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[Kagey K]

I know everyone here loves Sony and I’ll probably get reported to hell for this.

But what has Sony done for gaming that nobody else could have done?

How have they advanced the gaming community to make it a better place?

Where are we going to show how gaming can be better under Sonys rules?

 

[cireza]

Movies.

 

[The_Mike]

I know everyone here loves Sony and I’ll probably get reported to hell for this.

But what has Sony done for gaming that nobody else could have done?

How have they advanced the gaming community to make it a better place?

Where are we going to show how gaming can be better under Sonys rules?

Sony is the only console manufacturer that has focus on VR and spitting many games out. That's about it, and that's what wins the crowd.

 

[Kagey K]

Sony is the only console manufacturer that has focus on VR and spitting many games out. That's about it, and that's what wins the crowd.

But without them Vive would still be a thing. So would Oculus. It doesn’t advance gaming it just makes it worse then their counterparts.

 

[The_Mike]

But without them Vive would still be a thing. So would Oculus. It doesn’t advance gaming it just makes it worse then their counterparts.

Well I agree with you, but that's the answer people always tell. I'm not a Sony fanboy but I keep hearing this as an argument all the time, so that's the reason from what I can tell.

 

[Kagey K]

Movies.

Ms was the one that convinced Netflix to start making apps, had they not who knows where we would be right now on the streaming front.

Movies might be the last thing they wanted on a gaming console.

 

[cireza]

Ms was the one that convinced Netflix to start making apps, had they not who knows where we would be right now on the streaming front.

Movies might be the last thing they wanted on a gaming console.

You did not game the point. Now I have to explain my stupid joke. Sony first party games = movies.

 

[Kagey K]

You did not game the point. Now I have to explain my stupid joke. Sony first party games = movies.

Sorry my bad. I actually thought you meant movies. I didn’t mean to ruin the joke.

 

[Kagey K]

As far as I can see they have brought literally nothing to the gaming industry, yet get credit for it all.

How far behind would our consoles be if Sony got to dictate it?

 

[ethomaz]

They do games.

 

[Kagey K]

They do games.

So does everyone else?

 

[Danjin44]

For me personally, they give me great games that no other console give me, like ICO/SOTC/Last Guardian, Gravity Rush series, Bloodborne and third party exclusives like Persona, SMT Nocturne, Digital Devil Saga, God Hand and Drakengard series. For me it’s all about games, there is good reason why I chose Sony and Nintendo over XBox because they simply give me games I care about.

 

[Kagey K]

For me personally, they give me great games that no other console give me, like ICO/SOTC/Last Guardian, Gravity Rush series, Bloodborne and third party exclusives like Persona, SMT Nocturne, Digital Devil Saga, God Hand and Drakengard series. For me it’s all about games, there reason chose Sony and Nintendo over XBox because they simply give me games I care about.

That doesn’t help advance gaming, in fact if they didn’t exist those 3rd party games would exist on other systems and might not have thier servers shut down.

All the 3rd party exclusives are a publisher choice, and the first party would just go to other publishers.

In the end that’s not Sony helping gaming that’s publishers helping Sony.

 

[ethomaz]

So does everyone else?

So where is the others games?

Sony biggest contribution to the game market is make good games.

That is the best the market advance.

 

[gifgaf]

So does everyone else?

Sony have games that appeal to the majority, its that simple. I have all current consoles and some older ones but my PS4 gets the most playtime due to the games it has. As for multiplatform games I use a PC if i can. I would gladly play my other consoles more if they had the games that appealed to me, I have no allegiances to console manufacturers, I just want good games.

 

[Virex]

Moving from 2D to 3D. Without the PS1 I think we would have been stuck with 2D games a lot longer.

 

[TeamGhobad]

nothing really. they pretty much copied everything from MS. Online, Achievements ect

 

[Kagey K]

Sony have games that appeal to the majority, its that simple. I have all current consoles and some older ones but my PS4 gets the most playtime due to the games it has. As for multiplatform games I use a PC if i can. I would gladly play my other consoles more if they had the games that appealed to me, I have no allegiances to console manufacturers, I just want good games.

They really don’t, and you are going to see it more now, but all those used to be “exclusives” are tired of being exclusive. Now we will get to see what Sony first party is made out of.

Moving from 2D to 3D. Without the PS1 I think we would have been stuck with 2D games a lot longer.

N64 was out before and went 3D first.

 

[bitbydeath]

Moved gaming to 3D (PS1)
First online console in the world (PS2)
Introduced *free games with PS+ (PS3)
First VR console (PS4)

 

[nkarafo]

People accuse Nintendo and the Wii for bringing games to the non-gamers and (casuals) making gaming mainstream with whatever good or bad this means.

But it was Sony who did this with the original Playstation. They made games mainstream, a lot of people who thought games are for "nerds"or children would start gaming on the PS1 because it was trendy.

 

[Verdanth]

Sixaxis controller.

**Mindblowing**

 

[HaveButOneLife]

Ms was the one that convinced Netflix to start making apps, had they not who knows where we would be right now on the streaming front.

Movies might be the last thing they wanted on a gaming console.

He meant games being made to be like movies.

 

[nkarafo]

Moving from 2D to 3D. Without the PS1 I think we would have been stuck with 2D games a lot longer.

Could you elaborate?

3D was already here long before the PS1. The 3DO, Jaguar, 32X, Saturn all had 3D games, even older consoles and home computers had 3D games.

Moved gaming to 3D (PS1)
First online console in the world (PS2)
Introduced *free games with PS+ (PS3)
First VR console (PS4)

At least 3 out of 4 are false.

 

[Kagey K]

He meant games being made to be like movies.

Yeah I got it too late. I feel bad because he explained his joke after the fact.

