Agree that it gives Sony power owning a franchise and who make it but reality is -
Halo is now dead without Bungie.
MGS is now dead without Kojima.
Dark Souls is now dead without From.
Death Stranding would have suffered the same fate.
I agree, some are all dead without the creators.
Something like Halo can be salvaged like Resident Evil. It doesnt have that unique taste that the creator only could bring. But needs a damn good studio.
MGS and Dark souls… yeah that doesnt work without Kojima and Miyazaki. Neither would something like Death Stranding or Shadow of the Colossus.
At the same time you’ll have games like God of War, COD, Castlevania that just need a great studio and great director/writer to improve it over the creator.
I’d suggest let it die or keep it before the Villains uses it against you lol.
Things like Persona, Yakuza are being used against Sony in Marketing. As Xbox did with Tekken, DMC and Final Fantasy during the 360 era. All nothing without Playstation, and they helped Playstation rise up too.
Its short term thinking using IP’s to help you for your console and then letting them go. Imagine Sony did that with Insomniac and Spiderman, IPs and studio. Sony is letting too much go and changing too fast without thinking its very different to the brand they’ve build. And what the hardcore fanbase believes.
Its up to them at the end of the day. All can be judged by 2027-2030. Its all assumptions till from all of us and predictions.
- PS5 sold compared to PS4
- PS5 1st party/ Exclusives compared to PS4 on PSN & physical ( not including Steam sales because Steam takes 30%unlike PSN)
- Total Software sales, revenue and profits on PSN /Physical compared to PS4 ( including steam/pc sales