There's nothing brand new here in TGS 2012 - Keiji Inafune

Sequel is better than junk~

Too many sequels? How many Mega Man games have there been? That said, I agree.

With me working full-time and now also starting a degree gaming for me just doesn't get the focus it used to.. and even i can tell the market is becoming saturated with sequels and spin-offs.

I don't mind sequels, providing there's actually a decent amount of difference to it's predecessor.

Compare Grand Theft Auto to Call of Duty.

Nuff said.

Says the guy who's making another zombie game. A.K.A 'nothing brand new'.

Hopefully with new consoles coming around the corner, new IPs might start showing up. I think part of the problem with both western and Japanese game makers right now is that they're stuck in a kind of limbo between console generations. Don't get me wrong, that's not the only problem with Japanese gaming but this limbo doesn't help.

Every year the gaming industry is beginning to look more and more like Hollywood. Nothing original. It's the PC indie scene that is refreshing. No suits telling those guys what to do and how to do it.

I agree with him, but can't help but to find it ironic when the creator of Mega Man talks about too many sequels.

Nothing has changed in the input, and Hard core gamers want to keep it that way.  Graphics are the main focus, and we are limited to genre that every game falls into.   

There is limited input.  Controllers, and pushing a button is just VERY LIMITED.  

Voice interaction IS limited

Vocal response is limited. 

interaction with the environment is limited 

Interactions with NPCs are limited

Maybe with Wii U coming out, developers might make new experiences with the new, better technology.

The only reason sequels do so well is because the first one was done right and kept people interested in the game....If it sells well then they feel that they need to keep going until it makes no more money. Some take it to the extreme and even make television shows, clothes, ect.  There is very high risks of making a new IP, but there is also another chance of creating a game so epic that you can make another game sequel. There just needs to be a fine balance between sequels and new IP's. I personally would rather pay for a update then to buy a new Madden every year....I am just getting to the point in my life that I am about to stop supporting such high levels of sequels.

Starting to get tired of this guy.  He made some good games four score and seven years ago but get off it.  Dead Rising and Lost Planet only did will because there was nothing else to play on the consoles at that time.  The garbage performance of their sequels shows what people thought of those games when they actually had a variety of games to choose from.

He acts like he's god of Japan or something.

Quality sequels are nice - there are going to be a good amount of games out there where i wouldnt/dont want to only have that one game experience. There is a way to have sequels without the "milking" effect. However, he has a point - to a degree. But really, there is an issue with the industry that is monstrously bigger than "too many sequels". LACK OF QUALITY, IMAGINATION, EFFORT, CREATIVITY are what come immediately to mind.

All I ask is that you put 'Love and Soul' in your games. Cash ins are a dime a dozen, but a player can really tell when the developers want you to love what they've presented to you.

Today must be a slow news day. This is the only new article and it isn't even news.

There's a new generation of consoles on the way.  When people buy new consoles they are MUCH more open to considering new IPs.  If you really want to see new and innovative gameplay, though, there are plenty of indie games out there for very cheap that even a weak PC can run easily.  Steam's Greenlight can point you toward some quickly.  Or look to the past - go over to GOG and get Sacrifice or Dungeon Keeper 2.

Seriously I don't care whether the game is a sequal or a new IP... I only worry about whether it is good, and by "good" I mean whether I like it, not whether it gets high scores from "expert reviews".

I do not disagree with the fact that we need new IPs but I also don't think that releasing a new IP that brings nothing new it's any better than releasing a sequel.

There are a lot of new IPs that are just like any other game of the genre take the fps for a example it may change the name on the cover but you know that the game will be almost the same thing as all the others that came before.

I can't judge yet because I never played it but Soul Sacrifice looks a lot like Monster Hunter with different look how is that better than releasing a new IP, this is just as uninspired as releasing a sequel.

I don't understand this contempt for sequels. Not every game coming out has to be a brand new, innovative, reinventing the wheel game. Some people like more of the same and there's nothing wrong with that.

Just because it's a new IP doesn't mean it will succeed. Don't believe me? Look at last gen with the original Xbox and how many new IPs were released and BOMBED: Azurik, Blinkz, Sneakers, Crimson Skies, Bloodwake, Brute Force, etc. MS really pushed new IPs and how many really succeeded that weren't Halo?

A lot of people seem to have this misguided idealism that new IPs are needed to keep the industry fresh, when in reality 99% of new IPs fail hard because GAMERS talk the talk but fail to walk the walk when it comes to supporting truly new IPs.

