fps_d0minat0r said:
kitler53 said:
fps_d0minat0r said:
alfredofroylan said:
fps_d0minat0r said:
but im still kinda dissapointed at FromSoftware that they basically stole a sony IP and made it multiplatform by giving it a different name.
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Sony droped the ball when they refused to bring the game overseas due its difficulty.
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what do you mean they dropped the ball? its their IP and they helped develop the game...just because it came out late overseas doesnt mean FromSoftware should rip it off.
imagine if bungie did that with halo, insomniac did that with resistance and so on....
theres something called loyalty and business ethics which by the looks of it FromSoftware have failed at.
but like i said im still looking forward to the game, i just regret it will have the FromSoftware label on it.
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sony dropped the ball in that FromSoftware had to publish DS in the west with atlus because sony (western divisions) refused to give it time/resources.
so FromSoftware went it alone with their next title but they do NOT steal the IP as it's not called demons souls.
... as any gameloft fanboy will tell you, making game eeriely similar to another franchise but with a different name is totally legit.
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and thats the problem i have with this whole thing....
it may be legit but its not morally correct. If all third party developers messed around with IP's owned by sony/MS/nintendo then they would lose credibility and business in the long run.
1 game might not have much of an impact but sony will be aware of this in the future.
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SONY was aware of the outcome as soon Demon Soul's started to generate a cult following -- Jack Tretten even said it was a mistake for SCEA and SCEE to decline to publish Demon Soul's and Kaz Hirai said SONY should of made Demon Soul's a 1st party game rather than just owning the name Japan publishing rights... Anyway the point here is that there is nothing morally wrong with what FROM SOFTWARE has done and it is a good thing that for everyone that we get to enjoy Dark Souls instead of watching a shit flinging match between publishers over who owns the publishing rights, where, etc.
