| LordTheNightKnight said: Sega just publishes the games, so until I get more word, I'm taking this with a grain of salt. Plus it's just bringing up what Sci Fi Debris stated about the character development of Bashir versus Neelix (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cfn99lohePs). "People don't like Bashir? What is wrong with us?" "People don't like Neelix? What is wrong with them?" This guy is following the latter thought, while I applaud High Voltage for following the former thought (regardless of how The Conduit 2 turns out). And claiming Bayonetta is to indicate sales of Madworld is like comparing an ice cream recipe with a pizza recipe just because the same chef made them. |
Hmm.. I think you are underestimating the work and the influence of publishers..
You know, game development takes years, so a dev needs to have lots of resources to finish a project (especially if it's a full retail game), but most don't have that kind of money, so they need hefty amounts of credits. Devs usually have month to years without any cash flow, so the conditions for credits they'd get (if they even get a credit) are atrocious and this is where publishers come in. They are bigger and have more constant cash flow, so they get better conditions for the credits (and probably the only publisher right now that can afford game production without credits is Nintendo) and can make sure the devs can finish their games.
Additionally they know the market and the products way better than any bank out there, so they can judge which projects are worthwhile or at least worth the try and which aren't.
This comment seems to signalize, that Sega wants to focus on their PS360 projects, so for other ones they'd need to find another publisher in a pretty early state of development. Given Platinums track record (in the sales department), that might not be that easy.
High Voltage on the other hands afaik only have created and released Wii IPs (this gen) so far, so it frankly is a pretty conservative decision to green light the next installment of the biggest one of those.
