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Sony said to be 'very hands-off' of the PS4 exclusive 'The Tomorrow Children'

The Tomorrow Children was undoubtedly interesting because of its style, look and presentation. It had a strong Pixar feel to it and that may have been one of the captivating factors we couldn't ignore. Q-Games founder Dylan Cuthbert spoke about how Sony has allowed the development team to do what it does best, make a great game.

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llxKonanxll3534d ago

Developmental freedom is always the cornerstone to an original and memorable game. I’m glad Sony is letting Q-Games do what they want. This game looks insanely interesting and I’m looking forward to playing it.

andibandit3534d ago (Edited 3534d ago )

I dunno, this game looks weird and certainly is different, but not in a way that screams 'must have', to me.

amiga-man3534d ago

This to me is the big difference between Sony and MS, Sony by nature allow freedom of expression which is why they command such a varied library of games,

MS you feel by their nature try and control everything and gaming development suffers.

Azzanation3534d ago (Edited 3534d ago )

@amiga-man

Just ask Insomica and Respawn on how much freedom Sony gives there developers. While MS is supporting Minecraft on all consoles. Sorry but you have been blinded by the media.

Nintendo house the best games and Nintendo are also very strict with there games.

Patrick_pk443534d ago

Giving freedom to developers is an important part of developing a unique and good game without being constrained. I feel thats how Sony is handling The Last Guardian, until the developers feel good with the product they'll show it off, Sony wouldn't pressure them, since it would just screw with the development process of the game and others.

pwnsause_returns3534d ago

It's also having a good healthy relationship amongst developers.

luis_spartano3534d ago

I can't talk about the game yet, but the music in the trailers is SO awesome that I cannot stop lintening!

PiNkFaIrYbOi3534d ago

Nothing different about that. Sony has pretty much always been that way.

Gamerbeyond3534d ago

microsoft likes the head over the shoulder, heavy breathing on your neck approach. lol

xtremexx3534d ago

lol when Micrsoft is hands on, they are breathing down your neck, when they are hands off they are bad for not supporting their developers? they cant win can they -_-

MonsterChef3534d ago

Microsoft has really never been hands off, and if they are good for them it gives their developers freedom, which im hoping they do for the minecraft devs

Enemy3534d ago

What? It's never a good idea to be too hands on unless you're the developer. Defeats the purpose of creative freedom.

ChronoJoe3533d ago

Microsoft were hands off with developers in the past, like Rare. Which lead to bad management, and subsequent mediocre games (Kameo, Nuts and Bolts).

I think Sony are probably hands off where appropriate, but also provide a lot of supervision when needed. I feel that games like LittleBigPlanet Karting and the resistance series probably need more supervision.

But even devs like Naughtydog have to pitch their ideas to Sony execs before they can move forward with a project. Obviously they have a lot of say in what they're producing, but the notion that Sony lets them do 'anything' is a little naive.

Sony lets smaller companies like the original media molecule, and Q-Games do anything (after all they retain their independence so they can always take their games elsewhere). But this is probably because these smaller games aren't that huge of an investment, so there's not as much risk.

ArtificiallyYours3534d ago

Congratulations you just became an advertising drone for Microsoft by complaining about them.

Antifan3534d ago

EA is the worst of all. Thats why their latest games have been shitty.

Remy_Chaos3534d ago

Which is why I'm not holding my breathe for Battlefront. If it begins to look amazing, you just know there's gonna be a catch to screw us.

medman3533d ago

@gamerbeyond
Heh, you forgot hand in your pockets, robbing you blind...

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PrinceOfAllSaiyans3534d ago (Edited 3534d ago )

That's typical of Sony. They let the studios do their thing and they just take a back seat. Someone at ND was saying something about that.

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The Tomorrow Children Ditches Free-To-Play Feature on Relaunch

The Tomorrow Children is going to be a one-time purchase game now after the decision of Q-Games goes through.

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Elda839d ago

No one is buying that tired game again.

Loktai839d ago

I'm glad to see it back. I was actually sad when it shut down

Eizhale838d ago (Edited 838d ago )

I enjoyed this game and was sad to see it go. It’s strange and satisfying all at once. I look forward to playing it again.

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A second chance for The Tomorrow Children

From GI.biz: "Towards the tail end of 2021, Q-Games accomplished something very rare in this industry: it had reclaimed its intellectual property, specifically for PS4 exclusive The Tomorrow Children.

In the announcement tweet, the Japan-based company described it as "a historical move by Sony Interactive Entertainment" and it's hard to argue with that. The game was originally published as a second-party title, funded by PlayStation, and it's typical for the platform holder to retain the IP rights in such a partnership."

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Lost PS4 Exclusive The Tomorrow Children Confirmed to Return, Developer Regains Rights

Lost PlayStation exclusive The Tomorrow Children will return, after its developer regained the rights in a rare deal with Sony.

BiggCMan931d ago

YOU DON'T KNOW HOW HAPPY I AMMMMMMM!!!! We are a small group, but we fans of TTC were so heartbroken when the game shut down. We always talk with them on Twitter about how much the game meant to us and how much we missed it. It really is a dream come true to have it come back, I absolutely cannot wait to be in the world again. I hope lots of new people join in on the weirdness and enjoy the incredible atmosphere of the game. Also praying for a PC version where I think it will really shine.

SullysCigar931d ago

A friend of mine used to love this game. Might be time to see what the fuss was all about!

EvertonFC931d ago

Colin moriarty, last stand media recently had a interview with TTC and mentioned about getting control back of the ip.
Good interview and worth the watch, TTC want to go f2p with MT which will support a hardcore fan base

GhostofHorizon931d ago

I knew this was happening in the background but never thought it would actually happen. This is great news for the fans of the game.

It was a neat little game/experience.

Ethereal931d ago

Very cool of Sony to relinquish the rights to the dev.

Father__Merrin931d ago

This was an extremely unique game. Please make this on next gen with RT it will shine with that plastic pladough look

BiggCMan931d ago

So it actually had an early form of ray tracing called voxel cone tracing, the developer calls it. I'm not a big tech guy so I don't exactly what it means but he's explained it a bit on twitter and the discord. And you can totally tell just by looking at the game and comparing it to the ray tracing games today, I just never really knew what ray tracing was at the time so I wouldn't have picked up on it. But now they at least have the chance to improve upon it, maybe add more advanced RT or something. Potentially make it 4k and HDR, 60fps etc. All the good stuff I hope to see!

jznrpg930d ago

Cool I always wanted to play this but by the time end checked it out it was getting shut down . I’ll give it a fo this time around

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