What game (or games) would you need to see on the new consoles to buy one?

With the new Microsoft and Sony consoles right around the corner I'm just curious about how everyone feels about the prospect of buying one.

Is there a particular game or series of games that would make you pull the trigger without question? Or are you tired of games with a number and the end and are waiting until you see the hot new series on the scene? Since I've committed myself to the Wii U and knowing the remakes and reimagined classics are on their way I think it'll take some special announcements for me to buy either Microsoft's or Sony's new console.

Ubisoft recently registered a new Soul Reaver domain. That's a series I love and would gladly pony up to play a new entry. Then there're the obvious wishes. I'm a Bethesda fan. Where Fallout 4 and The Elder Scrolls VI go...I'll follow.

So tell me. What would you need to invest in a new console?

No More Heroes 3.
I wouldn't play any Bethesda game on a console again.

I'm pretty patient when it comes to single player experiences and stuff like that, but if virtua fighter 6 were to happen I think I would be forced to buy the console early.

I don't normally buy consoles for the first year or two because the libraries always suck, the hardware usually sucks and the previous generation's games drop in price so I can play catch up.

Bad Dudes 2

Shenmue III...

and any Yakuza sequel, Motorstorm sequel (more akin to the first two), Mirrors Edge 2 and yeah, Virtua Fighter 6.

A decent ROAD RASH!!!!

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Originally Posted by Doctor Shroom

I wouldn't play any Bethesda game on a console again.

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Co-signed.

As for the series that would have me buy a console at launch, no questions asked, there are quite a few. Only citing franchises that are certain to see new entries, and avoided 'pipe dream' games like, say, Garou 2 or Real Bout 3.

Resident Evil
Devil May Cry
Metal Gear
Assassin's Creed (even though the third game failed to live up to my expectations)
Ninja Gaiden
Batman: Arkham whatever
Legacy of Kain
Final Fantasy

If Sony really wants people to buy in with the PS 4, they should choke the shit out of S-E to remake FF VII. Guaranteed to move consoles.

A new Berserk game that lets me play as other members of Gatsus entourage, or Zodd, or Silat. So long as it isn't a fucking Musou game.

A sequel to MooN: remix rpg adventure (from way back on the PSX)

New (non-compilation) titles from SNKP that have nothing to do with diddling teenage witches or smelling undergarments

A new Souls Game would force me to make the jump as well.


Having said that, this is all shit that would make me jump immediately...otherwise I'd just keep their shit on the backburner while working my way through the PS3s catalog.

Same with all other consoles I bought so far: Five games that are challenging, abstract, non-serious and most importantly no sequels.

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Originally Posted by Spoon

A new Berserk game that lets me play as other members of Gatsus entourage, or Zodd, or Silat. So long as it isn't a fucking Musou game.

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Berserk Musou or Berserk: Hawk Warriors would be a worse nightmare than anything the Band of the Hawk actually goes through during the sacrifice.

































But I'd probably still play it.

Still hoping for Beyond Good & Evil 2...

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Originally Posted by Takumaji

Same with all other consoles I bought so far: Five games that are challenging, abstract, non-serious and most importantly no sequels.

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I do this too, for the most part. There's that moment of, "Oh, shiny new thing..." but it fades pretty quick and then I try to find at least a handful of games I want to play on it that can't be played anywhere else, and give me a completely new experience. I know all of the consoles get their fair share of good games, but if there aren't at least three to five games I'm dying to play, and can only play on that console, I have no use for it.

A release date. I'm a whore for new consoles.

Rock Band
Dragon Quest
Pinball Hall of Fame

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Originally Posted by Taiso

But I'd probably still play it.

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Ugh...me too.


Right around the introduction of Ganeshka would make a good setting for a game, that way all the badass heroes and villains alike (like Silat, Rakshas, Zodd, Irvine, etc) all have a common enemy....as cool as guts is, there isn't much variety to his approach, is there?


On another note, I can't believe Kentarou Miura never knew this guy existed when he came up with "Gattsu"...like his name is "Götz" and he was a badass with a mechanical iron arm? That's a pretty huge coincidence if you ask me...

A remake of Jurassic park operation genesis or a release of anything like Wipeout HD.

