Of course they do. I get this feeling like Microsoft and Sony's plan for games have pretty much switched. During the ps3 era Sony was making everything they could and MIcrosoft focused heavily on the big AAA like games and now for the ps5 gen Sony is going pure AAA and Microsoft is going to throw out everything they can to entice customers.
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Does Sony need more variety in their first party games? Can we do less skill trees.
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Aldric
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Genres covered by Nintendo this gen and previous gen:
-Platformers (2D and 3D)
-Kart racing
-Action Adventure (linear and open world)
-RPG (same as above)
-T-RPG
-RTS
-Hack n slash (A-RPG, Muso)
-Fighting games (platform fighter, Arena fighter)
-TPS (online team multiplayer, rail shooter)
-FPS
-Survival horror
-Party/minigame compilation
-Life sim
-Arcade sports (tennis, golf, baseball)
-Arcade racing
-Rythmn game
-Puzzle game
-Point n click/visual novel
-Metroidvania
-Tower defense
-Exergame
-Simulation
-MOBA
-Programming
Definitely more varied than the same shit action adventure template with different mocapped actors.
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Ghost of Caelid
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I dont think anyone can argue against Nintendos genre diversity...they just have a lack of character and IP diversity. But id rather play different game with the same characters than similar games with different characters if that makes sense.
kyliethicc
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No skill trees in Death Stranding (now even better on PS5.)
And ....
And ....
Knack 2 baby!
Ghost of Caelid
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I was going to bring up DS as a game that is third person but shifts the formula massively to feel like something new. Doesn't feel like a ubisoft esque open world game.
Who said xbox does better? Who said sony are doing bad?
Obviously many people want very similar third person type of games
that is not what this is about
This thread is about sonys biggest titles being samey and very similar - they are NOT varied
stop being so sensitive
EverydayBeast
thinks Halo Infinite is a new graphical benchmark
I’m a believer in skill trees but I’m kinda hoping Gears of War comes to PlayStation.
Men_in_Boxes
Snake Oil Salesman
Sonys lack of variety will become an Achilles heel unless they correct it.
In Jim Ryan we trust.
In Jim Ryan we trust.
Fbh
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Yes and no?
On the one hand I don't think all Sony games are the same, and that entire notion is pretty stupid. Are you really going to tell me Demon Souls Remaster, Miles Morales, Returnal and Ratchet are the same? From visuals to game mechanics to structure they are all quite different from each other.
On the other hand I do think they could still have more variety. I'd love to see a first party Sony FPS, or a proper RPG/JRPG, or more platformers like astrobot but with a bigger scope and budget, or a character action game in the vein of DMC/Bayonetta/OldGOW that focuses on combat and action without the need of quests and stats and equipment.
I also think the notion might come from the fact a lot of Sony games are made in this modern style that's basically a blend of genres. You take something like Horizon and there's a lot of (arrow) shooting but it's not really a shooter, and there's sidequests and skill trees but it's also not a full RPG, and there's resource gathering and crafting but it's not really a survival game, and there's jumping and platforming but it's not really a platformer. So even when Games like Horizon, Spiderman and God of War are quite different, they also loosely fit into the same "action adventure with RPG elements" category
On the one hand I don't think all Sony games are the same, and that entire notion is pretty stupid. Are you really going to tell me Demon Souls Remaster, Miles Morales, Returnal and Ratchet are the same? From visuals to game mechanics to structure they are all quite different from each other.
On the other hand I do think they could still have more variety. I'd love to see a first party Sony FPS, or a proper RPG/JRPG, or more platformers like astrobot but with a bigger scope and budget, or a character action game in the vein of DMC/Bayonetta/OldGOW that focuses on combat and action without the need of quests and stats and equipment.
I also think the notion might come from the fact a lot of Sony games are made in this modern style that's basically a blend of genres. You take something like Horizon and there's a lot of (arrow) shooting but it's not really a shooter, and there's sidequests and skill trees but it's also not a full RPG, and there's resource gathering and crafting but it's not really a survival game, and there's jumping and platforming but it's not really a platformer. So even when Games like Horizon, Spiderman and God of War are quite different, they also loosely fit into the same "action adventure with RPG elements" category
GymWolf
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ReBurn
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Skill trees are ok when the choices actually matter. If the options when they branch are just for show because your overall level of ability is the same regardless of which power you choose then what's the point? Gaining a new ability and never seeing a benefit to using it makes this kind of progression boring.
I wish Sony would funnel some of that first party energy into more pick up and play games like Twisted Metal, Jet Moto or Parappa the Rapper that made things fun so long ago. They're so focused on the epic 40+ hour story driven narratives these days that their games are starting to feel same-y and formulaic to me. The stories are different but they feel similar to me and I never have time to sit for hours and play through them, especially the single cut games.
I wish Sony would funnel some of that first party energy into more pick up and play games like Twisted Metal, Jet Moto or Parappa the Rapper that made things fun so long ago. They're so focused on the epic 40+ hour story driven narratives these days that their games are starting to feel same-y and formulaic to me. The stories are different but they feel similar to me and I never have time to sit for hours and play through them, especially the single cut games.
