Sonic and Full Auto at PS3 launch Comments by Tom Bramwell

ZOMG with those two games alone it beats Xbox 360's launch already /sarcasm

although why are Sega launching Full Auto 2 and Sonic after a console that hasn't launched yet when the Xbox 360 is here right now???

Why would anyone want a sequel to a crappy game that was launched earlier this year. I mean, that's a veeeeeeeeeeeeeery short dev cycle to a game with some serious flaws. :\

Are they the only 2 launch games then, Steroyd?

Of course not. You always have Ridge racer 6.5. ;)

Sonic's a good name to have on your launch lineup. Doubt any Sonic game will ever be good again, but it's important in terms of name value.

Not that the launch lineup matters one bit. The PS3 could launch with just a window cleaning simulator and it'd still sell out. ô_0

oh yeah how can i forget Riiii... awe hell sack it.

Full Auto 2, a sequel to a pretty bad game. Sonic The Hedgehog, will be cheaper on the Xbox360 (if you want this game in the first place)... next?

Sony need to confirm a couple of top notch games for launch as soon as possible. These don't make me want to lay down the money just yet. They really did need one of their big exclusives to be ready on day one, MGS4? GT5? not for a while yet... so just wait then I guess.

You don't know that it'll be cheaper. You're just jumping on the "Blu-ray is soooooooo expensive" bandwagon. And there are better launch titles than this.

Why the urgency? Sony have plenty of time to make announcments about their launch line up. They still have a hand or two to play, yet. ;-)

And if they don't have enough PS2 ports they'll borrow some of the PSP's...
Errrm... Hang on a second! PSP games are PS2 ports too!

GTA: Liberty City Stories III
(With San Andreas Map and Nintendo Controls) ;)

Full Auto on the Xbox 360 wasn't that brilliant anyway, it was OK for a few hours but after that the framerate issues and the lack of tracks/cars mean I tired of it rather quickly.

The announcement that the sequel was an exclusive to the PS3 didn't bother me in the slightest as I wouldn't buy it even when I get a PS3 (sometime in 2007 or 2008 when the price drops I might add).

Full Auto was by no means a bad game...it was just a bit bland.

@linfknitz

.....FULL AUTO BABY YEAH!!!!!!!

And all you need to play it on a PS3 with a 1080p TV is..

/sticks little finger in mouth

ONE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS!

Full Auto 1.5 - well if EA can get away with it multiple times each year, why not SEGA aye? :D

EA is EA... But Sega is exploiting Sonic like Nintendo has done with Mario, Peach and all that crap...

Steinberg, SoA's veepee of marketing, also revealed that Virtua Fighter 5 would ship in March 2007.

*considers delaying purchasing a PS3 until next year*

There was a point in time when Sega was quite a bit bigger than Electronic Arts. EA has FAR SUPERIOR management, though. Electronic Arts originally announced that Fight Night Round 3 was a PS3 exclusive, but they finally came to their senses and released the game for the Xbox 360 BEFORE the PS3 was released! EA is going to do the same with games like NCAA Football 2007 and John Madden Football 2007. This is what quality business management is all about; I think EA is doing a great job!

Sega, on the other hand: They choose to release Sonic the Hedgehog on the PS3 before the Xbox 360, even though the Xbox 360 will have sold 10 million systems before the PS3 is released! This is absolute stupidity! The person who made that decision is probably the same one who said that Virtua Fighter 5 would not use online fighting! Sega needs to release Virtua Fighter 5 on the Xbox 360 with online fighting, and they ALWAYS need to make sure that the Xbox 360 is their primary development platform! Otherwise, it will just represent poor business management!

The sad thing is that games like Full Auto 2 and Ridge Racer 7 use the same graphics-engines that Full Auto and Ridge Racer 6 did...there is virtually no difference in graphics, even though the games are coming out a year later. These games are NOT true sequals!

Full Auto was by no means a bad game...it was just a bit bland.

Agreed.

I'm personaly quite fond of Full Auto, especially in split screen with a mate, so I'll be picking this up for the 360 if ever that happens.

PS3 for march 2007 then.

"Sonic and Full Auto at PS3 launch"

/hears MS shaking in their boots