Theory: The reason why Sony focuses on indies so much.

[VanceIX]

DrDoomz said:

You comment about how not all indies pan out was pretty irrelevant. I mean, the Earth has a lot of water, too, but don't see how that has to do with anything.

Not dissing, just downplaying it in your usual passive-aggressive-I-think-they're-doing-good-but-not-really kind of way. They've done great for the indie industry. It is also a great business decision on their part. No one said (in this thread at least) that they were the "powerful patron of indies", what they have done was go in the opposite direction of MS' initial indie strongarm policies. Credit where credit is due. Geez.

I'm downplaying them? Just pointing out that the notion that Sony is nurturing indies so that they may one day become great studios is a bit overstated. There are only a few indies that they have prioritized, and even fewer that will become anything. Their policies are great, as I've said in this thread and in others, so I'm not downplaying them, just pointing out that people shouldn't get their hopes up about Sony amassing a lot of successful indie devs. Jeeze. 

Mystro-Sama said:

VanceIX said:
Many of those studios will never pan out. Maybe a couple studios with big hits, but not all of them.

And it's not like Sony is giving financial support to all the indie devs. They cherry-pick a few promising ones and go from there. Sony's sponsorship of indies is pretty overblown.

Of course not all will grow. The fact that some will is good enough.

Perhaps. We'll see. I would certainly love to see some great devs come out from the indie market, and if Sony can gain favor with a few kudos to them.