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BraLoD said:
trunkswd said:

PS4 was $100 less than Xbox One at launch and well we know how much Microsoft messed up at the start of the generation and it wasn't until a couple years ago that the Xbox division was given a bigger budget. They have more studios than at any time in the past. 

I'm talking about what you posted earlier, that more competition brings better/more first party games.

While I do agree I pointed that the PS4 had no real competition and still delivered us one of the best first party lineups ever.

Not only did they give us some of the best first party games (second only to Nintendo, in my opinion), some of those were new IPs, something Microsoft just can't manage. Bloodborne, Horizon Zero Dawn, and Ghost of Tsushima are all amazing games, with Bloodborne being probably my all-time favourite, not factoring nostalgia for SNES games. (Seriously, my top 5 of all time are SNES games, followed by Bloodborne; THAT is how good that game is). 

I could ALMOST count The Last of Us as a new IP this gen as it was released in 2013, but I won't. 

God of War is practically a new IP given its shift in tone and gameplay style. 

Spider-Man is almost new IP in that it isn't a sequel to a prior game, but we can't REALLY count it. 

Point is, they actually did a lot right this generation despite being without competition. PS2 had a similar situation. No competition, but ALL the greatest games (Aside from Nintendo, as usual). I agree with you wholeheartedly. 



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