CGI-Quality said:
zkp said: I'm reading comments and i can't believe what i see. Do you all really think that, Sony don't need more studios under them? They need it as much as like never had before. Making games takes a lot more time than last generation and that's the fact. See Naughty Dog brought 3 uncharted games and one TLOU. Now PS4 has 5 years and ND made only U4 and stand alone expansion Lost Legacy very poor. And im sure that TLOU2 will be 2020 game which be crossgen with ps5. So 1 big game and 1 small vs 4 big games. Santa Monica Bring us only one God of War game, ye i know they changed everything and reinvented whole series, but still its only one game and before this their new ip was cancelled. on PS3 we had God of War 3 and Ascension 2 big games. Now our lovely Polyphony Digital which made only one Gran Turismo game for PS4 called Sport which is more Online focus than old ones, and for PS3 they made GT5 and 6 and probably one prologue? Im not sure. While Turn 10 made 3 Forza games and Playground did 2 Forza Horizon games with 90+ score thats pretty impresive. I know this games are copy paste but still they can make one racer game every 2 year. Guerrilla Games made 2 games, Killzone:SF as a launch game for PS4 and Horizon Zero Dawn new ip in 2017 and one dlc. Its good enough i think, But it could be better. Sony Bend well i don't know what to say, Days Gone taking them so much time and still don;t look as good as Tsushima. And DG is in development for a last 5 years. Now they are looking for people for unannounced title for ps5. MM is a riddle for me. I don't know what to think about Dreams in one hand it looks very promising and can be most ambitious game made by Molecule, but in the other hands im not sure will this game sell well enough, So conclusion is ND can't makes more than one game, and they have almost 500 employees., Guerilla Games got expansion for 100 employees right now. Santa Monica too from what i heard. But if this is enough? What about SOne Bend they are too small for big AAA games, same with Sucker Punch made only 1 Infamous game, and after 4 years past we dont know when Ghost of Tsushima will launch. Yakuza series now is available on PC and in future can be on Xbox. Persona series can be go multiplatform tho. Supermassive making multiplatform game, Quantic Dream same. Sony has strong connection with Insomniac, as good as MS with PLayground and still they decided to buy them. One day someone will buy Insomniac and Sony will have to forget about games from them. Whats then? Sony have to expans they own studios, Sucker Punch, ND, Guerilla Games, Santa Monica, MM and others. Same they should acquire 1 or 2 new studios. It should be Kojima Productions and Quantic Dream for right now. If ND not bring at least 3 games for PS5, GG 3 and Santa Monica 3 it will be problem. |
- Quantic Dream isn't making any multiplatform games.
- Persona/Yakuza are owned by SEGA. Nothing Sony can do there.
- Someone just 'buying Insomniac one day' is a random guess and based on nothing, really. They very much prefer their independence and Sony has a great relationship with them as a result.
There are just too many assumptions here and you speak like they are a company that has struggled with exclusive output. They have enough studios to get the job done. A few more wouldn't hurt, of course, but they aren't a necessity.
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QD probably working on multiplatform title. they have did job listing including pc.
Persona and Yakuza do not belong to Sony. I know it very well. But still in one day Persona will fly away to nintendo system, and probably XO too. It's all about money and if sony will not try keep away Atlus game from N and MS they will lose big JRPG title.
Ye exactly. They have fantastic relationships. Same as MS had with Playground and still MS decided to buy them. PG opened second team. Gush second Team!! and with MS support they will be able to making games after games. Every 2 years Forza Horizon + new ip and Fable if rumours are legit.
Hell, even now The Coaliton will bring Gears 5 in 2019. We talking about Coalition, one of the newest MS studios this Generation. Wikpedia says they have around 200 employees while ND has almost 500. It is huge disproportion between The Coalitionand ND and still they working on main Gears game, Gears for pc and for mobile. Where is TLOU2? It should have release date in next year and we all know that this game will be release in 2020 as a crossgen title.
"There are just too many assumptions here and you speak like they are a company that has struggled with exclusive output"
They are not? 1 ND game this generation, 1 QD game, 1 Santa Monica game, 2 games from Insomniac while one is a reboot of R&C series. and know game with Spider-man. For ps3 they made Resistance trilogy, R&C future trilogy, some spin offs, 1 multiplatform title. I should better not talk about polyphony digital. 1 GT game against 3 FM games and 3 FH games.
Same with Sucker Punch and Infamous SS is like Killzone SF, nothing to be proud about, it's a well know IP and it not taking much time to make it. Ghost of Tsushima should have release window next year.
Everything we know right know is that, Santa Monica started working on GoW game for PS5, as well GG with Horizon 2, Bend Studio same, ND looking for african man for new ip.
If they not expand their own studios and not try to buy at least 1 or 2 they will have hard time to compete with new MS Studios.