New franchises

[NickSCFC]

Since the early years of the first PlayStations launch, the "PlayStation" brand has been associated with many games franchises. The most popuar of which are still going today...

WipEout
Gran Turismo
Final Fantasy
Resident Evil
Metal Gear Soid
Tomb Raider
Crash Bandicoot
Tekken
Ridge Racer
Pro Evolution Soccer
Cool Boarders
Destruction Derby
Formula One
World Rally Championship

Though these franchises have remained popular amongst PlayStation users for the past five or more years. Though they have helped keep the "PlayStation" brand at the top of the charts in terms of sales, it has also meant that users have decided to buy its main rival, Xbox, in a search for fresh new games such as Halo, Project Gotham Racer and Amped. With the launch of PlayStation 2 the only fresh new franchisies to be "PlayStation" exclusive that have been sucessful are The Getaway and EyeToy, no doubt Sony's Killzone will also prove to be popular when it is relesed late this year.

With PlayStation 3 due for launch in America and Europe late 2006, would you like to see the same popular franchises continued into the next generation, or a whole bunch of new franchises?

[NickSCFC]

I did actually put some effort into this post, the least you could do is reply.

[paulo]

Well there will be some orginal games out and as long as there good game it don't matter if there the same franchise.

[ratchet]

i want a combination of both new franchises and continuing of old ones wich is what all 3 new systems are gonna most likely do when there released. i want new and old franchises for all the new systems as long as the games are actually good of course.

i would also add
devil may cry
jax
ratchet n clank
ico as also new ps2 franchises.
and the continuing ofthe twisted metal series for the ps3- i think the twisted metal series belogs to sony?????

[axia777]

I want new franchises. I know for a fact that the most popular games now are gonna get sequels, it is a given. I want new games that break the idea of what games should be. There is so much a game developer can do with games. I want a mature rated RPG, like GTA. PS3 games are gonna kick ass as long as the developers continue to push the envelope.

[GT4 RULZ]

i would like to see some new games maybe developers might run out of ideas :lol:

[Omega Blue]

i think Sony should care a little bit more about the american market and make some exclusive FPS franchise, or maybe actually get some smarts and buy up Guerilla games. and stop it from going to PC.

[NickSCFC]

I thought Killzone was going to be PlayStation 2 exclusive.

[Omega Blue]

it is in console form, but it is gonna be on PC i thought i heard if not even better.

[NickSCFC]

I've heard absoutely nothing about that, it's nothing more than a rumour.

[Cinder]

I´m happy as long as games(eries) like ...

Silent Hill
Project Zero
Final Fantasy (and ALL of its spin-offs)
Legacy of Kain
SSX
Onimusha
Clock Tower
Resident Evil

EDIT: Oh, I'd really love to see a sequel of Shadow of Memories on PS3. I loved the game. Truly original game with amazing story. One of the things I loved about it, were that the player had no weapon!
I think it´s one of the most underrated games ever.

(These I´ll play on PC, but better to PS3 have them, than Xbox2):
Unreal tournament
Unreal
Doom
Half-Life
Quake
Painkiller
S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Shadow of Chernobyl
Far Cry
Vampire - The Masquerade: Bloodlines
Warcraft
Medal of Honor
Call of Duty
Serious Sam
Max Payne

GTA *
Tomb Raider *
Devil May Cry *
Metal Gear Solid *
Gran Turismo *
Need for Speed *
Tekken *
SoulCalibur *
Virtua Fighter *
Dead or Alive *
All the Tolkien based games *
Sims *
The most popular sportgames of EA & Konami *

... will be released ONLY on PS3.

(* I don't usually like to play these kind of games, but as they are so immensely popular, it would be great if they´d be exclusively on PS3)



It always makes me smile when I think how badly Resident Evil sells on Gamecube. Capcom themselves have stated their disappointment with the sales, and mr. Mikami (to whom I´ve lost every ounce of respect I once had) has expressed some rather bitter (and untruthful) remarks towards PS2. Hah! That´s what you get when you choose to release games exclusively on Nintendo.

Capcom should have thought about how much Resident Evil would have sold on PS2. Most probably few millions of copies more than on Nintendo.

I´ll NEVER buy Gamecube, not even to play Resident Evil 4. That´s my way of protesting. It was wrong of Capcom to announce Resident Evil 4 on PS2 and create a huge load of anticipation, and then stab the fans to the back. My advice to everyone; DON`T BUY GAMECUBE IN ORDER TO PLAY RESIDENT EVIL 4!!! I want to hurt them. I really hope Capcom will face unbearable losses with Resident Evil 4.

[GT4 RULZ]

i 'll me start of by saying welcome to ps3insider cinder.

if u say killzone is going to be relased on pc then i dont think sony would be showing it off as much and saying its a halo killler :?

[Cinder]

i 'll me start of by saying welcome to ps3insider cinder.

if u say killzone is going to be relased on pc then i dont think sony would be showing it off as much and saying its a halo killler :?



Thanx, and hi to you too.

Eh? I didn´t mention anything about Killzone .. so I don´t get what you mean???

[GT4 RULZ]

ohh sorri i was refering to

Omega Blue

NickSCFC

yo sorri dude

[Omega Blue]

true, but you never know oh well either way is exlcusive to the Ps2. i would (oh and they better) make a Devil May Cry game on the Ps2, even tho DMC is 3 years old you have to admit it is still even bytodays standards a great looking game. if they can milk this kind of graphics out of the Ps3 in its first 2 years with just one game, i'd be happy.

