Microsoft: Sony is less supportive of creative staff
- Posted December 3rd, 2008 at 05:41 EDT by
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Speaking to Kikizo, Microsoft Games Studio's General Manager Kudo Tsunoda has made a few provocative remarks about the Redmond giant's rivals. Tsunoda, who joined Microsoft in January to help shape Gears of War 2, feels that his new employer offers more creative support than any other publisher.
"Every new game I've worked on I've tried to bring some innovation to the title, and not just be making something that's like a knock-off of some other game," he said. "And I think that's why I would want to come to MGS, and also why they would want me to work here. I think they're just always looking for people who can bring really innovative design ideas to the table."
"For some people working in games, it's so much easier to either knock a game that's already out there," he went on. "Or take pieces from a game and assemble it into something else. It's just like all the people who've copied the Gears cover system: "wow there's something that worked really well, let's put that into out game.""
His example might have been stronger had Epic Games not filched that very same cover mechanic from Namco's Kill.switch, which hit PlayStation 2 and Xbox in 2003.
When asked if he had been "tempted" by Sony, Tsunoda was adamant that Microsoft Games Studio offered a more nurturing environment. "Out of everywhere, I felt like this was the best place... like, when you have an idea in your head, where's the best place to be working where you can get all of the cool creative ideas into the final shipping product? MGS is really nurturing and supportive of creative people, so it's like, why the heck would I not want to come and work here?"
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BlueDragoon0 |
Lionheart0- 5:45am GMT - December 3rd, 2008
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The man should research a little game known as Killswitch.
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darthrazorback
- 5:52am GMT - December 3rd, 2008
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Someone want to tell him that Gears did not invent the cover system...
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Anim3Fr33K |
Anim3Fr33K- 6:09am GMT - December 3rd, 2008
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Inovation and creativity ..... LBP any one? Dont try to tell me sony hasnt given support for LBP and its crew.
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graphixmaster |
mcx- 6:36am GMT - December 3rd, 2008
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Lets just make a list
LBP, Echochrome, Eden, The Last Guy, Flow, SuperStar Dust HD, LocoRoco, Patapon,
Just a few that I like... Sure most of them are PSN titles but there is strong support there...
I know Tsunoda is trying to refer to Big Buget titles but MS is in the same boat as Sony. But there is nothing "creative" about Gears2. I did like Def Jam ICON and I was pissed at EA for closing down there studio.
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jigglespsu
- 6:51am GMT - December 3rd, 2008
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more bs from microsoft employees ... I swear they have a as redmond pr cr@p newsletter that says if you are talking to reporters, diss sony by saying ..."bl@h".
If you work for MS then you've already sold out to the cloak and dagger and obviously for the price of both your brain and your soul
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supamariobrotha |
supamariobrotha- 7:14am GMT - December 3rd, 2008
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what was that i couldn't hear him probably because he has microsofts d**k in his mouth
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Staticneuron |
Staticneuron- 7:43am GMT - December 3rd, 2008
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Honestly, why does MS allow thier employees to spout of nonsense in print for everyone to see and remember?
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-CroatianMetalMan-
- 7:57am GMT - December 3rd, 2008
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@13 : LMAO !!! this idiot in article can STFU. MS creative?? what creative games do they have?! idiot.
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Funeralfog |
blksabbath- 8:09am GMT - December 3rd, 2008
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so this man is a reason the xbox has NO innovative games?
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area51employee |
pitofskulls- 8:53am GMT - December 3rd, 2008
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Microsoft just wants anybody to work for them that can turn out crappy games because M$ believes that anybody will buy their stuff because of the name.
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MAX PAYNE |
RoaringHawk- 8:59am GMT - December 3rd, 2008
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He's totally right. The NXE and the avatars are totally innovative and were M$'s idea from the start. Also, they never steal ideas from other developers (LIPS).
So Sony is less supportive. What aboutQ Games and thatgamecompany?
I'm not a fanboy, but this is just ridiculous.
