One of the biggest complaints levelled at the Xbox 360 is that it doesn’t have enough depth in games and concentrates solely on first person shooters and the odd sports games.
Well after taking a look at this expected blockbusters from both camps it looks like that criticism is going to have to take a back seat for a while.
Now unless this list is missing something here are the expected major titles for the PS3 this year.
1. MGS 4 – Stealth Shooter
2. GT5P – I just can’t accept that it is not a demo
3. Killzone 2 – Shooter
4. Resistance 2 – Shooter
5. Haze – Shooter
6. LBP – Platforming genre breaking exclusive
7. Home – It’s not even a game…
So that’s it, that is the killer PS3 line up that is 2008 and granted I want 5 out of those 7 titles but I am a FPS nut..
Is this a sad example of how the developers are all moving towards the guaranteed money spinners or am I just missing a huge amount of non-shooting games for the PS3 this year? (Exclusives only)
Last Updated: March 31, 2008
Jinja
March 31, 2008 at 08:24
MGS4 isn’t a shooter. (Stealth Action game – I shot about 10% of enemies in MGS2/3, I prefer sneaking and knifing)
Wipeout HD – Racer
Motorstorm 2 – Racer
Which makes the shooter line up 30% of the BIG name releases.
But yes, that was the trend for 07/08, I think for both platforms, developers will move away from the shooter for 09’s realeases. Western developers generally make more FPS’s than anything else…
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Fox1
March 31, 2008 at 08:55
I see no F1 game in that list. What is Sony doing with the license? I hope the FIA does not extend the license for Sony.
doobiwan
March 31, 2008 at 09:40
Jinja, 360’s done it’s “year of the shooter” last year, this year is “year of the rpg”. 😉
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JimBob
March 31, 2008 at 10:18
There’s Heavy Rain, White Knight Chronicles, Infamous, Valkyrie of the Battlefield, Wardevil, Afrika, Motorstorm 2 and many others missing from your list, although some of these end up early 2009 rather than 2008. (If you include PSN network games, many of which are near retail quality, there’s also things like Echochrome and Wipeout HD).
Jinja
March 31, 2008 at 10:36
Doobiwan, true. Sony is now trying to win over all those mindless gamers who masturbate while staring at their poster of Master Chief.
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Jinja
March 31, 2008 at 10:36
Sorry, did I say that out loud?
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doobiwan
March 31, 2008 at 10:51
Yeah, you probably shouldn’t have considering you’re the one whose been doing the drooling over these titles 😉
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CHase
March 31, 2008 at 10:52
I agree the “big” exclusives are mostly FPS, but then again there are some other good ones coming out, dunno if you call them “big” exclusives tho…
Tekken6
Time Crisis 4 (yes its a shooter but its very different to your run of the mill)
Final Fantasy 13
L.A. Noire
Afrika (dunno what its about but not fps 🙂 )
Heavy Rain(looks intersting)
CHase
March 31, 2008 at 11:02
Check this out on ps3za forums, dunno how accurate it is but its a list of 98 titles, they probably not all coming out in 08 tho .
scroll down to tan365 post for the full list with sources
http://www.ps3za.co.za/forum/archive/index.php?t-2319.html