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Forums - Gaming - The Exclusive Gap Between PS4 And Xbox One Has Become A Canyon

 

The gap has become a:

canyon 39 16.25%
 
ocean 46 19.17%
 
the distance of earf with... 155 64.58%
 
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estebxx on 23 February 2017

Remember when people used to say "PS4 has no gaemz"? how when it came out people where picking on it because it didnt had a launch lineup as strong as the Xbox one?

I said it back then and i will say it again, when it comes to exclusives Sony always starts slow and the more time passes the more and more exclusives we start to get, until we get moments like this one in which its quite literally a new exclusive every month and sometimes several exclusives a month.

January: Gravity Rush 2, Fate Extella, Tales of Berseria, Yakuza 0
February: Nioh, Digimon World Next Order, Horizon Zero Dawn, Hatsune Miku Future Tone
March: Nier Automata
April: Persona 5

Now obviously this wont last forever and we will be back to having months without exclusives (thats why i said "moments like this"), but my point is never judge PS exclusive offering potential by its launch line up since they always start slow and they get better and better the more time goes on.



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Kerotan on 23 February 2017

And this is why I stick with Playstation. Such an awesome platform!



Azzanation on 23 February 2017

I dont buy a console or there games based on sales. So in my opinion i couldnt care less.



estebxx on 23 February 2017
binary solo said:
Doesn't mention The Order:1886 or Knack (which is getting a sequel) in the list of 8th gen Sony exclusives.

While some might say such an article should only mention the good exclusives. One of the main points is Sony is more willing to let its 1st parties and partners take risks and explore new IP. They may not be great games, they may be bad games in the eyes of many, but Knack and The Order: 1886 are examples of taking risks. And as is the case with taking risks, you are all but guaranteed to have a few disappointments. An article that is meant to be talking about important differences in approaches to exclusives and new IP should talk about the rough and the smooth.

Also, name checks ReCore among the "worthy to mention" Xb one exclusives (<300K score.

Thats what i like about them sure some of those new IPs wont take off like The Order, Driveclub and a few others but if they keep trying (and they do) they eventually end up with something awesome and now the most recent example is Horizon.

Last gen some of the failed new IPs from them that i remember were MAG, Lair, Haze but eventually they came up with stuff like Uncharted, Little Big Planet and Infamous.



estebxx on 23 February 2017
Bandorr said:

But but those are Japanese games. Japanese games don't count. If you ignore the entire huge section of those - they don't count.

Yeah we are pretty much still at "ps4 has no gamez". Just now it is "without counting Japanese games" and "but those are niche" and "but they don't sell a million" etc. People never change, they just change the words and goallines.

It is absolutely Ludicrous.

Well Horizon aint japanese, but i get the initial sarcasm.

Feels good to be someone who likes both Japanese and Western games, i have SO MUCH to play that my only problem is not having enough time to play all of it... heck i still have some PS3 games i need to play like Cold Steel 2 which i bought some months ago.



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Zoombael on 23 February 2017
Azzanation said:
I dont buy a console or there games based on sales. So in my opinion i couldnt care less.

Me neither. I choose a platform based on how much its games stand out, their quality and progrssiveness, and how much back the platform holder/owner puts his back into it to make a distinct difference, with other words, takes the competiton serious.

 

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estebxx on 23 February 2017
Bandorr said:

Great indeed.

I have Tales now, then Nier, then DQ heroes 2 AND Persona 5. Oh and Fate/Extra/Extella on my vita.

Then I have to go back for Gravity rush, and Horizon.

Then we have the trilogy in june, and FF12 in July.

So much to play, not enough time to play it.

I bought Tales 2 weeks ago and havent started it yet because i was really angry for getting spoiled about the ending on another site, if you ask anyone that knows me they will tell you that there is nothing i hate more than spoilers, and i was so angry about this particular spoiler that i got a headache and the wost one ive had in years (and i used to suffer from migraine).

Now that my anger has gone down i will start the game tomorrow, but it sucks getting spoiled on the one Tales game that actually happens to be freaking great (ive heard nothing but praises for this game) and it also happens to have my favorite protagonist (well at least in terms of the character design but i feel like i gonna love her as a character too).

If you reply just please dont tell me anything about the game i take everything and anything i dont know about a game as a spoiler.



Trunkin on 24 February 2017

I picked the last option 'cause it was funny.

Seriously though, M$ needs to up their game big time. Take some risks with new ideas. Invest in more third party exclusives. Just. Do. Something!

Hopefully they'll have some major announcements for Scorpio's reveal. Y'know, besides Halo 6.



Oneeee-Chan!!! on 24 February 2017

I knew it since last year.　



Normchacho on 24 February 2017
FloatingWaffles said:

If Sony was not in first place of this gen and in such a huge lead, I think you wouldn't be seeing nearly as many new games from them. They would be focusing on what IPs do they have that are already known and sell well and use those to push systems. 

You look at all the other exclusives that have been released or will release on Xbox, almost all of them are just second parties being partnered with to work on Microsoft's new IP. Microsoft owns the IP but not the studio developing it. 

 

Let's take a look at what new Microsot IPs/exclusives there have been released/will release in the future. 

ReCore  = New IP from Microsoft but not developed by a first party studio.

Sunset Overdrive = New exclusive from Microsoft but not developed by first party studio. (insomniac owns the rights though I think). 

Ori and the Blind Forest = New exclusive for Xbox but developed by second party.

Project Spark = New exclusive developed by second party.

Killer Instinct = Though not an entirely new IP, they brought it back from the dead and is basically a new game with an IP they own. Developed by second party. 

Quantum Break = New IP but developed by a second party. 

Screamride = New exclusive developed by a second party for the Xbox. (360 and Xbox One).

State of Decay 1/2 = Though originally the first was a 360 game but was ported to Xbone and is getting a sequel on Xbone. (If the Last of Us 2 counts then this one can too). Once again developed by a second party for Microsoft. 

and that's just me only mentioning what can be considered "new" games from them and not already established franchises. (I know Killer Instinct was established, but that was basically dead before Microsoft brought it back). I didn't even mention games like Dead Rising 3/4, Halo Wars 2, etc. 

 

The only new IP from Microsoft that is actually being created by a first party studio they own is Sea of Thieves by Rare. There's nothing wrong with Microsoft partnering with second party studios to work on new IPs/exclusives for them, but we've seen that it doesn't work out too well each time, for example Scalebound.

I don't really agree that we wouldn't be seeing so many new games from Sony if they weren't doing so well. I mean, look at last gen. They released a lot of really big new IP when they were really having trouble and it's been credited with helping turn last gen around for them. I mean, Infamous, LBP, Uncharted, TLOU, Journey...Sony was no joke last gen.

Microsoft has released a decent number of new games/ip this gen,  I actually think you missed Titanfall. The sequel was multiplatform but it started on Xbox this gen. But I mean...the article was about a comparison to Playstation and quite frankly, the lists aren't really even close.

Knack, The Order, Resogun, Alienation, Days Gone, Detroid, Until Dawn, Bloodborne, Nioh, Horizon, Driveclub, Hellblade...that's a lot of games and there are more. Not even considering that a lot of those are major games.

So hey, MS has done fine...but in comparison? The article has a point.



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