Gaming on the PS4 is so ANNOYING!

[Shiken]

0D0 said:

Shiken said:

So we are just going to pretend Splatoon,  Daemon X Machina, Astral Chain, and reviving Bayonetta are not risks?

As for Zelda, this is false on so many levels.  I am going to say look at the review scores for Triforce Heros and Hyrule Warriors and leave it at that.  Nothing wrong with admitting that the majority of a certain IP just so happens to put out high quality entries.

No, I'm saying that investing in Mario/Zelda and Co (the 30 year old franchises) is not as a investment as God of War and Horizon Zero Dawn.

Thats not what you said, but ok lets pretend that you didn't forget about Nintendo taking risks on newer IPs and you were not trying to claim that all Nintendo does is reuse the same franchises without risk.

Now we have come full circle.  Once again, investment does not equal quality.  Despite being less of an investment, Breath of the Wild still beat out Horizon in sales, score, and won GotY.  Mario Odyssey scored just as high.  I play games, not investments, and therefore the notion that Sony games are better due to how much money they invest is just plain incorrect.

Now do not get me wrong, God of War and Horizon are both amazing games.  God of War was my GotY 2018, but lets take a look at some more heavily invested games on Sony's side.

Killzone Shadowfall was an expensive investment, and is one of the weakest in the franchise.  The Order 1886 was a very heavy investment, and we all know how that turned out.  Driveclub bombed, got better with patches, and is now being removed from the store.

So I will say it again, investment means little in the grand scheme of things.  What does make good games is the developers and talent behind games like Zelda, Mario, God of War, Horizon, Smash, etc.  In this regard, Sony and Nintendo both have a lot going for them.