RubberWhistleHistle said:
in fact, we are going backwards, releasing things that have already been released. i swear, i have said this like four times.
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You clearly haven't read these 2 posts from Shadow1980 and Conina. I'd recommend you do so. It might make you a little less narrow minded.
Shadow1980 said:
I don't get the ire towards cross-gen games. They were fairly common back in the early days of the seventh generation as well, with the 360 getting many games that were also available on PS2 and/or Xbox, including:
Need For Speed: Most Wanted
Tony Hawk's American Wasteland
Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter
Battlefield 2: Modern Combat
Just Cause
Far Cry Instincts
Tomb Raider: Legend
Blazing Angels
X-Men: The Official Game
Hitman: Blood Money
CoD 3
Splinter Cell: Double Agent
Burnout Revenge
Test Drive Unlimited
Marvel Ultimate Alliance
Tony Hawk Project 8
Smackdown vs. Raw '07
Superman Returns
Need For Speed Carbon
Final Fantasy XI
Crash of the Titans
Need For Speed: Pro Street
And all the common sports games as well as a number of tie-in games based on movies and whatnot besides the ones listed above.
So, nothing new under the sun. Third parties aren't terribly keen on immediately switching from one system to another as there's still money to be made selling games on last-gen systems, and given the nature of gaming hardware in the 21st century, cross-gen games are an easier way of supporting two generations at the same time. Whether it was the over 100 million PS2's in homes in '06 or the over 160 million 360s & PS3s out there today, that represents a lot customers out there that still haven't transitioned to the newer systems. Once the newer systems get better install bases we see developers gradually drop support for older systems, and we're seeing that already this year. After perusing the list of upcoming 2015 games on Wikipedia, I'm seeing only 8 or 9 notable or semi-notable retail-release games coming to last-gen systems, a significant drop-off from last year. There's more and more games being released on current-gen systems only.
Now, I will say that I have played a couple of cross-gen games on both last-gen and current-gen, and the current-gen versions were by far the superior versions. For example, the 360 version of Destiny was just dreadful to look at and play after playing the very pretty PS4 version, so I don't buy the "it doesn't make a difference" argument. Resolution, performance, and various subtle and not-so-subtle graphical effects make a big difference. I don't feel put off at all by the several cross-gen games I bought, and I feel I was better off buying the current-gen versions. Yes, I do want more current-gen-only games as they're better able to take advantage of the newer hardware, but I'm not going to feel ripped off by the existence of cross-gen games in the first year or two. If you don't like cross-gen games, then maybe being an early adopter isn't a great idea. Wait until it gets enough current-gen games to pique your interest, then buy one. The price may even have gone down by then.
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Conina said:
The PS4 launch is 16 months ago... only ONE of these listed games was released in the same time frame since PS3 launch, two of them were released in year 5.
- MGS 4 = 20 months after PS3 launch
- Heavy Rain = 40 months after PS3 launch
- God of War 3 = 41 months after PS3 launch
- Killzone 2 = 28 months after PS3 launch
- LittleBigPlanet 1 = 23 months after PS3 launch
- LittleBigPlanet 2 = 51 months after PS3 launch
- Uncharted 1 = 11 months after PS3 launch
- Uncharted 2 = 35 months after PS3 launch
- Uncharted 3 = 60 months after PS3 launch
And if Heavy Rain counts as "Sony's First-Party-Exclusive"... what has happened to quality games the Sony published in 2006 and 2007?
Genji: Days of Blade (Metascore 55), Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom (Metascore 58) and Lair (Metascore 53)?
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There are at least as many great games in other gens' early years and as you show cross-gen games aren't something new. I fully understand some people's lack of incentive to upgrade if they can play all the games they're interested in on their last gen consoles but I already have a PS4 + Wii U and my enjoyment of a certain game isn't the slightest affected by the game being cross-gen or not.
