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Does the PS3 really have bad games?

Does the PS3 really have bad games?
Published by: forahobby on Sunday, June 03, 2007

PS3 vs Xbox 360 Review Score Comparison..



Xbox 360 games rated 8/10 or above:
Gears of War 2006 94
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, The 2006 94 (93 on PS3)
Guitar Hero II 2007 93
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2006 90
Forza Motorsport 2 2007 90
Call of Duty 2 2005 90
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night 2007 90
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2006 89
Blue Dragon 2007 89
Burnout Revenge 2006 89
Project Gotham Racing 3 2005 88
Elder Scrolls IV: Shivering Isles, The 2007 86
Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2005 86
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 2007 86
Fight Night Round 3 2006 86 (83 on PS3)
Elder Scrolls IV: Knights of the Nine, The 2006 86
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent 2006 85 (78 on PS3)
Dead or Alive 4 2005 85
Dead Rising 2006 85
F.E.A.R. 2006 85 (72 on PS3)
Viva Pinata 2006 84
NBA 2K7 2006 84 (81 on PS3)
Need for Speed Most Wanted 2005 83
Crackdown 2007 83
Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars 2007 82
Test Drive Unlimited 2006 82
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2006 82 (78 on PS3)
Hexic HD 2005 82
Hitman: Blood Money 2006 82
Call of Duty 3 2006 82 (80 on PS3)
Football Manager 2007 2006 82
College Hoops 2K7 2006 82 (81 on PS3)
Condemned: Criminal Origins 2005 81
Tony Hawk's Project 8 2006 81 (76 on PS3)
Football Manager 2006 2006 81
Saints Row 2006 81
LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy 2006 81
Catan 2007 81
Uno 2006 81
Table Tennis 2006 81
NBA 2K6 2005 81
Perfect Dark Zero 2005 81
WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW 2007 2006 81
Cloning Clyde 2006 81
NBA Street Homecourt 2007 80 (81 on PS3)
Madden NFL 07 2006 80 (76 on PS3)
Peter Jackson's King Kong 2005 80
Tomb Raider: Legend 2006 80
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07 2006 80 (81 on PS3)
Moto GP 06 2006 80
Virtua Tennis 3 2007 80 (80 on PS3)
Doom 2006 80
Winning Eleven: Pro Evolution Soccer 2007 2007 80

PS3 games rated 8/10 or above:
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, The 2007 93 (94 on Xbox 360)
Resistance: Fall of Man 2006 87
Virtua Fighter 5 2007 85
Fight Night Round 3 2006 83 (86 on Xbox 360)
Gran Turismo HD Concept 2006 82
MotorStorm 2007 82
Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection 2007 81
NBA Street Homecourt 2007 81 (80 on Xbox 360)
College Hoops 2K7 2007 81 (82 on Xbox 360)
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07 2006 81 (80 on Xbox 360)
NBA 2K7 2006 81 (84 on Xbox 360)
Call of Duty 3 2006 80 (82 on Xbox 360)
Virtua Tennis 3 2007 80 (80 on Xbox 360)
(Removed #4 Motorstorm JPN Import)

The bold games are exclusive to that console.

PS3 Exclusives above 8/10: 5
Xbox 360 Exclusives above 8/10: 39

Xbox 360 has 7.8 times as many 8/10 games exclusive to their console. Also, NBA Street Homecourt and Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2007 are the only ports that rank higher on the PS3 and are above scores of 8/10.
Does this, for now, prove that Xbox 360 has better games than PS3 at this point? Also, will the PS3 be able to catch up and then keep up in the coming years? There's a long way to go, but for now, the claims that PS3 doesn't have many good games... is true.

Ratings taken from MetaCritic.com. To be in the top scores for each console, each game had to have at least 5 ratings from seperate sites.

News-Source: http://www.gwn.com

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April '07 Back Compatibility Update

April '07 Back Compatibility Update
Published by: endless on Thursday, April 19, 2007

Major Nelson has confirmed a new back compatibility update due out today. It brings up the list to 300 compatible Xbox 1 games to the 360. Just to list a few of the newly updated games.

