3 ms·
How does Sony do it? By paying smaller companies to do exclusive deals?
by kenjackson 4y ago
How does Sony do it? By paying smaller companies to do exclusive deals?
- worrycue 4y agoTo my knowledge, Sony mostly fund the development of games and keep the rights to them - e.g. Demon Souls and Bloodborne were funded by them, they own the rights, and of course they are exclusive to PlayStation; maybe they will appear on PC if Sony feels like it. It’s hit and miss. Some games become big hits. Some flop and they just wasted a few million. IMHO it’s a better model. More games get created. No one loses out by having a franchise they have played for years denied to them because they own the wrong console.
- hbn 4y agoThey had a dedicated studio making or collaborating on many of their famous exclusives, Japan Studio[1]. Though in a 2021 org restructure they were seemingly merged into another first-party Sony studio, Team Asobi[2] who hasn't been credited with anything particularly noteworthy. Just a bunch of tech demos. Not sure what that move was about. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Studio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Studio [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Team_Asobi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Team_Asobi