Without Uncharted 4, what to expect now?

[binary solo]

PwerlvlAmy said:

binary solo said:

Maybe not you personally, but from the market's perspective if GT7 sells like GT5 then it's a bigger AAA exclusiive than Uncharted. You can't deny GT's big AAA status just because you personally don't groove on the game. I've never owned or played a GT game in my life, but I still recognise it's AAAness (or triple anus *snort*), and indeed its prime importance in the Sony 1st party line up.

The itch GT7 can't scratch is the one that fans of action games have. So GT7, irrespective of its high standing as a PS franchise, can't directly compete for the gamer dollar against RTR and Halo like UC can.

I just can't consider the GT series as big of a system seller or bigger AAA game than Uncharted and I don't even like the Uncharted series lol

Subjectively, sure. But objectively it is impossible to deny how massive a AAA franchise GT is for Sony. Even the Forza loving GT haters 100% know that GT is a big deal and an important franchise for Sony. The fact they would like to see it die forever is beside the point, in fact it somewhat reinforces the point. 

Uncharted is more important to Sony than GT as a foil against the more popular Xb exclusives, so it is there to compete for the soft market in that space. But GT has stiff competition with Forza and it is equally vital that Sony has a racing sim to keep Forza at bay, and of course to compete with PC racing sims. You might not rate the racing market, but it is an important market segment that needs AAA attention.

I do think that for 2015 in particular if you asked me whether it would be better for Sony to release Uncharted or GT7 (if they could only release one) I would say Uncharted, purely because of the line up MS is putting together for the holidays. But GT7 would be a highly acceptable alternative now that Uncharted is off the table.