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outlawauron said:
Soriku said:
outlawauron said:
@ Fernado

Inazuma Eleven Break doesn't have a platform.

 

Yeah, but from the screens we got it obviously looks like a Wii game.

Anyway, no. Their games sell better on Nintendo platforms, and Sony isn't in the best situation right now so why buy them? And a new PS3 game they'd make would release in like the next 2-3 years. That wouldn't save them. And although reaching 400k is a possibility and is good, that's not "OMG we have to buy them levels!"

They could've bought more popular companies in the past (like Square) if they really wanted to. But Level 5? No. Level 5 wouldn't give themselves up either.

I'm just saying, we don't know the platform. I'll repeat til L5 goes out and says it.

@ Paperdiego

And it's a shame that L5 won't recieve any of that money directly.

@ Kantor

L5 wouldn't have to give up anything, outside of the few DS projects left (the Studio Ghilibi etc. Layton is over). DQ 9 is finished and all that's left is polish. SE has let four studios make the DQ series, and I wouldn't be surprised to see someone else make DQX

what do you mean they dont get any of that money?

what? they make the games for free?

lol of course they get payed for making the games.

 



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I love the ignorance from you fanboys.

The big thing is L5 is actually willing to be under Sony, they want to make huge games to rival FF but before they lacked the funds to ever do it. Sony funded White Knight and they finally made huge rpg.

They may not go all in 1st party but there is the option for a a Insomniacs type deal with Sony. L5 has prove talent, if they go with Sony they will get funds. Even if that means other Sony devs get less.

L5 games sales, Sony will send the money their way.



Paperdiego said:
outlawauron said:
Soriku said:
outlawauron said:
@ Fernado

Inazuma Eleven Break doesn't have a platform.

 

Yeah, but from the screens we got it obviously looks like a Wii game.

Anyway, no. Their games sell better on Nintendo platforms, and Sony isn't in the best situation right now so why buy them? And a new PS3 game they'd make would release in like the next 2-3 years. That wouldn't save them. And although reaching 400k is a possibility and is good, that's not "OMG we have to buy them levels!"

They could've bought more popular companies in the past (like Square) if they really wanted to. But Level 5? No. Level 5 wouldn't give themselves up either.

I'm just saying, we don't know the platform. I'll repeat til L5 goes out and says it.

@ Paperdiego

And it's a shame that L5 won't recieve any of that money directly.

@ Kantor

L5 wouldn't have to give up anything, outside of the few DS projects left (the Studio Ghilibi etc. Layton is over). DQ 9 is finished and all that's left is polish. SE has let four studios make the DQ series, and I wouldn't be surprised to see someone else make DQX

what do you mean they dont get any of that money?

what? they make the games for free?

lol of course they get payed for making the games.

 

I said directly. Square Enix will get all the money from the actually sales of the game. L5 just gets comissioned from SE to make the game, they get a flat rate. They get paid from SE for making it and SE gets the money for selling the game.

@ Chris Hu

What? If level 5 was owned by anyone, they wouldn't run into to trouble unless Sony dismantles the studio. Because FRD wasn't owned by anyone, they ran into trouble after Haze.

@ Benga

I think it'd be a good acquistion, although it won't happen, because Sony doesn't have a in house RPG developer. And L5 has made a million selling RPG that was a new ip.



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@outlawauron

I don't know too much about the developer-publisher relationship, but do you think that they will be paid the same if the game sells 1M that they will get if it sells 10M?



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