To Microsoft and Nintendo fans

[Squilliam]

r505Matt said:

Squilliam said:

For rentals:

Sony > Microsoft > Nintendo.

For games I will keep:

Microsoft = Nintendo > Sony

I just find the types of games Sony releases are interesting to play once and experience but I find the idea of playing them more than once not to my taste.

Microsoft tends to produce games which have local coop, more solid gameplay even if less spectacular so I find they can be replayed more easily and Nintendo are the same. The value I find in the Nintendo/Microsoft games exceed that of Sony games even though I play my PS3 more than my Xbox 360 I still own more Xbox 360 titles.

I am a PC gamer first and foremost and I shouldn't forget that whilst I play many games on consoles like a buffet I tend to buy to own on the PC. My HD 5870 means I can be extremely critical of the graphics of a title and often I come into the Sony titles with a critical mindset due to the graphical hype they often recieve so I then tear them apart mentally and any good work they may have done passes over my head.

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After playing most Sony games once, I have no need/desire to play it again. They don't offer the same replayability as Nintendo games or even MS games, and none of them even compare to the PC games I have.

The way I see it sometimes, Nintendo is for the social gamer, the gamer who likes to have friends over and play games. Xbox is similar, but it's also for the online gamer, who likes to go online and listen to 12 year olds cry about how much they suck/rock. PS3 is for the single-player gamer, the one who enjoys that movie-like experience in the game, and can have a lot of fun playing alone.

I, for one, don't care for the single-player experience much these days, I don't have time for it really. There are still games I HAVE to play (Uncharted, Mass Effect, etc.), but I always prefer the MP experience. Even then, I can replay Mass Effect over and over, but I fell asleep trying to replay Uncharted 1 (and I like 1 MUCH more than 2, but I've talked about that before). There's just a "feel" to Sony's games, that I can't really describe, that doesn't lend themselves to be replayed, and also usually makes me feel disinterested. This obviously isn't the case for everyone, but they don't have as much value to me. Great rentals, but I'm glad I've only bought a few PS3 games.

Obviously, I'm talking console exclusives, not 1st party. It seems unfair to talk 1st party since it's aim seems to be to keep MS out of the loop. But in terms of 1st party, easily Nintendo. SSBB, NSMBW, just those two games alone are more fun than any other PS3/Xbox 360 game I've played, and this is coming from an RPG-lover. Guess it's part of me turning more into a social gamer and not playing single-player games as much.

I would say that personally Sony have a high flash:substance ratio. Their games are really impressive, once. So for a hardcore gamer whos buying and keeping over 5-10 games per year then I can understand the love Sony gets, but I guess more picky people who have to share their time with multiple platforms / have different values -> I hate cinematic style games as a genre, I enjoy playing them once but never more than that because I have a tendency to pick them apart mentally as I play and it ruins my suspension of disbelief. Uncharted 2 for example lost me at the first scene because he wasn't wearing gloves and he had a hole in his stomach.

I'll play something like Mass Effect more than once because I love the control I have or even the perception of control. I love playing games like S.T.A.L.K.E.R. and Crysis as well as games like Jagged Alliance 2, Civilization IV and I'll keep coming back to them even though I've spent hundreds of hours playing each title. For me with your average Sony title once I know how the story ends a significant proportion of the value of the game is lost which is why I said they make better rentals so I can play them once/twice then send them packing.