Can you smell that? It's the aroma of game lovers' tears everywhere as they realize their bank accounts likely can't sustain buying every title coming out in the annual deluge of fall video game releases. That's to say nothing of the amount of time you'd need to play absolutely everything that's come out since September. Or even on November 18th alone! But what is each console offering exclusively this holiday? That's a bit more manageable, and we compare them below.
With a few exceptions, nearly everything made by a third-party developer (i.e. one not working solely with Microsoft, Nintendo or Sony) is available on PC, so we're going to leave those out of the conversation. Platform exclusive goodies don't count here either -- adios, Far Cry 4 !
Sony's PlayStation 4
Sony made its bed at E3 this year and is now getting comfy under that (likely luxurious) comforter. During its near-two-hour long media briefing, it mentioned first-party retail games exactly three times. And in that trio, only one title was an original game for the PS4 that was coming out this year. That was none other than the adorable 2D platformer, Little Big Planet 3 . The other two? The Last of Us: Remastered and Uncharted 4: A Thief's End . While LBP3 will likely be every bit as whimsical and charming as previous efforts, it isn't exactly the first thing that comes to mind as a tentpole fall release that'll move loads of consoles -- especially not when it releases the same day as Far Cry 4 and the Grand Theft Auto 5 remaster: November 18th. Not that the PS4 needs much help with that anyway; last we knew, over 10 million of them have been sold so far.
Considering what we've been able to experience of it, it's pretty apparent why the already-released racer Driveclub wasn't given any time on the stage at E3 this past June. The game is pretty in spots but an absolute bore to play, which is all the more disheartening given that the developer's previous work was the over-the-top (and excellent) MotorStorm franchise. That's to say nothing of how the game's been hamstrung by connectivity woes that render its key feature, a socially-driven online experience, utterly unusable.
Smart Voip: James Potter
