re: OK done with the PS4 for now

First Party - advantages are that the owning publisher (Sony, Nintendo, Microsoft) are responsible for the costs and logistics associated with distribution, marketing, and manufacturing of the product. Additionally, the publisher has the resources to provide equipment and technology (like motion-capture) that the studio would otherwise not be able to afford. Lastly, First Party developers can focus optimization on one particular platform and receive guidance/assistance as needed.

Naughty Dog is a great example of the above. They went from making Crash and Jax/Daxter games to Uncharted and TLOU series thanks almost entirely to the logistical and financial support of Sony. Same thing with Guerilla Games; no way they would have had the resources to go from making Killzone games to Horizon Zero Dawn with Sony's support.

Are you wondering why these companies tie themselves to just one publisher? Hell, risk is part of any business. There's been thousands of "independent" game companies that have come and gone over the years. Nothing's guaranteed. I'm sure each studio and each deal have unique situations that everyone involved must weigh. In Naughty Dog's case, they clearly made the right choice to join Sony.

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So in other words, I'm partially right and calling me dumb over it makes you look a mental retard screaming at the top of your lungs "HORIZON ZERO DAWNNNNNNNN"

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I'm not sure how you were right at all. I also don't think I've ever talked about Horizon on here outside of it being a big game.

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So if Sony goes under, which ain't happening, Naughty Dog just stops making games?

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It's complicated and depends on what happens. If your employer went bankrupt, would you quit working and just retire? If that were to happen, Sony would most likely sell off the studios and their IP, much like THQ had to do recently.

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That's the whole reason I've been questioning that. That's such a bad deal that I could not believe it to be true.

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Literally no different than any other industry in the world. If you are a normal FTE for a company, what you create there is their property. Not yours.

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Don't want to interrupt things here, but did everyone notice his name is cockcommander?

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I did. That and his location being "Hell" made me think he was just goofing around.