| Darth Tigris said: When I look at the huge success of the PS and PS2, though, I don't see SCE IP's being the reason. I think Resident Evil, FF, Tekken and MGS for the PS. I think GTA, MGS and FF for the PS2. SCE had great games for sure (some even selling really good numbers), but 3rd party exclusives pretty much made the PS and PS2 as far as sales. MS approached this gen that same way, but it was 3rd parties that came to see that its better business FOR THEM to go multi or maybe timed. SCE has maybe more exclusive IP's this gen than ever before, but ironically that hasn't propelled them to the top either. Nintendo? Well they're Nintendo. They have a list of legacy IP's that SCE and MGS won't be able to compete with ... maybe ever. With this gen, the rules are being rewritten and MGS and SCE will have to look at this and see where things are trending and try to steer the ship. Not saying I'm a huge fan of MGS's approach, but I can say that I'm sure not hurting for games to play on my 360. |
Gran Turismo (bigger than any in the PS1 gen), Crash Bandicoot (kinda 1st party back then)? Sure 3rd parties were important for PS1/2 but the GT IP is a massive reason for the newfound success of PS1 in Europe.
