| fastyxx said: I'm actually surprised the internet has been so overhwelmingly pro-Sony, but I guess it makes sense. They had those surprises. But I wonder. I'm talking to my teenage students today about E3 and games, and one made a good point and the rest of the kids agreed. He (current 360 owner who has been wanting to go PS4 with his summer job money) said basically "Why should I care about these games everyone is getting hyped about?" TLG was first shown before he started really gaming outside of like Wii Sports and stuff. He has no idea what Shenmue is and has never played a FF game, let alone one that launched the year he was born. As an older gamer, I hadn't thought about that. I wonder how these "megatons" play out with younger audiences. I've been playing since Atari, and I get why people would be amped for a remake of their favorite game. And I get why they are news. But it's even hard for me to get too psyched about things coming out 2/3 years out. (I know TLG was said to be 2016, but I'll believe that when I see it. Unless they are purposely playing coy, that game is still in pretty low res state, showing the same stuff as before. Makes me believe it isn't that far along) If Shenmue is still getting funded, it's just starting. 2018 at the earliest. FF VII they'll try to get out for the 20th anniversary if all goes well, so that's two years off at least. I dunno. I'm looking forward to a lot of those games long-term, but they really are long-term. |
This is a very good post. Able to cut past the hype and see things a bit more clearly. Aside from the "megatons", Sony still showed some great stuff. Uncharted looks better every time I see it and Horizon was a surprise, too. I just feel that people are sometimes more motivated by "In your face! My console is better than yours because...." type arguments than the reality of things. People were throwing Agent (the vaporware from Rockstar) into arguments for years despite never seeing more than a logo. Such is the nature of the beast.
