Do you think Sony will shut down some first party studios?

[damndl0ser]

Phrancheyez said:

damndl0ser said:

Kantor said:

damndl0ser said:
I would doubt they get rid of any of their first party studios. I think that a lot of them are under performing and will have to come up with more than 1 game every 4 years. Most studios can do a game in 2 fairly easy. Just look at Gears 1/2.

MOST. The majority of studios do come out with a game every two years, or less (as in Insomniac's case)

However, Polyphony Digital and Team ICO both take their own sweet time, but nobody cares, because their games are incredible.

Guerilla probably wanted to spend time on Killzone 2 so it wouldn't end up as bugged as the original.

So, Sony isn't going to rush PD or Team ICO, but Guerilla should speed themselves up.

Besides, Gears of War 2 wasn't exactly changed massively from the original, was it? Not that that's a bad thing.

I can tell you without any doubts, people care, esp... the ones who have invested in those studios.  Every company has its own internal deadlines and goals.  And when you get companies that are continually blowing those they will eventually have huge problems.   If some of these games had come out a year or 2 ago do you thing Sony would be in as big of a mess as they are now?  I would tend to think that it wouldn't be as bad and Sony would probably have a few more sales under its belt.

As for my example with Gears, which company would you rather invest in  1 who has a release every 2 years and doubles the sales of the other.  Or one that continually delays, and sells half as much?  It doesn't matter if the game is similar or whatever, it matters that it has a successful game period.

No really, no they don't.  I want Polyphony Digital and Team ICO to take as long as they think they need.  And I'm pretty sure, I can almost garuntee, neither of these studios are being given deadlines.  You don't push a deadline onto a studio who sells over 2 million demo's @ $40 a piece, or sells 10 million copies every time it releases a retail game.  And while Team ICO games are somewhat niche, they're amazing.  They always have been..and Sony knows this.  There are very VERY few games out there that can compare to the creativity and fun behind Shadow of the Colossus.  Very few..like maybe 1 or 2...all time.

@half as much
I guess it'd be a problem if Gran Turismo didn't have the potential to sell twice as much as Gears.

 

Do you seriously believe GT5 will sale twice as many games as gears 1 and 2?   Even with Gran Turismo being what it is, it will be lucky to sale as many as Gears 2 IMO.

 

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Sure you don't mind how long it takes, however the people who do matter, like investors DO CARE! 2 words for you Maximizing Profit.