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In our 59th episode we discuss the poor performance of PS3 exclusives.* We also share a load of new tidbits about Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (including the upcoming movie!)* We also go over Capcom’s upcoming long list of PSOne games.* Pacman discusses his recent purchases of Fight Night Round 4 and Call of Juarez 2.* Frawlz attempts to tell us all about Extra Life 2009.* We couldn’t have an episode without another heaping helping of ROOMAHS™.

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EDIT: Ok its up, maybe it was just my computer.

Sweet... it is up!

Damn frawlz helium is a good sound for the ROOMAHZ

Awesome show guys. This was the best out of the 59 episodes. keep it up.

Haha Captain spoiler was funny

Something stinks around here.... oh yeah THIS SHOW!

Just kidding, Rothbart's jokes are awful though. Frawlz on helium was v.funny.

Games seem to come down in price here a lot quicker than America, I've seen Heavenly sword selling for peanuts.

Awesome thanks guys! :)

Frawlz should do a whole show on helium, probably not to good of an idea for his health though...

Frawlz should do a whole show on helium, probably not to good of an idea for his health though...

Plus your ears would probably begin to bleed after 10 minutes.

maybe they are wrong, but im pretty sure VGchartz is a credible source:

Uncharted Drakes Fortune: 970,000 in America apparently (1.43 mill in europe)
http://www.vgchartz.com/games/game.php?id=12778&region=All


Killzone 2: 820,000 In America (810,000 in Europe)
http://www.vgchartz.com/games/game.php?id=12253&region=All


LittleBigPlanet: 910,000 in America (1.2 mill in Europe)
http://www.vgchartz.com/games/game.php?id=12390&region=All


Resistance Fall of Man: 1.4 mill in America (2 million in Europe)
http://www.vgchartz.com/games/game.php?id=1893&region=All


Resistance 2: 840,000 in America (640,000 in Europe)
http://www.vgchartz.com/games/game.php?id=15255&region=All


Metal Gear Solid 4: 1.6 mill in America (1.6 mill in Europe)
http://www.vgchartz.com/games/game.php?id=6970&region=All

Gran Turismo 5 Prologue: 610,000 in America (1.7 mill in Europe)
http://www.vgchartz.com/games/game.php?id=6972&region=All


Motorstorm: 1.51 mill in America (1.89 mill in Europe)
http://www.vgchartz.com/games/game.php?id=3850&region=All

so thats 6 exclusives that are over a million in europe, and 3 in America, and like 3 or 4 that are really close. Although, i think they might include Latin America in that too.

I'd be very surprised if MGS4 didn't sell more than 1 million copies in the U.S.

maybe they are wrong, but im pretty sure VGchartz is a credible source:

The numbers we talked about exclude games sold as part of a bundle. Which is dumb. The numbers ARE lower than we'd all like though.

The first 5 minutes of the show were the best ever.
Don't know how you do it, but you amaze me every episode :thumbsup:

The numbers we talked about exclude games sold as part of a bundle. Which is dumb. The numbers ARE lower than we'd all like though.

yeah, but look at the sales in Europe, they are absolutely brilliant, i think Resistance 2 is the only one where america had more sales :O us europeans have more sense in terms of what console we buy than the americans! :P

OMG, the rummahz intro nearly made me die. I started to cry from laughing so hard. Great show!

As far as sales go... are you sure that mgs4 sold less than 250,000 in America(or whatever that lowest range of numbers was). That doesn't sound right to me...

As far as sales go... are you sure that mgs4 sold less than 250,000 in America(or whatever that lowest range of numbers was). That doesn't sound right to me...

As Pacman said (and I don't think I realized at the time), the sales numbers don't include bundles.

Hi guyz. Im new to the SC community but a long time listener to the podcasts. Amazing podcast I don't even own a PS3 but for some reason I enjoy listening to the PS3 podcast more lately. Great show guys.

Btw Roth you can buy a copy of Heavenly Sword on Amazon for 30 new and probably a little cheaper used if you like.

P.S. For the first 4 minutes of the podcast Frawlz sounded smarter but I can't explain why...

Reknbal (http://sarcasticgamer.com/forums/member.php?u=6054) - Awesome name dude, I gotta say.

Reknbal (http://sarcasticgamer.com/forums/member.php?u=6054) - Awesome name dude, I gotta say.

The question is... can Frawlz figure out what it means or how to say it?

I guess no :grin::cool2:

Great show, Rummahzs killed me :lol:

Yeah, the ROOMAHS are so great these days, every week is a unique intro, and Helium Frawlz is Legendary.