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Roman Empire
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Sony should be at the forefront of VR
Edit. All good and fun but I agree that Sony should look at their catalogue and bring some new genres for their platform. Bring something like a FPS (even a Killzone reboot); Arcade racers; Fighting games; Full-blown RPG; MMO, RTS; more Platformers like the old days of crash/Jax/Sly/Spyro; Hack 'n Slash/Action RPG. I know that their business is working but variety doesn't hurt from time to time.
VR porn
Edit. All good and fun but I agree that Sony should look at their catalogue and bring some new genres for their platform. Bring something like a FPS (even a Killzone reboot); Arcade racers; Fighting games; Full-blown RPG; MMO, RTS; more Platformers like the old days of crash/Jax/Sly/Spyro; Hack 'n Slash/Action RPG. I know that their business is working but variety doesn't hurt from time to time.
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HerjansEagleFeeder
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Third person action games with light RPG elements is the lowest common denominator these days. Clever from a strictly business oriented standpoint to put most of your eggs in this basket, incredibly boring and frustrating from a GAFers perspective.
Banjo64
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Deviation and Firewalk have never made a game. Guerrilla have quite rightly sacked off their FPS series, because it was rank average. Shadowfall had less than 100 users online a week after the PS4 launched, Battlefield 4 mangled it.
FF isn’t an exclusive series by any stretch and it’s not even first party regardless.
Is this the level of reach we’re at now? People posting gifs of All Stars Destruction and beating their chest over it?
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Magnific0giganticus
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Yeah, they're similar. Returnal is so similar to Ratchet & Clank, and those are pretty much the same as Death Stranding, which by the way, it's practically Shadow of The Colossus in a futuristic setting. And they could be all made in Dreams, which basically means they're all very samey. Edit: Also, Spider-Man is God of War, Kratos is definitely based on Peter Parker, and hey, God of War now has THOR, so Marvel.
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Banjo64
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Returnal was made by a then third party studio, Ratchet and Clank was made by a studio acquired after MS acquired Double Fine, Shadow of the Colossus was great on my PS2 and PS3, but I’m not buying it a third time.
I thought OP was talking about first party studios?
Magnific0giganticus
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waaa waa waaa what?
bitbydeath
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There was no timed exclusives included on my list unless your including PC in the mix?
bitbydeath
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FF is a PlayStation console exclusive, we really going to try move goal posts instead of putting up an Xbox Series list since it was previously claimed to be more diverse?
bitbydeath
Member
Xbox fans have included Killer Instinct on their lists for years and it was made by a third party.
DeepEnigma
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I remember when I showed my buddy this, telling him about it being a true swansong to Diablo 2 compares to D3... he saw this pic and said... "yeaaah, I'm not going to play that."Actually Sony needs to do even more skill trees so OP can start fuming some more.
LMAO, told him once in game in makes more sense, lol.
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Yeah the AAA stuff like spiderman, god of war, days gone, ghost of tsushima, uncharted, tlou are really similar i most ways - i agree
the games not made by sony (death stranding, bloodborne) or the few smaller budget games (dreams) are not however…
Hezekiah
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The biggest one being for GamePass
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Ass of Can Whooping
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TIL Spiderman is really similar to TLOU
Are you looking for a linear zombie horror tps? Play Spiderman
Do you guys honestly not think for more than two seconds before you spout this utter tripe?
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Magnific0giganticus
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Killer Instinct is dead, who cares, let them include all their games.
Meanwhile
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Sony says it’s secured enough components to hit 22m PlayStation 5 sales goal | VGC
The corporation says it’s “not concerned” about the semiconductor supply for its FY target…
www.videogameschronicle.com
August 2021 NPD: Ghost of Tsushima returns to dominate August game sales
The August 2021 NPD games report revealed an industry that continues to grow even compared to a very strong 2020.
venturebeat.com
Bottom line....
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bitbydeath
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Just thought it was silly they were trying to say Xbox was more diverse.Killer Instinct is dead, who cares, let them include all their games.
Meanwhile
Sony says it’s secured enough components to hit 22m PlayStation 5 sales goal | VGC
The corporation says it’s “not concerned” about the semiconductor supply for its FY target…
August 2021 NPD: Ghost of Tsushima returns to dominate August game sales
The August 2021 NPD games report revealed an industry that continues to grow even compared to a very strong 2020.
Bottom line....
Cyber_hunter026
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Reading this entire thread, and some of these posts. I'm not really surprised that a huge bulk of them, including kagney K is nothing but clown post after clown post
On-topic: every game, including sony's have or has some sort of skill tree. Being part rpg lite is the new open world, same mechanics, dressed differently. what is key though, is how developers make them fun for the player to go out there to really invest in it?
CrimsonSquall
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It’s such a stupid topic. I didn’t play GOW, Horizon and Spider-man and think damn, these are all too similar. Like come on this is so lame
Hobbygaming
has been asked to post in 'Grounded' mode.
Because it kills the narrative
Ass of Can Whooping
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What's your favourite moment in GOW?
Mine was web swinging in the massive open world of Alfheim
Hobbygaming
has been asked to post in 'Grounded' mode.
