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NinjaKido on 08 April 2009
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Gearbox said:

to start off, i know they have many great blockbuster hits like ratchet, clank, jak,daxter, kratos, sly, bentle, murry. erhmmm. the gran turismo carbot thingy? lol

but how come their titles have never sold as well as nintendo titles (aside for crash bandicoot but thats not owned by sony)

ive been thinking, i know the ps3 is for adults, but if a parent gets a ps3 wouldnt it be smart for sony to also make many games that apeal to a younger audience so that the parents get their kids that? 

like wouldnt that steal some wii sales? make many kids game for the ps3 then people will buy a ps3 for the blu ray and buy the kids games for their kids?

 

That playstation libary IMO is far more diverse than Nintendo's , that is the reason why , Nintnendo has select main franchises that sell excellently well (Mario , Pokemon , Zelda ) wheras Sony has a plethora of franchises wich sell decently well. A strategy of oringiality and diversity isn't one that'll give you individual games selling 10 million copies because each title apeals to a different demographic.

Nintendo sticks to their tried and tested formula of releasing the same franchises every generation Super Smash Bros on the N64 Smash Bros Melee on the GC then Smash Bros Brawl on the Wii or Super Mario 64 , Super Mario Sunshine GC and Super Mario Galaxy on the Wii. It's my opinion that Sony have been far more innovative and diverse on the software side introducing new IP's like Little Big Plannet , Uncharted , Resistance , Infamous , Heavy Rain , Eye Of Judgement , Motorstorm , Heavenly Sword , Warhawk  , Lair  , Demons Soul and the list goes on and on...


Infact I don't think Sony are given enough credit for the amount of original content they've released for their platform , Nintendo have given us Wii Fit , Wii Play , Wii Sports as notable new I.P's but their biggest innovation has been in the hardware. Nintendo have relied heavily on the brand name of the exisiting IP's to sell their platform wheras Sony has gone the more creative approach.

 

But Sony does have some big selling franchises like  Grand Turismo and God Of War.