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DonFerrari said:
The_Liquid_Laser said:

The first non-exclusive that I wanted with Final Fantasy XIII which came out in 2010 (and also was somewhat disappointing).  So, yeah, not a lot of games for those first few years.

I guess I was lucky to just get my PS3 by end of 2009. And with Uncharted. Don't remember being dry for games ever since. Then I bought PS4 within 6 months of release and sure that I had very few choices in the first year.

I didn't think much of the first Uncharted.  Uncharted 4 is actually lightyears ahead of the first one, which was ok, but not that special IMO.  Likewise the first Assassin's Creed was available early on, not an exlusive, but still there.  But the first one was not that special either.  The game had potential, but it was shipped before it was completed.  Assassin's Creed 2 felt like the game that the first one should have been.  I did just remember one game I really liked that came out earlier, and that was Civilization Revolution in 2008.  That was an authentically good game.  Not an exclusive but still fun. 

Valkyria Chronicles and Demon's Souls were also good, early-ish exclusives on the PS3.  The main problem is that I didn't discover them until later.  Maybe the real problem was that there best games weren't promoted very well?  All of the high profile games, like Killzone 2 or Resistance: Fall of Man, I was like "meh, not for me".  When I hunted around for a while I actually found good games that most people weren't talking about.  PS3 was trying to seem too much like the XBox360 IMO.  Whereas they actually had exclusive games that were unique, but they didn't highlight them very well.  Kind of a marketing failure I guess.



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Kerotan said:

Let's revisit Sony's darkest hour and some of the decisions that cost them billions and almost drove them out of the console game forever (how some of you would have loved that!). Sony I agree with most of the analysis and as a lifelong PS fan these guys cost me years of hurt and anxiety waiting for the good games to properly roll out. I disagree about MGS4 however. I don't remember anyone not being impressed with the demo showed here. In fact this game was why I bought magazines and got hyped for the ps3 back in 2005. I adored mgs1/2/3 and could not wait for 4. Bought gaming magazines monthly hoping to see more. A valuable exclusive that was essential to keep off the xbox.

Sony majorly fucked up and they will hopefully never return to such lows. Long live Krazy Ken. 

MGS4 release was the turning page for the PS3.   That game was the first step into saving the PS3



The_Liquid_Laser said:
DonFerrari said:

I guess I was lucky to just get my PS3 by end of 2009. And with Uncharted. Don't remember being dry for games ever since. Then I bought PS4 within 6 months of release and sure that I had very few choices in the first year.

I didn't think much of the first Uncharted.  Uncharted 4 is actually lightyears ahead of the first one, which was ok, but not that special IMO.  Likewise the first Assassin's Creed was available early on, not an exlusive, but still there.  But the first one was not that special either.  The game had potential, but it was shipped before it was completed.  Assassin's Creed 2 felt like the game that the first one should have been.  I did just remember one game I really liked that came out earlier, and that was Civilization Revolution in 2008.  That was an authentically good game.  Not an exclusive but still fun. 

Valkyria Chronicles and Demon's Souls were also good, early-ish exclusives on the PS3.  The main problem is that I didn't discover them until later.  Maybe the real problem was that there best games weren't promoted very well?  All of the high profile games, like Killzone 2 or Resistance: Fall of Man, I was like "meh, not for me".  When I hunted around for a while I actually found good games that most people weren't talking about.  PS3 was trying to seem too much like the XBox360 IMO.  Whereas they actually had exclusive games that were unique, but they didn't highlight them very well.  Kind of a marketing failure I guess.

Well I loved Uncharted since the first. The jokes and action was great for me =p but yes the series improved a lot later.

The second paragraph is what I have VGC to thanks for. I discovered a lot of games I had no idea would be good through here. When I had PS1 and PS2 I just bought plenty of trash since all was bootlegged or downloaded, all based on liking the name or cover. But on PS3 besides the trash I bought due to being very cheap on second hand, I discovered plenty of great games here. Even God of War when launched for PS2 I snuffed at. But on PS3 I bought the collections and remasters, ended up having plat for all of them.



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