The_Liquid_Laser said:
It isn't about franchises. It's about the quality of the games. You know the N64 and Gamecube had several of my favorite franchises and I still gave them both a pass. The quality of the "franchises" dropped. On top of that the % of original good games also dropped. The N64 and Gamecube were more powerful than their Playstation competitors and they suffered for it. Power has all sorts of disadvantages including the effects it has on game development. High game budgets means fewer games and less risk taking, so there are fewer original games as well. This time around PS4 is the disappointing console. All of the Playstation "franchises" I used to love are diminished in some way on the PS4, or they simply don't appear at all. If you want specifics here they are:
Uncharted 4 is the best Uncharted, but I only thought this franchise was ok to begin with. Nier: Automata seemed decent from what I've played, but I haven't picked it up after the first few hours because there are plenty of Switch games I'd rather be playing. Katamari Damacy was only good on the PS2, but doesn't even appear on the PS4. Three FF7 games is not better. It's worse. It's so much worse. I'm still not sure what I am going to do with this game. I want to like it, but it seems like it's going to piss me off. Although the game seems like the perfect conclusion to the whole PS4 experience. They seem like they are giving me what they want, but they are really just pissing me off. The PS4, in general, seems great on the surface. But a closer inspection reveals that it is hugely disappointing. For me, at least, it is hugely disappointing. All of my favorite "franchises" are diminished in some way, and it also lacks new games which are interesting. I don't know what games the PS5 will have, but if they continue in this direction then it is unlikely I will get one. At best I will buy one several years from now, when it is cheap, and use it mostly for streaming and Blu-Rays, which is mostly what I do with my PS4 system. |
Most of this is not related to sony or anything about how the PS4 was handled. The only topic of relevance is sonys investment in Japanese titles (Gravity Rush2/Blodborne/TheLastGuardian), so its just purely about what software arrives on each platform.
But with some of those comments I'm very surprised you enjoyed the PS3, but you don't need to elaborate on that.