Why is Sony Obsessed With "Secret" Exclusives?

[Eldritch Warlord]

I would like to offer a third suggestion, if I may: it's no secret that, any way you slice it, Sony and the PlayStation 3 are in last place this console generation despite blockbuster exclusives in 2008 like LittleBigPlanet and Metal Gear Solid 4. Sony needs something to jumpstart its flagging numbers and quickly

Uh, what? The PS3 is winning in Japan and Europe. America is not the world.

More anti-Sony nonsense on The Escapist.

Hurrah!

America isn't the world but it is certainly the largest market by far.

Yeah i'm gonna go with Option 3. "We don't have anything to sell!" "Well sell them DREAMS and fairy dust! They'll buy it! Shit they went to all 3 Star Wars Prequels!"

Better potential greatness with the Ps3 than confirmed badness with the 360.

Just an observation: it seems that all the blatant Sony fanboys here on the Escapist have angry/evil avatars.

 

[Eldritch Warlord]

Okay, first off, Eddie isn't evil - he killed Margaret Thatcher, so he got rid of a great evil. He also happens to be serving as the basis for the main character in Brutal legend (thats where they got the name Eddy Riggs from - Eddie, and his creator, Derek Riggs). And he's quite clearly smiling.

Second off, whats wrong with Jumplions, Omnis or Bulletinmybrains? Hell, nathan-dts has a LOLcat.

Third, your avatar is currently an inhuman looking soldier in front of a ruined background that looks halfway into the act of shooting us - just putting it out there.

1 - I think you'd agree that a smiling skull with red glowing eyes appears evil.
2 - I did say blatant. You, AlphaWolf, and Bulletinmybrain (and also that guy with the Dragonball Z avatar whose name I can't remember right now) are the blatant ones as far as my understanding goes. AlphaWolf of course has the snarling wolf and bullet's is a Zero Punctuation screenshot. That's uninspired and sloth is one of the Seven Deadly Sins. And we all know that LOLcats are a sign of the Apocalypse.
3 - Granted, although I don't see how you get "halfway into the act of shooting us" from a lowered weapon.

PS you must have realized by the LOLcats comment that I have been largely joking, if you didn't then I'll tell you now not to take everything I've said here seriously.

 

[sheic99]

i know m$ has never had any top secret projects that it's sworn everyone to secrecy in it's history as a company. only sony would do something as bad and evil as that.

it's hypocrisy, the same thing happened during the blu-ray/hd-dvd format war, no matter what hd-dvd did if sony and blu-ray did something similar they were branded as evil bastards that were up to no good

No, but the difference is, these days Microsoft isn't making an active practice of going "Shhhh here's something REALLY REALLY COOL that we're working on but OH MAN WE CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT IT IS YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO BE SO PSYCHED."

There's a difference between keeping a secret project - like I'm sure every company is doing - and actively promoting your secrets. It'd be like if Blizzard kept hinting at SC2 or Diablo 3 before announcing them. "Hey we're working on something TOTALLY AWESOME HERE but we're not ready to talk about it sorry."

That's the difference, and that's what Sony is doing.

Why do I feel like I'm in elementary school again?

 

[Isaac Dodgson]

Yeah i'm gonna go with Option 3. "We don't have anything to sell!" "Well sell them DREAMS and fairy dust! They'll buy it! Shit they went to all 3 Star Wars Prequels!"

I did go to all three...BUT I WILL NOT FALL FOR SUCH TRICKERY AGAIN I TELL YOU...

 

[Jumplion]

Just an observation: it seems that all the blatant Sony fanboys here on the Escapist have angry/evil avatars.

Pfft, meanie. I'm going to make sure you don't get any gift baskets at the party next week! (I can do that, I have PoWeRs.

If we had an official bunch of Microsoft and Nintendo people, it would feel a lot more balanced, but nobody has even sent a filled application! And don't tell me "Oh, if you need a fanboy, I'll be one!", last time that happened the gas tank exploded at Bullet's house. Don't ask me how, it just did.

 

[Vlane]

I would like to offer a third suggestion, if I may: it's no secret that, any way you slice it, Sony and the PlayStation 3 are in last place this console generation despite blockbuster exclusives in 2008 like LittleBigPlanet and Metal Gear Solid 4. Sony needs something to jumpstart its flagging numbers and quickly

Uh, what? The PS3 is winning in Japan and Europe. America is not the world.

More anti-Sony nonsense on The Escapist.

Hurrah!

America is not the world but look at the sold units. At the time the PS3 is in the last place.

Edit: It's really ironic to talk about Sony's secrets and posting a image of the new Team Ico game.

 

[Russian_Assassin]

Well, being the least selling console of this generation (compared to Xbox and Wii), I think Sony is just trying to get some attention by creating mysterious new franchises and such. Not that there's anything wrong with that...

Spoiler: Rant of a former Sony Fanboy

There is only one question I would ask of Sony: HOW the hell did you fuck up so badly??? You were the top company during the last generation (PS2)! So why the fuck is your new plumpin' fresh super megadeth console is lying at the bottom of the pit, having a price that can be best summed up by the phrase "Only for Rich Mothafuckaz" and all the other consoles are dancing on your corpse!!!

Sorry about the rant, i just had to say it and get it's burden off me. I feel a lot better!

 

[Vlane]

America is not the world but look at the sold units. At the time the PS3 is in the last place.

But it has been on sale for less time; the PS3 has actually sold more units per month on sale than the X360. Given that Microsoft have been slashing prices and Sony have resisted, this is an obvious victory for Sony. Interesting that I am labelled a "fanboy" by another poster simply for stating factual information and unravelling the spin in the OP. Why is the American media so determined to bury Sony all of a sudden?

Yes the PS3 sold more in less but that doesn't change the fact that the PS3 is in the last place.