Post E3: Microsoft's First-Party/Exclusives Problem Isn't Solved

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LudicrousSpeed said:
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.

You forgot Media Molecule which hd LBP1 before being bought. I guess that shows how good Sony's internal processes are that so many studios have improved over the time Sony has owned them. And the same for the studios that sony has created. 

 

I guess now MS has to show they can do the same. I think the creative freedom clause is a good step.