***So far its been a year since the PS4's launch and it has a measley 40 or so disk based games.***

You are wrong.

http://www.listwar.com/rele...

- There are 87 on disc/sold at retailer games. Above your 75 games on the PS2.

- There are 115 digital games. Way above and beyond your 75 games on the PS2.

- There are a total of 201 games available on the PS4 right now. Almost 3x the number of games that were available on the PS2 in its first year.

***None of these figures include digital only games/indie games. ***

Then you are failing at the whole argument. To dictate that anything now is the same as it was during the age of the PS2 is laughable. Indies have boomed. Digital is a way of life. Your choice to ignore these factors makes any conclusions based on your line of thinking ignorant and invalid.

***Then I would say that the PS4 will have about 400-600 disk based games.***

And why is that of any importance? The fact that we moved into a digital age where smaller games that used to require retail space can forgo that and go directly to the console.

I'm not quite sure what you are trying to prove with these figures at all other than an empty analysis of what is to come.

I mean, we are basing this analysis on your original blog with the title of "PS4 doomed to have only few games? Worrying trend" right?

But, even then, your analysis is flawed as you discount Indies (that means you exclude Bound By Flame, Lords of the Fallen, and the upcoming Hellbalde, all Indie games) that have released on disc as well.

This is probably some of the most flawed data i have ever seen, obviously Ps2 had more disk based games, where were all the small low budget games supposed to release? Games that release as digital only now had no choice but to release on disk during ps2 era, unless there was some kind of digital download store that i was unaware of... So how can you say ps4 doesn't have as many games as ps2 and then just overlook every single digital only game on ps4 that would have had to release on disk if it was ps2 era?
And i'm sorry but the ps2 didnt have 3870 big budget games from big publishers, 100s or even over 1000 of those games were from smaller developers and would probably release as digital only in this generation.

More propaganda!

Where'd you get your number of 40 or so disk based games released so far? As cgoodno pointed out, there's been 87 retail disk games released to this point... Just making up numbers?

What a blog full of misinformation. You pulled some random number out of your ass to try to backup your claim from a year ago?

"So far its been a year since the PS4's launch and it has a measley 40 or so disk based games"

What other "statistics" do you have up in there?

if we only count aaa disk based games that are only next gen games (meaning no cross gen games) how many would there be? how about a list of all new ip's on the ps4 only that are disk based aaa games?

the business structure has changed and it has to in order to remain sustainable. this is why dlc is so prevalent now and why so many games are still cross gen games along with sequels and new entries into existing ip's. the risk factor is way too high when games cost this much. sony has already pretty much given up on the vita for aaa games and we've already seen a huge amount of delays on the ps4.

I think the data doesn't work because in the PS2 era people weren't investing all their time in online multiplayer games like they do now. It's tough to compete when the mass majority rarely take call of duty out of the disc drive. Gamers were more willing to play different single player experiences. Devil may cry, God of War, Shadow of colossus, Mgs2...they were bought up because you beat a game and move on. Now you log on and just keep gaining experience in the same game.

It seems like Sony starts every gen slow as far as games, the first year of the PS2 it was a really cheap DVD player. When they do get rolling though no one tops them.

I am certain it was stated that 7th to 8th gen dev cost didn't increase exponentially like they did from 6th to 7th. I don't see why dev cost would increase greatly from 7th to 8th gen, console architecture is simple and relatively conserved and PC like this gne. Also the title of your blog seems strange; increasing development cost would apply to all new consoles (and PCs) based on the data and info you provided.

success in sales will ensure people make games for it. I also think their support for indies will pay off. they're the small studios of yesterday that ensured a good pipeline of games on previous systems.

also, the PS2 and PSone were plagued by shovelware - you shouldn't assume volume = quality.

low budget ps2 games were not only on disc, but also kept the average cost of development down, if you factored in all psn games too, the gradient would be lower.

Make it 78 theres also a kids game called Putty Squad. :)

There is room for everything now, from big budget AAA to small crowd funded indie games. It's a great time to be a gamer. Have a great day everyone.