-- 2005 --
The PS2 and PSP were tag teaming the industry in 2005, hugely successful with a slew of games pouring out. Despite how hard it is to imagine being the case, Resident Evil 4 launched on PS2 late this year, just months after its launch on Gamecube and Sony found itself celebrating another new IP success when God of War landed on the system. Titles like Shadow of the Colossus helped the company to continue to cultivate a reputation as having its own quality firts party line up that was equally capable of creating commercial fare and more niche and artful games. That sat alongside titles like Gran Turismo 4, The Getaway: Black Monday and the growing line up PSP games. Sony also celebrated the PS2 becoming the fastest console to ever break the 100m units sold milestone. The biggest threat to stealing attention away from Sony would be from Microsoft who controversially revealed that they would be wrapping up the Xbox after a short lifespan and instead revealed the Xbox 360 which would go on to launch the same year. The next generation was landing early and whilst Sony wasn't ready, they had all of the popularity behind them and countered by revealing their next hardware - The PlayStation 3.
Did the PS2 & PSPS line up this year work for you? Did the X360 Distract You? And, what were your first thoughts on seeing the PlayStation 3 and its boomerang controller?
The PS2 and PSP were tag teaming the industry in 2005, hugely successful with a slew of games pouring out. Despite how hard it is to imagine being the case, Resident Evil 4 launched on PS2 late this year, just months after its launch on Gamecube and Sony found itself celebrating another new IP success when God of War landed on the system. Titles like Shadow of the Colossus helped the company to continue to cultivate a reputation as having its own quality firts party line up that was equally capable of creating commercial fare and more niche and artful games. That sat alongside titles like Gran Turismo 4, The Getaway: Black Monday and the growing line up PSP games. Sony also celebrated the PS2 becoming the fastest console to ever break the 100m units sold milestone. The biggest threat to stealing attention away from Sony would be from Microsoft who controversially revealed that they would be wrapping up the Xbox after a short lifespan and instead revealed the Xbox 360 which would go on to launch the same year. The next generation was landing early and whilst Sony wasn't ready, they had all of the popularity behind them and countered by revealing their next hardware - The PlayStation 3.
Did the PS2 & PSPS line up this year work for you? Did the X360 Distract You? And, what were your first thoughts on seeing the PlayStation 3 and its boomerang controller?
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