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grayfox1471 |
SaintGeorge14- 8:59am GMT - December 3rd, 2008
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Microsoft is all about making new and innovative games. Like Halo 3 and Gears of War.... and Halo 3 again (Recon)........ and Gears of War 2..... and Halo Wars....and...... uh......... lemme think..... there's....... ummmm...... did I say Halo 3 yet?
If he wants to make new IPs and original ideas... why start on a sequel that adds very little new gameplay? Guy sounds like a P.O.S. This headline is very misleading. The man didn't bash Sony, he just praised his new employer. And who doesn't do that?
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GunTeng
- 9:28am GMT - December 3rd, 2008
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He is just talking up his job & trying to promote MS as a company that supports fresh ideas etc etc. No harm done and no real statements made as to SONY's creativity.
This is all about MS and their attempts to be seen as competing with SONY of creativity & developement. Take it with a pinch of salt.
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svtschmidt
- 10:04am GMT - December 3rd, 2008
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What a shame that Microsoft doesn't even have a creative staff. Yes they may have a staff, but based on what they keep putting out there, it's not like that are pioneering any new areas. I have to laugh when people make comments like that. This guy just comes off sounding like an idiot.
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Fiddlesworth
- 10:10am GMT - December 3rd, 2008
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LMAO Kill Switch, SingStar, Buzz, they've copied it all and more. And oh look, we don't have Oddworld Inhabitants anymore because Microsoft gave them the middle finger then EA did a crap job promoting Stranger's Wrath and it bombed.
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SamuraiClarke
- 10:29am GMT - December 3rd, 2008
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I understand what the guy is saying. I just wish the Microsoft Game Studios could make quality games. There are some talented deveolopers there.
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lordAlucard |
Sympozium_666- 11:26am GMT - December 3rd, 2008
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All Hail Bill Gates the creator of Migraine Windows and Xbox with poor design 2.5
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mixpix7212 |
Gomersoul- 1:18pm GMT - December 3rd, 2008
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"like, when you have an idea in your head, where's the best place to be working where you can get all of the cool creative ideas into the final shipping product?"
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mikeghtmare |
mikeghtmare- 1:41pm GMT - December 3rd, 2008
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If Microsoft is so INNOVATIVE why do they keep buy off existing games that Sony brought to life with the Playstation brand???
Just a tought. This MS guys don't know when to quit.
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zombieking36
- 2:37pm GMT - December 3rd, 2008
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Excuse me sir, but have you ever heard of Little Big Planet? Resistance 2's multi-player? Killzone 2 as a whole? inFamous? Home? Uncharted: Drake's Fortune? Warhawk? The Eyetoy games? and so much more...
But to be fair I'll state your side... Lips, oh wait sorry Singstar came first. But theres the Avatars! Oh wait... Mii's and Home were announced years before...
Really the only innovation I've seen on the Xbox's was Live, and PS has domination this time around, especially as it gets all the 360's stuff and much more. And its all free...
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NICKKELANIUS |
NICKKELANIUS- 7:17pm GMT - December 3rd, 2008
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we're less creative in the art of overheating
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darthrazorback
- 7:17pm GMT - December 3rd, 2008
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The only MS exclusive that I wish we had, or had a game similar to, is Forza 2. Sadly, I don't think even GT5 will be as good as Forza 2.
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Pablo0620 |
Pablo0620- 1:03am GMT - December 4th, 2008
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Wow even this tard thinks that Gears was the first game with a cover system...and how is Gears 2 innovative or creative??? And how is LBP not one of the MOST innovative and creative games ever...not to mention the enormous RISK taken by Sony to actually go with an idea like LBP
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Stew122 |
Stew122- 3:47pm GMT - December 4th, 2008
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o tru im glad he gets to fulfill his creative abilities like the completely original xbox avatars never before seen on any console i agree microsoft is a very innovative company look at windows vista it is completely fresh and new there has never been an operating system with features like that ...
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