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Munkeh111 on 22 March 2013
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enditall727 said:
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Like the OP's other thread, I also adore this game. There was just something that made it click for me, even if I only bought it initially for Uncharted 2 beta access. The problem is, it just never gained great traction sales wise, so it isn't as important as Sony's other franchises

Out of those franchises, I think only Killzone should really continue. Resistance was never a big seller after the first one and I personally never bothered to play the 2nd (it is sitting over to my left barely touched) though I am certainly tempted after the good reception of the 3rd. I said many times on this forum that I feel Kratos has had his time, but he does sell....

Anyway, I feel Sony did a great job introducing new and interesting franchises from their 1st and 3rd party studios (though of course, now Sucker Punch is 1st party and Insomniac not even 3rd party) and I hope they do the same again this gen. It is rare that series actually justify more than about 3 games, there are only so many things you can do apart from just changing characters. It is probably good for the studios to have a bit of change as well

Of course, new IPs are far more risky than sequels, but Sony has generally kept a good balance

I think Sony should focus on just making 1 of each of their franchises for each generation.

 

I just atleast want to be able to play 1 Resistance for PS4. I feel like we didn't need that many Ratchet and Clank games this gen. All we need is 1 installment from each of their franchises. They should just pump each game with quality and release it with good advertising and just  let it sell for the whole generation.

1 game per generation? GT style? SCE would have to fire at least half their employees. I feel Ratchet has been excessive, but other than that there have been an acceptable number. Developers can make great games in 2 years (see Uncharted 2), maybe stretch that to 3 years and you get 2 games per gen and enough time for good quality


well not all of them

like we got over 3 ratchets and and over 3 Jak & Daxters during the 6th generation so i was expecting to get atleast 1 or 2 Jak and Dax games respectively. What we got was 0 jaks and 32 Ratchet & Clanks lol

So Insomniac aren't Sony developers, but I feel that they had a contract with a number of games, so kind of rushed through them. It is also true that most of the game weren't full games and Insomniac were beginning to experiment with the franchise given the very average sales of the games

As for Jak, ND did do some work, but couldn't come up with anything that satisfied them. The difference between Insomniac and ND is that the former started as a 2 team studio, so could move onto new things while keeping Ratchet going, ND could not and now they have moved on

we got 3 Uncharteds and 3 Resistance games this gen so i'm expecting to get atleast 1 or 2 from each next gen. I really hope we don't have 3 Uncharteds next gen. all we really need is like 2 at max.

You could certainly not criticse Uncharted for lacking quality, they produced quality titles which sold tons, I just don't understand how you can criticise that

I hope Naughty Dog can get around to atleast pumping out 1 Jak game next gen along with the Next Uncharted and other games they plan on introducing

Well we will see. I don't feel that the Last of Us will lead to a franchise, so maybe that team can work on a Jak game. But as I said before, they have thought about it, but feel that they couldn't do anything to justify its return.

I also hate not getting an installment in games that made me like PlayStation. like where the fuck was Ape Escape, Parappa The Rapper, Medievil, Jak, Wild Arms, Dark Cloud 3 etc

None of those games sold decently. Also, some of the studios aren't owned by Sony and many have moved onto Vita games. But the main thing is, Sony is keen to keep introducing many new franchises only really coming close to abusing those that sell bucketloads (God of War, Uncharted etc)

I just want them to atleast make 1 installment from each of their franchises each gen. I still want a QUALITY Twisted Metal on PS4 and a QUALITY Socom on PS4.

Well they got the Twisted Metal team to make a game and they did not deliver and it did not sell, that franchise is dead. SOCOM again failed and Zipper is no more, I wouldn't expect another SOCOM

that's what i'm saying

I think you have to accept that Sony is going to move on from unsuccesful franchises and keep trying to come up with new and interesting games. The fact is, many of the games you reference just didn't sell that well and generally weren't that well received. I feel Sony does a good job in giving their studios freedom, but also ensuring productivity. Now more than ever, their own studios have to be pumping out high quality and high selling exclusives and Sony is not going to waste people's time with average selling or average quality games.