One of the main problems of MS' first party games

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AG80 said:

binary solo said:

AG80 said:

walsufnir said:

S.T.A.G.E. said:

binary solo said:

Sony has it's examples. Most notably with GT, but maybe Polyphony loves sim racers and GT so much they don't want to branch out. But still, I think if Poly could bring in a bit of extra talent and release a counter-cyclical kart racer that would be a pretty good move. Maybe they should salvage the key people who worked on MNR and get moving on that idea. I prefer kart racers over all other forms of racer, so yeah, get on it Sony.

The head of Polyphony is obsessed with making the perfect racing sim. GT is a very historically important franchise worldwide for Sony. Truthfully Sony has nothing to prove compared to Microsoft about being able to create their own diverse first party.

 

It was the most important Sony exclusive for years and nothing less. Uncharted *could* change that but still until today GT is the "mascot" of the Playstation.

Indeed but I'd say TLOU has a better chance of doing taht than Uncharted. Horizon also has the potential to do it.

Based on what I've seen of Horizon so far, that's a very low chance. Looks interesting, but doesn't look like the new PS premier franchise.

It doesn't look likwe one yet, but we shouldn't discount the potentially huge audience of a well-made open-world RPG.

You're right, but if you are thinking Skyrim big then there are a lot of elements that go into making Skyrim big which are not indicated as being present in Horizon. For starters you are locked in to playing one character. That's immediately a departure from RPG roots, which will turn RPG enthusiasts off. So it's a hard road from there to most important franchise. If the game does very well then there is every possibility of the franchise becoming more expansive with fully customisable characters. There is huge potential with different tribes, but again so far it looks like everyone's human. Different races (elf, dwarf, lizardman, orc etc) are another core of RPG popularity. Perhaps different tribes can have evolved into quite different-looking races which evoke the classic RPG races, and a few unique ones too.

There's a great deal still to prove with this game / fledgling franchise.