The Playstation 4 is on a good start with a successful conference, a successful lineup, and good momentum coming from the rebound of the Playstation 3. Let’s not bring up the Vita-----quite possibly ever. What the PS4 needs is that killer launch title that can get the system going to a great start. Against popular opinion, one game can turn a system around. Donkey Kong Country allowed for the SNES to win the war, Final Fantasy 7 catapulted the original Playstation to new heights, Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow gave the Game Boy new life, Wii Sports jump-started the mammoth success of the Wii, and lastly we have Ocarina of Time 3D arguably giving the 3DS its first true breath of life back in the summer of 2011.
So all Sony needs to go is guarantee a good, good launch title.
Gran Turismo 6 must be that game.
GT6 was announced recently to become a PS3 game, continuing the trend that each Playstation needs 2 GT games. This racing sim franchise is the most successful in all of gaming, even with Forza nipping into its sales in recent years. Gran Turismo is the perfect game to showcase what Sony’s machines are capable of. Gran Turismo 2 through 5 were games that always tested the hardware and set the benchmark as to the way racing games should look, sound, and feel. GT3 remains in my opinion one of the best racing games of all-time---ranking way up there with Forza 3, and the underrated gems of Excitebike 64, Mario Kart 64 and (especially underrated) Burnout 3.
So why is part 6 just a PS3 title this year? They should pull a Twilight Princess and release it on both the current platform and the future platform to reach out to a wider audience and in order to truly flash the specs on the PS4. It only makes too much sense. When Twilight Princess pulled off the same technique, it became part of the 2006 launch of the Wii while becoming the swansong of the Nintendo Gamecube. It sold a total of 7 million copies---most of it coming from the newer system.
With the already-established base of 77 million, Gran Turismo 6 for the PS3 is an absolute no-brainer. GT5 itself sold 10 million copies, and the prologue sold 5 million to add to that. But in order to really get the gamers excited about the next big thing, GT6 should also coincide as a launch title. Some may argue that putting it on both systems would kill sales of the PS4, but the truth is we all know the PS4 is going to be expensive right off the bat so why not reward owners of the PS3 (whom have been through a roller coaster of emotions these past few years) with the same game? GT6 for both the PS3 and PS4 would be perfect because that way owners that aren’t ready to enter the eighth generation of gaming can still get their quality racing simulating fix.
Sony, it is very simple: your top franchise deserves to be on multiple systems, and Gran Turismo 6 most definitely should become a launch title.
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