Topher
Gold Member
I didn't like the part where Abby got her revenge on JJ Jameson using a 9 Iron in Everybody's Golf.
Should have used a wedge.
Banjo64
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Good one mate.
Magnific0giganticus
Banned
Mine was shooting the lights out of the Flying Serpent Colossus with the Ryno V, after I upgraded its skill tree to Max and then collected its parts for my custom Ford GT.
Papacheeks
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Sony owned the IP though before they even bought Insomniac? All of Insomniac's prior games they developed for playstation, playstation IP was owned? So regardless if at the time they didn't own Insomniac the IP they worked on aka Ratchet Sony owned?
Why are we disputing this? Sony literally has owned all the IP's Insomniac has made for them exclusively? Fuze, Sunset overdrive and their smaller projects are the ones Insomniac owned IP wise. Spyro was owned by activision.
Ass of Can Whooping
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I didn't like the part where Abby got her revenge on JJ Jameson using a 9 Iron in Everybody's Golf.
Should have used a wedge.
Agreed
But I think that time Ellie used her shank of chaos to bring down a thunderjaw more than made up for it
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
Baseball bats, they need to hit them over the green monstah for maximum damage to the sackboi pitching staff!
Ghost of Caelid
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You named 3 studios with unannounced games...gureilla hasnt done a shooter in a decade...sackboy is a first party ip from a third party developer. Astro bot is a first party platformer. FF7 is still a timed exclusive. Guilty gear strive is a third party game with no current timeline coming to other consoles but isnt a sony published game as I stated. So of the games I listed of sony published first party diversity you have sackboy and astrobots as a rebutal. I think we need more on a larger scale because the scope of those were pretty small. R&C is somewhat that but in its modern form is still more of a third person action game with a skill tree...just more cartoonish. But the dna is still the same.
Banjo64
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Owning the IP =/= a game being developed by a first party studio. Just like Moon Studios aren’t an Xbox studio.
That’s what’s being discussed here isn’t it? The OP is talking about Sony’s first party devs, people are bringing up any game published by Sony but developed by third party devs and just plain old third party games like FF as a counter point.
The title of the thread says first party, that’s not From Software, that’s not Square Enix, that’s not Bluepoint, including Housemarque is being ludicrously generous.
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Magnific0giganticus
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You named 3 studios with unannounced games...gureilla hasnt done a shooter in a decade...sackboy is a first party ip from a third party developer. Astro bot is a first party platformer. FF7 is still a timed exclusive. Guilty gear strive is a third party game with no current timeline coming to other consoles but isnt a sony published game as I stated. So of the games I listed of sony published first party diversity you have sackboy and astrobots as a rebutal. I think we need more on a larger scale because the scope of those were pretty small. R&C is somewhat that but in its modern form is still more of a third person action game with a skill tree...just more cartoonish. But the dna is still the same.
Ass of Can Whooping
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If the argument is about first party lineup being diverse then whether the studio is owned by them or not is honestly irrelevent.
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Ghost of Caelid
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Must be nice. The settings are different and so are the characters but if thats the case people complaining about ubisoft games being similar is lame too? Acting like these games dont have very very similar gameplay philosophies is kind of turning a blind eye. No ones saying its bad but would you want more variety.
Banjo64
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It’s not though, Microsoft or Sony could just moneyhat GTA 6, FIFA 22 and Battlefield 2042 for true exclusivity tomorrow but it wouldn’t make any difference to the philosophies or verity of their first party studios.
Ass of Can Whooping
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I'm not talking about money hatting third party games. I'm talking about contracted work by third parties i.e BluePoint
JTCx
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Ass of Can Whooping
Banned
Yeah when i realised I had to crouch in GOW to sneak past some zombies I shut that console off immediately. Got so tired of doing that in TLOU
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Papacheeks
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Returnal regardless of how you look at it regardless if at the time they did not legally own them, Housemarque made returnal for Sony and only Sony. Sony approached them on that title. House marque showed them their prototype for their BR game and sony was not interested. But saw their returnal prototype and liked that so funded that whole project and at a certain milestone started talks in acquiring them. Which started way last year.
So cherry pick what you want. Returnal is first party, sony funded it even before legally owning them. I agree Final fantasy and the likes are not first party nor should they be considered. But Returnal was made exclusively for PS5 only, and was 100% funded and they were given tools internally by Sony to build the original prototype. Ratchet is first party regardless of how you want to swing it.
Ratchet started production the same time frame that they were bought by sony. It started in 2019.
Banjo64
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Bluepoint are the exception because they work on actual exclusive properties like SotC and DeS. Anything else IS money hatted. It doesn’t matter if SE release a press release saying FF23 was only made possible due to the power of Sony’s crazy 3D audio technology, it doesn’t matter if Bathesda say Deathloop could only be made with Sony’s SSD in mind - it’s all just happy PR for ‘yeah they gave us a shit load of money to make a game’. Which is fine, but they aren’t first party studios.
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Ghost of Caelid
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Same way I had to hack a drone to infiltrate a corporate strong hold in assassins creed: Valhalla so I can rescue Zeus from the clutches of Vaas.