PS4 Architect: Early PlayStation Days Were "Magical"

[Your Fearless Captain]

"If you can make games for PC, you can make games for PS4. So it's much easier to bring games to the platform, or if you're going to [develop] on the platform, it's once again much easier."

Next gen there is no reason to have exclusives on the PS4 or Xbone other then pimping the console.

 

[NiPah]

I think the N64 was better then the Playstation, awkward controller aside.

Who needs Final Fantasy VII when you can have Quest 64!

Yeah, I was an N64 kid, too. Though, as I've gotten older I have come to enjoy more PlayStation franchises from that era.

Quest 64 was all well and good until you found out you screwed yourself by going fire magic (which we all know is best) but sucks with AOE magic. And of course my friend went stone... started one shot killing monsters that I couldn't get past... arg.

 

[Arawn]

"If you can make games for PC, you can make games for PS4. So it's much easier to bring games to the platform, or if you're going to [develop] on the platform, it's once again much easier."

Next gen there is no reason to have exclusives on the PS4 or Xbone other then pimping the console.

I too took note of that comment. At the same time the list of games that both systems share is much larger than the exclusives atm. That's pretty normal, but I think publishers don't want to fully invest in one system or another since they make more money by selling on both.

 

[Mr.Mattress]

Yeah, no. Sorry Mr. Cerny, but the magic creativity of the PS1/PS2 days are long gone, in an era where your game has to be as dark, gritty, bloody and cost billions of dollars to make in order to survive. Without it, your game falls flat, or your Nintendo. And Sony, you and most other companies are not Nintendo...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJKtJG7bDME

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ep40T7AwjnU


SO gritty.

You forgot one.

Right, because as we all know, Octodad, Doki Doki Universe, and Knack are all going to outsell any Call of Duty, Battlefield or Mario, and they're all much much more well known then them too... Oh wait, no, none of them probably are...

 

[Saltyk]

Yeah, no. Sorry Mr. Cerny, but the magic creativity of the PS1/PS2 days are long gone, in an era where your game has to be as dark, gritty, bloody and cost billions of dollars to make in order to survive. Without it, your game falls flat, or your Nintendo. And Sony, you and most other companies are not Nintendo...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJKtJG7bDME

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ep40T7AwjnU


SO gritty.

You forgot one.

Right, because as we all know, Octodad, Doki Doki Universe, and Knack are all going to outsell any Call of Duty, Battlefield or Mario, and they're all much much more well known then them too... Oh wait, no, none of them probably are...

You're missing the point. They exist. We all complain about the plethora of gray and brown FPS games. Hell, of those, the only one I'm leaning towards buying is Knack. And I'm not even sure about that. But I have virtually no interest in CoD. But I'll probably be buying one of the Gray and brown FPS, likely Killzone of Battlefield, assuming a friend of mine is still planning to jump ship to PS4. But that's the only reason I would buy one of those.

I'm certain that Call of Duty will outsell all three of them combined. You're just being plain unfair with that comparison. But hey. At least there's a choice. Options. At least there's other colors and quirkiness. Games that seem like they were designed to be fun rather than dark, gritty, and "real". Something that isn't just another of Nintendo's games.

 

[Jamous]

It'll be nice if we do see some more of the variety of the PS2 days. It was some good stuff.

 

[Revolutionary]

Wow it's like he's a sycophant for his own product. I like many other people in this thread think ht N64 was better than the PS1. I think the idea that the power of a console is legitimately rather irrelevant to it's quality.

 

[Mr.Mattress]

You're missing the point. They exist. We all complain about the plethora of gray and brown FPS games. Hell, of those, the only one I'm leaning towards buying is Knack. And I'm not even sure about that. But I have virtually no interest in CoD. But I'll probably be buying one of the Gray and brown FPS, likely Killzone of Battlefield, assuming a friend of mine is still planning to jump ship to PS4. But that's the only reason I would buy one of those.

I'm certain that Call of Duty will outsell all three of them combined. You're just being plain unfair with that comparison. But hey. At least there's a choice. Options. At least there's other colors and quirkiness. Games that seem like they were designed to be fun rather than dark, gritty, and "real". Something that isn't just another of Nintendo's games.

But see, here's the problem with that: When was the last time anyone talked about Knack on this forum or any forum? When was the last time anyone talked about Doki Doki Universe on this forum? Heck, has there ever even been a forum talking about Octodad that wasn't a part of a review/trailer?

No one here talks about it, it's as if it doesn't exist anyways. Instead, we get 80 million threads about Bioshock Infinite, The Last of Us, Call of Duty, Battlefield, etc. The only time people discuss games that aren't violent, gritty, and huge money holes are when they're Nintendo games, and most of the time, people are complaining about that fact. A choice that is hardly chosen and seen as 'uncool' is hardly a choice at all, is it? It's like wanting to tell people in Pakistan about how bad Mohammed was.

Mind you, I myself am not a fan of Gritty shooters. Yes, there are a few I do enjoy, but I'm mainly a Nintendo fan (Born and raised), and I'm much more into 3D Platformers. You know how many 3D Platformers there are in the modern day? Outside of Nintendo, there's only Little Big Planet (Which I like) and Ratchet and Clank (Which I don't) that are supposed to be important games (And come to mind).

The point is, the "Choice" is just an illusion, and the industry is dominated by Gritty Shooters. Until it changes, and the industry decides gritty shooters are not the way to go, there will be no such thing as PS2 era Creativity.