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S.T.A.G.E. on 25 January 2012
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Millenium said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
Millenium said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
sales2099 said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
I already know the hardware will be great. I want to know about the games.

Well rumors say that Rare, Turn 10 and Lionhead are all ready hard at work, so thats 3-4 games within the launch window. I say 4 because Rare could easily make 2 games since I seriously doubt Kinect Sports 1 and 2 took up much of their resources.

But I suspect you want to know about its games in the same way that I want to know about PS4 games....so you can poke holes in them :P


I have absolutely nothing to worry about with Sony or Nintendo for launch titles. Microsoft wont be able to depend on third parties  like they did when there was no competition so they are the weakest link starting next gen if they have no Halo. They better come prepared. I can count on them for decent hardware, but games are always a worry. I will not be buying a launch console unless they shape up. PS4 isnt even a question and knowing the fact that Sony has party chat in mind for the Vita and the next console seals the deal for me.



Oh? So you have the full list of launch titles for the PS4 even though the console hasn't even been announced yet?

Feel free to share, although I really don't think you can, can you.

Uncharted 4 has been saved for launch next gen and expect to see more from InFamous either between this gen and the next. The epic (interplanetary) war in Killzone will continue for a fourth installment (fifth officially). Sony has more hot IP potential to resurface and more dependable teams to create than Microsoft. I dont have to worry about them with games, whereas with Microsoft it is completely different. Their weakness is Microsofts strength, so let me reiterate the fact that I anticipate party chat will be added to their community. Microsoft weakness is first and second party games (though the handful sell, there are very few who survive unlike Sony). My methodology isn't so far fetched if you think about it. 


Really, I have no issue with your methodology, you may be right in fact, and we'll definitely see, as I'll be buying the 720 and the PS4, and if you end up being right in the end, I will have no problem going to your wall, and admiting you were right.

I just had an issue with your straight claim of the fact, that MS can't possibly have a good sizable series of exclusive IP's coming to the 720, they've got a good amount of ip's that they own, and a fair amount of studios that they own, I'd just rather wait for the official 720 announcement, before condeming them for not having exclusives for the 720, because we simply don't know yet.

Whether Microsoft can make a sizable in house amount of titles is up to them next gen. I certainly hope they do and this is why I write in the way that either angers or causes agreement from people. I am passionate about gaming as much as I am at being a singer, guitar player, concept artist and other talents i'd rather not mention. Microsoft has increased market awareness and marketshare, but in order to have a steady following, much like this gen they must attract the core. I have a feeling PSN and Xbox Live will be extremely similar next gen (more so than they already are this gen), so the communities will probably be split right down the middle. The dabilitating truth for Microsoft's community is that they will launch within a similar window of Sony's next console and be a year behind the Wii U, which means the next Xbox will have to fend for itself. The only way they can do this, by my methodology is to increase their first and second party on a core front as well as a casual front. You see, the market will be looking at the products at the same time and saying "Which one is truly better?" without a years head start to push their decision making along. I would rather Microsoft treat their game making equal. Their movements scare me as a gamer and an owner of their console,  but as a student who took business courses, they don't. Xbox Live will also have to be dealt with for good next gen because yes, Microsoft has brought social gaming to the industry, but with their entrance came a ton of "pay to play" politics.  You're correct though that I should wait until the 720 is announced, but yet again....I really doubt their tech will be a problem to me. When they last spoke (graphically speaking) they had me at Avatar.

P.S.

One thing that can be assumed (as has been proven every gen of their existence) is that MS will be relying on third party PC exclusives to back up what they lack. I have a feeling the PC community will not be happy next gen. If the makers of Doom and Bioware turned their head to consoles after last gen, and this gen Blizzard and Valve make the same movement. Diablo 3 is coming to consoles (That is huge).