Runa216 said:
Textbook Strawman! We don't need to go back to the DOS days, and exaggerating the timeframe like that in order to make your point does you no favours. The history of Microsoft over the last two generations has not been good. They did some great things with supporting indies on their platform in the early years of 360, but beyond that their stuff has been homogenized and anything that doesn't fit their mold is cancelled or not given the support it needs. This is drastically different from Sony's wide berth of creativity between their development teams. That is why people think Sony having Castlevania, Metal Gear solid, and Silent Hill would be a good idea. They're more likely to say 'hey, Kojima! Here's 100 million dollars, give us a Silent Hills game' than Microsoft would be...becuase they've done things like that with Kojima in the past. Once again, I refer to you Death Stranding. That is one hell of a weird, off-kilter piece of work from a true auteur. That sort of shit would never fly with Konami today (maybe in the 90's?) and certainly not with Microsoft (who mostly focuses on multiplayer and online functionality) Actually, holy shit, I think I found where this goes wrong. Microsoft is up there with Ubisoft, Activision, EA, and other developers like that. you know, the big third party ones. Most of their stuff has a similar look and feel and style, leading to redundancy. too much trend chasing, not enough unique, singleplayer stuff (And even the singleplayer stuff is kinda generic). sure, there are exceptions, but those are few and far between. Again, Shooters and racers and gritty realism. Microsoft has a clear aesthetic, as does nintendo (Bubbly, toony, stylized fun), but I don't think Sony does. you're just as likely to get LittlebigPlanet and Ratchet & Clank as you are Uncharted and God of War. |
Yep.
