patapon said:
IDK about other people, but I've only been a playstation fan for a few years. Massive Nintendo and Sega fan growing up when the psx first hit the scene. Then the xbox came out and I got myself a serious case of Halo fever. It's odd, ever since I started gaming so long ago, it's seemed that Nintendo was the powerhouse company with Sega. And then Sega kind of turned into Xbox which was massive in my circle of friends and at school during the Combat evolved days. It wasn't until I discovered this magic place we call the Internet that I found out Sony was REALLY top dog... just blew my fucking mind out. Even in 2005, my friend bought himself a psp and showed it too me. he was like, "dude, it's shiny and can play GTA!!!" I was all like, "dude, look at my DS! It's not only shiny...er, but I can play Pokemon dash! Bitch." As you can imagine, we did not remain friends for long... WTF am I talking about? Oh yea, why am I drawn to playstation more than I ever was to Nintendo, Sega or who else?
Because Sony's game making abilities have skyrocketed in the past couple of years. They're like the morbidly obese kid who gets a 4.0 in high school. It's like they are overcompensating for what they lost sales wise by making games of that much higher quality. And I see that in alot of their first party studios maturing. Just last year they made 4 games that shot very high up my 'favorite games' list with Uncharted 2, Demon's Souls, Flower and Patapon 2 (which shot to #1). All those games did something amazingly, were moving, or just incredibly unique (Or even a combination off all three). Also, 2 of them were new ips... which says something in today's current gaming environment... Where I see other gaming companies started to really stagnate, I see Sony just getting started. Probably the biggest moment where I realized Sony had their heart in the right place was the situation with heavy rain. Honestly, that game should have never been made. It's a multimillion dollar new ip that has niche and commercial and critical failure written all over it. But Sony stuck to their guns and made one hell of an experience even taking into consideration HR's flaws. There's something to say about that situation... Alright, so I guess this giant f'ing long posted turned into a rip off of what others already said in here. "I love teh games!" Sony FTW" and "Diversity" are really all I got... is that okay?
I mean, Shadow of the Colossus is one of my favorite games ever along with Patapon, Echochrome, and locoroco but I don't necessarily like all Sony games. I don't give a shit about kill zone or Twisted metal but I can see the quality in them. I'm sure that those are some peoples favorite games who would make a post very similar to this but interchange the games I've mentioned with their own that I completely don't care about. Which is cool! And I think that's why alot of people like them and why Sony really doesn't need a 'mascot' if you will. They have fps, sandbox, artistic, 3rd person shooters, action adventure, 2dplatformerfpsminigamesackboyeverythingengine, racing, sports, hack n' slash and other genres covered. Why just have one face when you can have many? Sony, it only does everything (ZING!)
An interesting coincidence: During any given console generation, my console of choice has never been in first place. For the Genesis, the SNES won out. For the N64, PSX snuffed it out with a pillow. The Xbox 1... ps2 should be in prison for rape. The ps3, Wii did naughty, naughty things too it... Also, when the psp latched and did gangbusters, I was a big fan of the ds. When the system started to free fall, Patapon released. Patapon is my favorite game ever made... I found loco roco, Pixeljunk monsters deluxe, patchwork heroes and a few other notable games that I enjoyed more than any DS game I've ever played (which is alot). So psp is now my favorite portable... (last place, ds on rape charges yadda yadda) Also, I was a big fan of the game gear... We won't go into that
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God damn did I just let everything out like a giant shit... I deserve a 'cool story bro' image for this... :(
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