Sony’s been heavily criticised this holiday for failing to match the exclusive output of its competitors. With just DriveClub and LittleBigPlanet 3 representing the bulk of its retail titles for the PlayStation 4, its lineup has looked a little thin – but speaking in an interview with Venture Beat, SCEA boss Shawn Layden has indicated that the firm prefers to fill the entire year with content.
“Artists create their own timeline,” he laughed when asked about the timing of exclusive titles, “there’s only so much that we can do to affect that. But to the general point, we like to have good content appear on the platform year-round. We don’t just want a cluster in the summer and a cluster at the holidays. We’d like to fill the whole year.”
There’s no doubt that the Japanese giant’s next-gen machine will be well-serviced next year, with The Order: 1886 and Bloodborne both set to release in February and March respectively. In fact, when you take this year as a whole, it’s not been too bad overall either, with inFAMOUS: Second Son, MLB 14: The Show, and The Last of Us: Remastered all deploying throughout 2014.
The question is: do you prefer a well spread selection of software, or do you want everything at once? Pick your preference in the comments section below.
[source venturebeat.com]
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I definitely prefer the big titles to be a bit spread out
@soracloud28 I'm right with you. The thing is, people have short memories: you can have great supply in February, March, and April - but come the end of the year, if the list wars work against you, the forums will be out for blood!
I guess Shawn is confusing PS exclusives with PS4 exclusives
But next year should be different as I don't think they will make PS3 versions by then.
I've recently bought Call of Duty, FIFA 15, MGS Ground Zero (£7.50 bargian on store). GTA V is currently been delivered, LBP is out next week...
So i'm more than happy to wait for next year now otherwise i won't enjoy my games as much....
I've had Killzone, Infamous, The Last of Us which was all timed perfectly for me with my other games like (Watch Dogs, Outlast, Battlefield etc) and if i did get bored, go to Warframe do a few updates and the ammount content added each time gives me loads to do.
Next year there is plenty of first party i'm interested in and there is most likely going to be a Planetside 2 beta next month.....
It's the quality that matters, and honestly Bloodborne looks to be the highest quality PS4 exclusive announced so far.
I like that Sony spreads out their exclusives (although this year, I feel WiiU did it too). They tend to fall in-between 3rd party releases which is always nice. The catch is, the games can't be mediocre and so far, some have been.
@soracloud28 Precisely, also it would be great if they came out after i get paid every month. Haha!
@Remixora This here should be law! Everyone has one pay day and games come out on that day!
I like a nice spread of delays until Easterish and also Novemberish and further delays until next Easterish. Honestly though. I don't really care, just finish it and release it.
The Order 1886-Febuary
Bloodborne- March
MLB 15 The Show- April
That's a good start and maybe Ratchet & Clank in May ?
Spread is of course better, but from a market point of view, you do need to have at least one big system selling exclusive for the holiday season and Sony didn't this year
I'd not include remasters in the list really...while they are indeed Playstation exclusives they aren't PS4 exclusives and as such I mostly played them in their last gen incarnation.
We might have been a bit light on exclusives this year but It's better to spread them out, and there has been enough multi platform releases to keep me Mostly entertained...exclusives are nice but my gaming life doesn't revolve around them. DriveClub may have been something of a disaster to date, but so has the likes of Assassins Creed:Unity for those who were hit by the bugs and glitches more than others. Both exclusive titles and 3rd party releases have had low points.
Overall, honestly I could have survived this year without a PS4 and made do with my PS3...but now that games I've been looking forward to are getting closer, some PS4 exclusive, I'll be pleased I moved up from the PS3.
I like them them spread out, there's often a cluster of titles I want just before Xmas. And with home insurance, car insurance, mot and Xmas gifts to buy next month, things are looking tight!!!
I prefer the games to take their time with releases. I'm not very dependent on Sony exclusives anyways like how I am with Nintendo games. Just keep giving me those great third-party games and I'm good .
.........well uh third-party games haven't been too good this year
Rather have them spread out. Getting everything at once just sounds like overload, as well being the equivalent of using your resources too quickly. If it's spread out, not only would you get something new and being able to afford, it means there might be a price drop on what came earlier on if you couldn't get it before.
On a side note, that photo of Drake is amazing. I want it as a poster.
I will only be happy i get get an Exclusive every day Well that is what the others get according to the internet
@ZeD This guy is smart. I like this guy.
The number of exclusives for the first year and how they were spread out really wasn't the issue. If just two out of Killzone, Knack, and DriveClub had delivered you put those with inFamous: Second Son, MLB The Show (I know sports don't count for most people but they do for some of us), LBP 3 and then great re-release of TLoU Remastered and that's not terrible. The problem is Knack sucks, Killzone is mediocre and DriveClub is broken to hell. And while MLB is a great game it's very niche given the decline of baseball's popularity in the US and lack of popularity everywhere else, then there's LBP 3 which is certainly a good game but not really that system-selling kind of blockbuster. I think from that perspective, PS3 - while not having a great first year on the whole thanks to third parties putting out terrible ports of 360 games - did have the better first year. Now, swap DriveClub with GT 6 for the PS4 launch or a few months after and if TLoU had been held off to be a PS4 launch game instead of say, Knack. All the sudden the first year looks a lot different. I get why TLoU was on PS3 but I will never agree with anyone that GT 6 shouldn't have been a PS4 launch/launch-window release and the way DriveClub ended up reinforces my belief in that. Sony dropped the ball big time there.
Rather have them spread out. More affordable that way, and I usually only tackle one title at a time. Plus, it keeps the feeling of anticipation fresh.
2014 was underwhelming compared to 2013 on the ps3, but i am sure 2015 will be great.
Please spread them out over the year!! To many games in a clump makes me skip titles. Not only is it hard to throw down the cash all at one time. Voids in game release over the year are not good.
What has worked well for MS over the last month is bundling 3rd party games with some exclusive content at a great price, not their actual exclusives. Sunset Overdrive has sold ok, but nothing groundbreaking. It is COD and Assassins creed that have done it for them .Sony has not tried to match that same level of deal (price etc) with Far Cry and GTAV etc, which has been to their sale detriment.
There is a price war going on, and Sony seems to want rise above it. Not convinced they can rest on their laurels and do that. There are some signs of them moving price now, and they are not being killed in US sales like they were, but MS has got some good momentum coming into the holidays, which if I was Sony I would be worried about. They need "cheap" bundles. Too late to create/ship new bundles, but they can still change the prices of the ones they have!
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