However i would still see how the games works. i wont buy anything like the ps3 were you have to wait hours for updates and installs before you can play.

Man, since I do not plan to buy any of the new consoles any time soon, it would take some of SEGA's classic IPs to make me buy a console. I am pretty out of touch with current games, unless they are franchises I have known for quite a while, like RE. For goodnes sakes, I only own 3 PS3 games. All I need from this current gen is my 360 and COD, and I have so many games in my back-log going back to the 16-bit gen I'm not even thinking about the next gen. Eventually, I will probably buy th new M$ console though. I do not like the way Nintendo is going and I don't know what to expect from Sony.

The Last Guardian, if it is bumped to the next Playstation.

Gradius 6

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Originally Posted by Spoon

Ugh...me too.


Right around the introduction of Ganeshka would make a good setting for a game, that way all the badass heroes and villains alike (like Silat, Rakshas, Zodd, Irvine, etc) all have a common enemy....as cool as guts is, there isn't much variety to his approach, is there?


On another note, I can't believe Kentarou Miura never knew this guy existed when he came up with "Gattsu"...like his name is "Götz" and he was a badass with a mechanical iron arm? That's a pretty huge coincidence if you ask me...

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Guts' lack of variety:

It's easy to be one dimensional when it's all you need:)

In all seriousness, Guts is still my favorite character in the series and I'd play him more than the others, but having other characters to play, with different combat styles, would be a nice way to add variety.

I'd love a Berserk themed RPG, too. The crew he's running around with right now are pretty much archetypal in terms of a stable of fantasy characters.

Regarding Gotz:

No doubt. Even the relief of the guy on the wiki page looks like a Miura illustration.

Games worth a damn, really. I could probably be swayed with a single system seller/killer app type of game but it'd have to be something really damn good or innovative.

I'll get the Steam Box day 1. Period.

Another valkyrie chronicles i all ways thought it was a mistake,that sega force it on to handhelds.

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Originally Posted by Tron

Another valkyrie chronicles i all ways thought it was a mistake,that sega force it on to handhelds.

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God, yes.

Shenume III
Virtua Fighter 6
Mother/Earthbound
Zelda

Haven't bothered with the 3DS yet since there really isn't anything that I see that I MUST own. If they made a Mother/Earthbound pack for the 3DS I'd buy it day one. If PS4 or the 720 gets either the next Virtua Fighter or Shenmue I'll instantly go to one of them. Playing VF4 in the arcade was the tipping point for me back to get a PS2. Once the price dropped that one summer for 200 dollars I got the system, VF4 and GTA3.

Three games that I want and don't require broadband connection to enjoy.

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Originally Posted by RabbitTroop

I do this too, for the most part. There's that moment of, "Oh, shiny new thing..." but it fades pretty quick and then I try to find at least a handful of games I want to play on it that can't be played anywhere else, and give me a completely new experience. I know all of the consoles get their fair share of good games, but if there aren't at least three to five games I'm dying to play, and can only play on that console, I have no use for it.

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Yeah. I mean, what's the point in buying a console for cross-platfrom stuff? Doesn't make sense to me.

I guess the new breed of consoles will only differ on the outside while the technical base will be almost the same. I find that incredibly uninspiring and boring.

When Saturn came out I didn't bite until SF Alpha came out. When PSX came out I didn't bite until Megaman 8 came out. When DC came out I jumped right away 'cause MvC and Soulcalibur came out. When PS2 came out I jumped on SFX3, Tekken Tag and Ridge Racer V. When XBOX came out I jumped when Soulcalibur II (Spawn) and Ninja Gaiden came out. When X360 came out I jumped on DOA4 a d Ridge Racer 6. When PS3 came out I jumped on Ridge Racer 7 and Motorstorm. When wii came out I jumped on Castle Shikigami 3.

I usually jump on a system when there's a good fighter, a good shooter or a good action game, he'll even a good racer will do. I am very happy with this current gen, I can play classic games and new games with real good controllers and now that arcade sticks are made with quality parts, I'm very happy. Online gaming revolutionized fighting games for me, it really helped me get better specially SF and more specifically HDR.

A Vanquish sequel would be hard for me to resist, even if it were those asshats Sony and their PS4.

