Will the PS4's First/Second-Party be more influential to hardware sales than with the PS3?

[Kasz216]

Jay520 said:

Kasz216 said:

First/Second party?

No. Sure the developer experience has been increased... but developer studios have been closed/decreased.

Sony may turn it around by then and reinvest in studios and pick up developers. However, if anything the short term trend will probably continue and they will probably still close a few more/let go of some employees.

There top developers might produce a little better (though really they're already hitting high points on the metacritic rankings.)  however those games will be fewer and farther inbetween.

I'm not talking about mere quantity. The developers that Sony shut down weren't impactful for the PS3. So I don't see how their absence will pose a problem for the PS4. On the other hand, Sony's more impactful studios have improved and/or expanded into multiple studios.

Sure they were.  They were plenty impactful, each in their own small way.

The bigger studios won't be able to compensate for all of their smaller and many contributions.

Your falling into a common trap only looking at the things that score by miles, not realizing that in reality... the game is one by the inches.

 

If the BIG games only mattered, N64 would of eaisly did as well if not better then the PS1.  You look at the all time impactful games, N64 destroys the PS1. 

 

The only reason the PS4 games might do better won't be due to their individual impact ability, but possibly due to not having to go up against another Wii.  (impact wise.)