This is how it should be. If they don´t their jobs well they should look for something else to do.

SONY gave Studio Liverpool plenty of freedom.

If you also look at Sony's efforts the results are pretty mixed, both in terms of quality and sales ...

Ultimately, what I think works best is developers that have independence with guidance and support. When a game is not ready to be released because it has some design and technical issues, a publisher that can give you access to an experience high quality designer and some strong technical support while extending the development time to accomodate necessary changes.

Games like Lair could have been far more successful games that eventually became valued IPs had the developer been given 6 to 12 months to fix them; but they were released to poor reviews and low sales, and the developers ended up nearly bankrupt.

So in summary of the critics in here, you'd rather have "same thing different day, as long as it sells"?

I just think some people are giving sony a little too much credit.

I think Sony deserves more credit for their continuous support for creativity. Where else do you have diversified games such as Starhawk, Twisted Metal, Journey, Heavy Rain, Folklore, Rain, Unfinished Swan, hell even MAG? Ive yet to see such a shooter with that many people playing together on any platform.

And yes, I know some people who don't get the point I'm making here and will come up with "teh tehy dont notz salezz"

I thought Naughty Dog and other studios were pressured by Sony to make grittier, more realistic shooters in the beginning of the PS3's life since Sony said it was the trending thing.

I know Uncharted started off as a very, very different game than it ended up as, and due to the pressure to make it more realistic, a lot of ND developers were upset (and I believe they left the team).

Interesting news to see Sony's completely turned that mindset around - apparently.

In what way?

Did you read my earlier post?

Oh right-

Considering we are seeing Beyond 2 souls and not "Heavy Rain 2: Terential Downpour" I think Sony allows studios to make their own choices as long as it proves fruitful. The reason why we are seeing TLOU instead of UC4 I'll assume is because Naughty Dog wanted to make it. Quantic Dreams (as far as I'm aware) only have 1 team and chose not to make Heavy Rain 2, same can be said of Media Molecules. Who have also stated time and again they do whatever the heck they want.