badgenome said:
Since it's only like four guys or so I'm sure that Sony could afford to do it, but there's always the question of what would happen to the creative culture of the company. Hello Games has always lived on the razor's edge since the very beginning when they all took a leap of faith by skipping out on their big corporate developer jobs to strike out on their own and make Joe Danger, so they may like it this way. Honestly, No Man's Sky sounds so nuts that I'm not at all sure they could get away with doing it if they were owned men, even under a relatively artsy publisher like SCE. |
I'm sure the possibility was at least discussed. This new generation really started with Sony doing things outside the norm. It would seem they are being genuine about being pro indies and not just PR speach. I probably would try to get them as 1st party and just give them enough leeway to create but hey, I would probably be wrong and it would seem they are doing it right.