Posted Aug 09, 2007 at 10:18AM by Ryan A. Listed in: Rumors, Opinions & Analysis Tags: Sony, Take-Two Interactive
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Sony acquiring Rockstar? Well, we don't think so... - Image 1 We've been hearing several reports for a couple of weeks now saying that after the release of the much-anticipated video game Grand Theft Auto IV (Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3), Rockstar Games is not only developing a new franchise for Sony consoles but is going Sony exclusive all the way.

Given those talks, it's not impossible if the next thing we hear about is Rockstar Games being absorbed by Sony. And that's exactly what PlayStation Universe is saying right now. One correspondent of the said fan site reported:


Various sources in the press and development team state that Sony is looking to take Rockstar "under their wings". While we learned that any agreement Sony and Take-Two entered into would not affect the upcoming Grand Theft Auto IV...


Such an agreement would presumably affect any future releases from Rockstar, including the new franchise Sony has been discussing and L.A. Noire, which looks likely to be a PS3 exclusive at this point as well.


 

However, we believe that there are a lot of things to consider first before taking this piece to be true. First, the controversial game Manhunt 2 is still in limbo and aside from that, it's hard to believe that Take-Two Interactive is going to let go of its top asset that easily.

It should be remembered that the publisher just recently fixed its internal problems and losing Rockstar would mean the world to them. As of this writing, Rockstar Games or any of the companies involved for that matter has yet to give an official announcement.

Thanks to qual for the heads up!


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   by BigsmokeSA (Unregistered) - 2007-08-09
 » yay

first


   Re: moohahaha (Unregistered) - 2007-08-09
 » Party like a R*

GTAV exclusive hahaha
Bully 2 exclusive hahaha
Ping pong exclusive hahahaha
Manhunt 3 exclusive hahahaha
Original usualy good R* exclusives hahahaha
Your move.

   Re: hush404 - 2007-08-09
 » lol - Just thought of something

If Sony acquires Rockstar... they simply have to say "yeah... make that exclusive 360 GTA4 stuff... multiplatform... now". ;)

   Re: old (Unregistered) - 2007-08-09
 » @hush

I don't think so more like create different episodes but that is if they acquire R*

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 » ..

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   Re: G.C (Unregistered) - 2007-08-10
 » Haaaahhhhh

Eat that bill gates u ugly wanker!!!! Haaaaahhh!! xbox 3 sh33ty...

   Re: GTA SA 4 PSP (Unregistered) - 2007-08-10
 » PSP

If this happens sony will make them crete GTA San Andreas 4 PSP YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY
   by Rikimaru (Unregistered) - 2007-08-09
 » Another rumor

Holy poop. This wll be big if it happens but its just one of those pesky rumors.

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   by Razgoull (Unregistered) - 2007-08-09
 » unh!!

Why not... Buy R* and take the 50 millions M$ gives. It's yours now.

I really don't like what's happening in that Gen. It's win or break!

I hope in the next-gen, Sony and M$ will unified and make the one and only ultimate machine.


   Re: REPLYER (Unregistered) - 2007-08-09
 » iReply

With MS making partof the machine it may blow up.

   Re: Annoynomous (Unregistered) - 2007-08-09
 » Wow

Sony Taking Over Rockstar?Thats Just incredible.They Both make good games and if sony do aquire them,they'll just rock the gaming world.

   Re: jodf (Unregistered) - 2007-08-09
 » bad idea

that machine might catch the red ring of death desease

   Re: . (Unregistered) - 2007-08-09
 » To REPLYER

Please, the only electronics product I've ever come across that actually does blow up has been a Sony product. Remember those laptops? Please leave fanboyism out of this

   Re: - (Unregistered) - 2007-08-10
 » pwned

sony fanboys, you just got owned by .

   Re: me (Unregistered) - 2007-08-10
 » .

wow you must not watch youtube everybudy like lights firecrackers on their DS and PSP and crap.
   by Boby Brown (Unregistered) - 2007-08-09
 » go...

