Love:
- GAMES
- PS Plus

Hate:
- Poor Hardware (PS2 - 32 MB total ram and fragile laser, PS3 - no hardware AA, abandoned hardware Backward Compatibility)

What VC does so differently is how they develop characters and actually make it apart of the strategy. Combatant's personality must be taken into account when positioning them or giving them tasks to get the most effective outcome. Character X is alergic to pollen, so don't put him/her in the grasslands,Character Y gets along best with X so team them together for better stats etc. VC was heavily talked about amongst developers(so I hear in the grapevine from some of the industry ppl I know). It was renowned for it's innovations in the genre. Now can you honestly say people will be talking of Fire Emblem the same way this long into the future? Mind you I am not saying Fire Emblem is a bad game or anything, it is probably magnificent. But VC reigns in "award winning" like stature.

Socom was never super popular, but the originials where highly regarded as the best tactical shooters in existance for the non K/D obsessed crowd.

While you know I can debate all night and day while FFVII(I don't count Pokemon seperate entries as different games) was and continues to be the best game SE has ever done, that is not what this is about. FFVII is the best selling in the series and best selling JRPG....ever. FFX is the second highest. So if not the most applauded they would at least be raking in those sales.

Yea....no. Fire Emblem, I never hear people praise VC over Fire Emblem in any Strategy Game fan circles (Be in on VGC, between devs, or in person). When most websites review any new SRPG genre, they compare it to Fire Emblem, and Final Fantasy Tactics, so if any game has "award winning" like stature, it's Nintendo's and Square Enix's series, not Sega's. While Valkyria Chronciles did introduce, or improve upon various concepts, it's nowhere nearly as challenging or tactical of a game as Fire Emblem. In both franchises, the presence of specific characters boost the attacks of the character in control (however there are differences, Fire Emblem allows joint attacks, while VC just gives damage boosts).

Anyway, both games are excellent, there is no point arguing, but you can't say that the "general concensus" states that Sony exclusives are better. Only 2 VC games have been localized in North America, and the 3rd didn't make it because of how poorly VC2 sold. You also have to realize that the fanbase for VC is specific towards a single game (VC1) and not the franchise, where Fire Emblem consistantly sells well, rates well, and has a much larger fanbase. If there is a "general concensus" it's that Valkyria Chronciles is probably the best recent console SRPG, but the best SRPG franchise is FE. Which game you like best is a matter of preference, but unless you played all the major SRPG franchises, you can't really say anything.

Have you beaten any SRPG's outside of VC?

As for your comment about JRPG's, do sales = quality? High sales only indicate that the "general concensus" is that FFVII is the most popular JRPG, but not the best. Popular and best and completely different. If Sales = Quality, then Halo would be king of FPS, Smash Bros would be the best fighter ever, and Wii Sports would be the best Sports game ever made.


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My point is, there is no "general concesus" putting Sony exclusives a clear cut above Nintendo or MS exclusives. There might be a strong bias toward various franchises, like Uncharted, because of the high number of Sony fans on forums, but does the casual Action/Adventure gamer give Uncharted the same status as fanboys on forums? I doubt it, I think a lot more people recognize Zelda as the king of A/A games (And Skyward Sword sold less then Uncharted 3, so I am not refering to sales/popularity, but a general concensus).

Actually, because of the arguement i just mentioned, I think a lot of excellent Sony IP's (And MS/Nintendo) get Underappreciatted. After GT5, InFamous is my favorite PS3 franchise, but except for PS3 fans with forum accounts, no one really knows what InFamous is. Same goes for games like Front Mission, Lost Odyssey, XenoBlade, etc.

So no, there is no "general concensus" favoring PS3 exclusives, while they are excellent, people don't envy Sony for what they have (Except maybe when PS1 came in and decapitated Nintendo).

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Too Lazy to update the list :P I think we get the idea.

Love:
PS1
PS2
PSP
PS Vita

Hate:
PS3 Launch
Sony Fanboys

They are a big money-grubbing corporation. What's not to hate?
I hate it less than Microsoft, and I hate it less than Nintendo's mascot Mario.

So what choice to I have other than to buy Playstation?

I might wait and see about Ouya, but it could easily turn into another big money-grubbing corporation no better than the rest. We'll see.

Loved - ps1
Ps2 - meh
Don't mind Sony but wouldn't buy anymore hardware from them unless forced to, so basically if there were no other gaming hardware on the Market.