Why Do U Hate PS3 (or Sony)??

[Kantor]

Euphoria14 said:

Kantor said:

Euphoria14 said:
Sony needs to make more RPGs. It's the only reason I went with Playstation to begin with.

So much focus on shooters this gen. I hope they carry a new approach next gen.

This is a common criticism, but how many shooters has Sony actually developed?

Killzone, Resistance and arguably Uncharted. Everything else is part of another genre: LBP, Ratchet, inFamous, Flower, Gran Turismo, Wipeout, GoW3.

It's just the third party developers who love to make shooters, and Sony is hardly going to say no to those.

 Killzone, Resistance, MAG, Socom, Uncharted. How many RPGs? 

I forgot about MAG and SOCOM. But then Zipper have never really made anything other than a shooter in their lengthy existence, so expecting them to switch to RPGs would be pretty unreasonable.

It's true that Sony's RPG lineup is pretty weak, but that's not something that can be easily fixed. You need developers with some level of RPG experience to make one. Microsoft only had those exclusive JRPGs initially because:

a) The PS3 install base was miniscule, and

b) They contracted with third party developers.

And of course, there are RPGs on PS3 (Mass Effect and Skyrim right down to Final Fantasy and Tales of Vesperia), they're just not exclusive.