Sony E3 predictions.

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starcraft said:

makingmusic476 said:

If they know what's good for them, they'll get the guys at SCEI working on a Legend of Dragoon 2.

Tbh, the one area in which Sony's first party studios is lacking is RPGs. All they really have is the semi-second party Level 5 (White Knight Chronicles), which spends a good bit of it's time making puzzle games for the DS (Professor Layton) and Dragon Quest games for SE in addition to its ps2/3/P titles.

Other than that, they may show the first WRPG or two from the NCsoft deal they announced at last E3 (the guys behind Guild Wars, Lineage, City of Heroes/Villians).

And then there's the platform issue of Star Ocean 4. Oh SE, why must you torment us so!?!

Are the NCsoft RPG's any good? Did Sony sign a deal for them to START making RPG's for PS3 or to put RPG's they were ALREADY making on the PS3. If it was RPG's they were just starting, they could still be two years away.

As for Star Ocean 4, I thought it wasn't due out till the end of next year.

Here is the problem for the PS3's RPG's. People will wait for FFXIII, but beyond that, the Xbox 360 will be nudging mass market prices at the end of this year and it will be the only current generation console with RPG's or JRPG's (accepting WKS (if it makes it this year) and Valkyrie Chronicles) worth a damn.

The Eternal Sonata port should be hitting later this year. That puts WKC, Valkyria Chronicles, and ES vs Lost Odyssey, Blue Dragon, and ES plus the knowledge that FFXIII will be hitting the ps3.

And then there's the smaller titles like Disgaea 3 and Folklore to go up against Culdecept Saga. :P

And you requested games that they might show at E3, not games that might make it out by the end of '08. Hence why I mentioned SO4. :P

Edit: I'm an idiot.  I totally forgot about Tales of Vesperia and Infinite Undiscovery.  Yeah, the 360 will certainly have the better JRPG line up.