Microsoft have a philia of spending money

[vivster]

S.T.A.G.E. said:

vivster said:
Is there really a difference between buying a game and owning a studio?

Yep. When you own a studio more of your creative resources as well as money get put into it. Take Uncharted for instance, it wouldn't have been the way it was hadn't Sony directed Naughty Dog to change the genre and focus on what is big right now. Problem with Microsoft is that they are not that creative of a company internally like Nintendo and Sony, so they get a lot of shit for buying companies. This was a smart decision though.

Now you're just assuming things. Do you have a source of how much of Sony's creative energy really is in Naughty Dog's games? I would think ND has pretty much free hands in everything they do.