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Forums - Sony - Will The PS3 Rule Each Genre?

Heavenly Sigma on 27 April 2009

360 wins Fighters with DOA games.



 Go Team Venture! I still don't get the Wii, PS Move,  and Kinect.

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Simulacrum on 27 April 2009

Hmh. When I look my game collection...Yes.



 

 

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Kantor on 27 April 2009
NJ5 said:
Gotta love this part:

Platformer: Eh, this isn't the huge genre it once was, but all I've got to say is that right now, it begins and ends with LittleBigPlanet. Not much else to talk about.


And here I was, thinking that one of the best ranked games of all time was Super Mario Galaxy on the Wii... Not much else to talk about indeed.

The Wii doesn't exist in these articles. It cheated



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BHR-3 on 27 April 2009

it needs a hardcore TPS like gears is to 360 maybe uncharted2 will be it, i would like a darker character and more of a war type story



                                                             

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NeoRatt on 27 April 2009

I think that the genre's are biased and the original writer of the article was biased. The genres fail to take into account the different demographics of consumers within each one and missed a few genres...

And I don't think it is just about exclusives, it is about who is offering the most complete lineup in the genres you are interested in. For example, when you throw the Wii in, does it really compete well with 360/PS3 for the same sports titles (Graphically and online)?

Where is the RTS genre?

Action/Adventure should be at least three... Shooters, Sandbox, Fighting and drop the First Person Shooter genre)

Sports genre?

RPGs should be divided into at least Action RPGs and turn-based.

What about PSN vs WiiWare vs XBLA?

Also, the writer really didn't pay attention to what is out there focusing on Sony... Super Mario Galaxy, Crackdown, GTA DLC, Fallout DLC, Zelda, Mass Effect, Fable II, MarioKart, etc.

Finally, there is more to buying consoles now... Do you want to buy blu-ray? Do you want to stream HD movies? Do you want backward compatibility? Controller styles? Casual or Core gaming? Online gaming? Are you buying it as a social networking device? Are you trying to get fit? Picture sharing? Integration with Windows Media servers? Wired or wireless networking support? Is it something you want your kids to play? Is cost important?

All of which play into what console you will end up with. I think this writer was just trying to simplify it to say buy a PS3. They should have started by just saying "if this is how you view the world go buy a PS3".



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Hero_time88 on 27 April 2009

Quantum Theory from tecmo



XxXProphecyXxX on 27 April 2009

Racing: MS1 and 2,GT5 and wipe out.

RPG:valkyria and disgaea

Fighting: Naruto UNS(rest are all multiplat)

Survival horror: Siren blood curse

FPS: KZ2,RFOM and R2

Platformer: LBP and ratchet

Action adventure: GOW3,Uncharted 1 and 2, heavenly sword etc.

BTW:I dunno what genre heavy rain and infamous is.



Orca_Azure on 27 April 2009

Wii owns this generation in every genre >:o

rpg- Super paper mario
Sport- Super mario strikers
Shooter- Resident evil 4
platformer- SMG
racing- mario kart
fighter- brawl
avatar creation- mii
best game of all time- samba de amigo.

ty



lapsed_gamer on 27 April 2009
NJ5 said:
Gotta love this part:

Platformer: Eh, this isn't the huge genre it once was, but all I've got to say is that right now, it begins and ends with LittleBigPlanet. Not much else to talk about.


And here I was, thinking that one of the best ranked games of all time was Super Mario Galaxy on the Wii... Not much else to talk about indeed.

Yea, this pretty much ended it for me too. You can have your opinion (it is obvious that people have different ones) but to talk about varous 360 games as close contenders and to say this...

 



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twesterm on 27 April 2009
NJ5 said:
Gotta love this part:

Platformer: Eh, this isn't the huge genre it once was, but all I've got to say is that right now, it begins and ends with LittleBigPlanet. Not much else to talk about.


And here I was, thinking that one of the best ranked games of all time was Super Mario Galaxy on the Wii... Not much else to talk about indeed.

 

Even if the Wii doesn't exist for this little article, the 360 still has Braid which still beats out Little Big Planet.  LBP is an average platformer with a decent level editor and a great art style.  Braid is a near perfect platformer with a great art style (and music).