Sounds great ! This way Sony can screw M$ !!! Simple: I like it !

   by Randy (Unregistered) - 2007-08-09
 » !!!

*plays Darth Vader theme*

dun dun dun dun dundun dun dundun


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   Re: Silver-Tiger (Unregistered) - 2007-08-09
 » xD

That really mad my day XD xD XD
   by GMO (Unregistered) - 2007-08-09
 » OMGF OMFG OMFG

ITS THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT!

   by pie man (Unregistered) - 2007-08-09
 » sony sucks

If sony buys rockstar all the games are going to suck


   Re: Mister Common Sense - 2007-08-09
 » exactly

They're going to half ass all they're games and say they're only possible on the PS3 and with blu ray storage.

Yeah, goodbye to all the Rockstar classics we've come to love. Hello to all the BS that comes with sony trying to make money for all the divisions they own.

If it happens, not only will I never buy a sony product again, I will take every sony product in my house, throw it into the street, and torch it.

   Re: . (Unregistered) - 2007-08-09
 » .

you two are so retarded

   Re: Ash (Unregistered) - 2007-08-09
 » WHAT?

Why would the games suck? Sony won't be able to tell R* what to do, that's the beauty of R*, they are like a gamble. They are Take2's main reason for money loss and at the same time Take2's biggest money maker. R* likes to gamble and push limits. If this is true, then Sony should at least let them be the way they usually. If they do some ***** like rebrand it Sony-Rockstar and cut away all the risks and gambles, it will become *****.

   Re: Hey Moron! O' me? (Unregistered) - 2007-08-09
 » O' Rly

so did bully suck?
did any of the GTAs on the PS2 suck?
does any R* suck so far?
No.
i thought so.
R* began with sony giving them great games that will for ever be remembered plus R* doesnt go out there way to dis credit other companiesa and they never boast about how great the graphics are they always focus in on gameplay and story. Sony has yet to butt in and tell R* what to do. Sony is completely confident with R* ability to provide consumers with great games that they will love.

   Re: Stealth! - 2007-08-09
 »  pie man

By that logic its like saying any Developer exclusive to MS lets say Bungie will make s.h.i.t.t.y games for xbox, like Halo3. No thats not true, we all know Halo is going to be good, i hope the ending is better than the last one.

Man there is so many things wrong with your comment its a wonder why your here.

   Re: Thinker (Unregistered) - 2007-08-10
 » To Common Sense

NOW you are sounding passionate. At least you've abandoned the pretense of having a valid reason for hating Sony, and went into all-out fanboy mode, which is what you are at your core anyway.

   Re: rob (Unregistered) - 2007-08-10
 » you do realise...

it will only be as publishers, rockstars games wqill be the same, just Sony Exclusive

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   Re: blitz30952 (Unregistered) - 2007-08-17
 » omg

r u serious!! evn ubisoft said they prefer to work with sony because they give them a lot more freedom unlike MS who give them strict guidelines and stuff wif they're next game Haze

"Blu-Ray Anyone?"
   by cake man (Unregistered) - 2007-08-09
 » WTF

how the ***** does sony suck? sony is the only company making decent games these days, and thats including third party.


   Re: Mister Common Sense - 2007-08-09
 » .

Microsoft makes exceptional games, not just decent games. They actually care about games, not a movie format.

   Re: Seoulfood (Unregistered) - 2007-08-09
 » Microsoft games

are a mixed bag. Gears looked wonderful(although glitchy, maybe my xbox is dying I dunno) but Resistance wasn't the let down that most people said Perfect Dark was. Not many people liked Kameo. And there was that online FPS that released a little bit ago that I personally have not played, but got pretty ass reviews. I'll give them a point for Crackdown, because even though I found it really derivative, lots of other people liked it. Microsoft, in the end, hasn't really made many gems. But the system itself has a great library.

   Re: na2rul - 2007-08-09
 » M$ gd games???

