This is something that is really annoying me in threads and comment sections.
"...AAA exclusives Games announced
Ryse vs Killzone:SF
Forza vs #Driveclub (an excuse for a racing game)
Dead Rising 3 vs What ever dafaq Knack is
Sunset Overdrive vs The Order: 1886
Halo 5 vs...............?
Titanfall vs Infamous?
Black Tusk new IP vs..................?
Project Spark vs.................?
Fable: Legends vs................?
The Xbox One clearly has the better line-up, most of Sony's studios like ND, Polyphony, SSM have just released games and the heavy hitters will only arrive 2-3 years from now...”
This^^^ drives me mad.
This is not knocking the Xbox One's fairly stellar line-up but common Sony's studios have not been sitting on their asses for the last few years. Sony has the largest internal development team(by employee number) of the "Big 3". Yes Microsoft DOES have more studios however most of them are casual focused, unproven and far smaller.
Sony can thank Microsoft for giving them an easy time. Microsofts DRM debacle after the Xbox Event caused them to blow 85% of their load announcing some games that are only coming out Q4 2014 and Q1 2015 at this years E3. This was a last ditch attempt to sell their DRM scheme to the gaming public and it failed....miserably. Sony has enough momentum to sell every single PS4 through till March next year, they according to insiders on Neogaf by the name FamousMortimer stated in a thread BEFORE Gamescom that the big guns are being held back. Sony is holding back bombs for when MS has none. While MS is still talking about Sunset Overdrive and Halo 5 Sony will be dropping massive bombs. Don't expect massive announcements at TGS but expect the bombs to start dropping from the VGA's onwards. Some of these "bombs" according to Neogaf mod-verified insider by the name of Verendus include:
5 Major 3rd Party exclusives, 2 from Sega and 1 MASSIVE Western exclusive, Demon Souls 2 (title change).
To save myself the time here is a list I posted on 1st and 2nd party studios rumored titles. http://forums.n4g.com/What-...
Sony's strategy is smart. I don't know about you but Im starting to get sick of Watchdogs, it was announced ages ago and my interest has waned significantly. This could also effect some of MS's announced titles. Also MS has announced games that will detract from the launch exclusives people are to busy thinking about Halo 5 instead of being focused on launch titles. Sony's launch is laser focussed. Also how many of these launch exclusive games stand a chance against against Gran Turismo 6, GTA 5, Cod: Ghosts, Watch_Dogs, Battlefield 4, NFS: Rivals. If Sony sent to many AAA exclusives out at launch they would be doomed for financial failure.
So to recap...don't worry the games will come and boy when they come everyone will know about it.
Edit: The PS4’s launch line-up is amazing, with PS+ you get so many free games Day 1 like Resogun, Outlast and Drive-Club: PS+Edition and lets not forget the countless F2P games as well as Strong 3rd party support.
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"Sony's studios like ND, Polyphony, SSM have just released games and the heavy hitters will only arrive 2-3 years from now"
Not necessarily. ND is in two teams. The last game the other team worked on was Uncharted 3 (2011). Media Molecule have something in the works (we saw some tech demo in feb). We still haven't seen the Japanese studios stuff (they will need some games for that market even if they launch mid next year). Have we seen anything from Bend or London (I assume London is on Home though) Microsoft is more about laying the cards for everyone to see. Sony is more about keeping its cards close to its chest.
You put "Halo 5 Vs....." Twice.
PS4 Surly has games, you forgot, Deep Down, and Shadow of the Beast. I do agree that Xbox one has a strong line up this time around but when you take into account of the Free to play titles coming to the ps4 it changes.
I don't understand where this sudden attraction of F2P games for Sony are coming from? It seems that people are just brining this up to boost the Sony line up.
The reason I say this is because Home for the PS3 has always offered F2P games and yet hardly anyone on here talked about any of the games for it. But now it just seems like the popular thing on this site to talk about.
I'm not taking anything away from the PS4 but I notice that this site goes through a lot of "trendy" words and terms. From AAA to F2P, people seem to name drop for their system's convenience.
"This is not knocking the Xbox One's fairly stellar line-up but common Sony's studios have not been sitting on their asses for the last few years."
then explain where the last guardian is? sorry, had to put that in there.
"So to recap...don't worry the games will come and boy when they come everyone will know about it."
why write a one-sided blog? what about all the naysayers who have written off the wii u? or how the xbone pre-sales show the xbone is doomed?
common sense would dictate that the ps4 will get lots of great games. why would anyone take someone's comments of the ps4 only has indie games seriously? we all know sony has lots of developers working behind the scenes. we all know going by history that sony gets lots of exclusives.
there is nothing to defend here. not when you take all of the fanboyism and trollish comments that goes on here daily within the forums at n4g. the fact is the most negative people here are likely to be the most depressed and lonely souls around. who often use forums as a way to express themselves. they do it because they are frustrated with there own pathetic lives.
The thing is MS tend to shoot off like a rocket. Strong start but weak ending.
The race isn't given to the swiftest or the strongest but to the one who endures until the end.
Hats off to the big 3 and hope you make a lot of gamers happy this upcoming generation.