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Rain2 on 23 August 2017
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Ultrashroomz said:
One thing I like about PlayStation is that even though I could care less for most of the popular Western stuff like Horizon or God of War, there are still games I am interested in and enjoy, mainly Japanese games.

Notable examples include Gravity Rush, Persona 5, and the .hack series which I plan to pick up when those games come out.

I agree, it's the combination of western + Japanese games that brings in mass appeal. For you, the Japanese games are more interesting which I agree with

AlfredoTurkey said:

PS3, on the other hand... most of the best and biggest third party games went to 360 or played better on 360. Even more so when you get into online multiplayer games. The UI was chuggy and slow, PSN was pretty bad... overall, PS3 was basically Sony's Gamecube. It had some really great first party games but nothing else.

PS4 is just... idk. It has again, some great first party titles but it all feels so generic. PS3 felt like a Japanese console. PS4 feels like an American console. It's biggest selling game is now COD. It's what most dude-bros own. It's (the brand) no longer unique imo. They wanted to copy what MS had done in the west and outdo them... they achieved that goal. But by doing so, lost their identity in the process. At least for me anyway.

PS3 was the most rough spot and it still ended up a big success. I think that shows that, despite its flaws, it still had the variety people wanted. I agree, Sony might be western focused compared to before but I think that's because of where gaming has gone over the past two generations. The western 3rd parties have been super successful while the Japanese developers have fallen from grace a bit. They seem to be on the up though after a steep learning curve into HD development. Plus, Japanese developers have always been slow to jump into the next generation, we should start seeing more and more Japanese games coming.

AngryLittleAlchemist said:
I'm a bit frustrated. Technically speaking, nothing you said is wrong. But I was expecting a discussion about what makes the PS4 great, now a How To Basic : Understanding Playstation since 1994 101 course.

That's fair. I was going to go farther into depth with it but decided not to for a few reasons. 1) I didn't want the OP to be too long due to noticing an even bigger decline in people actually reading the OP on this site. 2) I was going to bed and was admittedly rushing a bit. 3) I figured I got the gist across. I'm sorry.

BraLoD said:
Now go play LoD.

Tell Sony to release PS classics to the PS4 or PS Now and maybe I will



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