Simple. We embraced the dark side.
I am the black sheep 
"of course I'm crazy, but that doesn't mean I'm wrong."-Robert Anton Wilson
I'm a Playstation fan because of the variety and quality of Sony's first party games. Sadly, I've never had a PS1 but I became a PS fan last gen. And when I now look at the PS3, the quality of Sony's games has even increased compared to last gen IMO.
Pretty much everything has already been said here in this thread by other people, so I don't have to explain more 
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| tripprowe2468 said: first off im not saying this in a mean way towards you. But just the fact that you even posted this a topic shows how games have changed in my opinion, mainly because of xbox. ever since 360 started getting bigger gamers have been subjected to halo and gears. both very big name games and good games dont get me wrong. But it seems to be the norm now that a console can only release a certain small number of hugely hyped games (HALO, GEARS) and that has to be your main reason for liking a console. Sony on the other hand have released countless amazing title this gen but for some reason you can only think of gran turismo to name for this article?? And I know why its because like you said, you only think short term. Thats the problem, you cant think like that. Next year sony has around 10 confirmed first party exclusived with 3 or 4 more rumored games. xbox has gears and maybe forza. But for some reason all anyone talks about is gears 3. when 10 or more amazing first party exclusive title are coming for ps3 all of which are probably better quality then gears 3 will be, and I dont just say that with no reason behind it. look at the quality of the top sony games(uncharted, god of war III, Gran Turismo, Heavy Rain, Killzone, Little Big Planet, Modnation Racers, white knight chronicles, MAG, Infamous,) versus xbox (Halo, Gears, Fable, Forza), its undeniable that sony has better quality games even if you dont like that particular genre you can just tell. But to finish off this post I will say the reason I am a fan of sony, is quite simply they have never let me down. Ever. each console they release they support it with a wide variety of well made titles by there own talented studios, they dont pay millions of dollars to steal other consoles exclusives at the last minute (Xbox). Sony knows how to make consoles that last the test of time. PS3 was built to last ten years, microsoft just claims theres was after they relized how long ps2 was selling. Really I could go on for pages about free online(and equal if not better in some aspects to LIVE), Blu-Ray, better quality games, superior procesing power, wifi included with all models, hardrive included with all models, reliable consoles (no rrod), better variety of games, battery free wireless controllers, 3D, playstation move( the most accurate and applicable to traditional games motion controller on the market) You can say all you want about opinions and you can like certain types of games more then others I agree with that. But even if sony dosent come in first this gen in sales like they always do. But I think its safe to say If you dont see that sony has one this gen in terms of quality then there is something wrong with you. In one word I am loyal to sony because of QUALITY... |
I have to disagree with you here. I do not count Fable a 360 exclusive series since they are available on the pc. Nintendo and Microsoft are lagging behind in creating new ips this gen imo.
"Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth." -My good friend Mark Aurelius
Diversity, that is all there is to it.
To be honest, who else out there takes the biggest risks to bring more to the niche gamers? Who else takes the biggest risks with new IPs instead of relying on the same franchises for decades?
This is why people love Sony. I honestly believe they are very good strength for the industry.
It is nice to have a company with some balls, not to mention actually show that they care a lot for their fans and not just their wallets. If something may not sell well they will still usually give it to us.
How many other companies can you say this for? Honestly...
iPhone = Great gaming device. Don't agree? Who cares, because you're wrong.
Currently playing:
Final Fantasy VI (iOS), Final Fantasy: Record Keeper (iOS) & Dragon Quest V (iOS)
Most of us are young and got into gaming because of PS and PS2, The love of my childhood is Playstation! finishing studying and doing homework very fast so that mom could allow me to play those awesome games.. aaaaah , I just came.
| richardhutnik said: I am trying to understand the basis of loyalty to the Playstation brand. I understand Nintendo loyalty. It was like Atari after the crash, and Nintendo has Mario, Zelda, Donkey Kong, and a number of other mascot characters they own that people have attachment to. Loyalty to Atari is because they were first on the block, and what they put out. Loyalty to Sega was due to Sonic, their arcade titles, and being a challenger to Nintendo and did sports titles. Loyalty to Microsoft is Halo, and what they did FPS. But what is the basis of loyalty to the Playstation brand? What is the franchises that they have that have people loyal? I see Gran Turismo, but what else do they have? I would ask primarily first party here, because third-party has had major defection patterns. I guess in short, what drives yourself, if you are a Sony fan, or people you know, to buy the Playstation brand for a system to play games on? |
A consistence growing library of quality 1st and 2nd party games. Since the PSOne, Sony has been bolstering their 1st and 2nd party offering more and more. Like Nintendo being committed to their fans, Sony is showing the same commitment of variety and quality more and more. And where can you play those games? Someone on this site had a sig that went something alone the lines of a console is bought not by one game but a library of games. Well, games the PlayStation has it.
