Will the PS4's First/Second-Party be more influential to hardware sales than with the PS3?

[HappySqurriel]

Jay520 said:

HappySqurriel said:

Jay520 said:

HappySqurriel said:
Even if you're talking about first and second party games the answer is no ...

Zipper Interactive, SCE Sony Liverpool, 3 studios within Sony Online Entertainment, Incognito Entertainment, and Bigbig Studios were all closed in the past generation. With Sony being in their current poor financial state it is likely that more studios will be closed and/or merged, resulting in fewer games being published.

How big of an impact do you think those losses were?

On their own it isn't a major loss for Sony, but with the likelihood that Sony will close more studios in the next 12 to 24 months it will have a major impact on Sony's ability to deliver games.

I feel pretty confident in saying that any studios that may be shoot will also be insignificant.

Closing the studio that makes Wipeout and Formula One games (SCE Liverpool), the studio that makes Socom and Mag (Zipper Interactive), the studio that makes Twisted Metal and Warhawk (Incognito Entertainment), or the studio that made Pursuit Force and Little Deviants (BigBig Studios) may not be that significant on their own but as a group they're quite significant; and if matched by a similar number of closures of studios of similar size and quality it would be a dramatic blow to Sony's ability to produce quality games.

Sony having as large of financial troubles as a company, the PS-Vita's poor hardware and software sales, along with the massive costs of ramping up to the next generation of systems almost guaranties Sony will be forced to make several studio closures over the next couple of years.