Great games that came out right at the end of a console's lifespan

[Sin Agog]

The answer for every console is obvs Just Dance, which is still releasing new games for the ZX Spectrum and the Gameboy Colour.

I'll throw out a few real ones to get the ball rolling.

PS3: Last Of Us

Nintendo DS: Radiant Historia

SNES: Mario RPG, Yoshi's Island

[Marner and Me]

GTA 5- You just knew they'd re release it for the PS4 and saps (myself included would buy it) Tbf the PS3 version I had was a present.

[Consignia]

I was going to say Splatoon for the Wii U. But looking at the release list, loads of games came out after for it.

[Claude the Racecar Driving Rockstar Super Sleuth]

I was going to say Splatoon for the Wii U. But looking at the release list, loads of games came out after for it.

Zelda: Breath of the Wild for the Wii U. I don't understand why they decided to release it on both consoles, rather than use it to drive all their business to the Switch. Maybe it was to help sell the remaining Wii U stock.

[NoSleep]

The final Square game to come out on the PSX was Vagrant Story and is one of my favourite games of all time. It's set in the same world (Ivalice) as Final Fantasy Tactics and Final Fantasy XII and directed by Yasumi Matsuno. Fucking Brilliant.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLIpw5XRpwM

Good that they big up the translation of Alexander O Smith in that video.

[bgmnts]

Stubbs the Zombie on the Xbox Original. Fucking brilliant.

[Urinal Cake]

The final Square game to come out on the PSX was Vagrant Story and is one of my favourite games of all time. It's set in the same world (Ivalice) as Final Fantasy Tactics and Final Fantasy XII and directed by Yasumi Matsuno. Fucking Brilliant.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLIpw5XRpwM

I agree with the sentiment. But it was always a side project and still a few months before PS2.

Persona 4 on the other hand came out when the PS3 was already a few months out. Even the Vita version was on the console's last days.

I'm also going to preemptively say FFVII Remake.

[Claude the Racecar Driving Rockstar Super Sleuth]

I was going to mention some PS2 games, but apparently it continued manufacture until 2013.

!

[Urinal Cake]

Nintendo and MS really shortened console lifespans.

[Consignia]

Persona 4 on the other hand came out when the PS3 was already a few months out. Even the Vita version was on the console's last days.

No way, Persona 4 for the Vita was completely early days, like <6 months from console launch.

[Claude the Racecar Driving Rockstar Super Sleuth]

Exactly. The Vita's last days.

[Consignia]

Laugh you may, I was still getting regular usage up until the Switch came out. It was pretty well supported, just not in the triple A-space.

[New folder]

Conker's Bad Fur Day for the N64

[Urinal Cake]

No way, Persona 4 for the Vita was completely early days, like <6 months from console launch.

Yeah you're right. I got PSP and Vita mixed up.

Exactly. The Vita's last days.

Also true though I think Vita was a emu machine for most people.

[Dewt]

I always wished they let you control Rod Hull in those

[Sin Agog]

I always wished they let you control Rod Hull in those

You can on an Emulator.

[madhair60]

SNES: Yoshi's Island

(Adopts snottiest, snidest possible tone) Right, a '95 game is right at the end of a console's lifespan when it still had games coming out in '98. Suuuuure.

[evilcommiedictator]

DKC3 looks better than every PS1 game and most N64 games

[Jerzy Bondov]

DKC3 looks better than every PS1 game and most N64 games

Does it fuck. Looks better than Klonoa does it? No.

[madhair60]

Does it fuck. Looks better than Klonoa does it? No.

Yeah it does

[Claude the Racecar Driving Rockstar Super Sleuth]

I just looked up a screenshot of Kloaca and yeah DKC looks better. It's hardly a fair comparison though: the stumbling baby steps of 3D vs. the prime years of 2D. It'd be like telling the Wright Brothers not to bother, because trains are better.

[peanutbutter]

PS3 era had a glut of them didn't it? Last of Us, MGS V, GTA V, Persona 5, Yakuza 0

Mother 3 on the GBA came out ages after the DS was released iirc

[magval]

Ristar came out on Mega Drive after the Saturn had been released, that would count wouldn't it?

[Schmo Diddley]

Shenmue on Dreamcast.

[NoSleep]

Pretty much all great games on the Dreamcast came right at at the end of its lifespan.

[madhair60]

Ristar came out on Mega Drive after the Saturn had been released, that would count wouldn't it?

No it didn't

[peanutbutter]

The final Square game to come out on the PSX was Vagrant Story and is one of my favourite games of all time. It's set in the same world (Ivalice) as Final Fantasy Tactics and Final Fantasy XII and directed by Yasumi Matsuno. Fucking Brilliant.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLIpw5XRpwM

Good that they big up the translation of Alexander O Smith in that video.

Wait though, Vagrant Story wasn't Square's last game on PS1, was it? FF9 came out ages later!


*googles*

Yep!

Japan:
Vagrant Story - February 2000
PS2 - March 4th iirc
FF9 - June

Europe:
Vagrant Story - June 2000
PS2 - like November? November 24th?
FF9 - February 2001

[NoSleep]

I was (I thought correctly) repeating something I heard stated. Maybe it was the last Square game to go into production for the PSX, as I can imagine a FF game would take far longer to produce.

[peanutbutter]

Apparently FF9 only really started production as FF8 was wrapping up, which means it was done in like 18 months?! That seems mental but the development periods of major games were way shorter back then.

What's the expected length of development big budget game now? Like 3-4 years? Think this was the main issue with all those late PS3 releases, in fact, how many PS4 games were super delayed PS3 ones? FF15 and The Last Guardian immediately spring to mind. Was that just a very PS3 Cell Processor problem?

[bgmnts]

Apparently FF9 only really started production as FF8 was wrapping up, which means it was done in like 18 months?! That seems mental but the development periods of major games were way shorter back then.

100% crunch.

Would probably explain why the second half of FFIX is fucking mental and makes no sense.