Euphoria14 said:
d21lewis said:
CGI-Quality said:
d21lewis said:
It's blowing my mind how people are saying that Sony is the only one with some sort of diversity. As if Nintendo and Microsoft only make games like Mario and Halo. Is it THAT easy to pretend that games like Animal Crossing, Viva Pinata, Fire Emblem, and Banjo Kazooie don't exist?
Everybody has some sort of diversity. Just because the other two have some sort of mega-franchise (and Sony does, too) that sells 10 million copies, that doesn't mean that's ALL they have. C'mon! I'd rather people point out that Sony always pushes for new formats (like they did with CD, UMD, DVD, and Blu Ray) or that Playstation has always been the home of blockbuster 3rd party franchises, or that they do their best to make sure Playstation owners aren't missing out on anything the other companies are pushing (motion control, rumble controllers, deep online). Settling on the "Playstation means diversity" answer is a little lazy.
For every inFamous, there's a Crackdown. For every Gran Turismo, there's a Forza. For every Uncharted, there's a Legend of Zelda or Alan Wake. All companies are all things to all people. Maybe Playstation has the preffered version of these genres?
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In fairness, the OP seems to imply that Sony lacks an identity. So people are spot on when they say that Sony's diversity is their trump card. I agree that Sony doesn't have diversity in a vccuum, but as Euphoria pointed out, they've taken more risks on niche titles than their competitors, leaving them with more IPs, overall, than them as well.
So it's not that MS & Nintendo lack variety/diversity, but that Sony has it in spades, which is truly their identity.
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What are these niche titles of which you speak? And more IP's than Microsoft (likely since they've been at it since '95) but Nintendo!? The only niche titles I can think of are Heavy Rain and Little Big Planet. Hardly an avalanche. How is this any different than how Nintendo backed Wario Ware or Animal Crossing or how MS backed Rare with Viva?
I'm not just being a dick (I AM being a dick but that's not all I'm being.) I just want to challenge what people are thinking.
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Some niche title to mention are games like Trinity Universe, Disgaea, Eye of Judgement, 3D Dot Game Heroes, Demon's Souls, Folklore, Heavy Rain, Last Rebellion, Atelier Rorona or Catherine.
360 has titles like this but most stay stuck in Japan while with Sony consoles many of them reach the West. Nintendo usually won't bring them over either.
This is why most niche titles announced these days are announced on PS3, like Disgaea 4.
Nintendo DS and PSP also have a great assortment of niche titles as well.
Edit - Realized Catherine is on 360 as well.
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