PS3 Owners: Why didn't you buy R&C, Uncharted, and Heavenly Sword?

Mainly because good games are coming out faster than I can play them. R&C and Uncharted are in my queue, but my queue is still pretty lengthy so they'll have to wait quite a bit longer. So why did I spend so much money on a console if I'm not going to play its best games anytime soon? Well, the first reason is that it's an incredibly cool piece of technology at a reasonable price for what it does. The second reason is that I don't have any restraint when it comes to buying cool stuff!

 

I bought R&C and Uncharted, opted out on Heavenly Sword though .. might get it used though. Both are the first games in a LONG time I've actually finished - or well, haven't finished Uncharted yet but I will

 

While we are at that, why don't we have a "360 owners, why haven't you bought PGR4 and Mass Effect" thread?

Anyway, I haven't bought Heavenly Sword mainly because I think it has significant flows in the game design department.

While individually combat, Kai missions, dialog, presentation even QTEs were nothing to complain about, the game felt much less than sum of its parts.

Things like checkpointing before two cutscenes, and loading just (politely speaking) poor design IMO.

Uncharted on the other hand is one of my favorite games this gen along with Resistance, R&C, R6:Vegas, Oblivion (and soon to be member Mass Effect) but still I'm not sure it's worth $60 bucks.

As fun as it was, it has the least replay value. They should have added "pirtate hunt" like co-op or infinite-enemy mode or something.
(That said, I don't regret my purchase (for now).)

While gamerscore is probably smart move businesswise, achievement-whoreness is still childish and silly. Of course a little friendly competition should be healthy but it's not even about skill most of the time. I just don't get it I guess.

 

X360 counterparts are most of the time around the same price, or maybe 1-2 euro's cheaper. I haven't seen any X360 exclusive anywhere near the price tag of Uncharted here though.
PC counterparts can be up to 20 euro's cheaper (I saw CoD4 for 45 euro's somewhere).

On the other hand, I did see a toystore (Bart Smit) here which had older PS3 games for 30 and 40 euro's already.

 

Quite honestly, while these are certainly good games, owning all three consoles makes things a bit harder. Currently I am still into Mass Effect & Mario Galaxy. And I more looking forward to playing Orange Box, COD4 or Assassins Creed than the three PS3 games.

 

Well Mass Effect has sold over a million already so it's not really that bad. PGR 4 is a pity and I haven't bought it yet, I really don't have any good reasons for not buying it, and I probably will at some point, that game definately deserves better sales.

Gamerscore is more than just whoreness... It's really nice to get achievement points that carry over from the game, it's hard to describe exactly why it's so important, but it is. Sony should copy that feature yesterday, collecting stuff feels pointless without it, ofcourse being able to compare your gamercard to others and their achievements is big part of it too. I love that system.

 

I'm no achievement whore, but frankly I don't get it when gamers say it's childish. Unless of course all games are childish...

Achievements are a game too. Simple as that.

 

Well, I believe something like that was going to be in Home. If I remember correctly there was going to be a room filled with achievement awards.
But that will be when Home will be released, which isn't going to be anytime soon probably.

 

I may sound dumb but how do achievements work? I have no freaking idea. I just hear people mentioning it

 

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/support/systemuse/xbox360/livefeatures/achievements.htm

 

thank you

 

No prob. The link at the bottom of that page is even better: http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/tips/achievements.htm

 

ha thats better indeed. Thanks again

Very good feature. I d like to see the implementation of it in Home

 

I would tend to believe from this evidence that the PS3 is selling more to the mainstream as a Blu Ray movie player than the population here (and other gaming boards) want to believe.

that; and/or these games certainly were not as emotionally compelling as CoD4 or Assassins Creed.

 

UK weekly charts show Uncharted climbing 10 places up and overtaking Call of Duty. It may only be a matter of priorities and the game may pick up some steam in the US in december, too.

 

That may be true. There has been a flood of top quality games across all systems, and if people are finishing/buying other titles, Uncharted may just be 'one to get' rather than forgotten.

 

Finally a post hopefully not over my head.

My speculation is that the majority of PS3 owners are also 360 owners and with the recent onslaught of incredible games such as Halo3 , Bioshock, and COD4, most PS3 owners are still busy finishing up there 360 games.


My Guessitmate PS3 owner demographic

Guy that likes all things Jap and especially JRPG, post in all forums hyping a JRPG and anything from a Jap developer.
Will probably only own a PS3 and maybe a Wii (Smallest demographic but loudest) - Didn't buy R&C or Uncharted, because it's not jap may have purchased Heavenly Sword

New TV guy that just bought his brand new HD TV and either had the PS3 packaged with his TV or decided to buy a PS3 for Blu Ray and some general gaming. - Doesn't even know these games exist but the 300 Blu Ray was awesome

Hard Core gamer, who has 360, PS3 and Wii if he can get his hands on one. (Still too busy playing COD4, just coming off from Halo3. Was going to purchase R&C or Uncharted, but decided to go with Mass Effect instead.

 

Yeah, good question! Why haven't you bought Heavenly Sword!?

 

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