So, Where Are All These AAA PS4 Exclusives, Sony?

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EB1994 said:

starcraft said:

EB1994 said:

I couldn't possibly name them.  Just as no one can name the high budget/high quality/high sales/*insert your preferred AAA metric here* games that any of the others are working on - not being Sony Computer Entertainment's CFO and all!

Naughty Dog - Uncharted PS4 Yep

Polyphony - GT 7 Assumption, but yep.

Santa Monica - Cory Barlog's game (God of War IV also??) Sure but we don't know what

Guerilla - Brand new AAA IP already confirmed. Sure but we don't know what

San Diego - I think these guys only do MLB soooo yeah. Inclined to agree

Sucker Punch - Def not doing ports, AAA game next (inFAMOUS 3??) We just don't know...

Quantic Dream - Working on AAA PS4 game Confirmed - http://www.dualshockers.com/2014/04/20/quantic-dream-working-on-aaa-ps4-game-with-real-time-hair-and-cloth-and-physically-based-materials/ Sure but we don't know what

Media Molecule - Working on AAA title confirmed - http://www.officialplaystationmagazine.co.uk/2012/06/26/media-molecule-working-on-next-aaa-title-involving-different-platforms/ Sure but we don't know what - nothing confirmed platform wise in this article btw.

London Studio - New game. Ad says they want someone with AAA game experience - http://www.dualshockers.com/2014/04/16/sony-london-studio-working-on-morpheus-title-with-high-quality-audio-content-based-on-unity/ Sure but we don't know what.

Japan Studio - The Last Guardian PS4??I dunno lol Sigh...we can hope.

Sony Bend - Job ad that says worked on AAA games is prefered, they are working on a AAA PS4 game - http://www.dualshockers.com/2014/02/07/sony-bends-unannounced-ps4-game-to-provide-a-cinematic-experience-and-advanced-animation/  Sure but we don't know what

Guerilla Cambridge - I think these guys are a handheld developer. Yeah we'll see.

The problem is, that doesn't really tell us much, except that we don't know much!

As we've seen in this thread, what constitutes AAA varies.  You seem to feel it is AAA if a studio says so (happy to be corrected if you have a more specific view).

One thing we do know based on the PS+ terms of use is that Sony seems to believe it consitutes a high-rating game, which in turn (to them) consitutes a 70+ meta.  Now, whatever we don't agree on, I am sure we can both agree that the vast majority of users on this site would not believe that 70+ metagames should receive anything like a AAA labelling (excepting those users who explicitely view AAA as an indication of budget).  So at best we know that Sony hopes that many of these studios are going to produce a game that could be called AAA - but we also know that regardless of how that turns out, Sony is likely to call the product AAA.

Hell, I am inclined to call Infamous: Second Son AAA.  I used to consider AAA games to be big-budget titles over 90+ with system selling capability (by that metric, the WiiU is winning the gaming war).  I don't necessarily believe that now. But many gamers do!

I guess my point is this: Right now the PS4 does not have much in the way of impressive, big budget experiences period, letalone exclusive ones. Will they get some? Sure.  But there is virtually no chance those studios are all going to produce at least one such title - not all Sony studios are Naughty Dog after all!