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IamAwsome on 02 August 2011
Jay520 said:
ElGranCabeza said:
Waste of money....unless there's a rocket robot on wheels PSN remake.


No, the dev will most likely be granted an increased budget for their future games.

Don't they already get huge budgets, and funding from Sony?



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Silver-Tiger on 02 August 2011
IamAwsome said:
Silver-Tiger said:
Jay520 said:
CGI-Quality said:

We don't know how Twisted Metal will perform and Warhawk sold considerably less than HR, so I wouldn't say that those studio's games have more appeal than Quantic's just yet.

Chances are even if they acquire another studio, it may not be until the PS4-era.


True for Twisted Metal, but the series was once moderately big, sold over 2m in Americas one time. But we don't know how many fans are still waiting for another game. Warhawk sold around a million on disk and probably a fair amount digitally. It may have outsold HR. Either way, it did pretty good for how bare it was. I can see Starhawk doing bigger numbers than Warhawk.

I have my theories for Starhawk and Twisted Metal, but I'll keep those to myself as I know how you don't like "if's and maybe's"


Maybe we share the same theory. I think Starhawk will initially sell not so good, but word of mouth will grant this title amazing legs.

How come you think Starhawk won't initially sell good?

Lack of advertising and lack of consumer awareness. Warhawk did good, but wasn't really a flagship title. I might change my theory based on how Sony treats Starhawk. If they announce some cool game features and make good advertisings, Starhawk might actually sell well.



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mjk45 on 02 August 2011
Troll_Whisperer said:
CGI-Quality said:
Troll_Whisperer said:
This is the one success for Sony this gen. They are building a great catalog of first party studios.

I think the next step would be strengthening their image as a games publisher. Everyone knows Nintendo, but not everyone who buys Sony games know they are Sony games. People don't immediately identify Sony with quality. I didn't before I started frequenting gaming sites.

If I was them I would release them under a single brand (say Sony Games) and I would put it were it's very visible on the cover and onscreen before the game starts.

I disagree heavily with that. In fact, that's been Sony's strong suit; they ARE associated with quality. A better look at it would be to say not everyone affiliates some of the PS3's quality exclusives with SCE, and only because they don't make it as apparent as Nintendo does with their in-house studios.

Nevertheless, Sony has always bought 2-3 devs close to the end of any generation. This is following that pattern.

People who frequent gaming forums like us do associate Sony with quality gaming. But if you ask my uncle or my cousin they don't. They do know Nintendo, though. I have the feeling that this is true for many people, they don't say 'hey, it's a Sony game!'

I think they should make their brand better known.

I tend to think it's more to do with the evolution of  Mascots , with Nintendo you have Mario ,Link, Pokemon  who are now like Mickey mouse in his heyday synonymous with the brand and pop culture icons, thus Nintendo First Party shines like a beacon has they have these ready identifiable characters .

The closest Sony has come is Crash and they didn't own it so it never shone a light on their  first party like Nintendo's.



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Dallinor on 02 August 2011
IamAwsome said:
Jay520 said:
ElGranCabeza said:
Waste of money....unless there's a rocket robot on wheels PSN remake.


No, the dev will most likely be granted an increased budget for their future games.

Don't they already get huge budgets, and funding from Sony?


They got funding from Sony for their projects, we can only speculate if their budget will increase. However, as Sony purchased them, they obviously see potential in the developer, who may see budget increases, staff growth, access to more play testers etc. as a result. Although, as Sony maintains a very hands-off managing approach, it will be up to SP to propose a lot of those resources. In a more secure position within SCE, logically I could see it happening.

More exciting, in a way, is the sharing of information and technology within SCE's branch of developers. Which could result in SP's future games looking and playing even better.



 

Dallinor on 02 August 2011
Troll_Whisperer said:
This is the one success for Sony this gen. They are building a great catalog of first party studios.

I think the next step would be strengthening their image as a games publisher. Everyone knows Nintendo, but not everyone who buys Sony games know they are Sony games. People don't immediately identify Sony with quality. I didn't before I started frequenting gaming sites.

If I was them I would release them under a single brand (say Sony Games) and I would put it were it's very visible on the cover and onscreen before the game starts.

-The development and establishment of PSN.

-The relations and partnerships created with new developers outside of SCE.

There's two easy ones.



 

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ElGranCabeza on 02 August 2011
Jay520 said:
ElGranCabeza said:
Waste of money....unless there's a rocket robot on wheels PSN remake.


No, the dev will most likely be granted an increased budget for their future games.


If there is no rocket robot on wheels remake on PSN then this purchase was a waste of money and everyone's time.



Jay520 on 02 August 2011
ElGranCabeza said:
Jay520 said:
ElGranCabeza said:
Waste of money....unless there's a rocket robot on wheels PSN remake.


No, the dev will most likely be granted an increased budget for their future games.


If there is no rocket robot on wheels remake on PSN then this purchase was a waste of money and everyone's time.

Nobody cares about rocket robot on wheels.... deal with it!



PullusPardus on 02 August 2011
makingmusic476 said:

SCEI

Polyphony Digital
SCE Japan Studio (incl. Team ICO)

SCEI, step your game up!


they're good as themselves, no need for more, they just need to make more games, but if there is one studio they should get its Clap Hanz, the guys who make Hot Shot series, i thought they're first party at first.



huaxiong90 on 02 August 2011

Awesome news.



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Crazymann on 02 August 2011

Niiiiiiiice!