Only thing i noticed from M$ are crap games focused too much on boring real life activities i.e racing games, flight simulator........err train simulator. nothing new and innovative

   Re: Stealth! - 2007-08-12
 » Mister Common Sense

MS doesn't care for you, they want you spend money to deepen there wallets You got alot to learn on the gaming world, oh wait whats that you lack ah! right common sense lol.

The only thing they do is make FPS and downloadable content which isn't that great, PSN already offers what Live has plus there more coming.
   by Steveoreno (Unregistered) - 2007-08-09
 » Free PS3

http://www.ps34free.com/default.aspx?r=862277

No joke, No scam, No Time Wasted!

   by the by (Unregistered) - 2007-08-09
 » ok, here goes!!!

im a self confessed sony fanboy and yes im proud of it but..... i remember a big honcho at sony saying "we dont buy up 3rd party devs to make games for us unlike other consoles" i hope that they don't do it on moral principle however if they did then the floodgates could open up!!!


   Re: Half_Life000111 (Unregistered) - 2007-08-09
 » It's not the same concept

Sony is looking to completely buy out Rockstar making them a full fledge first party publisher voiding the idea of the money being a bribe. This is different than what Microsoft has done in which is bribing a 3rd party publisher, not making it a 1st party publisher, into making exclusive content for the 360. This is how publishers become 1st party.
   by gtauk - 2007-08-09
 » if this happens

gta will be back on the console it should be on... playstation


   Re: PUGTON (Unregistered) - 2007-08-09
 » ....

If this rumour turns out true then it just means Sony is doing what they should have done years ago.
It would be a big kick in the teeth for Microsoft but not as much Nintendo if Sony was to buy Rockstar.

   Re: Mister Common Sense - 2007-08-09
 » it should be on a successful console

Grand Theft Auto started on the PC. It's already coming to the PS3, which Rockstar is probably losing a lot of money on already. What are you complaining about? The PS3 is the reason it's been delayed! The $50 million for exclusive content MS paid is probably allowing Rockstar to finish up the PS3 version!

The PS3 is LUCKY to have GTA IV, as many other former playstation series have gone to XBOX exclusive for obvious reasons.

   Re: 0.00 +no dollars and no ____ (Unregistered) - 2007-08-09
 » no

What series B1tch?>

   Re: gtauk - 2007-08-09
 » common sense

you don't know the ps3 caused it and why do you think it has been delayed for both consoles if it is the ps3 causing it then? and the ps3 isn't lucky to have it and gta will always be on playstation

   Re: advertising (Unregistered) - 2007-08-09
 » Mister No Common Sense

STFU

   Re: lol (Unregistered) - 2007-08-09
 » haha

even advertising thinks MCS is an arsh.

   Re: blitz30952 (Unregistered) - 2007-08-17
 » wtf?

"Mister Common Sense"? more like "BS Sense"!! evrybody knows that develprs havnt gttn 2 grips wif the ps3 hardware!!! i knw that lately it seems to be the most overused excuse but its true. And what do you mean it should be on a successful console?? what the 360 wif a frckng 3-5% failure rate!! its even being outsold by ps3 in japan!! evn after its one year head-start!!!

   Re: Blueyescyclonee - 2007-08-21
 » Mister Common Sense -

Dude did u ever think that the main reason why its been delayed is because of the XBOX 360 DVD -9 Rockstar can't fit all the content that they want to on it that they can do with the Blu ray DVD not just that they might have to comprise the the data to fit it all on the DVD-9 that the 360 use's.
   by me (Unregistered) - 2007-08-09
 » nooooo!

no, please!!!
GTA is the best computer game in the world.
Making it Playstation exclusive would be a crime! A CRIME!!!

AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

Want to play GTA on my PC!!!

   by Steveoreno (Unregistered) - 2007-08-09
 » Free PS3

http://www.ps34free.com/default.aspx?r=862261

No Joke, No Scam, No Time Wasted!