You can pretty much blame gamers for the majority of this.  They know sequels sell.  It's just like the movie industry.

People complain about this, yet they do almost nothing to combat it.  Activision will tear up sales records for the fourth year in a row with Call of Duty: Black Ops II...  and then people still wonder why they keep making yearly entries.

Not many companies are trying to introduce new IPs LATELY in 2012-2013, so more power to Mr. Inafune and Sony. Thanks from the true gamers and game fantatics around the world.

Sony dun goofed.

absolutely unprecedented.. never has a company released 3 different versions of the same console and the most recent one is higher in price.. what happened to the traditional 6 year console span? is Sony and MSFT even seeing how good PC graphics are looking? Those consoles were outdated last year when BF3 on PC completely embarrased both console versions now Sony wants to hold on till 2015? so let me get this straight in 2015 console gamers will still not yet see what a full 1920x1080 lines of resolution looks like? their HDTVs are now becoming obsolete before the consoles themselves even catch up. pathetic.

pff says the guy bringing us ninja gaiden zombies.....smh.

How does the super slim PS3 have anything to do with this article o_O

I wouldn't say there was anything wrong with the games at this years TGS. Although the games didn't really seem as strong as in previous years. We all know that Japan is going through a very difficult time right now; not just economically but creatively too and this is becoming more evident in my opinion.

I believe that they need to take a step back, relax, allow more smaller budget games to be developed by creative, young talent, and let their industry grow healthily. Because at the moment, they just look exhausted.   

Inafune: "There's nothing brand new here in TGS 2012; there's just too many sequels."

So what franchise is Bravely Default: Flying Fairy a sequel of?

wuoo never saw soul sacrifice for the vita YEEEEEEEEES!!

Well, I prefer sequels over new IPs most of the time, lol. 

Then do something new Keiji!

It's always expressed this way but it just depends on what kind of games you like really. If you're not that into shooters then I don't think the west really wins much. Fighting games are still all japan, RPG's are half and half and I've played some pretty awesome RPG from japan this generation (Lost odyssey, Blue Dragon, Dark Souls, Dragons Dogma, Xenosaga, Tales of vesperia, Tales of graces F etc,), action games (ninja gaiden, devil may cry, asura's wrath, fist of the north star, god of war etc.) are largely japanese too with god of war being the only real exception.

Hell I still like my shooters but when I look at the games I'm really, really wanting I think I'd say it's more japanese stuff than western still.

Asian - Metal Gear 5, Ni No Kuni, The Last Guardian, Tales of Xillia, Kingdom Under Fire 2 (if it ever comes out), Resident Evil 6 (does look like it's getting a little crappier but oh well), Bayonetta 2, Zelda

Western - Halo 4. Project Eternity, Borderlands 2, Tomb Raider (I currently can't remember all the games I want though).

I mean at the moment I can't remember what western games I really want that bad, it doesn't help that they've just released quite a few like Borderlands 2 and they haven't got round to announcing the next elder scrolls game etc, But the truth is eastern games dominated the PS2 era, and at the moment the western stuff is generally of a higher standard but I think more of the best stuff is still eastern. Nothing out of the west quite matches Metal Gear Solid, nothing has beaten the Xbox version of Ninja Gaiden (or PS3 if you count sigma) even though NG3 sucked, none of the western RPG's quite stop me feeling the JRPG surge and  the innovative games I'm more interested in come from japan too in the form of The Last Guardian or Gravity Daze. I love both western and eastern games but when it comes to what I want the most the east wins every time. That can be different depending on your tastes but I find Japan still pumps out the majority of the best games even if western stuff is of a higher standard more often than not.

So... The master of sequels and milk CowGames for money over and over  is now complaining about too many sequels... suuuure. I respect him a lot, but he was totally random with that statement.

So the guy that made like 6000 Mega Man games is now complaining about a lack of innovation in the industry, while plugging his Monster Hunter clone? What a hypocrite.

I kinda understand where Kenji is going with this he wants other developersto bring out new interesting games instead of rehashes like COD, Madden, GOW series and all their bundles, AC series ect ect.

YARR! WE HATE SEQUELS NOW BECAUSE THAT'S THE COOL THING TO DO!

From a CrapCon R&D head!?!? Ummm doesn't crapcom release a "new........

" Super-hyper-fighting-remix-ultimate-Tekken vs Marvel Vs Street fighter vs Archie Comics All DLC on Disc Edition".......

game like every 5 minutes?