Can Sony be saved? Stock near 32-year low.

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Kresnik said:

kain_kusanagi said:

Kresnik said:

Millenium said:

*butts in*:

http://playstationlifestyle.net/2012/02/10/sony-we-should-probably-develop-less-games/

Heh, well your butt in was very informative :P Disappointing to read, but good to know!

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.

The GT comment intrigued me. It is examples like that, Sony not giving a timetable to their devs, eating up yearly salaries, making a game that doesnt justify the 3-5 year dev cycle (not referring to any PS3 IP in particular). You said the Forza comment like its a bad thing......2 years is a decent dev cycle, and Forza quality is always 90+ caliber. Its all about having a realistic timetable and the people to get the job done. 

I cant imagine Halo 4 releasing in January 2013 because it isnt ready yet. MS has a timetable and they make sure it is ready. 343 will crunch if they have to as long as they have to so the game is out on time but also 100% done. On top of that we learn that Last of Us isnt making a 2012 appearance, nor GOW:A. Sony could learn a thing or two from MS on time management. 

Making the minority happy at the expense of the entire business is bad business. And as for your last comment, MS still has a fraction of Sonys studious. Most of MS new ones are dedicated to XBLA and kinect.