Media Molecule, the makers of LittleBigPlanet, are now part of the PlayStation family. Sony Computer Entertainment has just announced that they've acquired the developer of the hit PS3 title. For those that would question why Sony would buy up a company that only made one game, the EU PlayStation Blog made a list of every award LittleBigPlanet has won. It's quite impressive when you see it all together.
Nothing really changes for the gamer, Sony says. They also state that the team has "exciting projects in the pipeline" that will be shared in the near future. LBP2? Surely. Hopefully they have something else in the works too.
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6:20 PM on 03.02.2010
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a new property from media molecule maybe
also this seems like a no brainer move lol
.."Little Big Moon. Little Big Asteroid. Little Big...Mini Horse? MILK IT SONY!"...
YEAH!!..come on man lets play Halo 3, or maybe lets play Halo ODST, no wait lets play GoW2...Fable 2?...hmmmmm Mass Effect 2?
..how many "sequels does the name "Little Big" have?....hmmmmm.?
/snarky comment
when microsoft buys a company, they move and merge them into one building to make whatever. that's part of the reason bungie got the hell out, the atmosphere was starting to kill them.
also, Peter Molyneax is thanked in the lbp credits for helping MM.
Add me to the list of people who want a new IP from these guys. Don't hold them down, iterating on their one franchise. That would be a mistake.
i think the deal with Sony was that they rather invest heavily on their first party developers as the same way as it has worked with Nintendo in the past, Nintendo was really taking a toll from back in the N64 and GameCube era and if it wasnt for their first party developers, in house Nintendo games, they wouldnt have survived to dominate this generation
and i think eversince PS1 era days Sony really never "technically" buy out third party developers (Capcom, Konami, etc..)..they just showcase what theyre system can do (technology, etc, etc..) and its up to the developers to be attracted to develop a game for Sony (Squaresoft developed FFVII, Konami had MGS, mainly attracted because of the capabilities of the system back then..)
while MS on the other hand buys out exclusives from third party developers, buy out a developers game if it becomes successful on their system and basically put on a chokehold on the developers until like what happened with Bungie, they cant breathe with the atmosphere and business ethics anymore and left their Halo franchise to MS to milk..the thing with this strategy is that it is good business wise, but it can put its toll on the creative aspects of things, imagine if you are forced to do another sequel after another without letting a chance to grow
MS's way is the lazy way imo they dont branch out and let other see the capabilities and talents of a developer beyond what they can do, lets face it these people are creative thats why they are in the business and for your passion to be subtracted like that is a pride swallowing siege..
MS finds ready made content and pays to have it slightly early.
Sony pays to have content made for them.
It's a whole different bsiness practice.
Difference between paying for favours and employing.
When ever I hear about a possobly desent game I think I might get that then I hear its xbox exclusive. Damn another game ill just forget about cause I don't have a 360.
Oh well I find the ps3 exclusive better but there arnt as many though.