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Forums - Gaming Discussion - PS4 architect Mark Cerny hopes PlayStation's legacy can match Nintendo's

Will anyone have a mascot as big as Mario ever again, i doubt it. But what Sony have already surpassed everyone in is not being scared of constantly creating new IP. Which keeps things fresh and exciting.

This year alone were seeing Last of Us, Knack, Puppeteer, Beyond two souls, soul sacrifice, LBP Karting, Battle Royale and already a load more announced that we will see released in 2014. No doubt they wont all be lasting brands, but id rather lots of new stuff than seeing sequels and spinoffs year after year with 20-30 year old characters



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In terms of games Sony will never match the legacy of Nintendo. They had their shot with Crash Bandicoot or even Spyro.



Sony has already created a legacy of great titles. Sure they came at the tail end of the great mascot decades but this generation they've really shown what they are capable of and that is to be a great game development company. As many have said Cerny is their Miyamoto and Sony and Nintendo are both great companies which is why I am definitely going for the PS4/Wii U combo.



Vashyo said:
I'd much prefer 30 different games than 1 game made in 30 different ways. I really like that Sony does lot of new IPs with their consoles usually, hoping this gen won't be any different.

Absolutely.  People who want Sony to stop making one type of game or another and concentrate on platformers or something, purely because that's the type of game THEY like, are completely missing the point of what World Wide Studios is about.  They produce a very wide variety of games, which is exactly what I want.  That's what separated Playstation from Nintendo in the first place, and I hope they continue down that path.  Becoming a platform for only a few types of games is exactly what I do not want from Sony.  It just blows my mind when people complain about variety.  



PlayStation certainly already has it's place in video-game history. It's way past Atari's and SEGA's legacy and joined Nintendo up on the clouds in any case.

Nintendo revived and molded the industry, PlayStation made it as big a force as it is today. We wouldn't be gaming if it weren't for either of those two.



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If Sony didnt leave its mark on gaming the industry wouldnt be as large as it is today and Microsoft wouldn't be in gaming. Nintendo would've eventually overpowered Sega and ruled a limited gaming community, which has grown exponentially since Sony arrived. I think Sony earned Nintendos respect a long time ago. This even even more so.





they crunching new IP after new IP in attempt to find something successful, if they could find their Pokemon or Mario they will crunch this type of games to no end, but they failed, just look at Uncharted, four games in less than 5 years, because the franchise became quite popular.

They are fully dependent on 3rd party goodwill so they try to do whatever they wish, but without them they're nothing and this is part of Nintendo legacy, they survived and flourished without 3rd party support.

Just look at Japan and handhelds one franchise exclusive to their platform gone to Nintendo and their entire platform is in peril.

Their success was build on series of betrayal especially SQUARE, Enix and Capcom, without them the entire Playstation was debacle.



Sony never will reach Nintendos legacy. Nintendo developed IPs everyone and his grandma knows. Super Mario, Zelda, Donkey Kong, Pokemon, Animal Crossing. Sony is worlds apart from creating such IPs and brands. I doubt that it would be even possible to create nowadys again such a influential brand like Super Mario, so I think Sony has no chance to ever reach Nintendos legacy no matter what they do.