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Sony Cutting Down On Funding For Its European Studios

Game developer studios from Europe such as the London Studio, Evolution Studios and Studio Liverpool can face project cancellations from Sony’s PS3 as the publisher aims to back this year’s exclusives with more resources. At the moment a number of high profile exclusive titles are coming up for release on Sony’s PlayStation 3 with some of these exclusives already having been released. These titles include Killzone 3, Little Big Planet 2 and SOCOM 4. However, it looks as if Sony has had to sacrifice a portion of the games coming in from its European studios to get this strong list of first party titles.

guigsy4885d ago

I think you will start to see studio mergers within Sony. Evolution and Sony Liverpool would probably be a good match.

Dante1124885d ago (Edited 4885d ago )

Cool, if they're doing it to focus on their first party games development. Though I hope some games are just canned instead of discarded.

Iamback4885d ago

They should merge and return old name and logo "psygnosis"!
http://www.youtube.com/watc...

Shadow Flare4885d ago

Psygnosis were the best. They were so prolific in the ps1 days. They made lots of games with lots of variety with good quality. And then they turned to studio Liverpool and have done nothing really compared. Formula One and Wipeout is all I can think of. We need the old psygnosis back. Colony wars, destruction derby, g police, rollcage, wipeout... they did so much

Vojkan4885d ago (Edited 4885d ago )

Yes true, but some of us that played games in late 80s early 90s, remember PSygnosis for making Nitro, Shadow of the beast and many more that I can't remember atm. Anyone who had Atari or Amiga computers remembers Shadow of the Beast.
They were one of the best developers around. Why the Sony changed their name and logo, I'll never understand

DualConsoleOwner4885d ago

no one is getting laid of or anything...

they are still hiring developers to help with the other projects...

Vojkan4884d ago

No one is getting "laid" buahahhaa

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Anon19744884d ago (Edited 4884d ago )

^^^^ Is there some sort of Google translator I can find somewhere to decipher what you just said? Try English next time.

Wait - I found a translator that seems to work. That post roughly translates to "Troll troll troll. Troll de troll troll."

Edit - Holy crap, look at that guy's posting history. Brand new account and straight away it's doing nothing but attempting to piss off people off. I honestly think something's gotta be wrong with the brains of someone who spends his time trying to flame like this. There should be a hotline or something so these people can get help. How the hell do they even function IRL? Sad.

HappyGaming4884d ago

The further down a consoles life you get the cheaper is should become to produce equally as good games right?

sikbeta4883d ago

@wace_me

Wow dude, you get bubbles for trolling? quit already, for hating so much the PS3, you give it so much attention, you don't have anything better to do with you life and you preferred gaming platform?

O-T

I'm waiting for the getaway 3 and please don't discard anything, I keep hoping for 8 days to come out...

pixelsword4883d ago

DOOOOOOOOOOOMED!

*runs for 'da hillz"

stuntman_mike4883d ago

@vojkan

I remeber those days well, the amiga was and still is one of my all time favorites. and psygnosis was an excellent studio back then, shadow of the beast was excellent i think they done turrican aswell amongst others and a few footie games too.

i was wondering about these cut backs and if it has anything to do with this LG thing, maybe it hit SONY harder than we thought. or it could be just a bit of re-stratergising on SONY half..?

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Starhawk4884d ago

My guess is that they cancelled some Move games.

I think they need a flagship title for it, and Sorcery might be it.

Vherostar4884d ago

Once the exclusives sell millions and help shift more consoles the funding will return.

lee_ten4884d ago (Edited 4884d ago )

wace_me, you're on a roll today. what, no games to play?

all the people who cried about ps3 fanboys aren't even here to see the rampant tirade of trolls in ps3 articles. gee, i wonder why.

dabri54883d ago

I wouldn't be surprised if funding priority is shifting toward next gen resources.

