E3: Sony 'Leaps And Bounds Ahead' Of Microsoft

[Roma]

Torillian said:

Roma said:

No I am not making rules to make Nintendo seem like the winner here. Buying new companies or exclusive rights to a game is different than making the game yourself. A company that buys other developers is either out of ideas themselves or really like what they see in a game owned by another developer.

How is it different?  Can you prove to me that the game would have been the same without the involvement of the publisher?  Can you prove that the people working at Nintendo wouldn't have made the same game if they didn't work there?

From a financial and business aspect there's a difference and it's clearly better to fund teams in house, but from the aspect of creative merit there really is no difference.  Nintendo either gives Miyamoto a sallary or they buy a development team like Retro Studios.  The end result is a game that would not have existed without them and the merit is the same.

You mean to say that every publisher is involved in the games they publish? Seriously? You mean Sega decides how Conduit should be like? You mean they sent one of their guys to check how the game is being made?

No it is not always like that there is a difference when a developer makes a game and needs a publisher. Some games are complete and then they seek out publishers. Little big planet creator were bought up after they had a game they could show lol   

Well sure a game could be made even though a company did not hire or buy the guys/developer… that’s how many of the games Sony owns today came to existence :P