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BenVTrigger on 23 May 2013
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forevercloud3000 said:
BenVTrigger said:

Honest question. I simply don't understand why people are acting like the PS4 was this incredible mind blowing showcase.

At the PS4 conference they showed

Knack - Which looks like it could be a decent little platformer

Killzone - Looked great but was expected and nothing revolutionary

Infamous Second Son -same as Killzone

Drive Club - could be a good racer. Not much was shown

Diablo - Which will be multi platform

Destiny - multiplat

Deep Down - likely multiplat

Square Enix - Lol

And good specs.

MS showed a new core IP from Remedy, an improved Kinect, the actual console, a new great controller, a sequel to the biggest gaming franchise in the world with exclusive content, a highlight real of the biggest sports games on a new engine with exclusive content, Forza 5 sequel to the highest average Meta racer ever, 15 exclusives in the first year, NFL partnership, Halo TV show, cool media features.

To me its clear MS focused on mass market and did a better job selling to them than Sony did. That being said Im NOT saying they had a better conference for gamers. In fact Sonys conference was probably better from a "gamers" perspective

Still if you read the comments you would think Sony showed ultra megaton after megaton. Which frankly didnt happen. It looks like a solid system for gamers but honestly wasnt all that impressive either.

E3 should be much better for MS and Sony.

Sony's conference gave a far better taste of what is to come for the platform, especially when it comes to games. It felt more focused. KZ may look like "another shooter" but at this point don't they all??? Infamous continues to be a shining point of what is possible in an open world. The trailer was in-game, and particle effects being pulled off in that series are truly something to marvel......plus they are just great games. Knack was to appease a certain crowd that Sony finds themselves neglecting every so often, later interviews revealed something interesting about it. Sony says Knack felt riminicent of Crash Bandicoot, and thats what swayed them. We shall see on that of course. Drive Club is filling a void that will be left by no big racing title for the console just yet, but will be a perfect showcase of power.

Nevertheless, they all felt like really solid Launch games, the kind of which you rarely see. Most console launches are terrible and only have 2 noteworthy titles at best. Sony assured that there is at least 4-5 there for you. 

Everything Sony talked about was just....positive. Other than no BC, there was not a single dark spot in it. Gamers like the idea of sharing, eliminating load times, being able to get to the games faster than ever, etc. 

MS, had way too many sour points like DRM and envasive tech holding their conf back. Would have liked to see something outside of MS's typical (COD and Forza....)Neither of their shown exclusives excited me or anyone really, and when you remove that it was just multiplats.


Solid post. Thanks for the thought out response and I agree Sony definitely sold to the core gamer (us) better.