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danasider on 25 June 2013
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kowenicki said:
danasider said:
Bristow9091 said:
kitler53 said:

sony.  such assholes.  no wonder they are going multiplat.

Pretty much this.

Sony mistreated them, worked them to the bone, poked them with pointed sticks, didn't give them Christmas bonuses, and were overall dicks to the entire company... going multiplatform is the best way to go for thatgamecompany after the horrors they faced working with Sony.


This has debunked WITHIN the thread by someone who worked on the game (AmishGramish).  You probably should read every post before assuming the worst and oversensationalizing a non-issue.  The game wasn't a truly independent project.  The developers were independent and so was their vision, but their funding wasn't.  Sony put a lot of money and effort into having Journey see the light of day.  In the end, it was an investment and they got back what they deserved and now ThatGameCompany is seeing profit.  But the workers did get paid for their efforts and will undoubtedly continue to reap benefits in the future from their work on this acclaimed and unconventional title.

It hasnt been debunked at all.

Change one word in the title and its 100% correct.  Change "becomes" to "is"

Doesnt alter the fact that TGC only just starting receiving any royalties from an apparent huge seller that has been out for over a year.

Not saure how much a community manager would actually know tbh, but it would be nice to hear some concrete sales numbers. 


I'm not saying the OP was debunked.  I'm saying the quoted statements claiming how evil Sony is was refuted on this very thread by a ThatGameCompany employee.  Sorry if I wasn't clear.

On topic, it sucks that it takes so long to get profit, but it seems, from AmishGramish very statements ThatGameCompany had a great relationship with Sony.  In fact, one of the creators of Journey (can't remember the name off the top of my head but it was a woman, not Jenova Chen) had a show on GameTrailers and explained the process.  It seems they were paid to make the game so TGC wouldn't see profits until Sony made money on their investment.  Other indie companies that make profit out of the gate have absolutely no support and have to live on their own money and make the game off their own capital, but it seems like TGC's three games on PS3 were pretty much funded by Sony so it's understandable that after paying out salaries and other investments, Sony gets their money back before TGC can see profit.  Only fair.