Rumor: Sony to Beef Up First Party Studios Considerably
When Ahsan Rasheed (thuway) was recently asked a question by Kieran M. about Sony looking towards acquiring new first party studios to pad up game development, Ahsan replied that Sony instead might be increasing the size of their current, 1st party studios, implying that Sony might be going all in to make sure that each studio has a considerable number of projects in queue for the PlayStation family of systems.
@MrPlaystation1 Expect internal studios to beef up considerably. Naughty Dog, Santa Monica, Guerilla, and MediaMolecule all have 2 teams now
— Ahsan Rasheed (@thuway) February 8, 2014
With an already expansive line-up of first party studios (check out the Sony 1st party development studio list below, taken directly from Wikipedia), Sony is fortifying itself for the PlayStation 4, PS Vita’s, and yes, probably even the PlayStation 3’s, long system cycles.
Asia
- SCE Japan Studio – Ape Escape, LocoRoco, Patapon, Knack
- Team ICO – Ico, Shadow of the Colossus, The Last Guardian
- Project Siren – Siren series, Gravity Rush
- Polyphony Digital – Gran Turismo series, Tourist Trophy
North America
- Naughty Dog – Crash Bandicoot series, Jak and Daxter series, Uncharted series, The Last of Us
- SCE Santa Monica Studio – Kinetica, God of War series, PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale
- SCE San Diego Studio – MLB: The Show, ModNation Racers
- SCE Bend Studio – Syphon Filter, Resistance: Retribution, Uncharted: Golden Abyss
- SCE Foster City Studio – supported studio for SCE Worldwide Studios
- Sucker Punch Productions – Sly Cooper series, Infamous series
Europe
- SCE London Studio – SingStar, EyeToy, PlayStation Home
- Evolution Studios – World Rally Championship, MotorStorm series, Driveclub
- Guerrilla Games – Killzone series
- Media Molecule – LittleBigPlanet series, Tearaway
- XDev – External Dev Studio
