ShadowSoldier said:
It's pretty telling how Microsoft and Sony both dealt with failing consoles. Sony has always gone out of it's way to secure top talent. When they lost almost all of their exclusive 3rd Party franchises, they made the right move and doubled down on their 1st party studios.
Even going the extra step and encouraging the development of new IPs. It sustained the Playstation brand until they could right the ship with PS3 Slim and PS4.
Then you look at Microsoft and see that their Go-To franchises are seeing dwindling returns in both sales and critical acclaim. They had the opportunity to create a thriving environment for 1st party studios (Giving Bungie more creative freedom and buying Bioware before EA did.) but squandered it. And now they're struggling to fix a broken brand. Between the weak exclusive output, the initial DRM controversy and a weaker console. It really goes to show that fostering a diverse line up of quality games is always the right move for a console manufacturer.
Just gonna post what I posted in another thread
Black Women Are The Most Beautiful Women On The Planet.
"In video game terms, RPGs are games that involve a form of separate battles taking place with a specialized battle system and the use of a system that increases your power through a form of points.
Sure, what you say is the definition, but the connotation of RPGs is what they are in video games." - dtewi
