Greater support of digital distribution isn’t the only thing console makers need to embrace to survive. thatgamecompany did not renew its exclusive contract with Sony upon completion of Journey, seeking a broader audience and greater control of IP on different platforms. Eventually though, it seems that greater control of intellectual property is more appealing. That support put thatgamecompany on the map as much as Jenova Chen’s signature ethereal style as evidenced in previous PlayStation exclusives from the studio like flOw and Flower. Smith’s words carry a certain logic thatgamecompany’s Journey became the fastest-selling PlayStation Network game ever when it released in March, but that game had the full might of Sony’s international marketing machine behind it, guaranteeing promotion to press, directly to consumers through the PlayStation 3’s most visible advertising slots, and broader mainstream media coverage. With a bit of common sense, you can find common ground.” Sometimes all we want is protection so don’t make a game, finish it then go to one of our rivals. A publisher is much more likely to commit to marketing and merchandising if they own the IP. Remember: 100 percent of nothing is still nothing. “There are obvious benefits to keeping, but also to giving it up: You’re way more likely to get the deal.
“I maybe shouldn’t say this, but we had issues when we were trying to sign Limbo because of the IP,” explained Smith. Limbo eventually went to Microsoft’s Xbox Live Arcade well before Sony’s PlayStation Network. The grim and subtle game is of a piece with Sony-backed titles like Journey and the PixelJunk series. It certainly fits with Sony’s stable of independently developed downloadable titles. Speaking at the Develop conference, Pete Smith of Playdead said that his studio’s eerie indie hit Limbo was at one time going to be a PlayStation Network exclusive. On Sony’s machines? It’s the company’s insistence on taking ownership of developers’ intellectual property. Nintendo’s byzantine submissions process has killed releases like La Mulana on WiiWare.
The size of games like Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath keeps them off of Xbox Live Arcade. Restrictions abound on Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo’s devices, something that isn’t likely to change on the next round of consoles. The reason OUYA, Boxer8’s proposed $99 Google Android game console, sounds so appealing to video game developers in comparison to Microsoft’s Xbox 360, Sony’s PlayStation 3, and Nintendo’s platforms is that it’s a conduit to living room players without restrictions. This mainly focuses on the Something Awful Let's Play! forum. The majority of this collection is currently contributed from the Let's Play Archive. For a more informal description and list of other Let's Play resources, see TV Tropes. The videos are usually a humorous way to learn about a videogame without having to play it. Rarely some action is done "off screen" or speeded up to not get too repetitive, but in most cases the playthrough is a complete run of the game including all "Game Overs" and deaths. Generally the playthroughs are spread over several segments of play (varying in time). Let's Play videos show the videogame being played while the player talks about what he is doing in real time commentary (sometimes just with text). Let's Play is a collection of videogame playthroughs with commentary (either text or audio).
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