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Do you love Indie games?

Yes cause they are games no matter what 24 72.73%
 
No cause they are on Sony 9 27.27%
 
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Max King of the Wild on 21 August 2013

I wouldn't be surprised if we see a indie game bundle like we saw with Flower, Journey, and Flow at retail. It would be smart. It would be cheap. It would be profitable. And it would be a system seller for those who doubt the power of indies.



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ethomaz on 21 August 2013

Wright said:

So Quantic Dream's games are indie?

QD own words...

"We did an indie game with the financial support of a Triple A title. I don't see Heavy Rain as an achievement, I see it as a first step."

Yes. 



Euphoria14 on 21 August 2013
Wright said:
ethomaz said:

Just because Sony is publishing their game didn't make then less indie lol.

Journey is a first-party game, published by Sony and it is indie.

Indie means Independent to choose any publisher you want... everything of the game is your and not related to the publishers... you can choose to make any deal with any publisher.

Now if you say the game IP (everything created about this game) is owned by Sony then I agree with you... it is not indie... if the game is owned by Tequila Works then it is a indie game.


So Quantic Dream's games are indie?

the Heavy Rain IP is owned by Sony.



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Wright on 21 August 2013
Euphoria14 said:
Wright said:


So Quantic Dream's games are indie?

the Heavy Rain IP is owned by Sony.

 

Source? I think not.



ethomaz on 21 August 2013

Euphoria14 said:

the Heavy Rain IP is owned by Sony.

It is not. HR is QD's IP.



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Wright on 21 August 2013
ethomaz said:

Wright said:

So Quantic Dream's games are indie?

QD own words...

"We did an indie game with the financial support of a Triple A title. I don't see Heavy Rain as an achievement, I see it as a first step."

Yes. 


Well, damn. You are correct then.



Euphoria14 on 21 August 2013
ethomaz said:

Wright said:

So Quantic Dream's games are indie?

QD own words...

"We did an indie game with the financial support of a Triple A title. I don't see Heavy Rain as an achievement, I see it as a first step."

Yes. 

Isn't the Heavy Rain IP owned by Sony?

 

Of course that doesn't mean the studio isn't independant.



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Wright on 21 August 2013
CGI-Quality said:
Wright said:
ethomaz said:

Just because Sony is publishing their game didn't make then less indie lol.

Journey is a first-party game, published by Sony and it is indie.

Indie means Independent to choose any publisher you want... everything of the game is your and not related to the publishers... you can choose to make any deal with any publisher.

Now if you say the game IP (everything created about this game) is owned by Sony then I agree with you... it is not indie... if the game is owned by Tequila Works then it is a indie game.


So Quantic Dream's games are indie?

Technically, no. Their games are still published (key word) by Sony Computer Entertainment. So while they have a lot of freedom to create what they want, their IPs are still tied to a specific publisher. They still have to answer to Sony.


Check Ethomaz's post. I'm totally confused now.

 

ethomaz said:

Wright said:

So Quantic Dream's games are indie?

QD own words...

"We did an indie game with the financial support of a Triple A title. I don't see Heavy Rain as an achievement, I see it as a first step."

Yes. 


Euphoria14 on 21 August 2013
Wright said:
Euphoria14 said:
Wright said:


So Quantic Dream's games are indie?

the Heavy Rain IP is owned by Sony.

 

Source? I think not.


Stupid Wiki...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Computer_Entertainment#Owned_franchises_and_notable_properties

 

 

Forget what I said then. Still, they are independant developers though. I just wasn't sure if the game itself was.



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Wright on 21 August 2013
Euphoria14 said:
Wright said:

 

Source? I think not.


Stupid Wiki...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Computer_Entertainment#Owned_franchises_and_notable_properties

 

 

Forget what I said then. Still, they are independant developers though. I just wasn't sure if the game itself was.

 

That's why I asked for Quantic Dream specifically. They have stated several times that they work with Sony just because they think they're the best publisher, not because they have a contract with them. They (Quantic Dreams) own all their IPs.