   Re: LeOn (Unregistered) - 2007-08-09
 » Shut up

Shut the ***** up
   by I (Unregistered) - 2007-08-09
 » OMG

Mister Common Sense you seem so desperate and pathetic replying to everybody here. You look like a scared little girl I'll bet your refreshing this page like crazy aren't you.


   Re: Thinker (Unregistered) - 2007-08-10
 » To I(Unregistered)

As much as I don't like the sentiment of comparing MCS to a scared little girl, I have to agree that it DOES seem as if MCS is displaying a smorgasbord of the following emotions - fear, outrage, anger, uncertainty, doubt - and is lashing out at everybody here.
   by me (Unregistered) - 2007-08-09
 » exclusivity is not good in this case

man! i think it is great to hav

   by This Guy (Unregistered) - 2007-08-09
 » Sony's 1st Party

Why are people saying that Sony's games suck? Gran Turismo, God of War, Twisted Metal, Jax and Dexter, Shadow of the Colossus, Ico, etc.... These are all 1st party games by Sony. Do all these games suck?

M$ has Forza and Halo.

Ninty has more (and I mean MORE), Mario games. Metroid and Zelda to round it out.

Sony comes up with new 1st party franchises all the time. Resistance, Motorstorm, Uncharted, etc...


   Re: jodf (Unregistered) - 2007-08-09
 » ur right this guy

m$ really sucks with 1st party and basically depends on third party sony's creative with its their new games

   Re: blitz30952 (Unregistered) - 2007-08-17
 » hell yeah!!

This Guy is right, 360 rely almost solely on third-party developers. I guess all their creativity went into making the xbox 360 :P
   by lol (Unregistered) - 2007-08-09
 » the irony...

So big boy M$ spends 50 million on a few extra missions, Sony buys the company. Looks like Sony had the better hand after all.

   by pspfanboy (Unregistered) - 2007-08-09
 » darn

what games does sony make?
God of War?
1 game in 15 years?

if i had to buy a system based on 1st party software i'd buy a nintendo,then an xbox and last a playstation.

look at the psp,they sold 20 million of them and have 2 games that sold a million copies.

sony does know how to make good deals.
mostly ones that contradict thier stance on issues like "no rpgs in america" and look what final fantasy did for them. "no 2d games,everything must be 3d" and look how well the handheld industry did.

the blu-ray has more storage gimmick is about the same as saying the nintendo 64 carts have no loading time.

we barely had games taking up space on a dvd,are we to suddenly believe they all of a sudden need this extra space? Gamecube games looked great compared to the playstation 2,and the ps2 had a much larger storage space then the gamecube disc.


   Re: Half_life000111 (Unregistered) - 2007-08-09
 » dumbass

Wow, nintendo then xbox then sony based off of good game.... aren't you an incompotent idiot. It's not like sony has the best titles on their console or anything......... the only decently good titles they are missing are Zelda, Mario, and Halo (that's not alot of titles). Oh, and the blue-ray isn't a gimmick by far...... besides the fact that every dvd company is moving torwards blue-ray..... and the fact that 1 level of killzone costs 2 gigs (25 levels.... hey that's 50 gigs *which a blue ray disc can fit)..... and the fact that it has the best high def. resolution *you saying that the blue ray is a gimmick is like calling high def. in general a gimmick* "See the difference and you'll know why it is there". Oh and the games Heavenly Sword, God of War, Haze, Little Big Planet, Home, Lair, Warhawk, Ratchet and Clank, apparently now all Grand Theft Auto tittles, Uncharted Drakes Fortune along with all of the Jak and Daxter series....... dude no games my ass. Microsoft they have Gears of War and Halo *that's it* (if it weren't for Halo the xbox would have been an utter failure). Nintendo has, expecially since the wii launch, only a few actual considerable games that can be called games. Most of what Nintendo has now is nothing but casual minigames. They've got Brawl, Metroid and Zelda. All of which is nothing new, just repeated and updated gameplay from old games. Everything else is cheap ass produced minigames. Look it up gamers everywhere are worried that the wii is going to get rid of the hardcore games and hurt ACTUAL games by pushing minigames into the market..... it's rediculous.

