| Soriku said: @making 1. Have they even worked with Sony? I mean when it comes to actual development, not publishing. 2. Also, if their games are successful on Nintendo systems there's no reason for them to want to be bought. Better to have successful games on Nintendo AND Sony systems, no just one right? 3. Also, pretend Sony needs some RPGs, I think they'd go for smaller studios (not too small obviously though) and not big companies. 4. What Sony SHOULD do they is form their own RPG studio. Gather some members, don't actually buy a company or studio. Make a new RPG studio altogether. Maybe gather a few key members but that's it. After that, have them make RPGs. Have them make multiple RPG teams, not just one, to work on different RPGs at once. 5. I really don't like Sony's games AT ALL but that's because the majority of them are like...shooters (which you know I don't like). Sony need to make RPGs. That would be so awesome. |
1. They paid for development, so I'd assume they had some producers making sure that their money was being well spent, as well as some developers on scene to help Level 5 get the most out of the platform (particularly for WKC, their first ps3 title).
2. So far, only the Layton series has been successful on Nintendo platforms, and that's most likely because it's (arguably) their best series yet. Also, they had to pay for development of Layton themselves, and you can tell they didn't put much money into the project. It's quite apparent that they don't put much money into any of their own titles. Having Sony pay for development of ALL their titles would probably more benefitial to them than the potential of good sales on the DS, because it would allow them to invest just about as much as they could want in each of their games, even if they don't all sell gangbusters.
3. Level 5 is still pretty small by most standards, and Sony has had no qualms about picking up somewhat larger studios in the past. Someone mentioned Zipper which had nearly 200 employees at the time it was purchased, and when Sony bought Evolution Studios last year, they also picked up it's child company, BigBig Studios. These weren't the smallest purchases they could've made.
4. I agree, but Sony hasn't really formed any internal teams since the ps1 days (when Team ICO, Team Siren, etc. were formed). I'd love to have Sony make another team though. It would just be troublesome finding the talent to staff it. Most great developers have made a name for themselves through their work with other studios, which is why Sony buys studios now. They already know that said studios can create great games.
5. Bah. They never really focused on shooters heavily until this gen (to compete with MS, which is why I think they'll start going after JRPGs now), and even now they hardly make up a majority (though there is an alarming amount of them now 0_o).