Tenku (Japan only)
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Avatar: The Legend of Aang (EMEA/ANZ)
Breakdown
Call of Duty 2: Big Red One
Call of Duty 3
Cars
Crash Bandicoot 5: Wrath of Cortex
Daisenryaku VII
FIFA Soccer 2007
Full Spectrum Warrior
Guilty Gear Isuka
Innocent Tears (Japan only)
Jet Set Radio Future
King of Fighters 2002
King of Fighters: Neowave
Mad Dash Racing (Japan only)
Mech Assault 2
Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction
Nascar 2006: Total Team Control
NFL Fever 2004
Oddworld Munch's Oddysee
Panzer Dragoon Orta
Petit Copter (Japan only)
Phantom Dust
Reservoir Dogs
Return To Castle Wolfenstein
Rugby League 2
Sengoku Warriors (Japan only)
Sonic Riders
Soul Calibur 2 UPDATED
Spider-Man 2
Star Wars: Republic Commando
Street Fighter Anniversary Collection
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07
Tony Hawk's Underground
Ultra Bust a Move /ULTRA Pazzle Bobble
Unreal Championship 2

For a full list head over to http://www.xbox.com.

News-Source: http://www.majornelson.com

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Xbox Live reaches 6 millions members !

Xbox Live reaches 6 millions members !
Published by: hq_hacker_girl on Tuesday, March 06, 2007

Hot off the press from Microsoft is the fact that Xbox LIVE® have just reached 6 Million Members 4 months ahead of schedule. :) This is good news for all us Xbox fans.

Press Release in Full:


Xbox LIVE Connectivity & Usage:

* More than 6 million people are members of Xbox LIVE.

* Following the launch of the Xbox LIVE online gaming network in November 2002, gamers have spent over 2.3 billion hours on the network playing games online with their friends around the world. This is equal to 95 million days of gaming or over 260,000 years. With our top title, Halo 2, which is being played on both the Xbox and Xbox 360, gamers have spent over 710 million hours playing online with over a half a billion games played.

* Xbox LIVE on Xbox 360 continues to grow as a social community; we are seeing an average of over 2,000,000 text and voice messages sent every day between members on the service.
· The average Xbox LIVE Gold subscriber has 22 friends on their Xbox LIVE friends list.
· To date, Xbox 360 owners have unlocked nearly 300 million Achievements. All of those unlocked Achievements have created a total combined Gamerscore of nearly 7.5 billion.

Top WW Xbox LIVE Titles on Xbox 360 to date:

1. Halo 2
2. Gears of War
3. Hexic HD
4. Call of Duty 2
5. Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter
6. Call Of Duty 3
7. Oblivion
8. PGR3
9. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas
10. Perfect Dark Zero

(Based on the number of unique users)

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Xbox 360 Platinum Hits Brings More of the Best for Less

Xbox 360 Platinum Hits Brings More of the Best for Less
Published by: forahobby on Sunday, February 25, 2007
Tagged: Gaming, Xbox 360,

Microsoft launches next wave of Platinum Hits so gamers can choose from more great games at new low prices.

From gamers looking for fun with the family — such as volleying with tennis pros— to those who want hardcore action — such as leading an elite Ghost Recon squad equipped with cutting-edge weapons and communications systems — anyone in search of a great game experience can find a blockbuster title with Platinum Hits for the Xbox 360™ video game and entertainment system. On the heels of the expanded Platinum Hits launch in Europe earlier this month, Microsoft Corp. today announced that the next round of titles in the Xbox 360 Platinum Hits library will be available March 16 in North America, Latin America, Japan and the Asia Pacific region.

Next month’s Platinum Hits releases include critically acclaimed games from the industry’s leading publishers, including Activision Publishing Inc.’s “Call of Duty 2,” Electronic Arts Inc.’s “EA SPORTS™ Fight Night Round 3,” Ubisoft Entertainment’s “Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter” and 2K Sport’s “Top Spin 2.” This lineup of Platinum Hits represents some of the best high-definition titles available on Xbox 360 at an appealing price.

