's when people will be buying PS3's to play the new Final Fantasy et. al.

Just a side note... I have found that as a general rule, you can wait until rumors start surfacing about the next product before buying the current one. You pay less, there are great games to play *now* and the local trade-a-game outfit is flush with them on the cheap.

Still, I bought a PS3 at release. To play Blu-Ray disc's! Honest!

Wrong

[Anonymous Coward]

Wrong. Sony has already clarified the 380 to be world-wide. Only 145 will be released in the US, with about 105 of those being actual boxed games.

not important

[skam240]

I could really care less about the quantity of games being released. what I want to know is, are any of them any good? Anybody out there have a list?

Re:not important

[nschubach]

http://ps3.ign.com/index/release.html There's a start...

380 Games for the Playstation 3

[Bobfrankly1]

200 Retail and 180 Downloadable...
So 50 new retail Japan-only games, 50 new most other countries games, and 100 new hentai dating simulators. Which will pale in comparison to the PS2 Hentai dating sims, because PS2 has the vibra....er, rumble feature.

Also, they forgot to include how many of these games will suck, which is probably going to be a large percentage. So the story should be "Sony puts out 'news' in attempts to cover for vastly misjudging it's market" most likely to distract from the rumors of a PS3 price drop.
I now await the ever present blind fanboi army to tell me how wrong I am.
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In other news the sky is blue and nuts are itchy...

Re:370

[bakura121]

You know that out of 380 games, about 340 of them are going to be stinkers.

Re:Time for a double-take...

[catprog]

from http://www.vgchartz.com/ last week Japan 10,451 Ps3 vs 7,847 Xbox360 Other 21,883 Ps3 vs 22,838 Xbox360 America 21,292 PS3 vs 41,166 Xbox360 Which of the 2 major regions is it dead in?

Intelligent Posting So Far...

[chubs730]

Well I for one am glad that nobody has used this article as a starting point for useless fanboy arguments where each participant claims to not be a fanboy, while the other calls them one.

I wish there was a way to remove dupes in threads, not just stories.

Re:370

[soupd]

Yeah but how many of those 360 games are AAA titles? Microsoft had a year head start over the competition, a giant sackful of money to throw at developers and in the 19 months the X360 has been out, what is the only game that's really caused a stir? Gears of War. Gee, that's just.. great.

I have both a X360 and PS3 but for me the PS3 is currently looking like the better platform for this year and the next. Exclusives on the PS3 that I'm certainly or most probably going to grab are Ninja Gaiden Sigma, Lair, Warhawk, Singstar, Heavenly Sword, Little Big Planet, Metal Gear Solid, Ratchet & Clank, Uncharted, Wipeout and God of War 3 (when/if), Afrika also looks interesting. On the X360, games in the same category: Bioshock, Alan Wake, Mass Effect and Gears of War 2 (when/if).

And games where I have a choice: Eight Days, Burnout Paradise, Indiana Jones, Grand Theft, Pro Evolution Soccer, Assassin's Creed, Mercenaries, Star Wars Force Unleashed, Resident Evil 5. Note the lack of FPS's and hardcore RPGs in all three lists.

It will only take 6 good games

[kn0tw0rk]

Even if there are that many games going to be made, it will only take 6 of them being good ones with marketing to secure the market.

- Racer (say Gran Tourismo or the next Wip3out)
- RPG (maybe something by Square/Enix)
- FPS (I wonder if QuakeWars will get ported?)
- platformer (either cutsey Mario competitor for the kids or God of War / Shadow of the Colossus variant for adults)
- party game (guitar hero, songstar or DDR)
- rogue (something off the wall different)

But price is the crunching point where the Wii has the advantage over the PS3, due to less complex hardware, and brilliant graphics doesnt make a game good.