Do you think Sony would allow radical changes to their biggest franchises like Uncharted, Gran Turismo or GOW?
Maybe, I don't know, that's what would impress me. But it doesn't surprise or impress me that they don't mind developers taking chances and doing largely what they want on games that sell 1 or 2 million.
Let's look at Naughty Dog's situation. They're allowed to branch off and do a new IP, but that's because they have 2 teams now, and the other can work on Uncharted. If ND was still a one team studio do you think we'd be seeing TLOU instead of UC4? I doubt it.
If Heavy Rain sold 5 million units would Quantic Dream be working on BEYOND or another Heavy Rain title? This one's tricky since they're second party. Apply it to Sucker Punch, does anyone think they're working on another Infamous? If Infamous 2 sold 6 million copies they sure would be.








