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Carl on 17 May 2013
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bananaking21 said:
Carl2291 said:
I think "Change the Industry" is taking it a tad too far.

What they might do is take a genre back to where it should be though. Survival Horror.

Resident Evil abandoned it. Dead Space abandoned it.

If The Last of Us is successful enough at retail, then we could see the return of "Survival Horror" on consoles. Especially if the game matches/outsells Resident Evil 6, which has yet to pass 5 Million units. If Sony are smart with the marketing then we could see big numbers. Expect a bundle during the holiday and potentially a PS4 version of the game somewhere down the road.


but wouldnt that be changing the indusrty? if it can populerize the survival horror genre wouldnt it have made an effect on the industry? and thus changed it?


The survival horror genre is already popular. Its just the "big boys" on consoles are trying to go a more action orientated, multiplayer route.

It could put more of a focus back to the roots of survival horror on consoles, thats about it. Its not gonna get a bunch of clones though. It could just influence them to go more "survival" than "action".

Minecraft is a game that changed the industry. It popularised a genre and had countless copycats. Wii Sports changed the industry. Halo changed the industry. Call of Duty 4 changed the industry. Impact like that is what I consider "changing the industry", and I just dont see TLoU having that kind of impact.

If we see 2-3 new survival horror IPs/games release in the next 3-4 Years, sure. If the next Resident Evil is influenced by TLoU, sure. I just dont think it will have that kind of impact. Id say it has the potential to "define a genre", not "change the industry".