S.T.A.G.E. said:
Ok...show me how many games MS studios have made that can combat Sony's internal development. Its quite obvious and even the gaming media has long since questioned Microsofts development prowess. Microsoft supplements a lack of internal games by using timed exclusives and buying IP's from other developers. Halo, Gears & Rarewares titles were all purchased and not internally made by MS. Halo was purchased by MS after Apple unveiled Halo as the next great game to prove the power of the mac computer in the gaming space. That pissed off Steve Jobs to no end when he and Apple were funding it from the conceptual stages. Gears of War was bought by MS because they are creatively and financially dependent of the franchise and compensated Epic who wanted to work on other games. Microsoft also publishes outside companies games to keep them exclusive to their platforms and fill out their ranks since internally they aren't so strong. If MS was a creative company who truly endorsed creavity and expanding yourself as a company, Bungie would never have left them. They suck the creativity out of creative people. If a hot game comes out they buy it and send it through the ringer. Luckily their focus is multiplayer so the utility tends to trump. Sony doesnt just publish their games like MS, they make endorse development expansion into multiple teams for successful teams (Naughty Dog has been reward with expanded studios for success and so has Guerilla Games), help outside companies who are under contract to develop their games (Demon Souls, The Order, etc). Sony Japan and Sony Santa Monica could easily develop their own top notch AAA games but they are used to help development easier for other companies internally or not. If Sony had bought last gen Bungie Halo and Destiny would've been out last gen. They would've been onto their third or fourth franchise. Thats just an example of the creative difference between MS and Sony. |
This is just not true :)
