LiquidSolid
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Exactly 3 years ago, it was announced the merging of Evolution and Liverpool (seems that Liverpool even helped on Motorstorm):
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/sonys-michael-denny-part-two
http://community.us.playstation.com...-Liverpool-and-Evolution-Studios/td-p/4037761
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/sonys-michael-denny-part-two
This never went through. KennyLinder (ex-Bigbig employee) pointed this out in the Sony Liverpool closing thread.
The "Microsoft model?"
No. Sony was the one who already lead with high production values.
And while Sony is certainly going to consolidate resources and bolster AAA efforts, they're not going to somehow have the devs duke it out and let some of them go.
Yeah, the idea of making developers compete within the company is crazy dumb. Instead of co-operating with each other, they'd be stabbing each other in the back.