Guerilla Games interview: Killzone 3 in 2011.. maybe even 2010

[johnsobas]

CGI-Quality said:

johnsobas said:
no sony, this is not how you build big franchises and this is not how you get the most sales out of each game. This is exactly the reason why Gran Turismo is the only big Sony franchise. They had a chance to make Resistance a big franchise until they released 2 way too early with far too little hype, it also had to compete with Call of Duty, a battle it can't win. Then months later they release Killzone 2, now they're already talking about Killzone 3 (and resistance 3??). Not to mention Motorstorm which they instantly destroyed by releasing the sequel 1 year after the original. Releasing inferior games (don't just mean graphics) on PSP didn't help the franchises either.
Spread out your games, take care of your franchises, build up the hype. This is why Nintendo is so successful with their franchises, and even MS has done a better job.

Again they're doing the right thing this gen with Gran Turismo too, but I can't say the same about many of the others.

How many "unsuccessful" franchises does Sony have though? You'd have to know expected figures to claim that Sony only has 1 big franchise.

Let's take a look at some of Sony's biggest franchises:

- God of War

- Gran Turismo

- Killzone

- Uncharted

- Resistance

- Ratchet

- Jak & Daxter

- Ico/SotC/Last Guardian

- LittleBIGPLanet

Now. There's MANY more. Sony hasn't been known to do a handful of franchises, they are known for a plethora of franchises. Why do you think the PlayStation has been so successful for the last two generations? For just a few "big" franchises? Although many of the franchises that helped put them on top aren't exactly owned by them, Sony is still following at least one pattern they followed in past generations, supply your fanbase with a plethora of quality games. No, the games didn't all sell 5-10mill+, but they didn't have to.

Obviously, people like their franchises enough to pick up a PlayStation, and with a competitive price point and a great current and future library, PS3 games doesn't have to sell games at 5-10mill, though the higher amount is welcome. It's the total amount of games and their quality that have always been big with the brand, and the PS3 is no different in that regard.

I don't agree, none of those are big except Gran Turismo.  People are picking up Playstation because of brand, and because most games are available (mostly multi-plat) plus blu-ray.  If Sony had to depend on those games alone they would be screwed big time.  If PS3 was put in a GC situation it would be dead in the water. 

Playstation was successful last 2 gens because of mistakes of other companies and 3rd party exclusives.  They never depended on first party.