| Pristine20 said: I will agree on MS part because the xbox one presentation emphasized sports, TV and COD but Sony's PS4 reveal was richer than that and you guys know it. You're the one with the wrong perception. We can discount those ones I listed besides TLOU. How about Heavenly Sword, Lair (I know it sucked), Genji, Folklore (they made a big deal about this one), Siren, Demon's souls (it was published by Sony), etc See this list and tell me sony caters to dudebros again Most of the games on your list aren't nintendo games either which kind of proves the point that they are not that important as those games would easily go elsewhere. |
Yes, Sony does release more than just games directed at the "dudebros" audience (whatever those are, which is arguable...). But the discussion was not about everything they do, but about what is their focus. For example, Nintendo focuses on arcade-like experiences which are generally family-friendly, but they can also publish things like Xenoblade, Sin and Punishment, Fire Emblem, Disaster: Day of Crisis, Zangeki no Reginleiv, Pandora's Tower, etc. There's a difference between their "bread and butter" type of games where their focus is, and the rest.
In the case of Sony, their focus this past gen has clearly being on the likes of Killzone, Resistance, Gran Turismo, Uncharted, Little Big Planet, Heavy Rain, and Ratchet and Clank, not on the side of White knight Chronicles, Rain, Puppeteer, Demon's Souls, Siren or Eyepet. Their focus has been far more on the Western side of development than on Japan, and among those, far more on the realism, cinematic, shooter trend that we're seeing these days. You can evidence this in the way the games are marketed and released (like Siren:Blood Curse being digital only), or where the funding goes. 3 Resistance games, 2 Killzone games, 3 Uncharted games, 2 Gran Turismo games > Folklore, 2 White Knight Chronicles (the second one localized by D3 Publisher in NA), Genji, Lair, Heavenly Sword, etc. Sure, Little Big Planet and partially Ratchet and Clank stand out here as different cases, but so are Zelda and Metroid on Nintendo's case. If your argument here is to not generalize as much, then I can agree with that. But if we're going to examine where their focus lies, then this is how I see it for both, being fully aware of their lineups.
The last part of my previous response to you had a list of 3rd party niche games on purpose. It was in response to the suggestion that 3rd party niche titles can't find success on Nintendo platforms. All 3rd party games are free to go elsewhere of course, whether we talk about Valkyria Chronicles or Harvest Moon. The point was just that Sony platforms are not the only ones where 3rd party success can be found, nothing more than that.