I don't know what I am. I started gaming on Atari. My first console was the Nes. I just new in my heart that Nintendo was the greatest gaming company, ever. During the PS1 era, I gravitated to Sony--even selling my N64 at one point. Last gen, I championed the Gamecube while buying/playing more PS2 games. Somewhere in there, I fell in love with Sega's Dreamcast.
Now, I openly admit that the Wii is my least favorite system, the PSP is my favorite portable, and I can't get enough Xbox 360. Hmm....
If I had to guess, it't because the PS1 DID open gaming up to a new audience. Not like the Wii--the system is bringing in new gamers but gamers of a different type. The PS1 introduced new gamers to new franchises like Res Evil and Crash while becoming the new home for old franchises like Metal Gear and Final Fantasy. The PS1 was the place to be and the only place some gamers ever were. Just like how I identify with Nintendo, a lot of gamers think "Playstation IS videogames". They're loyal. They stick with their brand through good and bad. And I don't think there's anything wrong with that.
Now if we could just stop PS3 fans from being so damn smug all the time....
In 1995 i was asking to a chinese friend who owned a gaming store about the next nintendo console, we talked about it and he said that he just got a batch of sony consoles and he was trying some games, at that time i read about the playstation in magazines, so i tried too, i played Ridge Racer, Tekken, Wipeout and WWF Wrestlemania, i liked all of them but i was impressed with Wipeout, so i told him that if he got more games he let me know because i was interested in the console... A month later he calls me saying that he got more titles, one of them Twisted Metal, the other ones were Warhawk, Arc de Lad and Suikoden, so imagine my surprise playing those games... days later i bought the Playstation and 5 games (Wipeout, Twisted Metal, Suikoden, Tekken and Ridge Racer)
The thing was, i wasn't expecting for the console to hit hard, i was expecting for the N64 to do that, then i heard that Final Fantasy VII was going to be a Playstation title, and then my friend tells me about Resident Evil, months later Tomb Raider, then Gran Turismo, Xenogears, Parasite Eve, FFVIII, FF Tactics, Megaman 8, X4, Tekken 3, Metal Gear Solid, Tenchu, Crash Bandicoot, Spyro the Dragon, Tony Hawk 2, etc... That console got more games that i ever dreamed of...
I got a PS and a PS2 because of the games, but Sony really got my loyalty when they worked more on the 1st party (Wipeout, Twisted Metal and Gran Turismo were great, but then Team ICO came, the Dark Clouds, Jak & Daxter, Ratchet & Clank, God of War, etc, so i got the PS3 thinking about the 1st party mainly, and as long as those games are strong, they can get my money...
| hatmoza said: Simple. We embraced the dark side. |
wow, nail on the head.
PS One/2/p/3slim/Vita owner. I survived the Apocalyps3/Collaps3 and all I got was this lousy signature.
Xbox One: What are you doing Dave?
| Euphoria14 said: Diversity, that is all there is to it. To be honest, who else out there takes the biggest risks to bring more to the niche gamers? Who else takes the biggest risks with new IPs instead of relying on the same franchises for decades? This is why people love Sony. I honestly believe they are very good strength for the industry. It is nice to have a company with some balls, not to mention actually show that they care a lot for their fans and not just their wallets. If something may not sell well they will still usually give it to us. How many other companies can you say this for? Honestly... |
The diversity aspect is an interesting one. It likely connects to the question of "Where is Playstation mascot?" You ask Nintendo, and it is... Mario. You ask Microsoft and it is... Master Chief. But Sony? People have said "Gran Turismo car". There was also Crash Bandicoot for awhile, but a lot jumped ship to go third party, like Crash did and also Spyro did. I guess Sackboy is kind of, and may be shaping up at such, but I don't see LittleBigPlanet as being THE defining game on the Playstation, or representing THE defining genre, that is why people buy a Playstation console either. And another case is that LittleBigPlanet with LBP2 is morphing itself into something that is NOT a product that fits any game genre at all.
So, in this, you see title after title rolled off as being excellent in nature but not really clustering anywhere, which gets back to my question of then what is in common here that would be why someone buys a Playstation home console. Seems like more like a dozen niches, which can collectively form a reason to buy, as opposed to that ONE. The question then is to try to find that ONE, and it isn't there I guess. And I hope people see why I mention Gran Turismo as the game off the top of my head to try to ask about. it doesn't represent the Playstation platform sufficiently.
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