   Re: Kutibh (Unregistered) - 2007-08-09
 » you're forgetting

Gran Turismo series...

   Re: gtauk - 2007-08-09
 » the psp

outsold the xbox

   Re: dopey (Unregistered) - 2007-08-09
 » .

LOL..Wii mini games....
Yea thats true.....
Microsoft has some other good games too ....like umm...umm...nope. Just HALO.
And Gears of War....good game, but its not microsofts. It could even go multiplatform.
I wouldnt be surprised if Gears of Wars 2 comes out for the PS3.

   Re: jodf (Unregistered) - 2007-08-09
 » not really

sony's got God of War I and II, Gran Turismo, God of War, Twisted Metal, Jax and Dexter, Shadow of the Colossus, ratchet and clank, resistance, motorstorm (decent game), and coming soon are games like Heavenly Sword, Lair and Uncharted: Drake's Fortune and killzone 2
while M$ seems too have Halo, forza motorstport, project gothem and Mass effect

   Re: Boo Halo (Unregistered) - 2007-08-09
 » Microsoftc0ck blows

Am I the only FPS fan that didn't think Halo was that revolutionary. I think the open environment of the second level was great but the gray walled corridors were the majority of the game and all other levels kept you on a fixed track. Halo 2 was even more set on a track but they finally had online, although Socom was already eating up all my bandwidth for over a year before MS got their online act together. Anyway, Forza looks like trash next to GT hd. So beat it fanboys

   Re: tick tock (Unregistered) - 2007-08-09
 » not really

All you would get is a whole bunch of Mario related games, some more zelda, and metroid prime. how long can you run on Mario. 3rd party games are usually a 7 or less. Sonys first party games usually shadow of the colossus, Kingdom hearts and God of War were within 15 years. the Gamecube disc format was actually quite big but today the amount of polygons it took to make a map is used on one character. the PS2 wasnt able to use that many polygons anyway.

   Re: dumb ass (Unregistered) - 2007-08-09
 » aaa

it's jak and daxter you idiots

   Re: blitz30952 (Unregistered) - 2007-08-17
 » omg

pspfanboy u r a complete noob!! i cant believe you said that xbox has good first-party games or that sony has only one first-party game, you been living in a hole or something?
   by the by (Unregistered) - 2007-08-09
 » mcs is right!!!

gta did start on pc, but really made its money on ps2!!! as for the crap of the $50mill to finish the ps3 verson, whos to say that the real reason is that rockstar is having problems compressing the game to dvd for xbox360???

   by Xman - 2007-08-09
 » what?

this wont happen because sony doesnt have the money to do it!! only m$ can buy R*!! sony is broke!! and still loseing money!!


   Re: ... (Unregistered) - 2007-08-09
 » ...

Sony is *****ing rich, (not as rich as MS) of course they can afford to do it.

How old are you Xman? Are you like 12?

   Re: Silver-Tiger (Unregistered) - 2007-08-09
 » ...

everything you just said was totally BS...

   Re: gtauk - 2007-08-09
 » sony

is still making profits from ps2 but mainly out of the gaming division

   Re: Sony (Unregistered) - 2007-08-09
 » IS

Sony + 2nd largest electronics producer. And they started makeing electronics 35 years before MS was even born.

   Re: ass (Unregistered) - 2007-08-09
 » ideot

learn to spell

   Re: jodf (Unregistered) - 2007-08-09
 » umm xman ur lying im telling

th ps3 is doesnt determine sony's wealth ( its not doing that bad anyway 4.6 mil) the bigger market is the bluray its already been established and they get a lot more money then microsoft is worth
   by Seoulfood (Unregistered) - 2007-08-09
 » I suppose this could happen

With Hirai as the new man in charge, maybe he saw the value of actually doing pay-offs in order to get some exclusives. In the end, that wouldn't really be a huge deal until the next GTA comes out, because that is the franchise that sells the systems. I think for now, Sony should give Rockstar a $50mil incentive of their own in order for Rockstar to make some exclusive episodes for the PS3 version.

   by StrifeHawkins (Unregistered) - 2007-08-09
 » Seoulfood isn't too bright

why pay 50 million for episodic content? Rockstar are already making real games for them! LA Noire and other exclusives (strong rumour)
Episodic content is stupid for sony. The dont even have that sort of online user base to take advantage of that.