This episode made me want to larn the Canadian national anthem, which I almost know by heart already

Listening as we speak. Or as I speak. Whatever.
leopluradon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsGYh8AacgY

This was a pretty sweet episode, Restistance 1 the only exclusive to break a million in the US.. crazy. Obviously like double the people have owned most of the exclusives though so many people buy pre-owned games or from ebay and what not.

Oh yeah, great call on Nathan Fillion for the Uncharted movie rothbart, he's pretty perfect even though they'll probably do what PMPB said and pick some pretty boy trying too hard to be funny.

Anyway, great episode.

leopluradon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsGYh8AacgY

Ok, that was a tough one to sit through, but I got far enough for the leopluradon and laughed. :tongue:

great show guys, I have listened since the beginning, just because I am a lover of all video games, and a previous PS2 fanboy. I waited until now to buy a PS3 mainly because of price but I just snagged one last week and I'm loving it. I wanted to mention my story about previous exclusives, especially heavenly sword. I've waited this long for a good reason to buy the PS3 and "The Last Guardian" was one of the reasons. Of course all the previous exclusives were to. Killzone 2 was my first purchase. I did snag an awesome 4 pack of games off ebay for $70, they were Resistance, Heavenly Sword, Mirrors Edge, and Socom. I almost emailed the seller and told him to hang on to Socom but accepted it anyway. I'm glad I snagged the other 3 as I have enjoyed them and feel that anyone picking up a PS3 now in its 3rd year should do the same. I don't think these awesome exclusives will go under very many radars I just think the PS3 had a late start, high price point, and somehow missed the main gamer target and so fewer people have bought one, such as myself, therefore fewer games are selling on it. I bought the PS2 day one and had to wait 2 years before it built up steam so I vowed never to do that again. Sony fooled me again with the PSP and I got that day one but now I've really learned my lesson. This was the best time to pick up a PS3 and it truly is the year of the PS3 whether sales confirm that or not, its got some great games and great exclusives. Sorry for the wall of text. Love the show.

DogsDie could never pull off Drake's Fortune: The Movie...he cries like a little girl when he gets scared. Just turn on "Thriller" and turn off the lights and watch the waterworks. 6'8" of sheer sniveling, snot covered fear.

Great episode guys. As usual.

As far as Uncharted the movie goes, you know we're gonna get stuck with Brendon Frasier playing Nathan Drake. Might as well call it The Mummy 25.

Great episode guys. As usual.

As far as Uncharted the movie goes, you know we're gonna get stuck with Brendon Frasier playing Nathan Drake. Might as well call it The Mummy 25.

haha mummy 25

Just to give a peek how things work, I thought I'd post a copy of Episode 59's Agenda in this thread. Note that we always try to have MORE topics than we can possibly fit into an episode and we record over by ~10 minutes, so we can pick & choose the topics we feel fit the best and then Dave can edit out the least worthwhile segments to make the show better.

I know our show agendas are over the top, but still... this is representative of what the guys get sent each week to prep for a show and I think it might be interesting to some of you guys that might somehow be under the impression we just chat about random stuff for 35 minutes off the cuff. Remember, not all topics in an agenda ever get recorded and not all topics recorded ever make it to a finished show:

Episode 59 Show Notes

Intro
Rothbart (something interesting)
Pacman - have something interesting/funny to say
Frawlz - have something interesting/funny to say that is exactly like Gears

Brief chit-chat

Trip around the GamerCastNetwork with Pacman's now infamous Weeeee!

