Games
Sony has helped the PS4 soar thanks to some intelligent scheduling of major exclusives, as well as leveraging strong third-party relationships to fill in any holes that their own developers can’t meet. You can definitely expect the same in 2017, and it’s already beginning in January.
The PS4 already has a few exclusives lined up this month ranging from a rhythm game that has you singing hundreds of songs as a cute protagonist, to new entries in two beloved RPG series (Tales and Kingdom Hearts), and even something for those into a bit more of a gangster approach (Yakuza 0). Even the major third-party, multiplatform release of the month has a Sony exclusive component. You can play Resident Evil 7: Biohazard completely in VR only on the PS4. Why you would want to terrify yourself that way, however, is none of our business.
The rest of the year is looking quite similar, too. Sprinkled over the next 12 months are a few first-party exclusives such as Horizon Zero Dawn and Knack 2, but Sony’s real strength lies in third-party development. Square Enix is bringing NieR: Automata exclusively to PS4 when it comes to consoles, Bandai Namco has Nioh, Digimon World, and some other releases, Activision still has its timed exclusivity deal with Sony so expect more Call of Duty and Destiny news in the coming months, and there are many Japanese developers who don’t have an audience on Xbox One so Sony gets to pull those over as exclusives.
Not much will change in this regard in 2017, so expect another strong lineup to help Sony stay on top.