 

[gifgaf]

They really don’t, and you are going to see it more now, but all those used to be “exclusives” are tired of being exclusive. Now we will get to see what Sony first party is made out of.


N64 was out before and went 3D first.

They really do, sales prove that. I know I prefer the exclusives that Sony puts out.

 

[Paasei]

Developing first party games that are better than MS games (obviously my opinion) and that's the only thing I care about when I buy a console, (exclusive) games.

I have a PC for everything else it offers.

 

[Bergoglio]

Walking simulators

 

[bitbydeath]

N64 was out before and went 3D first.

PS1 released in 1994
N64 released in 1996

 

[bitbydeath]

At least 3 out of 4 are false.

Look it up.
All four are correct.

 

[Kagey K]

They really do, sales prove that. I know I prefer the exclusives that Sony puts out.

I think you might be having a hard time between “exclusive” and “exclusive exclusive” but hey if 2 games a year is a deal breaker then by all means go for it.

 

[nkarafo]

He meant games being made to be like movies.

Even that is false though. Games that were more like movies existed long before, especially when CD players became a thing on PCs in the early 90's. And there's also the Sega CD and Philips CDi

 

[Danjin44]

That doesn’t help advance gaming, in fact if they didn’t exist those 3rd party games would exist on other systems and might not have thier servers shut down.

All the 3rd party exclusives are a publisher choice, and the first party would just go to other publishers.

In the end that’s not Sony helping gaming that’s publishers helping Sony.

It’s not really sony’s fault that third party games gets release on PlayStation over Xbox. DQXI came out on PS4 and PC and soon coming to Switch but not on Xbox, so who exactly at fault here?

 

[TLZ]

 

[ethomaz]

They really don’t, and you are going to see it more now, but all those used to be “exclusives” are tired of being exclusive. Now we will get to see what Sony first party is made out of.


N64 was out before and went 3D first.

lol

So much wrong in that post.

 

[Kagey K]

PS1 released in 1994
N64 released in 1996

Name the 3D games before 1996.

 

[Kagey K]

lol

So much wrong in that post.

List it then.

 

[Airbus Jr]

What has Sony done to advanced gaming?

The Last of Us II aka the greatest game in mankind history

 

[Kagey K]

What has Sony done to advanced gaming?

The Last of Us II aka the greatest game in mankind history

The game you haven’t played yet is the greatest game ever made?

Surely that is non biased.

 

[nkarafo]

Look it up.
All four are correct.

There were already 3D games way before Sony's PS1. I already mentioned the Saturn, 32X, 3DO, etc. You even have 3D games on PCs in the early 90s and even the 16bit consoles.

First online console? You can trace that back in the early 80's. In Japan even the NES (famicom) had online.

I'll give you the VR since the Atari Jaguar only had prototypes and the Virtual Boy was a massive failure.

 

[Aceofspades]

Made gaming mainstream and moved it from "children" hobby to "all ages " entertainment.

Its funny when you look at how Sony entered VG business. Nintendo approched Sony to develop CDs for SNES then stab them in the back....Sony then goes to Sega , which ended up ignoring the deal because 'Sony doesn't know how to design hardware or gaming software according to them . Then came 1994 when Sony crushed both , made Sega quit hardware business all together, and ended a 10 year market dominance for Nintendo. Its quite a revenge tale .

 

[O-N-E]

I don't care what any corporation has "done" for the industry. I'm here for the games. Same reason why I wouldn't rate older, more poorly designed games above newer ones purely for the reason of innovation. Is it engaging and fun to play? Good.

 

[Breakage]

Sony made gaming cool.
Its consoles helped to popularise cinematic experiences.

 

[gifgaf]

I think you might be having a hard time between “exclusive” and “exclusive exclusive” but hey if 2 games a year is a deal breaker then by all means go for it.

God of war
Astrobot
Uncharted
Last of us
Firewal zero hour
Shadow of the colossus
Until Dawn
Bloodborne
Spiderman
Horizon zero dawn
Days gone

All Sony exclusive and all games I've enjoyed this generation, I'm not having a hard time, you are.

 

[bitbydeath]

Name the 3D games before 1996.

Had to google. Jumping Flash in 1995.

 

[Kagey K]

God of war
Astrobot
Uncharted
Last of us
Firewal zero hour
Shadow of the colossus
Until Dawn
Bloodborne
Spiderman
Horizon zero dawn
Days gone

All Sony exclusive and all games I've enjoyed this generation, I'm not having a hard time, you are.

And they could have all been made without Sony.

The only reason they were made for Playstation is because they are contractually forced to.

We see more and more that these companies don’t want to make games for Sony only so once thier contract ends they are jumping to PC and Xbox.

That isn’t good for the gaming industry.

 

[gifgaf]

And they could have all been made without Sony.

The only reason they were made for Playstation is because they are contractually forced to.

I agree they could, but they didn't. I go where the games at.

 

[ethomaz]

Name the 3D games before 1996.

Like Toshinden? You know 1995 had a lot of 3D games.

I’m just saying specifically Toshinden because it was the first full 3D fighting game released one month after PS1 launch.

 

[FranXico]

Name the 3D games before 1996.

A famous one.

The PS1 was infamous gor being engineered for 3D games first and foremost. Developers even went on record complaining about how 2D games were more difficult to develop than 3D games.

 

[Pallas]

Moved gaming to 3D (PS1)
First online console in the world (PS2)
Introduced *free games with PS+ (PS3)
First VR console (PS4)

Actually Nintendo was technically ahead of that curb, dating back to the Famicom and also with the Super Famicom by using peripheral dial up modems for the consoles, in Japan.

 

[Airbus Jr]

PS4 game that could be transformed for PS5

Project Awakening watch look terrific!!