Guerrilla had put out two critical duds before Sony bought them.
Naughty Dog found success with Crash before being bought but before that they put out a lot of PC duds and pretty meh Way of the Warrior.
Bend had a couple decent SF games and a shitty Bubsy before being bought.
Probably the only one who was doing well critically before being bought was Sucker Punch.
Seems these other devs have worked out well for Sony despite their checkered history pre-purchase. Also metascore doesn’t really mean shit.







