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Ronster316 said:
Leonidus said:
Ronster316 said:
Leonidus said:
So Ronster, do you still believe Sony has nothing and would struggle if they went Software only?

 

Publishing and developing are two totally different beasts.......

Besides...... most of the games that sony published are long forgotten franchises now that would have hardly any impact this gen.

 

I could say the same for Sega, and many other publishers and Devs. The thing is that my list sows that Sony are capable of producing new popular franchises. If they have produced so many in the past they could do it now...

Your right....... i cant wait for sequels to some of these incredibly successful games.........

Genji

Lair

Formula 1

Jet li: Rise to honour

*And I've just said this because I am arrogant and refuse to ignore the majority of titles on that huge list, which are great games. I can't face it that Sony make just as good as games as my beloved Sega, And so I have to put a negative slant on anything positive about Sony.*

 

Fixed.



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SpartanFX said:
@ronster

Sony owns 95% of second party's IP.again when you don' know it's ok to ask.

 

The highest bidder wins.

Buyouts happen, takeovers happen, franchises become less popular.

The competition this gen is more fierce than ever, sony are feeling the heat (1994-2006 Sony were unstoppable, now they are a mere shadow of them former selves)

A lot of those sony "published" games simply would not make the grade this gen.



@ronster

Sony doesn't have lots of first party devs?

Naughty dog
Team Ico
Sony santamonica
Guerilla
Incognito Entertainment
Zipper interactive
Evolution studio
SCE bend studio
SCE Foster city studio
SCE Japan studio
Sony studio cambridge
Sony Online Entertainment
Cellius
Darkstar
Q-entertainment
Idol Minds
Game Republic

Enjoy counting this.



yes..sony should leave. There is nothing that makes me more sick than a sony fanboys. no play station, no sony fanboys.



Not a 360 fanboy, just a PS3 fanboy hater that likes putting them in their place ^.^

shinyuhadouken said:
yes..sony should leave. There is nothing that makes me more sick than a sony fanboys. no play station, no sony fanboys.

Yea, so a massive multinational corporation who brought gaming to the masses, basically revolutionized it and have made tons of quality games should leave because it has a few vocal fans?

And even if Sony did quit making hardware, you'd still get Sony fanboys because of their software

 



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XxXProphecyXxX said:
@ronster

Sony doesn't have lots of first party devs?

Naughty dog
Team Ico
Sony santamonica
Guerilla
Incognito Entertainment
Zipper interactive
Evolution studio
SCE bend studio
SCE Foster city studio
SCE Japan studio
Sony studio cambridge
Sony Online Entertainment
Cellius
Darkstar
Q-entertainment
Idol Minds
Game Republic

Enjoy counting this.

All those studios, yet so few games out from those studios so far, what they all doing? sitting around twiddling their thumbs? hardly any games made by them this gen have made any REAL impact sales wise......

I bet Halo 3 and Gears of war 1 & 2 (what, close to 20 million combined sales) alone outsell all the games combined that those companies have made for the ps3 thus far.

 



AHHAHAHAHA now your changing the argument you made that sony don't have first party devs to "gears and halo sold more" pathetic....



^Of course, you didn't actually think you could beat him in an argument did you?



XxXProphecyXxX said:
AHHAHAHAHA now your changing the argument you made that sony don't have first party devs to "gears and halo sold more" pathetic....

 

So they have a "few" developers.

Some good, some not so good.

Either way theres simply not enough games been churned out.

 



Sony could become quiet a profitable 3rd party publisher. But I dont think that's what they want.