Where are the Original Next-Gen Games?

Posted by Zonk on Friday January 6, 2006 @02:41AM from the wasting-away-again-in-margaritaville dept.

The Guardian has an editorial bemoaning the fact that, while the next-gen consoles all seem to have a lot of promise, so far the much-anticipated titles of 2006 are sequels. Most of those are slated for current-gen systems, too. From the article: "However, those hoping for a new game type to take us into the high-definition era may be disappointed. The most anticipated titles of this year are franchise old-timers - Final Fantasy XII on PS2; Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess on GameCube; Metal Gear Solid 4 and Vision Gran Turismo on PS3; and Tomb Raider Legend on practically everything. Publishers are still relying on games that have been around for more than a decade. Yawn."

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Guaranteed money by the+computer+guy+nex · 2006-01-06 03:03 · Score: 0, Redundant

Sequels are the best console-launch titles. Anyone with any experience in marketing will tell you that.

If PS3 was released with a bunch of games that no one heard of (despite how good they are) it wouldn't do NEAR as well as making sequels of everyone's favorite games from the previous system.

The 360 took this path, as will PS3.