I think someone here brought up lack of nuance discussing these subjects, and I think people on this forum, or at least I am guilting of it. I dont think that the narrative of sony shying away from automatically greenlighting games is nasty, but I also dont think them not greenlighting every game willy nilly is all that evil. It's just business and when I criticize Jim Ryan, I am criticizing his business decisions. I dont think he's a bad person nor do I have anything against him personally, but being dramatic is fun and sometimes it takes away from the crux of the argument.
I dont know if it was this thread, but I believe i mentioned that sony cancelling days gone 2 based on their sales projections is actually far less sinister than them cancelling it because of their plans to turn bend into a support studio. I can live with that. At the end of the day, we are just criticizing business decisions with the information we have available.
I have also said that they need to do better with their marketing and PR. Jaffe brought this up today about how their entire marketing strategy for the last 25 years was to turn people into fanboys of the brand to the point of obsession, and now all of a sudden they are like 'nope, we dont owe you entitled fucks anything. Just stfu and wait for us to show our games once or twice a year.' It just doesn't work. They need to be a far more transparent with their fanbase they have cultivated over 2 decades.
We can discuss whether or not its good management to not have pre-production done before you finish your game, but at the end of the day, it's just another criticism of their business decision, and I think because of lack of nuance in presenting arguments, people tend to take any criticism of sony, nintendo and microsoft a lot more personally than it's intended.