Lady Lilith Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 http://kotaku.com/sony-promises-there-wont-be-a-ps4-game-drought-1464035970 Will the PlayStation 4 keep getting new games, or will it suffer through the dreaded software drought that inflicts most video game consoles during their first few months on the market? Sony is hoping—and promising—the former. RELATED The PlayStation 4: TheKotaku Review (In Progress) How good is the PlayStation 4? Ask me in five years. Ask me after Naughty Dog's next couple of games, after I figure out whether God of War is… Read… Sony's got big plans for their next PlayStation, which comes out on Friday. They want to keep pumping it full of big-budget games, indies, and everything in between. But a glance at their release schedule for the next few months must be disconcerting for anyone who has the shiny new console preordered with the expectation that they'll be playing it non-stop. After the launch lineup—Knack, Killzone, and a bunch of multiplatform games like Assassin's Creed IVand Battlefield 4—there isn't much out there.P Particularly in January, February, and March, the list is dismal.2P But Sony's Adam Boyes says that more games are coming in the next few months—the company just hasn't given us dates. Boyes, who is in charge of working with third-party publishers and developers to get their games on PlayStation consoles, says they don't plan to let the PS4 have any sort of software drought. P "I think we've got a lot of stuff that's gonna be coming out sort of on a more regular cadence than the competition, because we've got a lot of great, phenomenal indie games," Boyes told me during an interview yesterday in NYC. "I think also what you're gonna see is a lot of updates to the free-to-play games as they come online. We've got Warframe; we've got Blacklight: Retribution; we've got DC Universe Online. Then we've got Warthunder coming. And all those games I think we'll be continually adding and evolving the content that's available on them. And then once some of the other indie games start coming online, once they start releasing, we'll see a nice cadence."P RELATED A Ton Of Indie Games Are Coming To PS4 And Vita Well then. At their Gamescom press conference, Sony just announced a bootload of indies that will be making their exclusive console debuts on PS4…Read… Remember that massive list of indie games? The one that includes titles like Fez and The Binding of Isaac? Those might be the titles that help fill in the blanks between launch and the next big AAA games, like Infamous: Second Son, The Order: 1866, and whatever big productions Sony hasn't announced just yet. "Up until about December, I think there's a lot of visibility on what's coming up, and I think January, February, March is when you'll start seeing all that stuff start hitting the market at a nice, regular beat," Boyes said. "Like every few weeks there will be new stuff to be playing on PS4." It's also Boyes' job to snag the Sony exclusives you see for multi-platform games like Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag. That whole "60 minutes of exclusive PlayStation content" thing? Boyes and his team. The bad news for people who want to play games only on Xbox and Wii U is that Boyes and crew are fighting hard to keep that going—they've already snagged some sort of exclusive content for Bungie's upcoming shooter Destiny, for example, which will be announced tomorrow night during Spike TV's PS4 All-Access event.P "We're having meetings—that's what my team does every single week," Boyes said. "Right now we're planning E3; we're planning our announcements for that; we're planning Gamescom; we're planning TGS; all those different events and what kind of stuff we want. And listening, whether people are tweeting at [sony top exec Shuhei Yoshida] or me or anyone on my team. We're reading all the forums and commenters to see what people are really excited about. And that's the stuff we usually start with—the more excitement there is around certain content, that's sort of where we go after." They talk to the big third-party publishers—the EAs and Activisions. They talk to independent development studios like Gearbox, whose AAA shooter Borderlands 2 is getting a Vita port next year. Boyes and his team even talk to the developers behind successful Kickstarters, hoping to sway them to release their games on the PlayStation Network for either Vita, PlayStation 4, or both.P That's why Boyes is confident that the PS4 games are just going to keep trickling in—even if many of them are ports. And although Sony doesn't have any big-budget third-party exclusives on the same level as EA's Titanfall, the multiplayer shooter that will be only on PC and Xbox platforms, they're continuing to fight for platform exclusives that they hope PlayStation fans can care about. For PS4 owners, hopefully that means enough games to keep everyone's console in use for the next few months.P "I think next year is gonna be a huge year though in general, with Destiny coming and a lot of stuff we saw and talked about on that partnership which is gonna be super-exciting," Boyes said. "There's a lot of stuff we continue to focus on trying to get." Let's hope they make good on this and it's more than just indie games. Not that those are necessarily bad, but it'd be good to have some good first/third party games that are from the big devs out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 And here I'm dying from a Vita drought. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parker Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 My PlayStation 4 won't be getting a whole lot of use come December 6th because I'll be lost in Gran Turismo 6 but it is good to hear Sony are focusing on having awesome games to go with an awesome system. Parker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xVolloxx Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 Can't wait ! ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beyondthegrave07 Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 C'mon Sony!