What was Sony thinking with Drive Club?

I'm a little confused, why did Sony feel the need to develop a new racer when they already have the best selling racer in the world? Why not make an RPG instead? The main Final Fantasy games aren't Sony exclusive anymore, I'd love to see another Legend of Dragoon type game from Sony... although realistically it would be some Skyrim ripoff instead.

We DO NOT need more RPG's TC, we need more racing games. How many racing games can you actually name coming out in the near future?

Thank you Sony for Drive Club. We need a lot more driving games and fewer RPG's.

Because they had something for everyone

Sandbox (infamous)

RPG (Deep Down)

Racer (Drive Club)

platforming (Knack)

shooter (Killzone)

etc

They covered their bases for the PS4 launch. Makes perfect sense to me.

Probably because GT takes a long time to develop, or Polyphony does anyway.

Because they had something for everyone

Sandbox (infamous)

RPG (Deep Down)

Racer (Drive Club)

platforming (Knack)

shooter (Killzone)

etc

They covered their bases for the PS4 launch. Makes perfect sense to me.

AzelKosMos

I don't see a problem with Drive Club, technically looking superb. Though it doesn't appeal to me so much because of the emphasis on team play, and I prefer solo experiences.

This will probably be more of a mix between arcade and sim ala Forza Horizon. It wont be direct competition for the GT series

This will probably be more of a mix between arcade and sim ala Forza Horizon. It wont be direct competition for the GT series

Vatusus

Given GT's recent history of looooong developmental times, they needed a little something for everyone. As others have said. There was absolutely no expectation of GT6 being a launch title for this console, so why hold back a studio that gave them something special with the PS3 launch? I loved Motorstorm. I am hoping this will encompass a variety of racing genres. Car combat(Motorstorm), Sim(GT) and Rally(WRC).

It's a little too close to Gran Turismo for my liking. We will be getting Gran Turismo 6 in a couple of years, so why give us Drive Club? And why spent hours obsessively getting every detail on the car right? Why try to beat Gran Turismo when you are on the same team? What about damage? Surely they cant have damage when they focused so much on getting the details right. 

It was a very poor reveal and I dont blame people who arent excited about it. 

It's too early for me to judge. I can't really blame them though for at least thinking about expanding on the genre.

whats wrong with drive club? looked pretty good but i guess nothing too amazing. i guess GT5 has spoiled me but i hope drive club is more sim type of gameplay rather than arcade. the team racing is cool and all but i can already see the online abuse and constant crashing BS that you see in other online racing games. i hope they find a way to make it fair. GT6 will come out eventually anyway but its gonna take forever.

so was deep down confirmed to be an rpg? i can't help but get my hopes up for this game after playing dragons dogma ive seen the potential that capcom has to make an amazing rpg. i thought dragons dogma had potential to be one of the greatest rpgs of all time but they were missing some really key things and it was unfortunate.

I don't see a problem with Drive Club, technically looking superb. Though it doesn't appeal to me so much because of the emphasis on team play, and I prefer solo experiences.

Venom_Raptor

Out of everything they showed I was least impressed with Drive Club, then  again I am not a racing simulator fan.

I think at launch they want to make sure they have games for everyone. Which is smart.

I'm not a racer fan, so it doesn't appeal to me.  But it looks like a decent launch title to me.  

Why should we have multiple, similar feeling RPGs but be restricted to only one racer?

Seeing as this is the MotorStorm devs, this can be either really good or really bad. I have only played MotorStorm 1, but that was really shallow. The gameplay, overall idea, and graphics were superb, but it got boring really really fast.

Seeing as this is the MotorStorm devs, this can be either really good or really bad. I have only played MotorStorm 1, but that was really shallow. The gameplay, overall idea, and graphics were superb, but it got boring really really fast.

lild1425

Motorstorm was indeed a shallow and rushed launch game, but Pacific Rift and Apocalypse are two of the best arcade racers ever made. Nothing shallow or repetitive about them. 

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Seeing as this is the MotorStorm devs, this can be either really good or really bad. I have only played MotorStorm 1, but that was really shallow. The gameplay, overall idea, and graphics were superb, but it got boring really really fast.

S0lidSnake

Motorstorm was indeed a shallow and rushed launch game, but Pacific Rift and Apocalypse are two of the best arcade racers ever made. Nothing shallow or repetitive about them. 

Yesssss. I Just ordered Apoc for next to nothing used. I can't wait to play it.

Because Evolution Studios is a racing developer. They aren't going to develop Motorstorm forever.

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Seeing as this is the MotorStorm devs, this can be either really good or really bad. I have only played MotorStorm 1, but that was really shallow. The gameplay, overall idea, and graphics were superb, but it got boring really really fast.

lild1425

Motorstorm was indeed a shallow and rushed launch game, but Pacific Rift and Apocalypse are two of the best arcade racers ever made. Nothing shallow or repetitive about them. 

Yesssss. I Just ordered Apoc for next to nothing used. I can't wait to play it.

Good man. Pick up Pacific Rift too. It's more traditional than Apocalypse, but has some fantastic tracks. 

I am hoping it is more of a street racing game like NFSU2.

I'm a little confused, why did Sony feel the need to develop a new racer when they already have the best selling racer in the world? Why not make an RPG instead? The main Final Fantasy games aren't Sony exclusive anymore, I'd love to see another Legend of Dragoon type game from Sony... although realistically it would be some Skyrim ripoff instead.

istuffedsunny

After the recent "leak" of GT6 being a PS3 title, I can kind of see why they felt the need to make this game. Don't get me wrong it doesn't look bad but it's essentially next-gen filler until GT7. Still, I'm baffled as to why Sony isn't developing a first party RPG after losing FF to MS.istuffedsunny

[QUOTE="istuffedsunny"]After the recent "leak" of GT6 being a PS3 title, I can kind of see why they felt the need to make this game. Don't get me wrong it doesn't look bad but it's essentially next-gen filler until GT7. Still, I'm baffled as to why Sony isn't developing a first party RPG after losing FF to MS.hoplayletsplay