The ever provocative Wedbush Securities analyst Michael Pachter believes that Sony's first-party lineup is the best in the industry right now. Speaking on the latest episode of Pachter Factor – as reported by The Wolf Hall – the controversial clairvoyant said that the Japanese giant's been teasing fans for years now, and it's culminated in an impressive collection of in-development software.
Personally, we've always enjoyed Sony's selection of exclusives; the publisher always delivers a compelling mix of content, and is one of the few companies in the industry willing to take bold bets on games like The Last Guardian and Detroit: Become Human. Of course, it could be countered that very few of the Japanese giant's upcoming titles have release dates.
And to be fair to Pachter, he did go on to praise the other platform holders, and stressed that it's a good time for the industry as a whole. But we don't think Pachter's off-base with his comments on PS4's first-party lineup; it's usually around this point in a generation where Sony starts to exert its dominance, and glancing at the titles it's got in the pipeline, it looks like that's going to happen again.
[source siftd.net, via thewolfhall.com]
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Anytime I think about maybe picking up a X-Box I look at their exclusives and change my mind.
The handful of games I do have any interest in I can just get on PC.
In terms of variety, consistent level of quality, etc.? Absolutely. Nintendo makes my favorite games, but the consistency of their first party output has dropped considerably in the last several years. Hopefully that changes with the Switch and some of its awesome upcoming games (Splatoon 2, Super Mario Odyssey, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, etc.), but Sony is absolutely killing it right now.
Don't really know how you can argue with this - it's certainly the one with the most variety.
This the same Michael Pachter that declared console gaming dead?.....
I normally don't care about Pachter, but my own opinion on PS exclusive titles means I agree by default.
As someone with both a PS4 and XB1 and not 'generally' interested in 'Japanese' games, you may think that maybe the XB1 exclusives could be more numerous if not more appealing to me.
Truth is, I am for more excited by Sony's upcoming releases. Horizon has been one of my most anticipated releases since its reveal and I am more excited by that than Last of Us 2. Days Gone also left a very positive impression on me and of course Spider-Man too. My most anticipated Xbox release WAS Scalebound but since MS decided to cancel that, the rest of the line-up is quite 'meh' from my point of view. I can't see myself buying Sea of Thieves, Crackdown was good but 2 wasn't and still not entirely convinced 3 will be worth buying (not helped by lack of game-play and info). Halo Wars might be OK but don't tend to play RTS games. Forza will no doubt be polished but not a great deal different from previous Forza games and I get bored of racing games. Halo has gone downhill rapidly and last year we had Gears so I doubt we will get another one this soon. Don't think it was as good as the previous trilogy but better than Judgement. In truth, I can't think of any Xbox exclusive that I 'must buy' and only 1 or 2 that 'may' get bought if I have the money and not a lot else I want to buy or due out in the near future.
I don't tend to buy more exclusives than 3rd Party games in a year. That being said, If Sony were to release all the exclusives I know about this year, apart from the cost, they could match or even out-numbered the 3rd Party releases I want. In terms of quality, its easy to see games like Horizon, Last of Us 2, Days Gone, God of War and even Uncharteds stand alone DLC challenging (if not winning) Game of the Year awards (or Best DLC). I can see Forza winning best racer or cuphead winning best 'indie' game (not that I think it looks particularly unique or interesting as a game but I do like the 1920's cartoon aesthetic)
All in all, I do think Sony has a much more exciting line-up...
After PSX last year we were given a now more clear roadmap of exclusives for the next 3 years. This year: Horizon, Nioh, Gravity Rush 2 and GT Sport. 2018: God of War, Detroit and Days Gone and 2019: Death Stranding and The Last of Us part 2 leading us nicely into PS5.
@Splat "exclusives" lol
@Splat Exactly all they have left is Halo, Forza and Gears and those are available on PC so what is the point.
Sony have some great games coming plus we get a lot of the cool Japanese games to choose from which I still enjoy.
Really looking forward to Days Gone.
Well if Pachter says....* rolls eyes *
If Pachter told me the sky was blue, I'd ask for a second opinion.
For sure.
Nintendo have the franchises and ideas to top it but they'd have to be way more consistent with releases.
@adf86 probably more to come too for next few years. Sucker Punch game, Wild and whatever else we dont know of
Hey let's not forget Sucker Punch also has something cooking. Supposedly a new IP being worked on since the release of Infamous SS
@Ralizah Nintendo sucks.PlayStation the best
this guy is a idiot.of course PlayStation is the best.they been the best since 1995.from underdogs.to the king.
@playstation1995
Tell us how you really feel.
@playstation1995 Such eloquence.
Only thing is we don't have any confirmed release dates after Horizon Zero Dawn. Knack 2 and GT Sports are the only exclusives confirmed for this year (I think). However I'm confident Sucker Punch will announce a new game at E3, and it shouldn't take too long to release it after that because it will have been 3 years since their last game at that time. And I don't care if it won't be out for a while, muthafukin Last Of Us Part 2!
