Gaming on the PS4 is so ANNOYING!

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Shiken said:

0D0 said:

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.

Nobody said "Sony games are better due to how much money they invest".

I said "Investing money means commitment and it's very important".  A reply to " investing a lot of money does not mean anything ".

So, I'm disagreeing, saying: no, it does mean something.

To the other guy, not to you, I added: "Nintendo for example reuses the Mario brand all the time and their investment in their games is not as risky as Sony at all. ". Most Nintendo revenue comes from "Mario/Zelda/Pokemon & Co", the 30 year-old evergreens. Investing is them is clearly not as risky as what Sony's been doing in recent generations. It's a fair comparison. It's not that Sony takes a lot of risk and Nintendo doesn't take any. Nintendo takes less. If you think Nintendo takes more or takes the same, I respect your opinion while disagreeing.