David

most first party title don't have 5.1 dolby digital tracks they actually have 7.1 PCM uncompressed soundtracks like Resistance. That takes a lot of space...much more than 5.1 dolby digital.

Wow the first paragraph of the article is almost a verbatim excerpt of the article in IGN...anyway the game really looks great and it may actually be the game that I'm expecting the most for ps3 (it being a new franchise makes it more interesting). After seeing the internal name of the game my expectations for it have grown. Just think of how huge the game worlds of the Jak series were...and now the team that did those games is calling this game "big"...after the games they've done the fact that they consider this one to be big (so big to call it that way) is really exciting because it means that the game world must be freakin huge ( maybe multiple islands/jungles? who knows)

Mercenaries graphics looke very nice. you have to keep in mind that this is a very big world...the E3 demo was bigger than all the maps of the original mercenaries combined and represented just a bit of what the whole game offers...also every building is detroyable and most objects are interactive...with these kinds of things going on the game looks great...remember every single building you see can be blown up piece by piece....

Stop with this cheap nationalism,,,the world would be a better place when everyone realizes that we all live in the same place, and that we are all in this together. It may sound cheesy but we are all humans and must all work together to make a better world. Intense nationalism is just a step away from being facist.

When it comes to buying stuff I just look if it is worth its value, not where it was made.

How can anyone say that the 360 is not selling in Japan because they just hate Americans products. Everything come down to the games and the 360 has the reputation of the original x-box a system that didn't cater to the japanese audience.
If the Japanese where as natinalistic as some claim to be then the Sega Saturn, Sega Dreamcast and Nintendo Gamecube wouldn't have sell as horrible as they did in that country. And do you realize that the biggest selling territory of the ps2 is the United States of America?
I also believe it is completely stupid and insane to mix nationalism with consumerism. These companies care only about money, if it didn't make economic sense they wouldn't release any console. Don't think Microsoft is doing a system for the american people...they are doing a system that hopes to grab a hold of the largest gaming market which just happens to be the American market. So stop mixing nationalism with capitalism Xbox360Dude (although your goverment sadly has let the corporations do exactly that) it just makes you seem very naive and childish.
Sadly we have to come to understand that on the current world everything is ultimately determined by money. It has become our limiting factor instead of just being a tool for trade.

"but he usually does a good job of sticking to his promises. "

Itakagi once said that he developed games for the X-Box only because it was the most powerful system at the time. He said he didn't have any sort of allegiance with MS, it's just that he will only develop games for the most powerful system at a given time.

Now if the PS3 manages to be more powerful than the 360, then games like Ninja Gaiden 2 should come to Sony's platform. Even if the system manages to be only like 5% more powerful than the 360, he should do it on the PS3...if he is really a man of his word. And he has kept that word in the sense that he first did DOA2 on the DC at the time the most powerful system...then he did DOA2 Hardcore for the PS2 at the time also the most powerful system...and then when the X-box came out he stayed there.
Maybe he is developing games for the 360 now because it is the most powerful on the market at this time, and maybe when the PS3 launches he'll develop for that system. Come to think of it maybe that's why he still hasn't announced a system for Ninja Gaiden 2...or maybe he was just drunk when he said the statement about developing fot the best console.

Anyway I can't wait for a next-gen Ninja Gaiden it should be awesome.

Yeah people love the Wii's virtual console and call it a great idea but somehow think this is a bad idea. It makes no sense...and you don't need to save on the psp you can just put on sleep mode and come back even days later.
I'm expecting to be able to play a few titles that were considered great but that never came stateside. Tobal No.2 is the top one on that list...I never got to play it but every critic said it was the best fighting game on the ps1. I hope we could buy that one for the psp.
I'm actually playing Chrono Cross right now and that game doesn't have any aging problems. The story rocks, graphics are good and the gameplay even manages to be innovative even today. I'm sure there are more hidden gems like these one on the ps1 library. (Eihander on the go would be great!)

Battousai8728 so you are practically saying that there are 12 MORE games, with a rating of 7 or more, than the DS. If that is correct then I don't see how you can say that the system is not meant for gaming. It's a pretty good score considering that it came later than the DS.
I believe both are great systems. The DS had an ultra low start and now developers are putting great games on it (not exactly groundbreaking games impossible to do on another system but great games nonetheless). The PSP is starting to pick up steam now and it should really bloom when developers realize they have to stop doing ports for the system. Granted the DS has maybe the same amount of ports as the PSP but since the DS are so inferior to the consoles versions maybe we don't even notice them. I really hope developers start doing some new stuff for the psp thats really designed with gaming on the go in mind. Maybe it wasn't such a bad idea to make the psp with only one analog stick as this will maybe force developers to forget straight ports altogether someday.
The future looks bright for both systems and I'm looking forward to see what they will offer.On another note I can't wait for Loco Roco, MGS Portable OPS and Valkarie Profile for the psp.

Yeah Catastrophic don't expect to be blown away by this games graphics anytime soon. After all it is a multiplatform game developed with the least common denominator in mind. So those "horrible graphics" that you're seeing are 360's graphics. If you want to judge Ps3 software do it by watching games as heavenly sword, MGS$, FFXII, Resistance and Naughty Dog's new game (which really looks impressive). In my case I judge the 360 hardware with games like Gears of Wars and Mass Effect and both look really good.

Why do you guys keep comparing the premium 360 with the high end PS3? The comparison should be between the premium 360 and the low-end PS3. Those two consoles offer the same features in terms of hardware. The only difference being the possibility to play blu-ray movies on the ps3 and having games on blu-ray discs. Both consoles offer the same features: 20gig HDD, wireless controllers and component video outputs. So you are basically paying $100 more for the Blu-Ray. Most of you already said that you would buy a stand alone BR player for $150 or the HD-DVD add on for $150-$200.

So really what's the deal? If you ae willing to pay for an add-on that doesn't offer any sort of possibities for gaming or a stand alone player you shouldn't really be arguing about the extra $100 you'll pay for the ps3.