On Mon, 27 Feb 2006 02:26:01 GMT, "Slitheen"
<the.slitheen@nospamthanksmam.com> wrote:

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>"Blig Merk" <blig_murk@yahoo.com> wrote in message 
>news:1141000839.177013.283190@i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
>> http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index_plain.php?story=8304
>>
>> Sony Officially Denies God Of War 2, GT4 Online Reports
>> 02.24.06
>> Following earlier reports sourced from UK game website Eurogamer
>> regarding news on God Of War 2 and Gran Turismo 4 Online Edition, and
>> repeated on major websites such as GameSpot and 1UP.com, a spokeperson
>> from Sony has contacted Gamasutra to state that the reports are
>> factually incorrect. The original reports on Eurogamer, allegedly
>> sourced from leaked marketing documentation, were removed shortly after
>> they were posted, replaced by the commentary: "The information that
>> previously appeared here has been removed under the threat of legal
>> action from Sony Computer Entertainment Europe." However, Sony
>> spokesperson Ryan Bowling has confirmed to Gamasutra that the reports,
>> which place God Of War 2 on the PlayStation 2 in February 2006, and
>> Gran Turismo 4 Online Edition in the second quarter of this year,
>> including six-player online gameplay, are definitively not true. He
>> did, however, note that Eurogamer's news mentioning the PSP incarnation
>> of Killzone, Sony's first-person shooter franchise, was correct in as
>> much as this title had been officially announced by the company.
>> Bowling indicated that more information on the true nature of
>> announcements regarding Sony's forthcoming product line would be made
>> available in due course. Gamasutra will have more information on this
>> story as it progresses.
>>
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>I've heard it all before. It's official mantra, nothing more. Fact is, 
>they'd be stupid *not* to be making GOW2 for *both* PS2 and PS3 
>simultaneously - as however many they sell for PS3, a shit load more will 
>sell for PS2. I keep hearing the one hundred million PS2's worldwide figure 
>a lot......that's a freakin lot of console's out there, it will be years 
>before there are a similar amount of PS3's to harvest cash from. It makes 
>perfect sense that this would be true, but they have to be seen to act on 
>leaked info. They admit to the PSP story as that title had been officially 
>recognised, whereas the GOW2/GT4 Online thing was purely leaked info - they 
>had to come out and say something.....and when is it *ever* "Oh yes, it's 
>all true!" ????
>
>I personally doubt the online GT4 will come through in the end - not for PS2 
>anyway.....but we will see GOW2 on PS2, of that I have no doubt at all. 
>
yes, sony love to trot out the "100 million worldwide" figure, but
thats how many they have shipped out of their factories and not an
installed userbase. a lot of the units they will have actually sold to
date will be replacement units as well. but even half of that figure
is still a lot of units.

i still think you're right, GOW2 will be on PS2 primarily, if only
because the PS3 might not even be out by the time its due for release
;)
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