I Honestly Thought Microsoft Had This In The Bag

[DonFerrari]

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.  

You have a good point.

But since this is internet age in a few days they may enter the hypetrain. And Sony still showed uc4, horizon and will have privileges on the MP blockbusters. They will capitalize on that.

 

And in the end we know that Sony will put a lot of work to make those games great, at least forme, a guy that loved puppetter and knack.