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

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Dadrik said:

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Dadrik said:

There weren't "big games" at the beginning of the PS3 era either. But they didn't support indie studios like this.

They were better prepared in general this time around compared to last gen.

How ? It's almost the same situation.

The "big" studios are working on their games, just like last gen. These games won't come out until the 2nd/3rd year of the gen, just like last gen, etc...

The indie scene was much smaller at the  dawn of the PS3. That and dev costs hadn't yet reached gargantuan proportions. Devs ended up finding out the hard way that AAA budgets bite. This time around, Sony realized that providing a steady flow of extravagent AAA games is difficult, and compensated by going after the indies.