Total War is a collection of technique games created by British designer Creative Setting up for computers. They integrate turn-based technique and also resource administration with real-time tactical control of battles. Instead distinctively for real-time technique games, flanking maneuvers and also formations element heavily right into gameplay. The very first of the series, Shogun: Total War, was launched in June 2000. One of the most current significant game launched was Total amount War Legend: Troy on August 13, 2020. Since April 2021, the series has sold over 36 million duplicates.
It has been a recurring theme in recent years and even so, it has been difficult not to be surprised with the announcement that God of War will be released on PC. One of the great exclusives of PS4, one of his greatest sales successes, will follow the steps of many other PlayStation games adapting to Steam and Epic Games Store. A success or an error? It is clear that Sony, like Microsoft, Sega, Capcom and other large companies in the past, has found a new market in PC to expand with its large video games, but obviously, to Costa to lose that exclusive status.
God of War premieres at Steam on January 14 In the past the Japanese firm has already made it clear that the Great PlayStation Games will never arrive at once at PS5 and PC, the console has preference, but at the same extent , Sony has insisted and shown with facts that more and more PlayStation games will end up disembarking on PC. Horizon: Zero Dawn, Days Gone or Death Stranding are just some recent examples of this new policy initiated by the Japanese company. Without forgetting that with the PlayStation Now service, PC players have already had a chance to try GOW of PS4 through the game in the cloud .
Others like XBOX have been well betrayed by premiered their games simultaneously not only in Xbox consoles, but also on PC and mobile devices thanks to services such as Xcloud and cloud game. This is such an interesting issue that in the wording of 3D games we have become discussing about it, and we also invite you to leave your opinion in the comments and participate in the survey.
Without questioning its undoubted quality, what provides value to franchises such as The Legend of Zelda or Super Mario Bros? That if you want to play the main episodes, you can only do it on Nintendo consoles. Look if the company and customers are clear about the mantra that the Kyoto launches are rarely lowered and continue to sell throughout the generation that last their platforms at full price. That, at a commercial level, is unquestionably valuable and builds a brand; PlayStation and Xbox launching its main franchises in PC can not aspire to be Nintendo . Do not get misinterpreted: it s not about regretting that Sagas like Uncharted, Halo, Gears of War or God of War leave on PC; It is a matter of status and value.
What do they suppose for the future of these brands in PlayStation and Xbox the decisions of their entrepreneurs? It is evident that they will earn a lot of money with the present movement, but what I wonder is what value has the status of the main franchises of a console when making decisions as well. Until a few months ago, to think that God of War: Ragnarok would be played on PC (without psnow through) was an authentic nonsense; Today Steam players who are grabbing the first God of War to the sales top of the Valve store should ask the obvious: Why be done with a PlayStation console if it is likely that sooner or later they end up playing the kratos sequel. And atreus on his platform? Is that not a thought that costs money and prestige as well?
The identity of the different platforms is fascinated more and more Toni Piedrabuena Like everything in life, friend Alberto, there are classes, and I thought that when Sony launched himself to disperse his games and sagas exclusive in the Territory of the PC Trinidad by Naughty Dog, Insomniac and Sony Santa Monica would be away from the new Hermen Hulst strategy as the new president of Sony Worldwide Studios ... but after the uncharted landing on his day and God of War on PC, who can believe the statements that He did in his day ensuring that not all PlayStation franchises will reach PC ? The question would be now, in any case, how far are Joel, Ellie and Peter Parker to run on the virtual shelves of Gabe Newell. Does it come out to wait two, three or four years, so it costs a new generation console? If you still did not have a PS4 with which to play God of War, surely.
With decisions such as the present and taken by Microsoft in their day, the identity of the different platforms is fasted more and more. Although the access of large video games on traditional platforms is good for users who would never buy a console, the unquestionable is that brands end up losing value at the cost of customers who, surely, will never get a Playstation or an Xbox in their home. Is it something good or something bad? Well, I m convinced that Sony and Microsoft have people with suit and tie that they will know better than me the impact they can have in their coffers, but I doubt that these entrepreneurs have what it costs to create a mark around prestigious names with capital letters like the That today he shares Hulst and his team on PC.
It is absurd to deny the importance of a good exclusive video game. All large companies want their own ; All use that claim as the definitive weapon, as that longed megaton that will make thousands and millions of players decante for your platform and not that of competition. It is pure brand image, an incredibly valuable, but also, Toni, is something of the past . It remains very important, you do not understand me wrong, but we are no longer in the Times of Super Nintendo vs Mega Drive, where the companies themselves openly presumed their exclusive; Or from the time in which PlayStation, Xbox or Gamecube fought to get the best trophies .
This is the future of the video game. The multiplatform will be the usual and the exclusive the extraordinary Alberto Pastor is becoming more expensive and difficult to develop videogames. It is no longer valid with selling 5, 8 or 10 million copies so that a triple A be considered a success (now we know that God of War is close to 20 million). You yourself have described it with a phrase that, putting me nostalgic and romantic view, sounds quite sad: The identity of the different platforms is blurred more and more. And so it is. Although names as Halo, Gears of War or Fable are linked to Xbox, and brands as Uncharted, God of War or Mediavil are the very essence of PlayStation, with time we will stop thinking exclusively and we will start seeing things differently. I do not say that better, simply, different.
Or is Metal Gear Solid was not a flagship of PlayStation? Was not Snake one of the great claims of PlayStation, PS2 and PS3? And yet, over the years, the perception changed. And I do not think that s why the brand lost value. The same thing is worth me for Final Fantasy, who was holy and sign of Nintendo, then it was PlayStation, and now it goes and comes according to the designs of Square Enix. With this I want to say that we like more or less This is the future of the videogame industry . The multiplatform will be the usual and the exclusives will become an Avis , with exceptional cases. And then it s Nintendo , Sure, that saved uppercase surprise, will follow your own path as you have always done.
But returning to the theme god of war, it seems to me that PlayStation has played his cards well, as a ps4 user, I already had time to play and rejuar this great adventure of kratos. And I know that to enjoy the expensive Gow Ragnarok, or I hope I do not know how many years, or I buy a PlayStation 5 and premiere game . So everyone wins. The fan who wants to play as soon as possible, and the player who does not care to wait for him to play on the predilect platform of him. As Phil Spencer said something more than a year ago, that the player can choose where to play is the most important thing. I know that from the point of view of a veteran player who grew up in that crazy war of consoles between Sega, Nintendo and many others, this is a change of paradigm that costs to assimilate, but honestly, citing the Xbox chief, give the player The power to decide I think it s great.
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