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Home News PS4 To Have The Best Launch Line-Up In PlayStation History, Says Sony

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PS4 To Have The Best Launch Line-Up In PlayStation History, Says Sony

Posted on Tuesday, February 26 @ 10:32:19 Eastern by Jonathan_Leack

It's all about the games.

SCEE's SVP Michael Denny told CVG that he is confident that the PlayStation 4 will have a launch line-up that sells the console to consumers. He said:

With PlayStation 4 what’s exciting is we can see the strength in depth of titles come through – not just in first party but third party, and I really believe PlayStation 4 will have the strongest launch line-up we’ve ever had.

Although it's a bold statement, it doesn't hold as much weight as you'd expect. All three previous generation PlayStation consoles had only moderate software libraries at launch. The PlayStation 2 relied heavily on SSX, while its successor looked to Resistance: Fall of Man to pull its weight.

Nonetheless, Sony has a long history of offering dynamic, award-winning titles—exclusive or not—as its hardware begins to mature. Any betting man would be ludicrous to bet against Sony's ability to bring system sellers to the PlayStation 4.

For reference, below are the PlayStation 4 games that are expected to release within its launch window.
Deep Down (Capcom)
Destiny (Bungie)
Diablo III (Blizzard Entertainment)
DriveClub (Evolution Studio)
Infamous: Second Son (Sucker Punch)
Killzone: Shadow Fall (Guerrilla Games)
Knack (SCE Japan Studios)
Watch Dogs (UbiSoft Montreal)
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (CD Projekt RED)
The Witness (Thekla, Inc)
It's a solid list, but the problem is that several of the titles are multiplatform (i.e. Diablo III and Destiny). If the launch line-up is to be as good as Sony says it will be, it'll have to add a bit more firepower. Maybe some announcements at E3 will do the trick.
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  • HorriblePerson
    HorriblePerson
    Joined: Sep 2011
    Posted: Feb 26th, 2013 at 10:43 am
    Needs MOAR Atlus.

    Unlikely to be spam.
    0 3
  • Rinnon
    Rinnon
    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Feb 26th, 2013 at 12:40 pm
    Damn straight. Where the hell is my Persona 5!?
    0 3
  • Nick_Tan
    Nick_Tan
    Joined: Jul 2006
    Posted: Feb 26th, 2013 at 2:19 pm
    I imagine Persona 5 might actually be for PS3. Only maybe for PS4.
    0 2
  • Keri_Honea
    Keri_Honea
    Joined: Dec 2011
    Posted: Feb 26th, 2013 at 10:57 am
    They said the same thing about the Vita, and I ended up not liking pretty much any of the games available at launch.
    1 1
  • Nick_Tan
    Nick_Tan
    Joined: Jul 2006
    Posted: Feb 26th, 2013 at 2:19 pm
    *gasp* Not even Lumines?!
    0 1
  • reiandcoke
    reiandcoke
    Joined: Jul 2011
    Posted: Feb 26th, 2013 at 11:14 am
    I'm most looking forward to the witness. Though those weird computer screen make it look like all of the puzzles are mazes. Also hoping EA is putting out a new NHL.
    0 1
  • Alex_Osborn
    Alex_Osborn
    Joined: Jan 2012
    Posted: Feb 26th, 2013 at 12:08 pm
    Honestly, that's not saying much. PlayStation platforms have never had strong launch lineups. We'll see which of those will actually make it out this holiday. Killzone will be there, but don't count on Deep Down, Destiny, or The Witcher.
    0 3
  • reiandcoke
    reiandcoke
    Joined: Jul 2011
    Posted: Feb 26th, 2013 at 1:47 pm
    I can't imagine a scenario where Destiny is a launch window title (assuming launch window is within 6 months of launch). I would love to be wrong.
    0 2
  • Nick_Tan
    Nick_Tan
    Joined: Jul 2006
    Posted: Feb 26th, 2013 at 2:21 pm
    We'll see. It's been rumored that development have had quite a while to explore the PS4 dev kits. I expect at least 12 launch titles. Any fewer and I'll be disappointed.
    0 1
  • MikeyVengeance
    MikeyVengeance
    Joined: Nov 2007
    Posted: Feb 26th, 2013 at 12:56 pm
    Some of the games look good but The Witcher 3 will be a PC purchase for me so really the only thing on there I want is Watchdogs. There must be more to it because for the life of me I can't understand why you wouldn't launch things like Final Fantasy / Kingdom Hearts as launch titles (say what you will but they would shift consoles) and with such a big internal development wing this seems weak to me.
    0 2
  • Sourdeez
    Sourdeez
    Joined: Feb 2012
    Posted: Feb 26th, 2013 at 1:10 pm
    And had a huge blizzard disappointment in the lineup.
    0 2
  • reiandcoke
    reiandcoke
    Joined: Jul 2011
    Posted: Feb 26th, 2013 at 1:52 pm
    I have no idea why they showed a port that will be well over a year-old by the time it is released. It's like that time Nintendo was on cloud 9 that they were getting Arkham City on the wii U. It's cool that it's being released, just not "include in our press conference" cool. (Still it wasn't as uncool as Square showing a year-old demo).
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  • Nick_Tan
    Nick_Tan
    Joined: Jul 2006
    Posted: Feb 26th, 2013 at 2:22 pm
    When the Blizzard rep said the word "strategic" on stage, I thought it was anything but Diablo III...
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  • TurinAlexander
    TurinAlexander
    Joined: Sep 2006
    Posted: Feb 26th, 2013 at 2:23 pm
    You might as well take the Witcher 3 off that list. It won't be out until 2014 and I highly doubt Sony is going to miss the holidays sales rush with their new console.
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  • xDUMPWEEDx
    xDUMPWEEDx
    Joined: Jan 2012
    Posted: Feb 26th, 2013 at 3:17 pm
    PS1 launch titles:
    Air Combat
    Battle Arena Toshinden
    ESPN Extreme Games
    Kileak - The DNA Imperative
    NBA Jam Tournament Edition
    Power Serve 3D Tennis
    Rayman
    Ridge Racer
    Street Fighter: The Movie
    The Raiden Project
    Total Eclipse Turbo

