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makingmusic476 on 02 September 2009
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keywe666 said:
makingmusic476 said:
Xxain said:
dude it does not matter WHO DEVELOPS the game as long as its a SONY OWNED IP it is 1st party..period, so by your knowledge Metroid: Other M is not a 1st party????

Well, it does.  The developer ultimately determines the quality of the game, and Sony's second parties never quite stood up to their first parties in terms of quality.  Whether that's due to budget, tech sharing, or the actually brains behind each title, most of Sony's second party titles are merely good, while their first party stuff generally sits near the forefront of their respective genres.

Atleast you understand the difference lol.

Well, ultimately it's the developers that make games great.  Owning the developers means you'll always have the means to make more great titles. 

If you own an IP but not the developer, then the day may come where the developer breaks relations with you, and you're kinda stuck with no team to make a sequel, or at least not the same team that made the first game great (look at Ninja Theory and Heavenly Sword - Sony owning the IP doesn't make it anymore likely that we'll get a sequel =/).

And look at Naughty Dog.  Would it have been better if Sony owned the Crash IP?  Or owned Naughty Dog?  If they just owned Crash, we wouldn't be seeing a robust, internal Naughty Dog team pumping out games like Uncharted.