New PS3 Games that may Help Push the Console to the Top of the Gaming Heap
By: Tim Frederick Posted on July 2nd, 2008 under PS3Not only has Sony built up a large and loyal fanbase over the past two gaming generations, with expectations being that the PS3 would again feature the best and most 
games, but it’s also the first of the 3 Sony consoles that is undeniably the most powerful as well.
A strong start from the Xbox 360 and a unique approach to gaming from the Wii have put Sony in the strange position of playing catch-up, a process which has still yet to fully get under way, with sales levelling off after launch and remaining close to even or less than the sales of the two rival consoles in many regions.
A lack of quality games has been the main culprit, simply not providing enough incentive for gamers to shell out the large amount of money for the console.
What was expected to be a major boon for the PS3, the recently released Haze has also met with lukewarm critical response, a major blow to the system’s fans, with poor storytelling and enemy A.I being the main grievances.
Coming soon is without a doubt the system’s first major killer app, as Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the
Patriots gets released in early June. Though Grand Theft Auto 4 will without a doubt be the system’s best selling game this year, MGS 4 will almost certainly be the top selling PS3-exclusive title, as GTA 4 also saw release on the Xbox 360.
Heading into the second half of the year, it will be interesting to see if the PS3 can build any momentum off of MGS 4. Exclusive titles are still few and far between, though games released on multiple systems will likely look the best on PS3. Whether this will be enough to pull the system out of third in the console war remains to be seen.
Having just bought a PS3, almost solely for FF13 (and GTA4 - though obviously it being available on the Xbox 360 as well meant that wasn’t such a deciding factor) I am also hoping for some high-quality exclusives to justify the high price.
FF13 should be amazing, but the lack of other RPG’s on the PS3 is disappointing. Mistwalker is shunning the PS3, even Square-Enix is giving the 360 exclusives, Infinite Undiscovery and now Star Ocean 4. Where are the Wild Arm’s, Breath of Fire’s, and Suikoden’s? Then you have Persona 4 staying on PS2. It seems like developers are waiting for the bar to be set by FF13 (much like they did with 7 and 10) before the floodgates will open, and it’s leaving the system dry.