    PS2 launch titles: Armored Core 2
    DOA2: Hardcore
    Dynasty Warriors 2
    ESPN International Track & Field
    ESPN Winter X Games Snowboarding
    Eternal Ring
    Evergrace
    FantaVision
    Gungriffon Blaze
    Kessen
    Madden NFL 2001
    Midnight Club: Street Racing
    NHL 2001
    Orphen: Scion of Sorcery
    Q-Ball: Billiards Master
    Ready 2 Rumble Boxing: Round 2
    Ridge Racer V
    Silent Scope
    Smuggler's Run
    SSX
    Street Fighter EX3
    Summoner
    Surfing H3O
    Tekken Tag Tournament
    TimeSplitters
    Unreal Tournament
    Wild Wild Racing
    X-Squad
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  • xDUMPWEEDx
    xDUMPWEEDx
    Joined: Jan 2012
    Posted: Feb 26th, 2013 at 3:18 pm
    Both are solid lineups, offering something for everyone.
    0 1
  • dirty_f
    dirty_f
    Joined: Nov 2010
    Posted: Feb 26th, 2013 at 4:46 pm
    with GTA V being released (from what i can tell) only a month or couple of months before the PS4, i wonder if they'd release a version for the PS4 at launch... and if it would have any sway whatsoever for people thinking about buying one?
    i'd say definitely if they waited to release GTAV on the ps4 only. although that would piss a lot of people off.

    just me thoughts
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  • Heath_Hindman
    Heath_Hindman
    Joined: May 2011
    Posted: Feb 27th, 2013 at 5:34 am
    Man, I expected them to say "This will be our third, if not second, best launch lineup ever." Color me surprised.
    0 1
  • cheesegod99
    cheesegod99
    Joined: Jun 2007
    Posted: Feb 27th, 2013 at 5:45 am
    I'm glad it's diverse, but the only two "must play" games on that list for me are Watch_Dogs and Witcher 3. It's interesting that witcher 3 is a launch title when Witcher 1 and 2 never made it to playstation...
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