220 people.Yeah I have to imagine that was a preproduction/early production team on a PS4 title.
The whole studio is only around 200 people. Well, was...
Kratos is from 2005Kratos is to Sony what Mario is to Nintendo what Master Chief is to Microsoft.
You can bet there will be a new God of War game.
To say that the series has had significant fatigue for a very long time is an understatement. When you don't innovate, people can only deal with the same thing for so long. There's no passion from the fans or the developers for the series at this point. I think it's probably an IP that needs a very long rest or a MAJOR overhaul. New gods, new era, etc.
Why? God3 was solid. I wouldn't mind another trilogy, but more like God3 and less like Ascension.Kratos is from 2005
Master Chief is from 2001
Mario is from 1981
Maybe we're lucky and Kratos dies before he hits the 10 years that makes him immortal.
Fuck that. We had 6 games in under 10 years. Enough is enough.Why? God3 was solid. I wouldn't mind another trilogy, but more like God3 and less like Ascension.
Sony Santa Monica are the ones that are switching offices because their current office was too small. (Allegedly.)Who works on that new building SCEA was boasting about last year? If they are forced to downsize a studio like SSM, maybe they shouldn't be spending that money.
Its also strange that they were offering to hire Irrational staff, just last week.
Sony financials is worrisome for their future.
Finally, some numbers. Sounds like a preproduction team. Or a Vita game. We really need to some insiders on this case. But they are hiring, and they are moving. So the cancelled game thing sounds correct, I guess it wasn't going anywhere. How odd.
For me, a new God of War is the one thing that would actually get me to consider buying a PS4.Fuck that. We had 6 games in under 10 years. Enough is enough.
Comments like this annoy me. You do not have any information to determine the probable cause for this action yet you make a pointless and uneducated comment like this.
Pretty sure it was a preproduction team and I doubt it was Barlog's since their goal was to gather a lot of industry talent for that. Either that or some of the partners people.Finally, some numbers. Sounds like a preproduction team. Or a Vita game. We really need to some insiders on this case. But they are hiring, and they are moving. So the cancelled game thing sounds correct, I guess it wasn't going anywhere. How odd.
Im not talking about SSM, I'm talking about PlayStation New building in NA.Fuck that. We had 6 games in under 10 years. Enough is enough.
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Sony Santa Monica are the ones that are switching offices because their current office was too small.
Comments like this annoy me. You do not have any information to determine the probable cause for this action yet you make a pointless and uneducated comment like this.
dat concern troll thoComments like this annoy me. You do not have any information to determine the probable cause for this action yet you make a pointless and uneducated comment like this.
But I thought Sony was doing fine ? Why the sudden layoffs ? And Why SSM specifically?
I am so confused...
So when is the photshopped version of the people no longer with the studio going to show up
Bend has always tried to make big games. This Santa Monica game could've been some small project on the scale of Tearaway.
Are you serious right now?
Hopefully not, because that's pretty tacky.
Sony as a whole is not doing "fine" in the slightest. They're more closer to total collapse than fine.
I honestly don't have a lot of faith in the man. I think he's incredibly likeable, but I believe Sony's worldwide studios have been very poorly managed over the past 5-8 years.
We don't have all the information, but from what we do know this puts Yoshida's management in a bad light.