MAJOR/MINOR DISCUSSION TOPICS
http://tinyurl.com/ljnman Sony's exclusives coming up short? Published by SCEA (ie. only USA), RFOM 1 is the ONLY title to break 1M, LBP is 750k-1M, R2/KZ2/Uncharted/GT5P all in 500k-700k, MS/R&CF:ToD/Heavenly Sword 250-500k, MS:PR/HSG less than 250k
http://tinyurl.com/kr2t6q Uncharted 2 will get a multiplayer demo, single player campaign longer than U:DF, at least 2 more co-op and competitive modes that were NOT in the beta. Possibly a couple multiplayer trophies, but non-grinding type. No split screen.
http://tinyurl.com/mukatn Uncharted: Drake's Fortune movie underway at Columbia Pictures. Columbia is part of Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group, itself, a part of Sony Pictures Entertainment. Whew! Who should play Nathan Drake? Nathan Fillion?
http://tinyurl.com/mjlqsz Sony will talk "a lot more" about their motion controller at the Develop Conference in Brighton, England July 14th-16th.
http://tinyurl.com/mykmkp Sony motion control will likely become used in PlayStation Home
http://tinyurl.com/njkdut Sony says bigger, better PSN coming Spring '10. Kaz Hirai said to CNN "It's now a matter of what all the services need to look like for each device and coming up with a rollout plan" ... "It's like city planning here, and we can start small. We don't need to build New York City overnight." Possibly reward Sony brand loyalists with perks like discounts or premium services.
http://tinyurl.com/mzqys7 Sony says downloadable PSP titles will average around 700MB. Quick math says that's 17-18 games on an unexpanded PSP Go, double if expanded with 16GB of M2 storage.
http://tinyurl.com/kuxyfk New Best Buy PS3 bundle features 80GB PS3, LittleBigPlanet and Wall-E on Blu-ray for $399.
http://tinyurl.com/mpfk7l Capcom is starting their PSOne releases this week. Capcom Classics Collection Remixed. Then (not sure of order): Megaman powered Up, Dino Crisis, Power Stone Collection, Megaman Maverick Hunter X, Resident Evil 2, Darkstalkers, SF Alpha 3 Max, RE 3: Nemesis, & Capcom Classics Collection Reloaded
http://tinyurl.com/nyjpoa PS Home by the numbers, 7M inhabitants, 3M from Europe. 6M items downloaded. Red Bull Air Race & Watchmen promotion both exceeded 800K unique participants. 80% of Home users are 18-35yr old males.
http://tinyurl.com/n5mklj inFamous gets its own Home space complete with lightning shooting gallery.
http://tinyurl.com/kn8937 SCEI names Kunimasa Suzuki as "Representative Director, Deputy President of SCEI" but will remain "Deputy President of the Networked Products & Services Group" or as Joystiq describes him, a "double deputy", basically Kaz Hirai's right hand man
It's Not A Roomah:
http://tinyurl.com/kw9sps Sony is playing PS3 Slim manufacturing order for delivery in July?
http://tinyurl.com/lwef4x Clap Hanz is working on a new sport for their Hot Shots brand? Sport ideas? Tennis and Golf already exist.
http://tinyurl.com/ngocr8 Sony patents PS2 emulation on the PS3 (Emotion Engine), is this is a sign we'll see Graphics Synthesizer and ultimately PS2 BC on ALL PS3s?
http://tinyurl.com/n6wtj9 Again with the "PSP Phone in the works" rumor, this time amplified by iPhones continued success. Is a PS Phone coming?
http://tinyurl.com/kwm5w7 THQ has Natal devkits, but not Sony "Wands" despite Sony saying devkits are out there and MS saying they're coming?
http://tinyurl.com/kog2j5 Amidst the recent celebrity deaths, a website appeared offering a PS3 to the person that successfully predicted the day Britney Spears' died? Why a PS3?!
http://tinyurl.com/ne2ekd Hulu suddenly stops working via the PS3 browser, conspiracy theorists insist Microsoft is behind the blockage?
http://tinyurl.com/mr7cvb Firmware 3.0 is rumored to be planned around Xmas time, will include: reputation system w/grief reporting, background update/patch downloading, and simultaneous HDMI and optical output.
http://tinyurl.com/mgzgo6 Ars Technica's mole says price drop for PS3 and 360 coming this fall. In addition, 80GB PS3 becoming scarce, 160 replacing it then PS3 slim & Price cut?
http://tinyurl.com/m456ub Is Call of Duty: World at War (but not COD4) related to an unusually high number of disc read errors on the PS3?
http://tinyurl.com/l7w2e2 David Jaffe's new game that he's showing off to Sony shortly is the next-generation of Twisted Metal and won't be "officially" announced until 2010?
Analyst Shmanalyst:
http://tinyurl.com/mtxfkw Consulting firm Futuresource say Blu-ray discs will account for 50% of home entertainment market by 2012.
NOTABLE MICROSOFT QUOTES:
http://tinyurl.com/nvb8qj “A lot of people thought it was the best E3 we’ve ever had, I definitely think it was historic. We dreamed of opening with The Beatles and closing with Steven Spielberg and it happened.” “E3, I think, returned to all it’s glory,” “it was the first year in maybe five years that I couldn’t get to the Sony and Nintendo conferences. I watched on TV both of them in their entirety but yeah, it was insane. I sent one of my staff and he reported back and yeah, it was good, I thought they had a good show, I think Sony did a good job. I hope I don’t get in trouble for saying this, but I’m pretty open in that I own a PS3 and I play games on it: I’m a gamer.”
NOTABLE SONY QUOTES:
http://tinyurl.com/n8moyw SCEE's peter Edward indicates "Home is the starting point for PS3 online and that's something that gamers are going to expect as more games support Game Launch from within Home. This will become an essential component for all PS3 games." Also indicates Home is "in it for the long-term"
http://tinyurl.com/n5j8kr SCEE's president Andrew House commented on a price drop by saying "Not to harp on about it, but the PlayStation 3 has a ten-year life cycle and there are issues of cost and profitability... We will make that move on price when all those factors are aligned."
LISTENER QUESTIONS:
None
Shoutouts...
Rothbart - Prototype No. 7 (US), Green Ryan Ranger (UK), Shane86 (Ireland), Sarumite (Ireland)
Frawlz - The Luv Doctor (US), carddog12 (US), Leoplureodon (Ireland)
Pacman - Sagmon (US), JRWS (US), Jariusd (US), bermo101 (Ireland)
Voice comments to PlaystationPodcast@SarcasticGamer.com

