| LordLichtenstein said: Polyphony Digital Santa Monica Studio Bend Studio Media Molecule |
Generally speaking I think all the studios have slowed down considerably. It's now really only about one or two big titles over the course of a generation per studio. The budgets are higher, it takes longer, but at the moment they're selling a lot more.
A few other things to consider is the overlap of generations with some studio releases, PD with GT6 releasing so late on PS3 etc. Is the title they released a new IP? (In the case of GOW it essentailly is.) Did they expand?
Looking at the studios you mentioned:
PD is notioriously slow, and seems to be getting slower. I think Sony leaves them to their own devices because the GT games print money.
Santa Monica Studios has collaborated on six different games besides GOW during the PS4 cycle. After one team got axed near the start of the gen (sci-fi Destiny clone?) I think the studio went back to a one game team.
Bend- Massively expanded to release a PS4 title. Was making portable games.
Media Molecule- Yes. Way too long. 6 years has passed since Tearaway.
