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Yeah, Sony should definitely keep focusing on it's first party line up.

Tbh, I have a feeling that Sony will start buying up RPG studios soon (Level 5, maybe somebody else).

Sony is constantly expanding their prolific 1st party enterprise, and the RPG genre is really the only remaining gap in their portfolio (aside from some of the more PC-centric genres, like RTS).

Look at the end of last gen: MS was destroying Sony in the shooter area, so they overcompensated by buying Zipper and Guerrilla (the latter choice being a bit questionable at the time, but it seems to be bearing quite wonderful fruit). Now, MS is dominating in the JRPG genre (and WRPGs), so it makes sense that Sony would begin pursuing dev studios in that field, especially in light of their recent comments regarding their focus on 1st party development over paying for 3rd party exclusives.

I buy Sony consoles for for Sony's awesome 1st party line up (