ShinmenTakezo said:
starcraft said:
CGI-Quality said:
Rainbird said:
I don't hope it's true, Quantic Dream needs to be a free studio, although Sony are definitely a great place for them to be. If they must be purchased, Sony is the right one to do so, but it's not ideal.
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With Sony, they are free, which is one of the main reasons devs like working with them so much. I think for the kind of company Sony is and the types of games Quantic produces, the acquisition would be quite ideal.
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I think that is naive. Microsoft is clearly too dominearing in directing it's devs, but working for Sony is nothing like being an independent dev. Sony only acquires you to fill a perceived current or future gap in their line-up, and that is the position you're then expected to occupy.
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Wrong! If that were the case, why are release dates on sony games constantly changing? If what you're implying is true, when 1 game changes release dates, all the games slated to come after would be pushed back also. If that were the case we would have had LBP2 during the holiday season, GT5 would have been out years ago, Twisted metal would be out, we would be playing Last Gaurdian. Sony obviosly doesn't put much pressure on their developers to get games out in a certain time frame. Until you work for sony you have no ground to stand on with that comment. When's the last time you heard a dev complain about sony's treatment of them? You know what devs say about sony, in general they say they are great. Even when the dev is leaving. Unless you're a jackass named Cliffy B (a wholey owned subsidiary of MS). That doesn't make sony the best. They just know how to treat the people that make their hardware viable.
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As a simple point of fact, I am correct. Ultimately it is all relative.
Why would one game's release date shift automatically alter the timing of others? As long as Sony secures a range of content by purchasing studios with generally specific focuses. GT5 is the biggest game Sony has, period. They need a certain feature-set and a certain level of quality and would wait for it. Whilst I disagree with the level of pressure you imply Sony puts on devs, their applying ANY pressure makes my point entirely correct.
