380 Games For the PS3? Think again!

SS4Gogeta | June 22, 2007 | News | Playstation 3 XBOX 360

380 games sounded too good to be true. And if it sounds to good to be true it usually is. Read it and weep folks, it looks like we are getting 145 new titles and not the 380 that Sony boasted.

Sony has clarified that PlayStation 3 owners in the U.S. will be get 145 new titles in the near future, not the 380 that were originally dangled in front of them.

The North American market can look forward to 145 new PlayStation 3 releases, comprised of around 40 PlayStation Network releases and over 105 boxed games. The clarification comes on the heels of a statement by Sony Computer Entertainment President Kazuo Hirai which promised 380 new titles, covering retail and online releases, by the end of March 2008.

According to an SCEA representative, Hirai was quoting international figures, which led to the inflated account. Currently, 15 first-party PlayStation 3 releases have been announced for Sony's fiscal year 2007, including Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction, Little Big Planet and Uncharted: Drake's Fortune. Third-party titles scheduled for the same release period include Metal Gear Solid 4 and Ninja Gaiden Sigma.

Sony's PlayStation 3 console has failed to live up to expectations since its release, particularly in comparison to the popular Nintendo Wii console. A combination of high price and meager game selection has been blamed for lagging sales, but Sony is expecting a hefty infusion of new software, as well as expected price cuts in the near future, to result in a significant upsurge in the system's fortunes.

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Silver Mirror | June 22, 2007

145 games is still a lot espiecally since I doubt anyone could buy even half of them
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Infinite | June 23, 2007

The PS3 needs as many games as possible. However, Sony should have never said they were gonna release 380 games if they knew they were only gonna release 145 games by March 2008. But like Silver Mirror said 145 new games is still a lot of games.
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  Existenz | June 23, 2007
  
  Read it the article states 145 games in the near future, March 2008 is not the near future it is almost a year away 380 games could very much still be on the cards we just have about 145 games by years end.
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Storm | June 23, 2007

Yeah, it's not likely to get that many titles by Next year. They'd have to release about 10 games or so every week. Still, it's more about quality then quantity, and I'm sure Sony's going to deliver that.
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Kokoro | June 23, 2007

That doesn't bother me. It's still a lot of games.
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Final Blade | June 23, 2007

you believe that come on please the first one is more believeable.
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xpronic | June 23, 2007

145 games for the AMERICAN MARKET, and 380 overall if you include the international market (Japan, Asia, Europe/Australia).

Jeez, try reading the full article people lol.
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Light Warrior | June 23, 2007

Meh, I doubt they would sell that many games. It'd just be... Well idiotic. "OMg, 10 new games!" "What are they?" "Oh just remakes of some old war game nobody heard of until now."

=\ Bound to happen. Some remakes are going to happen.
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Final Blade | June 23, 2007

well if you take what Xpronic said and all the other games from ps1 and ps2 you have 400+ games for ps3 very cool.