Hirai “confident” of 13 million PS3s this year, online service definite for 2010

No way will they hit 13 million.

Unless FFXIII sells a shit-ton of PS3′s in Japan, that is.

I’m pretty sure that’s a do-able target.
FFXIII will makes those crazy japs go PS3 mad, guaranteed.
Let’s face it, Winning Eleven (Pro Evo) made them go out and buy one. Why wouldn’t FFXIII?
If only it was a new Dragon Quest.

DId you see the numbers of PS3 Sold when just the demo of FFXIII was released. IT was like 1 Million consoles sold and that was just a damn demo.

With upcoming FFXIII (ONLY ON PS3, Only In Japan) it will be very easy to do so! But i think 13 million is too much!

They are not saying 13 million within a month its over the course of the entire 2009 year. Its very feasible especially how well Dragon Quest did this year..

13 million is still a shit ton of consoles. final fantasy will give them a boost but it won’t do it world wide. What else is left on the exclusivity list?

*cough* God of War 3 *cough*

Xmas will see that amount rise considerably in all world sectors.
I reckon 10 million will be broken by the end of Jan easily.

Depends when God Of War 3 is released in March. If it’s early March it could help, but are Sony going to put it near FFXIII in the US?

Two different types of games. You are comparing an action-platformers to a turn-based RPG. I personally prefer FF over God Ofwar but when I do get the cash to spare I will so get GoW 3. Yes GoW 3 is being released in march. The fiscal year ends March 18th so they have until the 18th to release it to count towards 2009.

If Sony goes to a subscription based system ala xblive, they better hold off till after they rack up sales then.

@Older
Wasn’t it already clarified yesterday that PSN will continue to be free and it is other aspects of the service that will have a subscription fee attached to it?
Methinks you’ve woken up on the wrong day dude.

You’re forgetting GT 5 as well guys bound to be a huge game

It Only Does: Everything: Better

I wish the UK had the American adverts.
They’re so much better.

Nagh I think I woke up alright, but thanks

I think Sony doing that is prolly the worse thing they could do. Because it gives MS a chance to compete where as before they couldn’t. Wait for MS to announce that LIVE will now allow gamers to play games online free, but will still charge for its premium services. If Sony keep things free … MS would still be looking like fools. I think this opens the door for them to compete. Once Sony puts their subscript plan into action, I expect MS to take a look and as closly as possible match it. The whole thing is prolly a year or so away right now.

Digital magazine for the UK as well as Qore in US will be subs or pay as you go.
Premium avatars will be charged for.
More premium themes and dynamic themes will be charged for.
I’m guessing that The Agency (is that still coming?), DC Universe Online and FFXIV will also be subs based too.
I doubt Sony will be charging for that much in the way of a subs based project for PSN.

*cough* God of War 3 *cough*

I’d like to agree with you, but I also remember:

*cough* Killzone 2 *cough*

Hope I’m wrong.

Killzone wasn’t that good though.
God of War has a better heritage.

Hell I got the demo from the Collection and all I can say is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pXfHLUlZf4

I can’t wait to destroy all the gods!!

Killzone 2 was great but God Of war has a lot better heritage look how long both games were on top of the charts.

Killzone 2 was a very good game guys never was going to have Halo level sales as only few games sell 10m copies. Gran Turismo on the other hand will sell very well.

I still think by next summer the Ps3 will be level with the 360 in terms of sales.

I have no doubt that the PS3 will match the 360 next year. Sony have been gathering strength and deserve to be at least on level pegging.
But let’s face it, Killzone 2 wasn’t exactly brilliant.
I don’t like FPSes anyway, so one of those will never sell a console to me.

Killzone wasn’t that good though. God of War has a better heritage.

Past performance is not an indication of future performance.

No… but it can certainly give you an indication.

God of war was never a system seller for the Ps2 as everyone already had one when those games came out. Gow 3 on the other hand will sell at least some Ps3s especially in Amercia as people are waiting for it to come out.

I really want to ‘get’ God of War, I do. Never have.

So I’ve ordered God of War Collection.

@Cort
Past performance may not be an indication of future performance, but when the same team works on the iterations you know the sort of work the guys are going to put in.

Blizzard have a great heritage. They’re the only developer who has never released a turkey.

“I have no doubt that the PS3 will match the 360 next year. Sony have been gathering strength and deserve to be at least on level pegging.”

Maybe in the UK, but will take longer in NA. Not like xb360 is going to just stop selling.

“But let’s face it, Killzone 2 wasn’t exactly brilliant.”
Hence the problem for a lot of folks. Lackluster exclusives. Yes U2 was nice, but PS3 needs more.

“I don’t like FPSes anyway, so one of those will never sell a console to me.”
My guess is one of the reasons you don’t game on a xbox to begin with. It was made for fps(and shooters in general), and is almost drowning in them. The last two gens have been all about the Halos, Mechs, Gears, and of course other such multiplatform shooters. If they don’t apeal to you, I can deff see you owning a PS3.
For the record if I was looking to show off something unique(yet still fun to play) as a PS3 exclusive, I would look no further then LBP. Way too many hours spent on that game to count. What I wouldn’t do(if I was sony) is try and outHalo Halo. And I wouldn’t chase Gears either. I would try and cater to more western devs/pubs. But I would show off why my systems offered different kinds of games and is better for it. Everyone has space marines and undead. It is what else you can do that makes you stand out. imo, anyways.

@Cort

Play the demo of GOW 3 it will show you what you are missing in your life =-P

Oldergamer

Killzone 2 has a meta rating of 91 thats far from lacklustere in my eyes. I played Killzone 2 and even though its no Half life its a good game. I liked it more then i do Halo anyway.

