Comments on: Hirai: Sony’s internal studios more important than any third-party exclusive

By: DrDamn

DrDamn — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:12:28 +0000

@SticKboy
Resistance 2 = brown? Have you actually taken time to look at vids and screen shots? It’s got a very varied colour scheme. Even more so in comparison to Gears 2 and Killzone 2.

http://www.eurogamer.net/tv_video.php?playlist_id=12352

By: SticKboy

SticKboy — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:06:13 +0000

Resistance 2 = brown yawn
Killzone 2 = grey yawn
SOCOM = big yawn

Motorstrom, on the other hand, looks genuinely fun, but isn’t a system seller as far as I’m concerned. God of War 3 defo is, though.

By: DrDamn

DrDamn — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 08:21:00 +0000

I think the problem is that they have to “flippantly piss away third party exclusives” because they are not going to happen – not the big ones anyway. Unless you pay big wonga for the exclusive or a timed exclusive. So this generation the internal devs are absolutely key.

I tend to agree on your other point – Sony’s internal studios are very good – they just aren’t delivering currently.

By: Blerk

Blerk — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:41:33 +0000

You see, I agree with him on this point – Sony’s internal studios are really good, for the most part. But of late, they don’t appear to be working on many titles that I find very appealing.

In the past this short-fall was more than made up for by digging into the vast array of platform-exclusive third-party titles… which have now dried up.

Your internal studios are important, but you shouldn’t flippantly piss away the third party stuff. 99% of my sizeable PS2 collection is third-party games, and I’m willing to bet at least half of those were only available on the PS2.