Sony PS3 Are You Impressed Yet?

[Michael-5]

JinxRake said:

Michael-5 said:

I don't think PS3 sales will surpass 360 sales by the time the successor consoles roll in, and definatly not before Wii U if it even passes 360 at all, but anyway....

 

I'm not impressed with PS3, and before anyone flips out, here is why. Compare PS3's exclusive lineup with PS1' and PS2's... It's a joke. Nevermind all the HD multiplatform games, what happened to all the niche titles and JRPG's? IMO 360 has better shooters and Nintendo has better action games. I've always loved my PS1 and PS2 for the JRPG's and in general hardcore games. InFamous is one of the few niche exclusive franchises that I think warrents a purchase of a PS3.

Niche stuff like Flower or Journey, or Demon's Souls and Heavy rain as previously mentioned?

Sure, it's not the line-up from the past, but neither is this market. Right here it's not so much on Sony or the PS3 as much as it is on how things have been going in recent years, how developers gravitate towards "safer" projects like Call of Duty knock-offs and other such things. It was once easier for niche projects to get off the ground because there were people who would play them for the novely factor alone (anyone remember Tank Racing for the PS1? Or Rollcage?). Nowadays, making a game is a multi-million dollar endeavor and luke warm sales will send studio to its grave in the blink of an eye.

Economics play, of course, a very important role. Again, I believe you're more unimpressed with the state of gaming in general rather than the PS3 in particular. The machine itself has suffered just as much as the others and right now is a product of the turmoil that encompasses our times. Making games is expensive => Games are expensive => Bad Sales = Grave consequences => Fewer risks, maximum profit from well know, well established ideas => Gaming as it is right now.

 

I'd write a bit more on the subject,  but I'm dead tired and wish to get some shut eye.

Good night all.

Yea, this is porbably why we have seen a shift in JRPG's from home consoles to the DS. It's cheap to make a great quality JRPG on a handheld.

I agree ith what you say, but it's not quite that simple. I agree that the amount of niche/small volume cosole games have dropped, but what makes me unimpressed about Sony is that the ratio of niche titles has dropped in favor of the competition. If I look at my PS2 library and compare to my Gamecube and X-Box library, PS2 has probably 60%-80% of the niche franchises. However this gen, I feel the Wii is in the lead, or if you count HD multiplatform games separatly then that is in the lead.

For instance last gen PS2 had 2 "Tales of" exclusives, and Gamecube had 1. This gen the 360 has 1, the Wii has 1, and the PS3 has 1 (with Tales of Xillia maybe coming). So the ratio went from 66% to 33%. That is why I'm unimpressed.

High rated JRPG's in general, PS3 is arguably on par, or second to a Western home console, and I would also argue on par with Wii. PS2 and PS1.....was well in the lead.