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thismeintiel on 11 April 2011
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Rainbird said:
ChristianTheAtheist said:
Rainbird 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.

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.

They're not free, they're locked to Sony, and no matter how much freedom they have within Sony, they are still forever locked to them. What if they want to create something new and exciting for another platform next generation?

Then they WILL create something new and exciting for Sony's platform next generation.

But they would do it because they had to. Basically, QD should have the creative freedom to choose whatever platform they want to develop for, as I believe that next generation will see very different consoles, where the big three try to differentiate themselves through interface rather than power. As QD have shown that they like to work with new interfaces and ways of interacting with a game, locking them down to Sony's platforms for all eternity is a bad idea in my opinion.

There's been a big discussion about it in the thread already if you want more details...

I think next gen Sony is going to do what they are doing for the NGP, listening to their developers for what they want in the HW.  Plus, I doubt next gen will be much different from this gen.  All 3 will have their own motion controls from the start.  This probably means an improved PS Eye that may be able to pull off what the Kinect does, only better.  Not sure if they will go for new Moves or just have the same ones from this gen work for it.  Either way, I'm sure Sony will have them covered on whatever type of game they will want to make.  At least, not any less than MS or Nintendo would have them covered.