Ending

I don't see "Rothbart - insert terrible joke here" :lol: Maybe you should stick to the agenda more often :lol:

That is a lot of topics though, kudos.

Coining new term: Agenda Envy - and I have it.

1 word about that agenda... WOW! :shocked:

Crazy-long agenda. Probably good you don't stick to it by-the-letter or this'd be one intensely long podcast. Loved the Roomahs this week; Frawlz on helium should be a constant in the SGC's life.

1 question: is the lack of listener questions due to a lack of questions being submitted, or you three just not liking the ones that were? If it's the first, then I'll get on the ball and send you guys some.

Crazy-long agenda. Probably good you don't stick to it by-the-letter or this'd be one intensely long podcast. Loved the Roomahs this week; Frawlz on helium should be a constant in the SGC's life.

Oh no, we NEVER stick exactly to agenda...it's not intended to be used like that, just a rough guide.

1 question: is the lack of listener questions due to a lack of questions being submitted, or you three just not liking the ones that were? If it's the first, then I'll get on the ball and send you guys some.

No, that got left in because we don't do segments every episode but I leave the topic headers in as a reminder for when I start the NEXT week's episode. We do some things every month like Roomahs, but other things like listener questions or crazy quotes we don't do regularly. We usually only get any appreciable amount of user questions when we make a call for question submissions (like today.) We're recording next week's episode this week too because I'm going to be out of town.

No, that got left in because we don't do segments every episode but I leave the topic headers in as a reminder for when I start the NEXT week's episode. We do some things every month like Roomahs, but other things like listener questions or crazy quotes we don't do regularly. We usually only get any appreciable amount of user questions when we make a call for question submissions (like today.) We're recording next week's episode this week too because I'm going to be out of town.

Oh right, does that mean next week's has already recorded or is there still time to submit questions?... I might not manage to come up with anything anyway, I think my gap year has given me brain freeze. Thinking isn't my strong point at the moment :tongue:

Ep 61 (coming out NEXT week) will be the Q&A episode and we have not recorded it yet, so yes, you have time for questions. I'll probably Tweet a couple reminders before it's too late also...

Look what I found... lol

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/05/uncharted-movie-firefly-dude.jpg

Look what I found... lol

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/05/uncharted-movie-firefly-dude.jpg

I don't really see the resemblance. Maybe if Drake wasn't all dirty.

Ok, that was a tough one to sit through, but I got far enough for the leopluradon and laughed. :tongue:

You'd never watched Charlie the Unicorn before then?

I don't really see the resemblance. Maybe if Drake wasn't all dirty.

Their first names are similar! :lol:

But seriously, it'd take 10 minutes in a make-up chair to make Nathan Fillion look like Nathan Drake and he's already really good at delivering the kind of reluctant hero one-liners.

I'd pay to see Nathan Fillion play Nathan Drake even if Ewe Boll directed it... wait... what'd I just say?!?! :lipssealed:

Ep 61 (coming out NEXT week) will be the Q&A episode and we have not recorded it yet, so yes, you have time for questions. I'll probably Tweet a couple reminders before it's too late also...
Very nice! I'll try to send a question in.

Is the email adress: playstationpodcast@sarcasticgamer.com???

Very nice! I'll try to send a question in.

Is the email adress: playstationpodcast@sarcasticgamer.com???

Yes, we don't say it this way, but psp@sarcasticgamer.com works too... fewer letters to type.