kain_kusanagi said:
Why is that disapointing? It doesn't mean less games it just means less Sony exclusives. If they sell of studios and IPs it just means mroe multiplatform games. That's good for everyone. |
Idk, I feel like Sony is a lot more leniant with their studios than any other publisher would be, and that's worked out really well for me this gen - nearly all my favourite games have been PS3 exclusives, and they've generally all been of a really high calibre.
Perhaps I'm wrong, perhaps they do push their studios as hard as Activision/EA, but it certainly never appears that way to me. I mean, they let Polyphony work at their own pace on Gran Turismo - can you imagine Polyphony working with anyone else, say Microsoft, and having to release a new Forza game every 2 years?
There's other stuff too. They put up with Studio Liverpool turning out incredible WipEout games every few years that never have stellar sales, but as an independent company I'd imagine they'd be long gone by now - alongside all the other British indie game devs beside Codemasters who managed to go under this generation.
Just stuff like that is why I like Sony, and why it's disappointing. Plus, I'd say their first-party roster isn't even that big really - probably the same size as Nintendo's EAD studios, and potentially a lot less than all these brand new studios Microsoft have opened.
