the Which Studio Sony Should Acquire Next thread.

[setsunatenshi]

Veknoid_Outcast said:

setsunatenshi said:

@ bold: Why would it be a negative thing? If anything, Sony are quite hands off and give enough creative freedom to their own studios while bankrolling their projects. Case in point Guerrilla Games and their transition from an FPS type of studio to making something like Horizon. Or the fact that Polyphony seems to have free reign to create 1 full game per console generation and no heads roll.

So, yeah... what's the negative there? 

The negative is Sony. It has a spotty publishing record, and I'd rather some of my favorite independent studios, which are doing fantastically and ALREADY providing exclusive content for PlayStation, maintain their independence. It's a win-win. Honestly, I don't want to see another Sony Liverpool, or Evolution, or Guerrilla Cambridge. Check out this quote from Tom Jones, who was jettisoned with the rest of Cambridge:

"Traditionally, being part of Sony pushing new hardware has challenges. Chasing that hardware developing and keeping up with that is very tricky. Often, artistically, you have to make compromises here and there and make concessions where you don't feel you have to..."

Plus, I think Sony's "entertainment DNA" is a bit at odds with studios like Insomniac or From Software. As someone who is turned off by cinematic action games and narrative-driven titles, I don't want to see some of my favorites pick up any bad habits.

I don't see how Sony taking Kojima as first party would make his games even more cinematic lol

Also, the third party exclusive games like Demon Souls and Bloodborne to me were the very best From Software has ever made, so I really can't see how them becoming first party would hurt at all. If anything it would give the financial stability to not having to put a B team pushing Dark Souls (e. g. DS2) past it's welcome just because it's a cash cow.