When Eight Days and The Getaway were announced as cancelled, there was a big backlash from the gaming community. Both games were billed as tent-mark Playstation 3 games and as such had already developed a large following. Sony announced at the time that the games had been cancelled due to an overlap in the Playstation 3’s catalogue, and if you look at the system’s lineup today you can get an understanding for the thought process behind that decision. Simply put, the Playstation 3 offers more diversity than any other system available.

Really stop and think about the bases the Playstation 3 covers: Hardcore shooter games; you have Resistance 2 for your arcade shooting needs, Killzone 2 for your more hardcore shooting needs and the upcoming MAG for massive-online-scale shooting. Action adventures games; you have Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, a game some reviewers are touting as the pinnacle of its genre. Racing games; you have the seriously hardcore Gran Turismo 5, the more casual based Modnation Racers and the in-between Motorstorm: Pacific Rift. Family games; you have the popular Buzz! and Singstar franchises. Platform games; you have the excellent LittleBigPlanet and generation-erasing Ratchet & Clank: A Crack In Time. Kids games; you have the upcoming Eye Pet application.

I’m not listing all these titles for fun, I’m trying to show the diversity. Playstation 3 transcends generations, it’s never been truer that there is something for everyone; and it’s exactly why the PSone and Playstation 2 were such huge successes.

Not to discredit the competition, there is no doubt that the XBOX and Nintendo Wii provide games in the similar categories as I’ve listed above. In fact, the Wii probably does family games better. In the platforming category it has Super Mario Galaxy, arguably one of the best platform games of all time. However, the Wii falls short on providing explosive action games or hardcore shooters. It doesn’t have the complete diversity. The same can be said of the XBOX, which provides the Halo and Gears Of War franchise. But where are the kids titles, the diversity in racing games and the platforming franchises?

It’s diversity that Playstation is known for. There may be games from the above list that don’t appeal to you, but they appeal to someone, and it’s by marketing the Playstation brand as something for everyone that Sony get a catch-all.

With Motion Controllers, who knows, Sony might be able to catch the Wii Fit fitness market — aswell as the hardcore shooter market with a title like Killzone 2. It transcends gender and age barriers — something I’ve only recently took notice of.

Playstation isn’t a niche – it’s for everyone. And only Sony are striding in that direction.

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This article is a fine read. But seriously when someone starts using examples of games that have not yet released it just reeks of a fanboy troll bait.

While I agree that the PS3 has the most diversity, I find that the games are NOT the "pinnacles of their genre" that they may be boasted as. Also while it is the MOST diverse, it is still not at the level of diversity I would want in any console. I've found that most consoles this generation are defined by a genre, and then everybody makes at least one game for that genre. Maybe that is why I moved myself toward handhelds. Handhelds also have this problem, but so many games are able to be developed for them due to cheaper development cost, that I never really notice it. Also there is some genre's that the Wii has that have really been at low frequency on consoles due to control methods. An example of this is the Adventure genre(Not action-adventure look up the difference yourself.) To sum it up really, I think all consoles are pretty low on diversity this generation, but if I were to choose a console with the most I would choose the PS3.

360 has no racing games huh?

PS3 does have a lack of exclusive fighting games. Both now and upcoming.

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It has the best games IMO and seems the most diverse but I kinda have to disagree based on my personal tastes because of one thing.... or perhaps this counts as two things...

WHERE THE FUCK ARE MY HIGHLY EXPLORATION FOCUSED ADVENTURE/RPG EXCLUSIVES???? HUH???!!! WHERE THE FUCK ARE THEY SONY!!!!??? Nearly 3 years and we're JUST getting a game like Demon's Souls??!!?!?! FUCK!!!!

"Playstation isn’t a niche – it’s for everyone. And only Sony are striding in that direction."

there was an article not too long ago, and it found out that the average age of a PS3 owner was over 40

where did you read that ?

I agree Sony platforms always have the most diversity