US and UK analysts of the videogame industry tip Nintendo, with its Wii and DS, to be worst hit by recession – because its new base of casual gamers will stop buying games sooner than hardcore gamers, diverting their money elsewhere. UK analysts also point out that Sony’s PS3 will suffer from being at a higher price than its rival consoles. While US analysts have focussed on the fact that Microsoft has, at least for 2008, got the better exclusive franchises for the Xbox 360, with Gears Of War 2 leading the charge.
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Guess Gears Of War 3 is now definitely on – as Gears Of War 2 sailed past three million units sold worldwide at the start of this week.
Online review aggregator MetaCritic is being forced to seriously rethink its user registration procedure after an outbreak of fanboy mobbing. While game critics have been almost universally wowed by three of this year’s biggest games – Gears of War 2, Resistance 2 and LittleBigPlanet – their equivalent user reviews paint a completely different picture, thanks to spiteful users artificially lowering the average user scores.
Sony has news that will be music to the ears of the PS3 faithful. Resistance 2 has reach gold status, so it’s ready to be printed to Blu-ray disc and shipped to retailers. On top of that, if you really can’t wait until the end of next month to get playing, there’s an open beta kicking off today.