TheObserver said:
Dude you're buggin'.lol The games coming from Sony next year are coming from Developers who have consistently delivered critically acclaimed and commercially successful titles. Uncharted 4- Naughty Dog: Uncharted 2/3 and Last of Us are among most critically acclaimed games of all time, all scoring 90+ on Metacritic. Gran Turismo- Polyphony Digital, This game is the go to Car Simulator for people who are in that genre, it's always loved by it's fans which number in 10s of millions. Horizon- Gurrilla Games: Killzone never turned into the Halo Killer it was supposed to be but Killzone 2 and 3 are very well received games, Killzone 2 has a 90 on Metacritic. And they hired people from CD Prject, and Obsidian for this game, including Fallout New Vegas' lead writer. Dreams- Media Molecule, I personally don't get their games, but LittleBigPlanet 2/3 were among the highest rated games last gen scoring over 90 on metacritic. The Last Guardian- Team Ico: Both ICO and Shadow of the Colossus have scored over 90 on metacritic and these games are always in the running as the best of all time. Street Fighter V- It's the premier fighting game franchise, though I prefer Tekken myself.
Now in contrast games coming from MS don't have the same talent behind them. Gears 4- The Coalition: A rookie developer who doesn't have anyting to it's name. And a Studio MS didn't deem capable enough to create their own game, but rather make a sequel to something that's already there. It's another 343i situation so the same result can be expected. Quantum Break- Remedy: They've made Max Payne and Alan Wake. The most critically well received was the first May Payne and even that couldn't Pass 90, and every game since has gone down in both critical acclaim and sales. ReCore- This has Kenji Inafune's name on it, but he's been putting his name on a lot of questionable things in the recent years, the best thing to do is stay cautious. Crackdown: Another unknown developer working on a sequel, but this time the IP is not as good as Gears or Halo, but a rather mediocre one that neither scores well nor sells much. Scalebound- Platinum Games, This studio is hit or miss, they can deliver a critically acclaimed title or a huge dud. They're also working on Nier 2 for PS4. Halo Wars- It's another Halo spinoff if the main game didn't do much to save XB1 then a spinoff sure as hell won't make a dent. Phantom Dust- This game is not happening, the first one sold like crap, there was no reason to reboot this, and seems MS realized that too. Sea of Thieves- Rare: They haven't made a real game in a while. The've been a shovelware maker for years now.
MS is really lacking in getting good talent to make games, while Sony owns top of the ladder developers. Almost all of whom have delvered highly criticlly acclaimed titles. The games that made PS3 outsell 360 despite launching a year later. Imagine if XB1 launched a year after PS4, it would never be able to get off the ground. |
All you're doing is wishful speculation, and adressed none of the points I addressed.
I'll make a list too, as I said, it's pretty easy (note that these aren't my personal beliefs and I'm sure those games will be great, but I'm using your fallacious thinking)
Horizon- Gurrilla Games: Killzone never turned into the Halo Killer it was supposed to be but Killzone 2 and 3 are very well received games, Killzone 2 has a 90 on Metacritic. And they hired people from CD Prject, and Obsidian for this game, including Fallout New Vegas' lead writer.
-Yet Shellshock Nam got 52/100, Killzone got 70/100 and ShadowFall 73/100. So the majority of their 5 games they developed are so-so, and they are therefore not a consistent developer. And so what if there is former staff of CD Project And Obsdiain? The biggest bust last year, Sonic Boom, was developed by former Naughty Dog employees. For all you know, those hired people from CD and Obsidian could have been low-level staff or even fired, and so doesn't mean anything on the whole.
Besides, MS also hires ''talented people'' (BioShock Infinite, Bioware developers). Just because they don't announce it doesn't mean it doesn't happen.
The Last Guardian will be in development hell for 9 years now, with the head Ueda and other Team Ico members leaving because they were unsatisfied with the situation. Often, but not always, games who are in development hell for around the 10 year mark lack direction, are unpolished, and ultimately fail to meet the hype that grew through the years (see Too Human, Prey, Duke Nukem Forever, Aliens: Colonial Marines). So cautiousness is needed. If it would have released in 2009 like it was supposed to, the impact would have been huge. Back then, gaming was filled with by-the-humbers shooters, racers, etc. But in 2016? Indies and games that strive to be art forms and other emotionally resonant games have quickly arose in the last few years (Walking Dead, Journey, Bastion, Brothers, etc.), diminishing the essentialness of TLG and the kind ofimpact it had in the early 2000s.
Gran Turismo- Polyphony Digital, This game is the go to Car Simulator for people who are in that genre, it's always loved by it's fans which number in 10s of millions.
-Has decreased in quality over time, and are taking way too long to develop their games. New generations of gamers don't even know what the golden age of GT was. Newer racing titles have slowly filled its place, same thing happened to Halo 5. Once scoring in the high 90s, now settles in the low 80s. The latest main entry did not sell 10s of millions, it only sold 3.29 millions. And next year's game is not a main entry. And the excuse of ''people didn't buy it cause it was on last-gen console'' doesn't really apply back in 2013. Call of duty Ghosts on 360 and PS3 vastly outsold the PS4/One version, same with Battlefield 4 and Assassin's Creed Black Flag.
Dreams- Media Molecule, I personally don't get their games, but LittleBigPlanet 2/3 were among the highest rated games last gen scoring over 90 on metacritic.
Eh, nobody really understands what is going on in Dreams. Do you think the mainstream will even know what this one is about?
Uncharted 4 looks really good though
Do you see? It's pretty easy to dismiss any game (As I said, these are not my personal views and I honestly think all of those games will be alright, but I am doing what you're doing, undeservingly dismissing games from developers who work very hard based on flimsy and speculative thoughts just because they happen to be from the manufacturer you don't like and are already biased against) Besides, you never adressed the other points I said. Quality games perspective, that remains to be seen in the future, but again, but from the sales point of view the Xbox One is not gonna die and suddenly sell less than 3 million next year.