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaSoOoN-MHD Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 Indie games are cool and all, but I like big games aswell. I really hope we don't just get shafted with their excuse being ''BUT WE HAVE ALL THOSE INDIE GAMES!'' There should be a balance. Especially since Steam is way better for indie deals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AkodoRyu Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 Indie games are cool and all, but I like big games aswell. I really hope we don't just get shafted with their excuse being ''BUT WE HAVE ALL THOSE INDIE GAMES!'' There should be a balance. Especially since Steam is way better for indie deals. I don't see us getting many big games until next autumn - regardless of platform status, we never do. There are pretty much no new releases in Dec and Jan. There are some releases in Feb-early May, than no one release anything because of E3/holiday until at least late august (although who knows - Sony threw TLoU on holiday season this year, them cats are crazy; Uncharted 4, summer 2014?). We'll see inFamous in Feb (and DriveClub somewhere around), maybe 1 more bigger, 1st party game pre E3 (Sony might use summer drought season to try and bring in some imports, like Yakuza Ishin), most of multi-platform releases (those Watch_Dogs) and mostly smaller games. Majority of big games will be coming late Sep-late Nov 2014, like they always do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YGT_10 Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 PS4 someday you will be mine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrBloodmoney Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 I hope that with the ps4 people stop trying to make this silly distinction between 'Indie' and 'big' games. Seriously.... who cares about the length of a game, the quality is what counts! Some of the best games available on ps3 are short 'indie' games Limbo Braid Shatter The Unfinished Swan Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light Lone Survivor Journey Flower To name but a few, and every one is better than almost any 'big' game to hit the platform. The Witness is clearly going to be the best game on PS4 for the first year, and it is both 'big' and 'indie'! Love good games. Big or small! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widow_Warrior Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 My PlayStation 4 won't be getting a whole lot of use come December 6th because I'll be lost in Gran Turismo 6 but it is good to hear Sony are focusing on having awesome games to go with an awesome system. Parker thought you would of finished GT5 first Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piggie_Pie Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 And here I'm dying from a Vita drought. This ^ I mean, its cool that we will get to use our Vitas a lot with the PS4 but I really want some quality Vita exclusives... I will be using the remote play function a lot i think... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parker Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 thought you would of finished GT5 first Yeah, I plan on getting the platinum eventually but I'll have to wait until I get some more free time. Most of the trophies I have left are grindy. Parker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Incredible Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 And here I'm dying from a Vita drought. This ^ I mean, its cool that we will get to use our Vitas a lot with the PS4 but I really want some quality Vita exclusives... I will be using the remote play function a lot i think... Am I the only one that is surprised that they haven't even attempted a Loco Roco or Patapon for the vita. the tilt and touch of the vita seem like they would be right up that ally. And I'm still waiting for more new about the Bioshock game for the Vita. Its one of the main reasons I got one in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piggie_Pie Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 Am I the only one that is surprised that they haven't even attempted a Loco Roco or Patapon for the vita. the tilt and touch of the vita seem like they would be right up that ally. And I'm still waiting for more new about the Bioshock game for the Vita. Its one of the main reasons I got one in the first place. Im more interested in JRPGs for handhelds... thats what i always flock to... but on the same note im still looking forward to more news on the Vita version of Borderlands 2.... I would totally play that game all the way through again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Incredible Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 Im more interested in JRPGs for handhelds... thats what i always flock to... but on the same note im still looking forward to more news on the Vita version of Borderlands 2.... I would totally play that game all the way through again! I only played thru the first one because I had friends to play with. I usually play my vita at work when there is nothing to do, where there is no wifit connection. Does Blands 2 hold up as a single player game, or is it like the first where its better with more people? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piggie_Pie Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 I only played thru the first one because I had friends to play with. I usually play my vita at work when there is nothing to do, where there is no wifit connection. Does Blands 2 hold up as a single player game, or is it like the first where its better with more people? well honestly they make co-op games so that multiplayer always nets more XP and such... it IS a better experience with a team or even one friend... but i enjoyed the single player a lot as well... I hope that helps friend... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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