   Re: Seoulfood (Unregistered) - 2007-08-09
 » GTA is really the one that matters

You want to give buyers incentive to choose Sony's version over the Microsoft version, so you need to have something that is comparable to the extra episodes that the 360 version is getting. I'm sure LA noire will be great, but GTA is the one that EVERYONE is anticipating.

   Re: blitz30952 (Unregistered) - 2007-08-17
 » ummm

Rockstar is actually making a new franchise exclusive to PS3, its not a rumour bro
   by Jesus Christ (Unregistered) - 2007-08-09
 » This is stupid;

This isn't going to happen. Not for any other reason other than the fact that, although I don't like Sony, they are a business, and they are run by semi intelligent businessmen. It would be totally pointless to buy them now, as GTA IV is ALREADY coming to the 360, we KNOW theres a PS3 exclusive coming out, and most people who actually know about LA Noire generally assume its a PS3 exclusive. What the ***** would they waste millions of dollars for to not change ANYTHING until late 09, early 2010 IF that. You have to consider that there will probably be a Table Tennis 2, theres still GTA IV, Manhunt, LA Noire, and the new Bully coming out on 360 and Wii. The next game that can even have a chance to go exclusive ( besides the already mentioned PS3 exclusive) wont be released for at least another 2 -4 years.


   Re: jodf (Unregistered) - 2007-08-09
 » Question

-how long have you been around Jesus
-more than 2000 yrs!!! so why are you fussing around about 2-4 yrs

   Re: jodf (Unregistered) - 2007-08-09
 » and by the way

this would mean GTA V, VI, VII etc. would be exclusive

   Re: h0mi - 2007-08-10
 » load of crap

I agree. This is a bunch of _rumors_ on fan web sites.

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id+169806

   by GigaByte (Unregistered) - 2007-08-09
 » lawl

hahahaha
i would lol so hard...
The GTA4 devs would sure love it, so they could drop the POSbox...

   by Mister Common Sense Is gay (Unregistered) - 2007-08-09
 » Mister Common Sense is very gay

Mister Common Sense is really really gay

... Like it wasn't allways this way he use to like girls but then one day he realized he was to ugly and fat to ever get to 2nd base. So he became gay.... But sadly he is still to ugly and fat to even find a guy.

Joking aside ... R* would still make great games, they wouldn't join sony if they had to only make game A or B.
if this is true that is.

and who said it was the ps3 fault? No one from R* .... Face it it was delayed because of bugs ands problems on BOTH systems ...

   by Spectre (Unregistered) - 2007-08-09
 » great

Btw, GTA did start off on the PC. BUT! it was garbage. gta3 set the standard for sandbox gameplay, gta:vc brought the series into the open, and gta:sa pushed the limit to how much violence/sex the industry is allowed to have in a game. and guess wut...they were all done on the PS2.

R* has a chance to build games from the ground up to utilize the ps3 hardware and find new horizons for innovation. sony has a chance to capitalize if they can acquire R* and set the world on fire with controversy.


   Re: Who cares! (Unregistered) - 2007-08-10
 » Garbage your m*m

GTA 1 was'nt garbage at all. It was a revolutionary game in that time (1997), fast gameplay, freedom to play your character as you wish, etc... GTA II offered the same thing but 2 years later so it wasn't that good.

