Japan has more greatest hits than SCEA gives NA. This is a glimpse as to what could be coming to the US for greatest hits.
MCV: Insomniac, Infinity Ward and 2K Games all say they won't patch existing titles.
Joystiq writes: After it was announced that Uncharted and, well, "every game" for the PS3 will receive Trophies, many expected Insomniac's two titles would be on the shortlist of receiving updates in the "foreseeable future." Sadly, Insomniac's Bryan Intihar expresses on the PlayStation Blog that Ratchet and Clank Future and Resistance: Fall of Man aren't getting Trophy updates soon.
Gamedaily.biz writes: "Got a question for the man behind Ratchet & Clank and Resistance? Here's your chance! We're taking questions right now to be considered for our 10 Questions series.
Insomniac has decided to step up to the plate, and start teaching developers how to properly program for the ps3. Insomniac has already been known for its great games for the ps3, and is also the makers of Resistence 1 and 2. Lets hope with Insomniacs help, EA will finally be able to make a decent game, witout asking Sony "Why does that matter?".
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) has this week rolled the covers off what appears (at first glance) to be a rather tempting 'Pick N Mix' retail deal that will see UK consumers able to snaffle the PlayStation 3 and two games for a total price of £349.99 GBP. Image credit: MNgilen.
In the latest episode of Insomniac's podcast Full Moon Show, they took a break after the release of R&CF: TOD and said they'll be back Thursday the 17th, because "they'll have some stuff to talk about by then" and "when we come back you'll know what our next project is".
PSU writes:
The critical popularity of flagship titles, mixed with continued fan attraction to established franchises and the introduction of valuable new IPs (intellectual properties), has also led to considerable commercial success. Software sales are on the rise to the tune of around $10.5 billion (through October) in the United States, while the UK gaming market has taken a total of around £1.52 billion during 2007.
From Kotaku:
Kotaku's Brian Crecente writes:
Dec. 26, 2007 - John Gaudiosi is a national journalist who has been covering the video game business for more than a decade. In addition to blogging for WRAL.com, he also writes about gaming for Wired Magazine, The Washington Post, Xbox.com and Yahoo! Games. Here are his picks for the best games of 2007:
The New York Times - Seth Schiesel, December 23, 2007:
Missing from the NPD November sales charts is Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, which only managed 117,000 sales. To be fair, Uncharted did have a better first-month than Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction (74,500 units), Warhawk (58,600 units) and Lair (46,500 units), but still fell behind Heavenly Sword's debut sales (139,000 units) in September.
Insomniac Games said a while back that it was "flattered" that the spherical worlds of Mario Galaxy were inspired by Ratchet and Clank. But Miyamoto says he's never heard of it.
Doug Elfman who is an award-winning columnist writes:
1UP confirms through their own source that Jeff Gerstmann was fired for his negative review of Eidos Interactive's Kane & Lynch.
The Ratchet & Clank series has never been about breaking sales records as it has been about being a consistent seller. And while Tools of Destruction's inability to break out in October is noteworthy, it ultimately says more about the PS3 as a platform. Simply told, if there were more PS3s, more people would've bought Ratchet. Them's the breaks, Clank.