@B-I-G-DEVIL Too true, dare I say Bloodborne 2 perhaps as well?
@BAMozzy Lack of Xbox exclusives that interest me this year is the main reason why I finally bought a PS4 for Christmas. It basically came down to me looking at the year and seeing more on PS4 that I really wanted or was excited for that ultimately made me feel ok with hitting "submit order." I will still get 3rd party on Xbox just for gamerscore purposes though I think there's more PS exclusives I want than 3rd party this year.
Oh dear, then that means it's the worst first party lineup in the industry :-
Sony's first part output is largely not my thing; I actually got my PS4 more for the third-party stuff like Witcher 3 and Dragon Quest, to be honest. Still, in terms of marketability, I can't say he's wrong.
From ps1 era, playstation always has more varied 1st party exclusive.
@Ralizah
The smartest decision Nintendo ever made was to bring its console and handheld divisions together. There is absolutely no reason for there to be slow output of first party games from Nintendo from here on out. That's only going to be a good thing and certainly has me leaning more towards Switch to sit alongside my PS4 and Xbox One than making the jump to Scorpio (unless MS shows something that absolutely blows everybody away).
As for Sony's first party games. A lot look awesome, as mentioned in the article, we still don't know when we'll get many of these. Hopefully sooner rather than later. I will say I've always preferred Sony's exclusives over what Nintendo offers and while MS has two of my all-time favorites in Forza and Gears, that company really does need to do something about expanding the variety. 360 was my most used console last gen but it wasn't because of MS dominance on the first party front. You could probably say both Sony and Nintendo out-did MS' first party efforts, in terms of output and quality, last time around.
@adf86
I'd like to see them save Bloodborne 2 to kick off PS5 with a bang.
This isn't really up for debate, as far as I'm concerned.
Nintendo, if firing on all cylinders, has exceptional first party games. But they're not. They've got Zelda and Mario coming. Throw me a Metroid, (good) Paper Mario, Mario Golf, (good) Star Fox, F-Zero, and a few new things that don't look like 1, 2 Switch and we'll talk.
Microsoft has nothing.
Sony has an incredible future line-up for the PS4. Things could change in a heartbeat but right now, of the games we know are coming, Sony has by far the most enticing line-up.
@johncalmc
But Nintendo hasn't been firing on all cylinders since the DS.
They are content to let a lot of their franchises rot. ( Or farm them out to other developers, with less then stellar results. )
While whoring out the same 3 franchises ( Mario, Zelda and Pokemon) whose formula's really are starting to wear thin.
Zelda really hasn't made any big strides since Ocarina Of Time, a title which is almost 20 years old now. ( ..damn 20 ? )
And pretty much all the Zelda's in it's wake are OOT reskins, the new one not withstanding. But that' s not out yet. So it might be just another reskin, it might be open world but empty, or it might indeed be all that.
And Pokemon ? Each game is the same, it's Nintendo's COD.
Sells like hot cakes just like COD as well.
@hadlee73 I have a similar friend, and when I list all of the PS4 exclusives he goes down this list saying "nope, nope, nope, nope" and then I ask him, have you even heard of most of these to be able to form an opinion? He always response with "nope." How can you say the Xbox's exclusives are better when you don't know anything about the Playstation's exclusives?
@johncalmc
Wii U: 3D World, Kart 8, Smash, Tropical Freeze, Splatoon, Bayonetta 2, Mario Maker Switch: Zelda, Mario, Splatoon 2
Xbox One: Gears 4, Halo Wars 2, FORZA!, Sea of Thieves, Sunset Overdrive, Killer Instinct, Quantum Break
PS4: I don't think I need to point out the great games on a PS4 website.
You guys get the point though. Can't we give up the ghost on this topic?
Idk I haven't found 1 PS4 1st party title appealing. This system is garbage, ad by the lineups the next 2 years, will still be garbage.
well considering all the exclusives and the studios that are working on them...Sony must have the best line up until the end of this generation, what I mean is look at all the games coming...in 24 days one the biggest hits of 2017 will be launched (Horizon Zero Dawn)!
and it will be followed by games like Persona 5 and all, Nioh, Gravity rush 2 and Yakuza 0 have already Proven their worth in this line up...I'm not sure if Microsoft stays this way or not, but what I know is that 2017 is definitely claimed by PlayStation games...
and I'm sure...there's a lot more to come, just haven't been announced yet! there has to be plenty more to be added to this line up in E3 2017, and hey look we have God of War and The last of us coming back home in a near future XD!
I'm very happy with PlayStation's upcoming lineup. Horizon Zero Dawn, TLOU Part II, Spider-Man PS4, Detroit Become Human, and of course God Of War. Meanwhile on my Xbox One S there isn't anything to look forward to. MS is too worried about new controllers instead of games. I have a Nintendo Switch pre ordered and Zelda will last me a while on that.
Thats why I choose PlayStation every gen since I can only afford one machine. Last gen was really great . In the year the PS4 was released , TLOU AND GOW was released for the PS3.
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