Probably you're just a little kid that just look at nice graphics.
¬_¬
   by hush404 - 2007-08-09
 » ha

Hope its true. Simply because this kind of thing has been happening all around sony for so long. MS simply throwing money at devs to get their support. With R* teamed up with sony, only good things can come.

   by Nail (Unregistered) - 2007-08-09
 » Suck my p3nis


Nooooooooooooo that means i have to by a ps3......

   by Spectre (Unregistered) - 2007-08-09
 » join the bandwagon

buddy

   by what needs to be said (Unregistered) - 2007-08-09
 » they both pay companies

look, both sony and microsoft pay companies for exclusives. gta stayed sony exclusive for a while (forced the slow development of the xbox version) by paying for an exclusivity contract. the same happened with assasins creed, it was only for ps3, but then it was announced for the 360. microsoft bought bungie when they found out about halo, and purchased rare. microsoft and sony are not alone in this, evenb nintendo did this when they found out about metroid. it was made by another company but nintendo bought all rights to the game to stop other formats getting it. they have all done this at one point or another, but sony is by far the worst. on a side note, the ps3's blu-ray drive can only read the 25GB BD-roms as it was released before the 50GB version was made stable. the only way it could have held 50GB was to delay the release of the ps3 even more. every other division of sony is in the red, and if the playstation fails (looking more likely with the sales figures, sales dropped by 87% in the second week) sony will go down with its playstation division. microsoft have far too much money to ever disappear, and nintendo will always get non-gamers to waste money on overpriced addons and games.


   Re: - (Unregistered) - 2007-08-09
 » -

you are wrong. kojima said mgs4 will be on dual layer 50gb bluray disk.

   Re: Beejbc (Unregistered) - 2007-08-09
 » sony in the red?

all of their other divisions are in the red? what the hell are you smoking?
It literally took 5 seconds to find Sony's Q1 earnings.
http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/IR/financial/fr/07q1_sony.pdf

You seem to forget that Sony is a) popular brand b) makes great products and c) has numerous profitable divisions.

So youve put a BD 50GB in your ps3 and it didnt work? Weird because Talladega nights and Click were on 50GB discs.. keep spewing ***** from your mouth and you might have to go to the doctor to get that checked.
http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/10/06/sony-pictures-first-three-50gb-titles-officially-announced/

   Re: pokehater (Unregistered) - 2007-08-09
 » .

fo..get ur facts strait.
All of that..is BS to me.
Mgs4 is already 39 gigs long..so it will be released on a blu ray dual layer disc.

   Re: ... (Unregistered) - 2007-08-09
 » ...

"the ps3's blu ray drive can only read 25gb BDroms" - really? Proof please.

Nintendo bought metroid... a ha ha... Super Metroid (equals) brainchild of Gunpei Yokoi (equals) creator of Gameboy (equals) Nintendo employee...

Stop spoutin BS

   Re: Barakku (Unregistered) - 2007-08-09
 » Ha

I've never seen anyone so full of ***** put down so succinctly. Nice one, Beejbc.

   Re: 7 (Unregistered) - 2007-08-09
 » LOL

You can tell this guy doesn't know ***** what he's talking about. And yes the PS3 can read 50 Gb Blu-Ray discs MGS4 and possibly Killzone 2 will be the first PS3 games to use such discs. Oh and btw the PS3 has sold 4.6 million units worldwide.

   Re: Manny151 (Unregistered) - 2007-08-10
 » To what needs to be said

!!!!BURNED!!!! you idiot. Good job putting this idiot in his place Beejbc. Where the hell does this idiot get his info from anyways. Microsoft has too much money, that's true but they are not idiots. They wont just keep pulling money out from their other departments to feed their gaming division for ever. I fthe Gaming division doesn't get its Sh1t together it wont last much longer. Right now they are what......like 3-4 billion in the hole. From now on what ever thoughts you got just keep them to your self and you might save some face in the future.

   Re: blitz30952 (Unregistered) - 2007-08-17
 » ahahaha

nice one Beejbc, u brought him down, u brought him down to chinatown :P i bet that what needs to be said will thnk twice b4 writing lies..just anuthr ill-informed sony-basher...


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