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Akvod on 30 October 2009
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psychoBrew said:
Akvod said:
psychoBrew said:
Akvod said:
psychoBrew said:

The developers and publishers are clearly at fault.  They can't put out a product that's inferior in every way to what they put out on other consoles and expect it to sell.  Third party games are getting better, but that doesn't excuse the half hearted attempts in the past.

Tad overreaction?... maybe in the beginning of this gen, but now?


I did say third party games are getting better, didn't I?  They still aren't where they need to be though.  Hopefully games like Monster Hunter Tri, F1 2009, Epic Mickey, etc. can turn the final corner.

Wait, so let me make sure. You were saying that multiplatform games were inferior to each other right (PS3 vs 360 comparrisons)? And that you think they're getting better, but they're still inferior to every way to what they put on the other console (the console which they made the game look/play best)?


First, please notice that I've edited my post since your reply (I just added to it).

People bought the Wii knowing graphics would never be as good as they are on the PS3 and 360 (just like people who bought the PS3 and 360 knew their graphics would never be as good as what's on the PC), but they decided game play mechanics were more important than graphics (that, or they wanted Mario, Wii Fit, etc.).  It was a trade off.  Most of us were expecting the same level of games with good but inferior graphics.  That's not what third parties delivered.  Not even close.

Lets take the CoD series as an example.  CoD 3 had something like two developers working on the project to port the game over.  Even thoug it's pretty amazing what those two people did in the amount of time they had, the game wasn't very good (it was lacking in every category).  Next, we get CoD:WaW, which was a more serious attempt that sold better.  Still, it wasn't quite the same game found on other consoles and the graphics could have been better (but weren't terrible, except for the online).  Now we're getting Modern Warfare, where a serious attempt was made to preserve every aspect of the game possible.  The only problem with it is it's two years late, but it looks like it was close to a first rate effort.  Had this been Modern Warfare 2, I think the effort would have been there in every respect.

So yes, I think third parties are getting better.  I think they are very close to putting out some super high quality titles with the same level of effort that they put in games for other consoles.  Hopefully, games like Monster Hunter Tri will show they've arrived.

I see, now I understand. TY.