In Japan, the DS and PSP are wildly popular. But what about home consoles? Despite being the home ground for two of this generation’s three machines, things aren’t looking as rosy.
Let’s take a moment to visit a peripheral theatre in the great global tussle for console supremacy, and see how each of the three machines is faring in the Australian market.
When you think of ways to promote Star Ocean 4, escalators probably don’t jump to mind. For shame, because escalators are great. Even better than escalators?
Remember, everyone, Home is not finished. It’s still in “beta”. So there’s plenty of room for improvements! Some of which have just been made, with the updating of the service to version 1.10.
Yup, that’s about all you need to know. Unlike the US store, the PAL PlayStation shopfront has a free demo (no preorder required) for Guerilla’s Killzone 2. I’m enjoying it right now.
Kotaku AU Note: As several commenters have noted elsewhere, it’s a hefty 1 gig file for maybe five minutes of gameplay. Hmm.
From Software’s exclusive PS3 role-playing-game Demon’s Souls isn’t exactly getting stellar reviews. It doesn’t matter. The game is flying off selected Japanese store shelves.
Yes, as a major sporting competition, there was always going to be an accompanying video game, but there are formalities with these things we have to go through. Like finding out who’s behind it!
Toshihiro Nagoshi, designer of Ryu Ga Gotoku 3, is very brown. It’s like he spends all his free time in a tanning salon or something. The game’s latest promotional tie-up should be no surprise:
What’s that? You say you wanted more sandbox-style games? Activision has you covered with the release of Protoype on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC this summer winter.
Upcoming DS title Dragon Quest IX has Wi-Fi. A new Weekly Jump scan shows it’ll be used for in-game internet shopping and extra quests.
