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Look at all these rumors, surrounding me everyday. I just need some time, some time to get away. From all these rumors, I can't take it no more. My best friend said there's another one now about a new PSP in stores. Yeah I took some liberties with that Timex Social Club classic but rumors about the successor to the PlayStation Portable, PSP to its friends, just won't stop, can't stop. The latest edition of the Grapevine Juice Times concerning the "PSP 2" comes from 1UP.com's David Ellis and his mysterious "sources".
You want the vibe from the source? Then read on...
When Rockstar Games announced last year that they were bringing their Grand Theft Auto franchise to a Nintendo platform, it looked like a shift in the cosmos had occured. The original Grand Theft Auto was a late 1997 PC game that was planned to be brought over to the hot consoles of the day: the Sega Saturn, the Sony PlayStation, and the Nintendo 64. PlayStation ruled the day in those times and in the end the franchise made its mark on Sony's "32-bit" market-changer. The only time Nintendo got to catch onto this rising star was with the two Game Boy Color editions abstractly representing the first two games in the series. The new game was a welcome addition to a very diverse library. Hopes were high that GTA would strike fire on the redhot Nintendo handheld and convince the self-stated "hardcore" contingent that Nintendo systems were open to all kinds of developers.
But it didn't quite work out that way. The Business Insider's Silicon Alley Insider reported that Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (full impression) only sold 88,704 units in its March month debut well under the 200,000 to 450,000 expectations of industry analysts. Rockstar's parent company Take-Two Interactive expressed optimism in the game's long term success and now Nintendo themselves defend the performance of the game against the tsk-tsks of the analysts.
Read on...
SICK!! Absolutely SICK!! In times like these where people find themselves struggling to keep a job or find another one, there is NO "FREAKING" EXCUSE for exploiting these tragedies. But that doesn't stop Fox Television from adding their company to this misery. The name of the new upcoming series is called "Someone's Gotta Go" and the point of this reality show is to select which employee gets laid off!! What the HELL! It's like "The Apprentice" in reverse where instead of vying for a prized position, you instead have to scramble to maintain your own before the cut is made.
I'm too angry writing this piece. Let me cool down a little bit. When I've collected myself, the rest of this evil story will follow next...
I try not to get involved in these smack talk press statements and communications. But sometimes you just have to speak up when nonsense is polluting the air. Sony Computer Entertainment's branches still continue their bizzare and some would say delusional public statements about their status vs. the competition's. Who could forget Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc. President and Chief Executive Officer Kaz Hirai's insane comments to February's Official PlayStation Magazine in the midst of the Obama inauguration? If you remember that, then let me tell you the laughs don't stop there.
Sony Computer Entertainment America's Director of Hardware Marketing John Koller made an eye-popping statement that was sent by Sony's public relations team to Engadget.com. In it, the executive seems to be lecturing Nintendo on how to reach broader markets in the case of the now-just-released DSi! Wha?! The smack-talking statement made just before the April 5th DSi launch follows in its entirety next...