aLkaLiNE said:
I just saw you on PSN last night and thought, "wow I wonder why he's defending Xbox so much" XD it's all good though I know what you mean, and in response we have Dreks post, pt. 2!
For comparison, how have Sony done in this space? I know they shut down a studio, did that take any announced/released games/support with it? That seemed to have mostly blown under the radar due to all these threads.
Everyone has changes in staffing. Sony has closed a lot of their GB studios, but this is an industry-wide phenomenon because it simply isn't worth operating out of GB to employ European talent when many eastern European countries cost far, far less for more or less the same staff. So while Sony has been reducing GB staff they've been rapidly expanding Guerrilla Games. They've also clearly been increasing the staffing at Bend (previously about 60 people, too small for a game like Days Gone), likely the same at Naughty Dog as it moves into a full two titles at once cycle.
But that is largely because Sony's best use of capital as a company is generally pushing out more software, so they're willing to invest in more studios and more titles in the pipeline. They've had some major hiccups themselves this generation, namely Sony Santa Monica's cancelled project. But unlike MS that's a title Sony didn't hint at or tease at all prior to cancelling.
MS meanwhile really needs a title to justify it's expense versus just rolling out more enterprise servers when it comes to how capital is divided. Sony's CEO game from the gaming side. His #2 then is now the head of Sony Worldwide. Playstation is their flagship. Nadella came from the part of MS that actually makes huge stacks of cash and likely looks at Spencer about the same way Sony looks at whomever is running their television manufacturing division. A poor place to allocate capital compared to other in-house options.
Regarding Deep Down, we know that Capcom has been operating under a tight budget which is why they needed funding for SFV. Deep down hasn't been cancelled, and I personally expect the game to be rea bounced when the timing is right. Same applies to agent, which Isn't cancelled, but more importantly was only hyped with a logo screen and not with a fabricated trailer. Never heard of wardevil though, what happened there??
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