| Lord Flashheart said: ^erm all those sony games could also have been made if sony weren't around. Those dev houses would simply make a game on a different platform. Remember how sony got those studios? |
I think Nintendo would still turn out mario games even if they didn't have a console in the race. I think it's fair to say that most games would still come out regardless of the vying consoles. Sorry, just being anal here. I know it's not your idea.
EDIT: Also, about the thing about Sony having outside studios with deve from within... A lot of Sony's third party supports are actually second party and are oftentimes co-developed with Sony techs and devs for the purposes of influencing the gameplay and optimizing code for the platform. THe gameplay guidance is meant to help adjust to the demographic. So, in a small part they are a big part of IP development, and the games possibly wouldn't be the same without the help, but then again, they very well could be better in some cases.