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Iamback4885d ago (Edited 4885d ago )

Yesterday I wrote that I miss Phil Harrison.
Since that Japanese (Shu Yoshueida or whatever) guy took over he has been cutting PS3 projects left and right. First thing he did was to cut 8 Days and GetAway. BTW- where is full disc Whipeout that was on the way while Phil was there? O yeah cut for EyePet. If Phil stayed on his position we would be looking for sequel of those games. What a shame.
Uncharted, Infamous, Resistance, Motorstorm, LBP, you name it, those are all IPs that Phil green lighted for production.
Japanese guy hasn't done anything other then to live on Phils products.

EDIT: Could ... that disagreed explain on what facts he disagrees? thx

Vojkan4885d ago

Early version and yet cover system looks awesome
http://www.youtube.com/watc...

undercovrr4884d ago

Very good point. I don't know why Phil left, IMO he (and Sony) would have been much better off it he stayed.

stuntman_mike4883d ago

I agree about this yoshida fellow, all his done so far is cut developing on a lot of things, i'd like to know what his green lighted, maybe he will make a push on the NGP and concentrate on that?

Death4883d ago

It's funny how I can refer to Sonys own financial reports and get disagrees. Sony has not posted an annual profit from their games division since the PS3 launched. They have done a tremendous job reducing loses and should show their first annual results in the black when they release the report soon.

Sony does not gave unlimited funds. This is why they have struggled with marketing and securing third party exclusives. First party studios that aren't making money will always be an issue regardless which platform owns them. This doesn't mean Sony sucks or are doomed, but it is relevant to where they are today.

-Death

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Sony Music Entertainment Japan, Aniplex, and Pocketpair jointly establish Palworld Entertainment

Sony Music Entertainment Japan, subsidiary Aniplex, and Palworld developer Pocketpair have announced the establishment of Palworld Entertainment, a joint venture that will be responsible for developing the reach of the intellectual property and for expanding commercial business endeavors, including the global licensing and merchandising activities associated with Palworld, outside of the game.

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Eonjay16d ago

Does this mean that Palworld is getting an anime?

Abnor_Mal16d ago

Crazy that they’ve formed a partnership of sorts, but the game itself still haven’t been released on PlayStation

badz14916d ago

It's still in Early Access. If it ever goes gold, there will definitely be a PS5 version, might even be a PS4 version too

Abnor_Mal16d ago

I still have no clue what this game is all about, to be honest.

badz14916d ago

@Abnor_Mal

If games like ARK is not to your liking, then Palworld wouldn't be your cup of tea either...I think.

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10 Best PSP RPGs Of All Time

The PS1 and PS2 both had strong RPG libraries, so it’s not a huge surprise that the PSP saw numerous excellent RPG releases, covering original releases, ports, and spinoffs/sequels to major franchises.

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jznrpg27d ago

Great list but needs to be 12 you don’t have Star Ocean First Departure and Second Story!

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New Sony Controller May Let You Draw Your Own Buttons Using Conductive Ink

Sony has published a new patent about a controller that can be completely personalized by a user, including its shape and layout.

TFJWM31d ago

It is just a patent if it is new tech you file it

S2Killinit30d ago (Edited 30d ago )

Dont get me wrong, I love that Sony does these research into new tech and all, after all it led to something as fun as the Dualsense, but im just asking why this particular tech would be useful in any way.

Profchaos30d ago (Edited 30d ago )

Interesting idea likely something that will never actually be produced but Sony's simply securing the paten

Profchaos30d ago

Common practice really so many companies pattern troll because they either intend to make a product or just want to hold onto the rights of the idea there's some insane ones out there especially at the dawn of the internet.

You can have no intent to use it but this is just saying you thought of it first

kylegeorge8830d ago

yeah no, the controllers need the hall effect before investing more time and money into quirks.

BlackDoomAx30d ago

But how will they sell as many controllers if they do that?

fsfsxii30d ago

Maybe consider your personal hygiene before blaming someone else for your controller defecting

DustMan30d ago

I doubt @FSFSXII even knows what hall effect is. What a turd.

y2mate30d ago

great idea, but will it fully distributed to other continent ?