| 9087 said: This gen we saw a few old PlayStation franchises go MIA. Syphon Filter, Jak and Daxter, Getaway, and a few others. The weird thing is that they all did fairly well in the sales department, yet Sony (or their devs) decided to go in new directions. We also saw an introduction of a lot of fresh new franchises like Uncharted, Resistance, InFamous, etc.
What do you think will make it into next gen and what franchises will die out? My Predictions below
Survivors........ Uncharted - Naughty Dog will break their trend of starting a new IP every gen and will continue Uncharted. It's far too popular and lucrative to leave behind. Even if ND doesnt want to do it, Sony will make sure Nathan Drake lives on. With over 8 million copies sold so far, and another 5 million or so with U3 coming out, this series has earned Sony alot of money and gave them their first true Killer App. Nathan Drakes almost reached icon status for PS3, theres no way he wont be on the PS4. InFamous - I expect the sequel to sell really well. They are onto something with this series. It will continue to evolve. Gran Turismo - Polyphonys baby is a PS staple. Lets just hope it doesnt take them so long to deliver it next gen. Twisted Metal - Atleast one per generation... right? right? Well it could depend on the new games success God of War - much like Uncharted, its too lucrative and popular to die off. They will continue making GOW games as long as there is demand for them. Kratos is another character that has achieved almost Icon status for PS. WarHawk/StarHawk - i think the best has yet to come for this series, StarHawk looks like the beginning of something new and exciting for this game. Emmit Graves has future Sony mascot/icon written all over him. MLB The Show - sport games never seem to die out. Socom - maybe i'm crazy, but what else will Zipper work on?
Say Goodbye to........ LittleBigPlanet - One hit wonder. The sequel was an utter failure and their isnt much room to grow. MediaMolecule is a young developer and will move on to something new. Motorstorm - the latest one is a mega sales bust. 2 barely reached a million, and the first one only looks like it has good sales because it was bundled for so long. Killzone - maybe just wishful thinking on my part, but Guerilla is capable of so much more. With FPS being over saturated and KZ sales peaking at only 2.5million-ish, I think its time to move on. They already stated they are developing a new IP. Hopefully a TPS instead of FPS this time around. KZ universe and story is just so uninspired and bland. They need to leave it in the past and start something new. They certainly have the engine for it. MAG -
Unknown...... Resistance and Ratchet & Clank - with Insomniac going 3rd party and Sony owning the IPs, there future are unknown and too hard to predict. |
I was with you until you got to LBP, there's obviously gonna be an LBP3D!! ¬_¬
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Xbox One: What are you doing Dave?
