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Sony has always had more announced games for in the future, it annoys me because their are a lot that are announced in the early years of PS3 and are still not released or simply cancelled..



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GamechaserBE said:
Sony has always had more announced games for in the future, it annoys me because their are a lot that are announced in the early years of PS3 and are still not released or simply cancelled..

Examples? I just remember The Last Guardian.



ethomaz said:
GamechaserBE said:
Sony has always had more announced games for in the future, it annoys me because their are a lot that are announced in the early years of PS3 and are still not released or simply cancelled..

Examples? I just remember The Last Guardian.

Agent, eight days... and possible more and totally forgotten by now...  



GamechaserBE said:

Agent, eight days... and possible more and totally forgotten by now...

You said Sony.

Agent is Rockstar... Eight Days is a fair example that I didn't remember.

If you added Agent then you can say FFvXIII (FFXV now) and others.



the-pi-guy said:

MS has more development studios actually (23 vs 14).  Sony has a lot of studios that have multiple teams though, so First Party wise, Sony probably has more teams.  Second Party wise, Sony easily(no competition).

Can you list these studios? I'm sure Sony have more studios.



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ethomaz said:

  • "True exclusives" are games that haven't officially been announced for any other platforms. Some of these are merely timed exclusives, and may come to other systems in the future.
  • "Console Exclusives" are games that are only on a single company's consoles (so a Vita or PS3 version wouldn't disqualify a PS4 game, for instance). These games often also have PC versions.
  • "Next-gen only" games are ones that will not be available on current-generation home consoles. They may be available for portables or PC, however.
  • "Late releases" are games that will already be out on some other platform before they launch on the appropriate next-gen platform.
  • "Original IP" is a game not based on an existing game franchise or property from another medium.
  • Genre totals may not add up because some games were counted in multiple genres.
  • These lists are subject to change, and in fact already look significantly different than they would have a week ago.
  • Microsoft has more games that are truly exclusive, but Sony has many more "console exclusives," which mainly overlap with concurrent Vita and PC versions.
  • More than half of the launch library for each system overlaps with the other system.
  • Most of the PS4's advantage in total games and console exclusives comes from a bevy of independent titles they've been promoting quite heavily, largely from existing PC titles.
  • Neither system seems set to have an RPG or platform game at launch.
  • Generic shooters and/or action games of various stripes make up roughly half of each system's announced games. 

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2013/08/by-the-numbers-next-generation-console-software-showdown/


Are you afraid to include the WiiU stats?



In Gods we trust. Dattebayo...

WiiU ID:         Aias23

Xbox360/XboxOne ID:  Aias23

3DS FC:         3737 9509 2938

the-pi-guy said:

Removed quote.

Now I understand... over 10 studios are created just for Xbone... they are new.



ethomaz said:

  • "True exclusives" are games that haven't officially been announced for any other platforms. Some of these are merely timed exclusives, and may come to other systems in the future.
  • "Console Exclusives" are games that are only on a single company's consoles (so a Vita or PS3 version wouldn't disqualify a PS4 game, for instance). These games often also have PC versions.
  • "Next-gen only" games are ones that will not be available on current-generation home consoles. They may be available for portables or PC, however.
  • "Late releases" are games that will already be out on some other platform before they launch on the appropriate next-gen platform.
  • "Original IP" is a game not based on an existing game franchise or property from another medium.
  • Genre totals may not add up because some games were counted in multiple genres.
  • These lists are subject to change, and in fact already look significantly different than they would have a week ago.
  • Microsoft has more games that are truly exclusive, but Sony has many more "console exclusives," which mainly overlap with concurrent Vita and PC versions.
  • More than half of the launch library for each system overlaps with the other system.
  • Most of the PS4's advantage in total games and console exclusives comes from a bevy of independent titles they've been promoting quite heavily, largely from existing PC titles.
  • Neither system seems set to have an RPG or platform game at launch.
  • Generic shooters and/or action games of various stripes make up roughly half of each system's announced games. 

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2013/08/by-the-numbers-next-generation-console-software-showdown/


Are you afraid to include the WiiU stats?



In Gods we trust. Dattebayo...

WiiU ID:         Aias23

Xbox360/XboxOne ID:  Aias23

3DS FC:         3737 9509 2938

the-pi-guy said:

Yep, a bunch of unproven studios.  So it's hard to say whether they make anything quality until after their first game.

There are two or three studios just to support the "Cloud"... no game in development... just support the online part... that's what I understand.



Interesting.