Movie games on the PS2 and a Western on the PS3. Too bad buttery popcorn and DualShock controllers don't mix well.

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Max Payne 3 is looking superb. Lots of action, lots of guns, lots of self-indulgent melancholy, everything one can and should expect from a Max Payne game. Though tight-lipped about some of the details, I've got some great info in this Max Payne 3 preview, including a release date (Winter '09) and screenshots.

Rockstar Games is bringing back the action with Max Payne 3, due out in the Winter of 2009. Max Payne was the action game to beat, back in it's glory days, and these screenshots show that Rockstar has spared no expense in bringing the Max Payne franchise back. Though still early, these Max Payne 3 screenshots look superb and in keeping with the original's look and feel.

Or so the saber rattling of Bobby Kotick, CEO of Activision went in a a recent interview. Kotick went on to tell The Times:

I'm getting concerned about Sony; the PlayStation 3 is losing a bit of momentum and they don't make it easy for me to support the platform. It's expensive to develop for the console, and the Wii and the Xbox are just selling better. Games generate a better return on invested capital on the Xbox than on the PlayStation.

His solution? A cheaper PS3.

They have to cut the price, because if they don't, the attach rates [the number of games each console owner buys] are likely to slow. If we are being realistic, we might have to stop supporting Sony.

Now we all know that Guitar Hero isn't going to run away from it's PlayStation cash cow anytime soon. However, this is the head of the world's largest game publisher.... perhaps he really is a tad bit more than grumpy at the moment...

Thoughts? Would love to read your opinion in the comments.

Source: Yahoo! Games