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Originally Posted by Wookiemeat

A decent ROAD RASH!!!!

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That would be great, I don't think it's gonna happen though :(

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Originally Posted by Takumaji

Yeah. I mean, what's the point in buying a console for cross-platfrom stuff? Doesn't make sense to me.

I guess the new breed of consoles will only differ on the outside while the technical base will be almost the same. I find that incredibly uninspiring and boring.

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Is this an age thing though? I get that 'ooh, it's new and I want it' moment too, but know i'll only have a limited time to play it and then the excitement wears off.
Am I just getting old?

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Originally Posted by Takumaji

Yeah. I mean, what's the point in buying a console for cross-platfrom stuff? Doesn't make sense to me.

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I agree in principal but games or not ported equally. For instance Bayonetta isn't unplayable on PS3 but compared to the 360 version it's pretty shitty.

As for a new console? Hmmm... at least 5 new games that I know I absolutely have to play. Wether they're sequels to established series, niche B games, DL indie stuff I don't care just solid must play games.

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Originally Posted by Spoon

A new Souls Game would force me to make the jump as well.
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I was going to say a New Ghoul's N Ghost's to comeback as king as hard ass games, since this new kid's been running his mouth as being hard,

But keeping on topic, i don't think there is anything really that I would really want from the PS4, I never really played my Ps3 at all really, I found most of Sony's published games just tried to be Terrible Nintendo Clone's

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Originally Posted by AppleiDog

I found most of Sony's published games just tried to be Terrible Nintendo Clone's

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Go on. Indulge me. As I really can't think of any off hand right now. God of War, Uncharted, MotorStorm, KillZone, GranTurismo, InFamous... to name a few. But I'm not making the jump, somehow...

PS4 dev list:

2K
505 Games
Activision
Acquire
Arc System Works
Artdink
Atlus
Avalanche Studios
Bethesda
Blitz Games Studios.
Blizzard
Bohemia Interactive
Capcom
CD Projekt
Climax
Codemasters Racing
Chara-Ani
D3 Publisher
Dimps
Disney
Double.
EA
From Software
Falcom
Ganbarion
Genki
Grasshopper Manufacture
Gust Co..
Granzella
GungHo.
Hello Games
Idea Factory
Imageepoch.
Just Add Water
Kadokawa Games
Keen Games
Konami.
Level-5
LucasArts
Lucid Games.
Marvelous AQL.
MercurySteam
Namco Bandai.
Ninja Theory
Nippon Ichi.
Nixxes
Paradox Interactive.
Platinum Games
Quantic Dream
Rebellion Developments
Rockstar
Saber Interactive
Sega
Sony Online Entertainment Spike Chunsoft.
Splash Damage
Sumo
Square Enix.
Stainless Games
Starbreeze Studios
SystemSoft
Team 17
Tecmo Koei .
Telltale Games.
Tri-Ace
Ubisoft
Warner Bros
Xing
Yager.
Yuke’s
Zen

Yeah, I can't imagine a single game coming out for this that I would ever want.

Waiting for a good Final Fantasy. But to be fair it's a lost cause, just like Resident Evil.

KILLER EFFING INSTINCT 3!!!

I wonder how many games, aside from those developed or published by Sony, will actually be exclusives. Seems like everything generally comes out on every system these days.

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Originally Posted by Sexual Instinct

I wonder how many games, aside from those developed or published by Sony, will actually be exclusives. Seems like everything generally comes out on every system these days.

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This.

Seems to me that the console market has a huge potential to change very drastically in the next few years. With WiiU, PS4, new X-box, mobile gaming (including cell phones), and google's new android console coming out, I'd rather wait and save my money until I can see which system or systems will do what I want to do or play what I want to play.

Seems like it takes a good year or so for most new consoles to start getting good games anyways. By then there might even be a price drop (probably not).

I think exclusivity will be something Sony will definitely push for. And with social gaming having a generally lower budget (although what that number is, I can't say) if the trends hold, I could see companies actually agreeing to that. Especially if cross platform play (such as with Vita and Sony tablets) pans out. Seems like the technology would almost demand exclusivity.

