I think it probably could get worse than the highest rated game of last gen.
Not even close. The limited draw distance made SA seem much larger than it really was. Take a look at this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watc...
SA's map could fit many times into GTA V's.
It's weird that despite Microsoft not even being allowed to advertise Destiny for their console, it still had a better attach rate on the Xbox One. 2.3 million PS4 sales = 21% of PS4 owners bought Destiny versus 1.4 million sales on Xbox One = 26% of Xbox One owners.
"It’s worth mentioning that Nintendo does not traditionally participate to Tokyo Game Show, so all its first party titles aren’t eligible for the awards."
Reading the article might help.
They may not have added new story, but they have done quite a bit more than simply update the graphics. They have nearly doubled the player count for GTA Online. They've added new weapons, vehicles, wildlife, and activities. They've increased the traffic density and enhanced the damage modeling and weather effects. And finally, the radio has been expanded with over 100 new tracks. Those are the changes they've announced so far. There hint at many more additions but as we all know,...
GTA V is the only game I would pay for twice at full price. The level of quality is downright absurd and the game is just packed full of content. It felt like a crime paying only $60 for this last year compared to what your average game offers at the same price point.
I love Giant Bomb! I'm a premium subscriber. But the GB crew has not had many nice things to say about Destiny and Jeff scored Titanfall higher than Destiny, as the majority of sites have.
Do you have any data to back up your claims of this supposed conspiracy against the PS4? Here is the data I've collected:
August 2014
VGC Predictions:
PS4: 193K
XB1: 156K
NPD Results:
PS4: 190K (overtracked by 3K)
XB1: 160K (undertracked by 4K)
http://gamrconnect.vgchartz...
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-Increased draw distance
-Higher resolution
-New weapons
-New vehicles, including rare versions of classic vehicles
-New activities, including wildlife photography
-Additional wildlife, including cats and killer whales
-Denser traffic
-New foliage system
-Enhanced damage and weather effects
-Enhanced radio selections with over 100 additional new songs and new DJ mixes
-Player count raised to 30 for GTA Online
GTA V was the highest rated and best-selling game of 2013 with a 97 on Metacritic and 30 million copies sold.
Interesting that the Xbox 360 sold half as much as the original Xbox at launch in Japan, but went on to sell 4 times more than its predecessor worldwide. Just goes to show how irrelevant Japan is to the Xbox's success.
You could just call this "Five Game Worth Buying This Month".
That's a great attach rate for a game that released 7 years into the console's lifecycle. Attach rates are always higher at the beginning of a console generation when there are few big games to play. Just look at Titanfall on the Xbox One - over 2 million copies sold to a 5 million install base. 40% attach rate!
Why would they bother to secure its exclusivity forever? Games produce the majority of their sales within the first few weeks, especially with a holiday release. Basically, Rise of the Tomb Raider will be exclusive to Xbox until sales have dried up and it is no longer relevant. Then it will come to other platforms after it has paid off all its benefits to Microsoft. Obviously, they wouldn't make the deal in the first place if it wasn't beneficial to them.
A "terrible" game and the second highest rated game of all time!
How will being cross gen prevent Rise of the Tomb Raider from competing? Unless you're only talking about visuals. I actually preferred the new Tomb Raider's gameplay to Uncharted. Although Naughty Dog was still miles ahead when it came to other aspects like storytelling and performance capture.
Third party games don't sell on the Wii U. It could have 2 times the install base of the Xbox One and the XB1 version of Advanced Warfare would likely still outsell the Wii U version.
I liked Revelations and felt like it was a step away from the action-oriented RE6. I still found the setting pretty boring though, with the entire game taking place on the ship. I like to see more varied environments.
Kinect was certainly not "dead before it even got going". It broke sales records to become the fastest-selling consumer electronics device with 8 million sold in its first 2 months back in 2010. It went on to sell over 20 million units for the Xbox 360.
Look at 360 or PS3 games from 2006 and compare them to 2013 games on the same hardware. As developers become more and more comfortable with the hardware, the games keep looking better and better. Do you really believe that the Xbox One will never be capable of producing graphics on the level of an early PS4 game? The power difference is not that large.