Eidos has released a new "behind the scenes" video of the highly anticipated Batman: Arkham Asylum. The game will be released at the end of August which gives you plenty of time to enjoy the summer sunshine before entering the dark corridors of Arkham.
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The bad thing is they've probably done this to attract more sales on the ps3, 360 owners wont learn and will end up buying more copies of it.. and then shell out for the joker when it inevitably released on market place for an extra fiver.
When really they should flip eidos the bird if theres nothing offered in place of the ps3 version's additional content..otherwise its just going to be something that will repeat itself untill shifted units are equal between the platforms
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Don't you agree?
But PS3 has bluray and has tons of exclusives with higher audio fidelity etc..
Regardless, I'm just here, because I think the amount of interest gained in batman recently is disturbing.
We're talking about them offering extra to the ps3 version for the price of FREE. Weither thats to make up for a lesser performing version of the game or not the review codes will tell.
Regardless, theres NOT ONE game on the 360 that offers more content on the disc than the ps3 version of a game does.. so i dunno what you mean by "the 360 has its fair share of those types of games". Unless you know something i dont?
Sony paid for this Joker exclusive content just like MS pays for exclusive content (or timed exclusive in the case of FO3). Eidos did not do it for free. The fact that it's on the disc or whatever is really irrelevant. Would it make you feel better if they released it a few weeks after as free DLC? There's a decent amount of free exclusive DLC on the PS store.
As an owner of both systems, I agree that the 360 has been snatching every exclusive rights out there. How do you think PS3 owners feel that they can't play "The Lost and the Damned" DLC? Can they enjoy one exclusivity?
Also, i dont think sony did pay for joker to be "exclusive" to the ps3.. i think this is eidos's move alone.. and i dare say we'll see joker offered for 800+points on marketplace after release.. even if there is an alternative added to the 360 version - because thats clever marketing (just like namco did with soul calibur). Its not clever marketing making people believe they're getting the short end of the deal when theres extra content out of the box on one platform..yet both versions are charged at the same price.
And thats the point - this is given FREE on the disc (which believe it or not is different from MS spending 50mill for two exlusive GTA4 chapters that they charge £16 for, or TIMED exclusive fallout 3 dlc that are charged a fiver each for).
So you guys can go on all you want on how "its about time the ps3 got exclusive content" but if the exclusive joker content was for sale on PSN do you think there would be any issue?
The situation with Arkham Asylum, however, is entirely different. The Joker Challenge Rooms are part of the PS3's full game right from the off, and comes at no extra charge whatsoever. The best 360 owners will get in that regard is the same mode released after the full game, which they will most likely have to pay extra for. So really, when you think about it, the PS3 version is more complete than the 360 version, meaning that us 360 owners are getting less of a game for the same price.
So no, trey4life and company, it isn't the same at all really. And using the argument of Fallout 3 etc. sounds like a lame attempt at trying to justify this exclusivity, which happens to be more unfair than the very argument(s) you are using - especially as I really want to play as the Joker. :(
Sony offers it's users free multiplayer online gameplay, and Microsoft charge their users annual service fees. I don't see ya'll complaining about that...but Sony finally gets ONE exclusive character, and folks acting like their civil rights has been violated. Translation: We can't always get what we want. I'm a big Japanese RPG fan, and currently this gen, I'm STILL waiting to play ONE on my PS3, oh I forgot the Xbox 360 has several.
looks great and i can't wait to kick ass as batman!
Sony offers it's users free multiplayer online gameplay, and Microsoft charge their users annual service fees. I don't see ya'll complaining about that...but Sony finally gets ONE exclusive character, and folks acting like their civil rights has been violated. Translation: We can't always get what we want. I'm a big Japanese RPG fan, and currently this gen, I'm STILL waiting to play ONE on my PS3, oh I forgot the Xbox 360 has several.
It's easy to say such things when the situation doesn't apply to you, isn't it? If the scenario was reversed, with the 360 version getting that free extra content, you wouldn't really be able to blame me if I had no sympathy at all.
Hopefully ya'll understand that.
As for people not complaining about MS charging us to unlock the online parts of our games you must of been living under a rock for the past 6years - making xbox online gaming free has ALWAYS been a constant cry from xbox gamers. Its only in the last year or so (in europe atleast) that the gold subscriptions are starting to show their worth as MS are actually starting to invest some money in the service here.
If you've ever seen the American dashboard then you would of spent the last few years knowing just how much we were missing out on.. mainly due to european resources being unfairly stretched (the uk xbox team works on 17 other different terrortorys rather than focusing souly on making UK live a better service..which isnt fair to any of those 17 terrortories).
Now however we're starting to actually see more value in that service - xbox insider streams, ign insider, shows like "the guild".
Soon we'll get services like Last fm, facebook, twitter, games like 1V100.
All of these are offered because of the gold subscriptions. True online gaming is what actually counts at the end of the day and for the most part thats been the only true advantage of the gold subs.. and i still believe it should be offered free as we basically are paying to unlock content thats on the disc. But atleast we're finally seeing MS invest those charges back into the european live service now.
Seems like an easy method to boost sales for the PS3 version, as the 360 game will sell well none the less.