Would Sunset Overdrive be on PS4 if it didn't have inFamous Second Son?

[Mr Puggsly]

S.T.A.G.E. said:

Mr Puggsly said:

I just want to point out Sony funded SFV and No Man's Sky over Sunset Overdrive and they don't own either. Sony is the chooser and sometimes they make bad choices.

I bet SO is just one of countless ideas being pushed by 3rd parties, they just need funding. Finding the projects worth funding seems to be the tough part.

I'm not entirely convinced SO was a financial failure. Probably broken even over time. On the web people keep complaining about the lack of new IPs and they also complain about the lack of sequels for certain IPs. I like SO but I'm not dying for a sequel.

None of those games outshined Sonys first party. Sony funds projects outside of their own studios just like Microsoft but they dont depend upon them. They know they need to have a large and diverse library so outside of first party they have third party in healthy doses.  No mans sky got a lot of hate because the game was crowd funded. Finding worthwhile projects to fund is the problem. They should make their first party so great that third party only look like the hired, help...not the regular option for attaining IPs. Sunset Overdrive two should happen if for some reason you're correct and it turned a profit. Im really hoping it does. Thats my favorite Xbox game this gen in terms of overall creativity and replay value.

They didn't shine at all really because they sucked. SO would have shined on PS4 because it was good, really good.

No Man's Sky got hate because of it was a lie.

Even if SO did make a profit, does a sequel have potential to succeed? The audience isn't always there. Look at Halo Wars 2 and Gravity Rush 2. I'd prefer MS get behind something like Alan Wake 2 first, then SO2 down the road.