Category Archives: GC Spotlight
Placeholder pricing: Why it shouldn’t sway you
Following the next-gen console reveals, dozens of sites put out placeholder prices on their site for reserve pages, allowing customers to view their page and entice them to pre-order with their company. With the fiasco of the pricing issue the PS3 had at launch, you can be sure that Sony will be pricing it’s newest console to coincide with Microsoft’s. Unfortunately people took one look at those prices and ran for the hills. Here’s why basing your purchase on a placeholder is a bad idea.
Video Games: The Movie seeks Kickstarter funding
When people hear “Video games” and “movie” in the same sentence, it usually send them running for the hills with visions of DOOM and Prince of Persia in their head. What if there was something more? Something more factual based? This is Video Games: The Movie.
The PS4 will launch this year with a AAA line-up
We think that the PS4 will be announced and launched this year with a good range of first party launch titles, it’s not a matter of what’s being said but rather what isn’t. Sony’s next move seems a bit too secretive and this makes us suspicious.
Who will be Playstation’s mascot next gen?
Master Chief and Mario are decidedly Microsoft and Nintendo’s respective “mascots” for their consoles. They’re both distinctive, have mass appeal, and I think we can all agree they’re just pretty awesome. What’s Sony’s answer?
3DS vs PS VITA: Metascore average
The PS VITA and the 3DS have been out for quite some time now. Though the 3DS has been available for a little longer, they’ve both had more than enough time to build a robust library of games. We’ve taken the top 20 rated titles for each handheld, and calculated the average score. Here’s how they compared:
Price wars: PSN vs Amazon
The GC Spotlight turns its ever invading beam to the direction of Sony’s PSN store. Can the PSN store beat the largest online retailer, Amazon, when it comes to game prices?
GC’s Hot Topics: Online passes, used games, and piracy
Every week the editors at GamingCapacity sit down to debate some of the hottest topics in video games, from the industry defining to the minutiae, anything in gaming is up for discussion. This week, we talk about Online Passes, Used Games, and Piracy.
FIFA and Madden! Does European football or American football have more sales?
In America we all know which Sports games rule the sales charts. That feat goes to the Madden Franchise. Every year we get a new version of Madden, and every year we see the game rule the sales charts for at least a week. Football fans wait outside in the cold for their pre order to finally arrive in their hands for hours. Yes, Madden may not change much from year to year, but that does not stop avid gamers from going out and picking it up anyways.
Mortal Kombat vs Street Fighter: Who is ahead in all-time sales?
Mortal Kombat and Street fighter have been going at it since the SNES and Genesis days. You bought a SNES for Street Fighter 2 and you bought the Genesis for the blood effect in Mortal Kombat. Back then Nintendo was the clear victor in the Console war. But which Fighting series has prevailed over the years? Look below to find the answer!
Exclusives: PS3 vs Xbox 360
GC Spotlight is one of the few places you can go where only cold hard facts are used. Today we compare PS3′s and 360′s exclusive game using sales data and review scores.
Exclusives: PS3 vs Xbox 360 – 2011 & overall
2011 – When It’s All Said and Done
PS3 released 4 90% + exclusives with Uncharted 3 and LittleBigPlanet being the best of the pick of the bunch.
Exclusives: PS3 vs Xbox 360 – 2010
This is a big year for the Xbox 360 with Kinect being a huge success compared to the modest sales of the PS Move and its games.
Exclusives: PS3 vs Xbox 360 – 2009
Massive year for PS3 with the release of 4 90% + games. Uncharted 2 was the big hitter this year with a massive 96% average critic score.
Exclusives: PS3 vs Xbox 360 – 2008
2008 – The Competition Heats Up
The long awaited Metal Gear Solid 4 hit the PS3 to a good reception from critics and gets an average critic score of 94%. On Xbox 360, the sequel to the Gears of War made another splash
Exclusives: PS3 vs Xbox 360 – 2007
2007 – PS3 Starts to Gain Some Ground
PS3 had improved drastically over the previous year but still wasn’t quite on par with Xbox 360.
Exclusives: PS3 vs Xbox 360 – 2006
2006 The birth of PlayStation 3
$600 great joke! But it wasn’t a joke. The PS3 launched at $600 and suffered a huge problem with that infamous Blu-Ray diode disaster.
GC Spotlight: PS3 Exclusives
Exclusives are a very important in defining a console. These exclusive experiences that are locked to one console may sway you to buy one console instead of another.
