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McDonaldsGuy on 23 January 2015
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MikeRox said:
McDonaldsGuy said:
vfguy said:
As some others have mentioned, the PS1 or PS2 have far larger libraries with a wider variety of titles.

Japanese games in general and Western oddities were on the decline for the PS360 generation. HD game development made it too costly to release weird titles like Pepsiman or that truck-decorating game. The market also went more global with fewer region-specific titles.

Many of the multiplatform PS3 games from the first half of the generation were also inferior to the 360 version with gimped or missing online, worse framerates, no trophies, etc. Luckily, the system eventually found its feet, but we are talking variety, not quality in this thread.


Actually surprisingly the PS2 lacked a lot of western type games, despite its dominance. The PS2 would not nearly be as successful today because of its Japanese influence.


GTA, Call of Duty, Baldur's Gate, Medal of Honor, Need for Speed,  God of War, FIFA, MADDEN, Jak and Daxter, Ratchet and Clank, Eye Toy, Buzz, The Getaway, Guitar Hero, Singstar, SOCOM, Crash Bandicoot, Star Wars Battlefront.

What Western gaming exactly was absent from the PS2? Many Western games were huge drivers of hardware sales in the West. It's just that the decline of Japanese gaming just makes them even more significant in the current market, but they were pretty much always present and correct on the PS2.

This just merely emphasises more so how the PS3 does not have a more diverse lineup than the PS2.


It does pale in comparison to the PS3 and Xbox 360 however. As great as the PS2 was it was a product of its time really. With first person shooters and WRPGs now some of the most popular genres it may not have had the appeal it does today. Even with the PS4, it's most popular games are shooters (Battlefield 4, Killzone 4, Call of Duty series, Destiny, etc. etc.).