[shaudeus]

id like to see true crime and getaway on next gen

[KlawHammer]

We need new gamedevs, definately!

[LaLiLuLeLo]

There's a buncha great original games on PS2 that NickSFC left out. Devil May Cry, SSX series, NBA Street. Beyond Good and Evil, the list goes on. But it's a mistake to say PS2 is riding on it's older brother's momentum.

[Brad]

Fresh new franchises ofcourse...but i would also like continuations of the final fantasy series, mgs series and so on. After you've played xxx amount of brand new games, you kinda wanna go back to the old school shit every now and then.

Me..i find myself playing final fantasy tactics, 7, 8 and metal gear solid for psx every other month or so


EDIT: Oh, I'd really love to see a sequel of Shadow of Memories on PS3. I loved the game. Truly original game with amazing story. One of the things I loved about it, were that the player had no weapon!
I think it´s one of the most underrated games ever.




shadow of memories? is that the same game as shadow of destiny with different title?

Edit: yea it is

Im surprised that someone else enjoyed the game as much as me. If you finished the game and got all 5 endings you'd truly appreciate this game. Its one of those games where you can just chill and play after everyone goes to bed and actually think about what happened and how you could have prevented it. I found the game to be very touching, sad at times, with a dark out line...truly a master piece

You know that if your protagonist (main character of the story) is the first thing to die, the game is gonna be something out of the ordinary.

If you guys wanna find out more about this game, visit this website: http://www.konamityo.com/som/english/top/e_shadow1.html

Gamespot hardly does justice in its reviews to this game.

[NickSCFC]

Any franchises you'd expect not to be carried over to PlayStation 3? Tomb Raider for example.

[KlawHammer]

MGS, FF why? because we have so many FF games already!

[Matt]

There'll definately be a Final Fantasy game on the PS3, and you know it KH! :)

[Brad]

Final fantasy is not going anywhere, although, i didn't expect a 2nd/3rd (grandsons o puberty and snake eater) part to the metal gear solid for ps, so i i'd like it if they just closed the series with snake eater.

Tekken, devil may cry, onimusha etc should all stop when the ps3 comes out. Resident evil on the other hand would be sweet as a mother breast feeding her children.

[The_One]

Tekken, devil may cry, onimusha etc should all stop when the ps3 comes out. Resident evil on the other hand would be sweet as a mother breast feeding her children. Why would they all stop? Tekken is a popular franchise, I doubt it'll finish. DMC, I don't know, but we might see one or two more titles on the PS3 before Capcom moves on to some other new title. Onimusha, most likely, the third one should finish off the current story. Resident Evil, heh, I think they're starting to run out of ideas :P. After all, once the zombies take over the world, there really isn't much you can do :lol:.

[Brad]

I dunno why they would stop, im just saying that i'd like it if they put an end to them and started off new games based on fresh new ideas. Yea sure tekken is a pro fightin game, but relying on sequels alone wont get you very far.

[bRoNx]

Tekken, devil may cry, onimusha etc should all stop when the ps3 comes out. Resident evil on the other hand would be sweet as a mother breast feeding her children.

Have you ever played a game and thought "man, wouldn't it be cool if they had this and that"? And then the developers turned around and said, "We'd love to do that, but then we'd have to sacrifice this and that, due to hardware restrictions...". Well, PS3 (or N5 or XBLOCK NEXT) the answer to this problem, that the developers will have to improve on gameplay/fun factor of an old game. So, I'd like to see the original games continued, but with really INNOVATIVE (new use for EyeToy or make use of that digital glove etc) changes!

The possibilities will be almost limitless this time around...

[The_One]

Let's HOPE that the possibilities will be limitless... But we'll always crave for new things no matter what the dev's deliver us. That's human's basic instinct: wanting more.

[\\']-[()619]

Be cool if halo was going to on PS3 or the PS2 8)

[nobbita_aSW_3d]

Well,there WILL be new franchises,the hard stuff is thinking what they will be... but my hopes go for more imersive and artsy games...Games like ICO approach the games to art and that´s not a bad thing.. I think that started with games like super mario world 2 when the game world was like a kid´s drawing...AMAZING...

When games like MGS or Shadow of Memories apeared... they merged games with movies or TVseries or even a book, making characters that appeal and a more than good plot line...

the next franchises...hmmmm...I predict some inovating games...the genres mixed together...But what will be the next fighter?the next shooter?the next rpg?

nobody know...and the companies are trying to know it too...I guess right now,loads of teams are working in new release titles..and drawing some new hero that will be lovable by all in his new platform game with new inovating gameplay...Well... IT CAN BE!!! :lol:

[Kiosko]

I would want countinuing games to the best franchises(like onimusha, and Metal Gear), and some original and wacky games.

[pc999]

New and old franchises...

[\\']-[()619]

yeah new and old franchises would be great 8)

[Percival]

I belive that we need both, the continuation of franchises, but also, exploration in new franchises as well.

[DappaDizzle]

I belive that we need both, the continuation of franchises, but also, exploration in new franchises as well. i stongly agree dude we cant dump the old gen stuff for new we should continue our ps2 hits into the next gen but also get some fresh stuff

[oxygenuk]

there will be current franchises and new franchises on the ps3, are you really that dumb :P ?