Zebra Danio

Considering the extreme lack of good games for the PS3 and the fact that you can easily get one on eBay for less than the price of a PS3 +Tax +Shipping, it makes sense that no one wants to pay for a bundle of games they will never enjoy.

For those of you complaining about the "console owner" fee, it is the money that goes to the company that owns the console (Sony, Nintendo, Microsoft). In other words, game companies pay console companies for the privelege of making games for their system. This is why first-party games (for Microsoft) are cheaper than third-party ones.

It really says something that Sony charges people more. I wonder how long that will last.

Bleh. At least Kotaku told us it wasn't much to get excited about.

What a way to drum up site hits.

Sorry, but Pro Evo is most assuredly being developed for the PS3 (according to the publisher) and will be out in spring or summer. Looks like Microsoft pulled a Sony (flat out lie) on this one.

Mike, I'm glad you consider yourself to be in the top 10% of the Canadian population, but the fact that you work selling MP3 players at your local Future Shop tends to contradict that.

-Zebra Danio

"most anticipated game of 2006"? That's odd. I thought that was Zelda. Maybe they should have said "most anticipated shooter of 2006."

Actually, most of the games have been named, though perhaps unofficially. Here's the rundown:

Midway:
Blitz: The League (rumored launch)
Happy Feet (2006)
Ant Bully (2006)
Mortal Kombat: Armageddon (early 2007)
TNA iMPACT! (2007)
Rampage: Total Destruction (rumored, but probable)

UbiSoft:
Rayman Raving Rabbids (launch)
Red Steel (launch)
Rainbow Six: Vegas (rumored, 2006)
Open Season (2006)
Killing Day (2006)
TMNT (Q2 2007)
Lost (2007)

Many of them are cheap cash-ins, but support is generally sub-par until Nintendo's first party shows the others just how it's done.

C. Grant:

I suppose "RSS aggregator" was a bad analogy. Joystiq is more like a gaming forum where only the mods get to start threads. As such some of the comments (including some of the write-ups) contain inflammatory statements. Whether these statements show the opinions of the mods or are there to fan the flames and up the comment counts I really can't tell.

As Gabriel said, aside from a few interviews (which are usually well done) and articles this really is just a place to see what gaming news sites have been posting recently. In order to change that (in my opinion) Joystiq would have to have a great deal more original content, preferably posted by someone with professional experience in the gaming industry.

As long as the people posting topics have as little or less real working experience in the gaming industry than those commenting in the topics, there will be a significant lack of respect for "authority" on this site.

@J B Cougar

I think a lot of people visit this site for quantity not quality. It doesn't matter if the write-ups are inflammatory, "biased," amateur etc. since they post the link to the real news article. This is the same reason Slashdot or Digg can generate so much traffic. Think of Joystiq as more of an RSS agreggator and you can easily overlook the flaws. At least the writers here add their own opinions to the news they find on other sites, unlike Slashdot et al.

I must admit, though, former poster Vladimir Cole and DSFanboy writer David Hinkle were/are by far the most annoying. Joystiq is much better than it could be.