Next month’s Platinum Hits release, starting at an estimated retail price of $29.99 (U.S.), will include the following titles in the Americas:

- “Battlefield 2: Modern Combat™” (Electronic Arts)
- “Burnout Revenge” (Electronic Arts)- “Call of Duty 2” (Activision)
- “Dead or Alive 4” (TECMO Inc.)
- “Fight Night Round 3” (Electronic Arts)
- “Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter” (Ubisoft)
- “Top Spin 2” (2K Sports)
- “Rockstar Games presents Table Tennis” (Rockstar Games)

In Japan the Platinum Hits titles listed below will be available in March for 2,800 yen:

- “Battlefield 2: Modern Combat (Electronic Arts)
- “Burnout Revenge” (Electronic Arts)
- “Chrome Hounds” (Sega Corp.)
- “Perfect Dark Zero” (Microsoft Game Studios)

In the Asia Pacific region these new Platinum Hits titles will be available. New pricing for these games will vary slightly by region:

- “Dead or Alive 4” (TECMO)
- “N3: Ninety-Nine Nights” (Microsoft Game Studios)
- “Project Gotham Racing® 3” (Microsoft Game Studios)
- “Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter” (Ubisoft)

Gamers throughout Europe are able to pick up the following new Platinum Hits titles, launched earlier this month, for an estimated retail price of 29.99 euros:

- “Call of Duty 2” (Activision)
- “Dead or Alive 4” (TECMO)
- “Project Gotham Racing 3” (Microsoft Game Studios)
- “Rockstar Games presents Table Tennis” (Rockstar Games)
- “Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter” (Ubisoft)
- “Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Legend” (Eidos Interactive Ltd.)

“Platinum Hits not only lets gamers enjoy a broad portfolio of titles at an amazing price,” said Jeff Bell, corporate vice president of Global Marketing for the Interactive Entertainment Business at Microsoft. “It also ensures that existing and new gamers alike can get the most from their Xbox 360 by owning a great library of blockbuster hits. So if you missed playing a game the first time around, now there is a great reason to pick it up.”

The Xbox 360 Platinum Hits program, which launched worldwide last fall, gives people access to great games at a great value. And now with more than 10.4 million Xbox 360 consoles in living rooms around the world, there will be plenty of new console owners eager to jump into the best-selling Xbox 360 games. In fact, the Xbox and Xbox 360 Platinum Hits program accounts for more than 16.3 million games sold worldwide. A full list of Platinum Hits titles available in the U.S., Europe and Japan is available online at http://www.xbox.com/platinumhits

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Top Xbox Live Games 2006

Top Xbox Live Games 2006
Published by: patto on Monday, January 01, 2007
Tagged: Xbox 360,

Here are the top games for 2006, based on Xbox Live connectivity.
The following rankings are based on data collected from 1/1/06 – 12/29/06:

2006 Top Xbox 360 Titles (UU's)

1 Gears of War
2 Hexic HD
3 Call of Duty 2
4 Ghost Recon 3
5 Oblivion
6 PGR3
7 Perfect Dark Zero
8 Call Of Duty 3
9 UNO
10 EA SPORTS™ Fight Night Round 3
11 Saints Row
12 Geometry Wars Evolved
13 DEAD OR ALIVE 4
14 Texas Hold 'em
15 Madden NFL 07
16 DEAD RISING
17 Need for Speed™ Most Wanted
18 Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas
19 BFMC
20 Splinter Cell Double Agent

News Source: http://www.majornelson.com/archive/2006/12/30/2006-top-xbox-live-games.aspx

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Xbox Live Activity for week of 11-27

Xbox Live Activity for week of 11-27
Published by: forahobby on Sunday, December 03, 2006
Tagged: Xbox 360,

These lists are based on global unique users connected to Xbox Live. If the Xbox 360 list and the original Xbox list were combined, then Gears of War continues to be the top Xbox Live title.


Xbox 360 Top Live Titles (UU’s)
1. Gears of War
2. Call Of Duty 3
3. Small Arms
4. Lost Planet Online Demo
5. Superman Demo
6. Madden NFL 07
7. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas
8. Rainbow Six Vegas Multi Player Demo
9. Call of Duty 2
10. Oblivion

Top Arcade Titles (Full Versions)
1. Small Arms
2. UNO
3. Contra
4. Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3
5. Street Fighter II' Hyper Fighting
6. Geometry Wars Evolved
7. Texas Hold 'em
8. DOOM
9. Pac-Man
10. Defender


With 3 demo's in the top 10 it's very obvious that the marketplace demo downloads are a huge hit..

News-Source: http://www.majornelson.com
360-Hq Games Database: http://games.360-hq.com

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