Sony: Our first-party dev is as big as Microsoft and Nintendo's combined

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axumblade said:

mike_intellivision said:
Quantity does not equal quality.

And quality franchises in first-party development leads to sales.


Mike from Morgnatown

Yes. That's why

Wii Play > Halo 3 + Metal Gear Solid IV + LittleBigPlanet

saleswise. Because it's a quality title.

I like M from M, but yeah, that pretty much pwned his argument.  It's never about quality. It's always about finding out what people will buy, or what gimmick people are into (no, I am not calling the Wii a gimmick), and Wii play falls into the latter category.  Charge 10 more bucks for a controller and throw in nine games.  That's only a dollar a game.  People spend that much on two cell phone games.

OT, I do think that Sony has a very nice first-party studio.  Microsoft is busy axing everyone from it, and publishing (thus not being 1st party), and Nintendo does have a big studio, but Sony has been on a buying spree as of late.