Devs could concurrently make the same game on multiple platforms, but hardware differences between manufacturers could result in more effort than it's worth in the end. Developing the same game for multiple systems and using different hardware has probably been costly, and if social/network gaming in the current model of business is what Sony is dovetailing into, then the dev theory could almost force exclusivity. Minimum spending for maximum profits.

I wonder if the current dev theory is the reason the Wii U doesn't have more stuff for it right now. It's uncharted territory and the top publishers/devs may not know the best way to work with the tablet hardware and the increased focus on social gaming and interfaces.

But I'm sure AAA big titles, like Metal Gear, Final Fantasy, Street Fighter, etc, will still be developed cross platform.

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Originally Posted by IDCHAPPY

Is this an age thing though? I get that 'ooh, it's new and I want it' moment too, but know i'll only have a limited time to play it and then the excitement wears off.
Am I just getting old?

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Well, yeah, I guess it is to some extend, the older you get, the harder it is to get impressed by something just because it's new. On the other hand, I never really was a huge hardware nerd, system specs and long lists of planned releases (most of which usually never see the light of day) don't interest me. It's all about the games, ever was, ever will be.

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Originally Posted by terry.330

I agree in principal but games or not ported equally. For instance Bayonetta isn't unplayable on PS3 but compared to the 360 version it's pretty shitty.

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True.

I'm just a little fed up with the current retro and sequel vg un-culture. Developing games has become a multi-million-dollar thing, both in terms of investment as well as profit. It's not enough anymore to code a cool new game, it also has to look extremly realistic, has to have an instant appeal to online players and can be of any genre the developers want as long as it's an FPS, RPG or FPS-RPG... (I'm exaggerating a bit here). This makes vg companies reluctant to put their money into talented but unknown dev'ers or new ideas in fear of alienating their completely unflexible fanbase who rather buy part 29 of a series they know instead of trying something new.

Ah well.

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Go on. Indulge me. As I really can't think of any off hand right now. God of War, Uncharted, MotorStorm, KillZone, GranTurismo, InFamous... to name a few. But I'm not making the jump, somehow...

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Let's see Little big Planet, Little big planet racers and sony smash brothers all stars, oh and the playstation move.

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Originally Posted by AppleiDog

Let's see Little big Planet, Little big planet racers and sony smash brothers all stars, oh and the playstation move.

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Playstation Move isn't a Sony published game though. Watch that straw doesn't get stuck under your nails ;)

I can agree with the whole LBP Kart and the Sony All Star Fighting game - they're clearly very influenced, but with regards to LBP, although the first game concentrates heavily on side-on platforming, the main focus of the game was to actually be creative, design and share your ideas and level designs/layouts etc with others to keep things ongoing and fresh. A completely different approach in some respects to our favourite plumbers iterations. Obviously though, in terms of gameplay, yes... they're very similar :)

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Originally Posted by Taiso

I think exclusivity will be something Sony will definitely push for.

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This and that is what I'm keeping a eye on, sure by default i lean towards a Sony console lately as that is the one I've had least problems with but if there's more exclusives that fit my tastes then it's a open ball game really

I'll definitely be waiting at least a year while my huge backlog holds me over.

Since most major titles will be cross-platform, new unique games from Playdead and other similar indie developers will probably finally push me to upgrade.

The Guardian Legend or something very similar to it would be nice.

The Last Guardian will now be PS4. Maybe even launch.

Just you watch.

Or it will just never come out.

I'll probably get some hate for this, but I think both Ico and SotC are extremely overrated. SotC especially.

Just give me a new Souls game, a new Fallout, and a new CoD/BF game and I'm set. Oh, and some more indy games that offer unique experiences.

I'd need to see backward compatibility. I'm not spending half a grand for something that is worse than what I already own. If you can replace what I already have and allow for new titles, then I'm on board.

I have yet to replace my Wii because the Wii U doesn't have GC support and the GC's library remains better than the Wii's. From what I hear the PS4 won't have it either though that could change for all I know. The initial launch PS3 had full compatibility back to PS1 plus first-generation Blu-ray support which made it a must-own system. I haven't heard anything that makes PS4 worth buying let alone must-own.

I'm going to sit this generation out and build myself a gaming PC.

(Actually, I'll probably sit every generation out from now on. I'm tired of consoles.)