December 22
PS3 is top earner for Take TwoWho said Grand Theft Auto IV would sell more on the Xbox 360? Ok ok, maybe it did but Take-Two Interactive has revealed that the Playstation 3 has earned the company more money.
So how much did the console’s earn Take-Two? The PS3 earned the company $347.0 million, the 360 made them $281.5 million and lastly, the Wii earned them $112.0 million. What i don’t get is the PS3 and 360 sales were driven by Grand Theft Auto IV.
Even though the 360 may have sold more copies of GTA IV, the PS3 still earnt them more money? Must be something to do with currency conversions, GTA IV must have sold more on PS3 in Europe than North America.
So did Grand Theft Auto IV help? Looks like it to me. 8.5 million units have been sold through to consumers so far and more is expected to be sold. Net revenue for the second fiscal quarter was $539.8 million, compared to $205.4 million for the same quarter of fiscal 2007. So thats more than double so yes, GTA IV did help!
Read the full document over at Take 2 Games.
After all the rumors and anticipation for an official word from Take 2 Games, BioShock is officially confirmed to be released on the Playstation 3.
“2K Games Injects PLAYSTATION®3 System Owners with Genetically Enhanced Version of BioShock®”
Click through for the full press release.
So there are rumors saying it will come and rumors saying it won’t come. The Bitbag says they e-mailed 2k regarding Bioshock on the Playstation 3 and got this reply:
“2K has not made any announcements regarding a PS3 version, which makes
it a rumor and it is company policy to not comment on rumors. Please
note that we have you coded to receive all press releases, so when any
significant company news breaks, you’ll be on the front lines of
receiving an official notification.”
So where in that e-mail does it say “Bioshock is not coming to PS3″? All the e-mail states is that 2k have not announced it for the PS3….. YET.
I mean if you look at the previous rumors…
What about the code that was found in the Bioshock PC demo’s config.ini?
“[Console]
Console (XBox360, PS3) specific settings
StreamingDynamicFloatingLimit:
If this is a positive number, then instead of using the fixed per-level
limits, the StreamingDynamic resource will use as much memory as is
available as long as the total memory allocated by the game is less than
the specified number. In other words, StreamingDynamic will grow and
shrink to fit to the available memory instead of being locked to a fixed
budget StreamingDynamicFloatingLimit=500″
As you can see “PS3″ is listed after the comma. They denied it by saying the code is very early, but just goes to show it was in fact being coded on/for PS3, but was haulted due to a contract/deal with MS for it to be exclusive.
Ok moving on, what about the EGM rumor saying that Bioshock will come to PS3 as early as this September. Take a look at this article.
I can see why the Xbox fans don’t like this rumor and would probably cry if these rumors are true and besides more games are moving from the Xbox 360 to the PS3. Mass Effect 2 anyone?
Also Bioshock 2 is apparently coming to the PS3 so it would make sense to release the first Bioshock on PS3. Not only that but 2k are recruiting for “AAA” game developers for the PS3 and the only AAA game that is in development is Bioshock 2.
“Experience developing for next-generation game consoles (PS3, Xbox 360, Wii).”
There is enough evidence and news to say that Bioshock will indeed come to the Sony Playstation 3.
May 15
Top Spin 3 gameplay videoTop Spin 3 looks to be a top tennis game and in my opinion looks better than Virtua Tennis. Below is a gameplay video of Top Spin 3 in action. The graphics look fantastic and the gameplay looks smooth and best of all fun! Top Spin 3 is set to be released 20th of June in Europe and 23rd of June in America.
Top Spin 3 Full Court Gameplay
After watching the video, take a look at some Top Spin 3 screenshots we posted a couple of days ago.
Have you been looking for Grand Theft Auto IV Easter Eggs? Well heres one:
Is Hillary Clinton’s Face on Statue of Happiness in GTA IV? Get in a helicopter and fly up close to it and check it out for yourself. I’ve just tried it now and i can honestly say this is a very good find, i’m gonna keep my eyes peeled for any more easter eggs.
May 13
Top Spin 3 Debut TrailerTake a look at the following Top Spin 3 trailer. Top Spin 3 looks very nice, especially the visuals and looks to be a decent tennis game. The animation looks top notch, very fluid with no drawbacks and i bet the online play is as fun as anything! It looks to be a Virtua Tennis beater. Like everyone says, gameplay is better than graphics and i’m sure the gameplay will live up to the same level as the graphics.