I mean look at Microsoft, 2 Halo games in one year at least Sony have variety in thier exclusives

@Oldergamer
Yep. I’m a PS3 guy.
I have LBP. But I spare more time for Uncharted and Uncharted 2. Much much better.

Uncharted 2 is the PS3s best game really.

Eregol

Indeed it is that game in soo many ways is just amazing. Id say they set the bar but its more like smashed it out of the park

I still want to know how they coded the train section.

To me it seems like each section of ‘track’ loops over and over again until you get to trigger points on the train at which point it moves onto the next segment.
It’s the only way the game could only do parts as to when you get to certain sections.
Technical bloody marvel for this day and age if you ask me.

All I was saying is that PS3 needs more high profile exlcusives, that fans want to play and buy. Metacritic to me means nothing. Its like the BCS standings in American Collage Football. Pure shambles, and trustworthy for as far as you can throw them. Really about the only way to measure a game is through buying dollars. I know you favor PS3, no prob. I enjoy games on it too. Not getting fanboy on anyone. But a game needs to appeal to gamers, not just metacritic reviewers. I never liked KZ2, or KZ for that matter. That is just my opinion tho. In the world of shooters there are far better ones out there. If your going to have a breakthrough exclusive it has to sell like crazy and be the talk of forums and game stores everywhere. Otherwise its going to get lost in the crowd. The KZ games get lost in the crowd. Imo they aren’t games that will move the platform forward. The problem with PS3 is no matter how good LBP, U2, or just about anything else you can bring is, none of them are truely going to move systems. Sure gamers will buy em after they own a system. But none of them will make a gamer buy the system(over a xb360). They may very well motivate someone who already owns a xb360 and is waiting for the right time to pick up a PS3(and trust me, now is the time, the ps3 slim, the price drop, and a solid game line up). But I don’t think these games move systems on their own. GT5 will move systems. FF(in japan) will cause PS3 shortages. I don’t know if FF being xb too will have that big of an impact in the west(prolly more so in uk/euro). The PS3 just needs that one thing that is so huge, so awesome, that everyone knows it, everyone wants it, and it is exclusive. It hasn’t had that yet. Instead it has a small libary of unique quality titles, a free PSN service(for now), bluray(which have not had the impact that sony was hoping), and brandname. I think Millions of gamers are still waiting for the one truely amazing thing you can only get on a PS3.

To be honest though, I can look at the 360 game line up and can’t see a single game that would sell the system to me that is exclusive to it.

I don’t see FFXIII being a big seller on the 360 to be brutally honest. I feel that the majority of 360 owners aren’t actually RPG players.
How much did Lost Odyssey and Blue Dragon actually sell in the west? If I recall correctly both sold in low numbers in the west.

Exclusives are overrated. Sony is known for not treating their third party companies with respect and that is why most of them have gone Multiplat. If SOny didn’t shoot themselves in the foot with the original price and their arrogance Square would just be releasing FF on the PS3. There is only GT5 and GoW 3 that I can see selling systems.

BTW Eregol I bought the Xbox 360 for an RPG not for a FPS. That was Mass Effect Trilogy.

Hmm so whats sold 27m Ps3s if it doesnt have any big games?
Brand loyalty people something Microsoft cant buy thats whats done it

Killzone2 is just awesome. Plain and simple.
UC2 kills Gears of war.Plain and simple.
Halo is just Gay…now. Plain and simple

…Halo 1 is still the best.

@Phoenix
Very true. I believe my generalisation is incorrect. I should have used the term JRPG and not RPG and for that I apologise.

The Cell Processor Hindle, The Cell is so powerful people bought a PS3 just for that reason alone Games like Heavenly Sword, WipeOut HD, Warhawk, Uncharted, Siren, Buzz, Singstar, GT5P, Killzone 2, infamous, Ratchet, Motor Storm, and Demon Souls have nothing to do with PS3′s success despite it being the higher cost system for 3 years.

….nope has nothing to do with it at all, and according to XBOTS PS3 will be a failure next year too.

Its sold 27m lol and the 360 had a year head start yet is only like 6m ahead i think. How is that a failure?

@Hindle
One of the few times today that I agree with you

Dam Eregol that wasnt my intention bwahahaha

@Eregol

Tis ok. Yes I agree with you then on the JRPG comment. I personally think FFXIII is only thing that can save Square in the West since most of their RPG this gen have been crap. Look at Tri Ace they are working for Sega now…

:-p Hindle

@Phoenix
It is safe to say that Square’s 360 ‘exclusive’ offerings have been lacklustre at best. Makes you wonder why MS even bothered trumpetting them as exclusives when Mistwalker’s output has been so much better.
Looking forward to 360 owners having their first proper taste of disc swapping though. What a bizarre thing it will be to them.

“Brand loyalty people something Microsoft cant buy thats whats done it”

In the Western world, there’s no such thing as brand loyalty. Because if there was, GTA IV would have sold more on the PS3, as GTA was the ultimate PlayStation synonymous franchise.

There’s only brand loyalty in Japan; nowhere else.

Brand loyalty doesn’t exactly mean much in Japan either. If it did you wouldn’t have seen Sega failing hard and Nintendo having their Gamecube largely ignored.

Now brand recognition… that’s another story. But that you can buy.

Of course there is such a thing as brand loyalty i mean oldergamer says the Ps3 doesnt have any system sellers so what else has sold the Ps3 to people if it isnt brand loyalty if it doesnt have the games.

I bought one because Playstation is the only thing i played during my childhood and Sony have never let me down.

o.O
Was that sarcasm?

Lol nah poeple on here think the Ps3 has no system sellers which is fair enough. They also think Sony dont have any brand loyalty so what i want to know is how have Sony sold 27m Ps3s lol if they dont have any of those 2 things