Savage IGN review (No Man's Sky)

[Nem]

pokoko said:

RolStoppable said:

Does that mean you've changed your mind? It wasn't too long ago that you ridiculed the suggestion that certain members should get their thread creation rights restricted.

Changed my mind?  Do you see where I said anything about moderation in this thread?

Nem said:

That is what beeing the publisher does. They are doing the job of a publisher but aren't credited for it.

So, i don't know. You go find out why they did it, but i'm sure its related to the IP ownership. The fact that they aren't credited in the box just change my rationale at all.

If you think this game would be 60 if Sony wasn't involved i would laugh, sorry to say.

No, that is not what a publisher does, that is what a distributor does.

What are you saying?  That Sony is the super-secret hidden publisher for some reason?  That they secretly own the IP?  Your rationale doesn't even make sense, considering that Sony has published other games that retailed for less than $60.  

No, thats what the publisher does. The publisher pays for the printing of the game, the distribution and the advertising
(note, that they themselves don't necessarely do these jobs, they hire other companies to do them). On top of that they usually finance the developement and due to that more often than not also own the IP.

Sony only did part of that job, but they did the most costly one. So, i can pretty much be very sure that the price had everything to do with the deal.People don't print your game and advertise it without some sort of garantee to cover the risk. And make no mistake, this game was advertised as a triple A game.

So, yes. They are a shadow publisher in this case because they did everything a publisher does except owning the IP (there are rumors they also helped with development aswell but its not clear). There was obviously alot of negotiating on this deal.

But tell you what, feel free to pretend these things aren't obvious and i'm just hating on Sony. I don't really care.