Cerny: PS4 will rekindle diversity of PSOne era
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HueyFreeman
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Yerli didn't create a console. Cerny's talking about his overall vision for the PS4, not his vision for his individual game.
I'd agree Knack seems like it could use some extra time in the oven though. We'll see at release - I think it's really great he's made a conscious effort to make a family friendly game.
Sidewinder
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Colony Wars confirmed, thank you based Cerny!
Indeed we do.
Damn, Cerny would make a great cult leader. His soothing voice would convert everyone.
megashock5
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Add a new Crash and WipEout and I'm down.
GoofsterStud
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Need more fighting games and RPGs to do that.
boredandlazy
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You telling others to keep their mouths shut? Surely you jest?
While I think the PS1 was more diverse than what we have now I still would not argue that it was diverse especially in the context of today if that makes sense.
PS1 had hold of a younger crowd that in their efforts to keep force feeding those same people through the generations they seem to be completely missing that segment today. And of course in the contemporary context they are missing the older and the female segments too which weren't big populations on PS1 or PS2 either.
PS1 had hold of a younger crowd that in their efforts to keep force feeding those same people through the generations they seem to be completely missing that segment today. And of course in the contemporary context they are missing the older and the female segments too which weren't big populations on PS1 or PS2 either.
Flakster99
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That is some nice PR work there by Cerny. I highly, highly, highly doubt that.
DenogginizerOS
BenjaminBirdie's Thomas Jefferson
They made a giant controller in order to study how holding a PS4 controller feels to an 8-year old. I really like this guy.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2...-giant-ps4-dualshock-to-aid-knack-development
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2...-giant-ps4-dualshock-to-aid-knack-development
Wow, that is awesome. And smart.
That is pretty cool
sublimit
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If SCEJ is working on a JRPG I really doubt that Cerny is involved. He's overseeing the roll out of new hardware and helping with Knack already. There are only so many hours in the day.
Flatline
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You're looking at it the wrong way. You probably expect it from AAA devs but diversity will come from indie and small studios that will use PS4's simple architecture to their advantage.
sublimit
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I just hope we see more 3D and less 2D games from indie developers.
Skyfireblaze
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Please led me add another The Misadventures of Tron Bonne
But seriously I hope they can somehow manage what he says even though I'm sadly a bit doubtful 
nice, looking forward to that!
Robot Pants
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If true (no reason to not believe Cerny) then,
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M.Bison YES.jpg
Arc Christelle
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This should be interesting, If they sincerely go this direction, they would be seeking to put behind the established publishers to build new. It would be a great strategy to recover from the likely slacking support from the DRM refusal.
Everybody in here is asking for sequels would be disappointed. It's more about creating new legacies than reviving old ones.
Everybody in here is asking for sequels would be disappointed. It's more about creating new legacies than reviving old ones.
Man, those recent promises ( mostly not concrete announcements) really turned some Gaffers cray.
Delusibeta
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ITT: people assuming that Cerny is talking about AAA developers and the same people thinking that indie games don't count.
Flatline
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I agree, especially the 2D indie games that try to mimic 90's games are no longer original or diverse, they're over-saturated.
MagicWithEarvin
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How's about a Brave Fencer Musashi revival on PS4 - what say you, GAF?
IncandescentPrecept
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I don't think diversity here means more JRPGs or platformers. Just more experimental indie games.
sublimit
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Indeed. If a game is fun, i don't care if it was made by 1000 people or 1 person.
amstradcpc
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And where is the rest of the keynote?. Any tech talk?.
Crimson_Gold
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You have my sword
Current Square-Enix? Eh, I'd rather not.
Kasumi1970
my name is Ted
This is more about the indie developer, than the PS4 being like the PSOne era
legacyzero
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That's alllllll I needed to hear, Cerny. The PS1/2 days were some of the best in gaming.
Jinfash
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I really don't anyone who was silly enough to suggest "JRPGs" and proceeded to daydream have read the OP.
The whole point of that segment is the newfound focus on indies and the availability of various delivery methods.
So how about we stop posting lists full of dusty games?!
So how about we stop posting lists full of dusty games?!
MikeE21286
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PC has rekindled it. Or has become the home platform for that movement.
But PS4 is the console that looks to most leverage that work, and that's great. It might even be, voluntarily, a 'first'/home platform for some indies, but PC will still be the starting point for the bigger majority I think.
I'm not sure how big indie PC development is in Japan, though? Maybe a console like PS4 could actually help start a new approach there, vs riding on the coat tails a movement already in force on another platform.
But PS4 is the console that looks to most leverage that work, and that's great. It might even be, voluntarily, a 'first'/home platform for some indies, but PC will still be the starting point for the bigger majority I think.
I'm not sure how big indie PC development is in Japan, though? Maybe a console like PS4 could actually help start a new approach there, vs riding on the coat tails a movement already in force on another platform.
I keep hearing quotes from Cerny about how great the PS4 is going to be and how similar it's going to be to the PS1 in terms of game library and development, but until they actually prove it I'm not buying into anything he's saying. Because 90% of the games announced for the PS4 seem to be the same variety of AAA (in terms of budget) western games with bloated development costs that are mainly FPS and open-world sandbox games.