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CGI-Quality said: Correct, they didn't. Eat Sleep & Play are not SCE. Sony didn't go these developers, afaik, and say we have an IP we want you to develop. The developer goes to Sony and the freedom is granted to do whatever they want, if a deal is made. Unless Sony is the parent company, Sony didn't create the franchise. Naughty Dog is a branch of SCE, therefore, Uncharted is Sony's created prpoperty, quite different from Resistance, inFAMOUS, & Twisted Metal. This basic scenario is simple, if you hire me to develop/create a game for you, YOU aren't the creator. |
There's one flaw in your post.
Lets take MS's Halo as an example. Bungie made it, published by MS. But bungie is no longer at MS, but since MS owns Halo, they can ask 343 to make a Halo game for them.
If Insomniac completely goes multi-plat tomorrow, and refuses to make resistance anymore, Sony might ask ND to make it for them(just an example). And then it automatically becomes their IP.
So, I think we should include IPs made by third parties but owned by Sony as well. They are, after all owned by Sony, and if they wish, they can easily change the developing teams for it to the first party, they just don't do it.
