richardhutnik on 14 May 2009
| Destroyer_of_knights said: "Sony and Microsoft rely on third parties to create an install base with their consoles because both companies lack the first party studio strength to perform it themselves. In other words, relying on third party software to drive install base is considered ‘normal’ and ‘the future’. Nintendo, like Sega and Atari and Hudson, rely on first party software to drive the install base. Therefore, it is ‘concerning’, ‘problematic’ and eventually ‘doomed’." that's Bull shit, Sony has a very strong 1st party studio, which produce quality games, but at the end of the day console manufactures have to have a good balance of both 1st and 3rd party, either extreme is problematic more so if the console heavily relies on 1st party, after all 3rd party is very important since their are more studios, which means more games, which means a library of great games. |
Outside of Gran Turismo, Sony 1st party doesn't do huge sales numbers. Business types, including the press that covers the industry, doesn't care a game is AWESOME. They care about sales. Unlike Nintendo, Gran Turismo is it. We are talking HUGE sellers here. Sony has pulled off multiple million+ copy sales, but this isn't what interests the media that covers the industry.
What is written is more true about Microsoft and the XBox here though. However, Microsoft tends to have the MONSTER known as Halo.
