Veknoid_Outcast said:
Well, I'd argue first party software has never been Sony's strength. It's made its name by creating an environment attractive to third parties. Same for Microsoft.
Since neither Sony nor Microsoft have a lot of talent in their first party studios they're both dependent on the quality of games from Activision, EA, Ubisoft, Take Two, etc. Those big-name games have been getting worse over the last ten years so both ecosystems suffer as a result.
Nintendo, with its amazing first party content, is somewhat shielded from that problem.
The problem unique to Sony is that it's made cinematic and experimental games its focus over the past two generations, which tend to have low replay value and/or shallow gameplay.
So I agree that Sony has entered a decadent period, but so too has the entire industry. |
Bold one. First party has always been a strength of Sony and all the best selling consoles had major third party support for each company dating back to Atari. Even the Wii had games like Dance Revolution ( or whatever), Lega games and that fitness games to push the sales. Notcie how the Xbox One is struggling without any standout exclusives (not saying their games are bad, they just don't sell the console) and the PS3's main selling point were exclusives. Myself and plenty of others would not have bought PS hardware if the exclusives were not appealing. Sony's games have dominated MS games and notice the WiiU could not sell with only Nintendo games. It was the same with the Game Cube and Rare made the N64 relevant. So every company needs third party and that is a fact.
Bold two. Can not speak for MS, but Sony has a ton of talentned first party developers. Some who have been around since the 80s. Dony is not dependent ont he quality of any third party, as their games are much better designed. They really separated themselves last generation from third parties witht he quality and polish of their games. No third party game comes close to the level of Sony's games technically or craftsmanship period. I have played tons of third party games and the games lack the quality of Sony's exclusives easily. Now as far as concepts and ideas, that is up for debate. Really it's only COD and GTA that are monsters in sales and they sell the most of Xbox too. They outsell all of Nintendo's games combined as well.
Bold three. What amazing first party content has Nintendo produced recently or since the Game Cube at least? Nintendo has consecutively regressed as a game developers and onyl relying on nastalgia, gimmicks, spinoffs and milking franchises. Outside of Mario, Zelda, Mario Kart and Metroid they have nothing that stands out. None of those games have evolved since getting a 3D engine and they are cheaply made games that lack polish and good game designs. Really Nintendo still makes games as if it were the mid 90s on the N64. Their games are not relevant to today's gaming industry as Sony has shaped the industry with their games. Like it or not Sony's so called "Cinematic" games sell and the rest of the industry has followed their lead -minus Nintendo- with more consumers than ever playing games.
It's interesting that you criticise Sony, but praise Nintendo when their most successful console (Wii) was inspired by a Sony idea from the EyeyToy and Nintendo even copied allof Sony's EyeToy games. So they must be doing something right with game development. Kinect also copied the EyeToy and that was also MS most successful console, which both got their ideas from the PS2. The Last of Us was the best game last generation as well as one of the greatest games ever created. When is the last time Nintnedo created a masterpiece? Matter of fact, only Ocarina of time can claim that standard. Sony has at least two more with Ico and SoTC. I personally think Uncharted 2 and God of War 3 are also masterpieces.
Bold four. This really does not make any sense whatsoever. I mean what makes "cinematic" game lack replay value or have shallow gameplay? Games like Uncharted and God of War have been praised by numerous people in the emdia and outside of the media for their gameplay. You are definately in the minority and no one I know personally feels that way. So once again, they are doing something right. Further more this term "cinametic' is bogus, as most ames have some form of cinematics (even Nintendo, just bad ones) and they have been a part of gaming for decades. You sayt this with COD in your avatar, which is a known cinematic, repetitive, generic, shallow shooting game and not half as good as any of Sony's games for single palyer. Replay value does not exist anyway, as no one really replays games on a large scale and multiplayer exists for games like Uncharted, which is still being played by millions as is TLoU:R. Once again, what are you talking about?
FYI Sony has not even made that many cinematic games outside of the forementioned. I think you need to take a closer look at how many of Sony's games are actually "cinematic" Yous ay this with The Last Guardian, Gravity and Horizon: Zero Dawn all coming within months of each other and games like Hot Shots, Gran Turismo Sport and Dreams in development. Sony maybe you really need to look much closer before you generalize. I love cinematic games as does millions of other people, which is why they keep making them. Again, you are way off and I am glad that they do not listen to people like you, because then they would fail and I would not enjoy their games as much. Cinematic games make gameplay and control more immersive that gives you a better experience. So what exactly is the problem with them?
They are far from a period of descent with recently releasing two of the best games of the generation earlier this year in Ratchet & Clank (not cinematic so did you buy it?) and Uncharted 4 after having already released another great game last year with Bloodborne (also not cinemtaic and did you buy it?). People who complain about wanting certain type of games and then buy the opposite really are the problem. All you people complaning are buying the games you claim you don't want. Really lol.
