Darc Requiem on 14 February 2007
staticneuron said:
Darc Requiem said:
Crash and Spyro are NOT Sony IPs. So they can't be considered as bankable franchises for Sony.
First party and second party devs count right? We are talking about what sony has under thier belt. Sony does not own spyro and crash but insomniac and naughty dog do. Sony ws not blindly throwing money at these companies. What I think you might do is look up a list of sony's first party and second party devs and see what they have made in the past. Even if each developer "own's" thier own franchise chances are it would be brought to the PS line. So it benefits sony to put money forth to make these games made and to advertise them.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best_selling_computer_and_video_games#PlayStation_2
Seriously though, look at this list and single out sony's first and second party devs. Compare the resulting numbers to the xbox or the GC. I assure you Sony is doing well in the gaming department.
Crash was created by Naughty Dog. Spyro was created by Insomniac. They are both owned by Universal Studios. Similar to how several of the Kong characters in the Donkey Kong franchise and Krystal from Star Fox Adventures were created by RARE but the characters are owned by Nintendo. Neither Naughty Dog nor Insomnia have had anything to do with the Crash and Spyro series since they went multiplatform. Of the 65 games you linked me to at Wikipedia, 6 are owned by Sony. SOCOM, ATV Offroad Fury, Gran Turismo, God of War, Jax & Daxter, and Ratchet & Clank.
