The PlayStation 3 has undoubtedly gotten the short end of the stick when it comes to third party games this generation. During the days of the PS2, Sony’s platform was the king of the mountain, but ever since Microsoft swooped in with their checkbook, PlayStation owners have been cast aside, forced to wait for timed-exclusive content. Worse yet has been the issue of buggy and broken games, which seemingly run much smoother on the competition’s hardware. This rings particularly true for Bethesda, the studio behind the popular The Elder Scrolls series, as well as Fallout 3. - PSLS
Replaying Skyrim after 13 years is a reminder of the progress made in western RPGs over the last decade, but also what's been lost.
RPGs are often huge, sprawling endeavours. With limited playtime, we have to choose wisely, so here's the best western RPGs available today.
"I started playing games yesterday" the List... Meh!
How about a few RPGs that deserve some love instead?
1 - Alpha Protocol - Now on GOG
2 - else Heart.Break()
3 - Shadowrun Trilogy
4 - Wasteland 2
5 - UnderRail
6 - Tyranny
7 - Torment: Tides of Numenera
And for a bonus game that flew under the radar:
8 - Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden
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I'm not sure I'd call it a relationship. Xbox is the wife, and Playstation is the girlfriend that Bethesda occasionally has relations with, stringing her along with implied promises that maybe someday he'll leave that bitch wife and they can start a life together. But we all know that it will never happen.
Publishers like to make money. When a platform holder like Microsoft promises them X amount of said money to give them their stuff first, then it becomes a business decision. Will they be able to make more money by going with the sure bet and maybe losing a little money they would otherwise bring in from another platform? There is a reason that a sure bet is a sure bet. Even if nobody bought their game, they would still be getting some return on their investment.
This is what happens when one platform has a higher market share than you. If there are more potential customers on that platform, it makes the exclusivity gamble more of a sure bet. Especially with a game like Skyrim where most PS3 buyers are going to buy anyways.
I think it's mainly because Bethesda first develops for the PC and the code for that is easily transferable to the Xbox 360. They must redo a lot of the code for the PS3 version, so it's typically not as optimized as they would like.
Screw you Bethesda.
skyrim, decent but overhyped.
Seriously... Where is Dawnguard for the PS3?!