Devil May Cry creator slams PlayStation All Stars Battle Royale – Video Games Update
Hideki Kamiya, the creator or the original Devil May Cry had some harsh things to say about Sony’s upcoming Smash Bros clone.
When asked on Twitter by a fan that what he thought about PlayStation All Stars Battle Royale and will fans see characters from Platinum games in the crossover fighter, Kamiya simply stated that he doesn’t like that game.
This caused quite a controversy amongst Sony fans that have been looking forward to the game. Kamiya was attacked by a lot of gamers on his Twitter account and he was accused of being dismissive as he had knocked the game down before even trying it for himself.
Kamiyas’ reply was simple as he stated that All Stars Battle Royale is a rip-off of Nintendo’s Super Smash games and he just does not care for rip-offs. Gamers must be upset as Kamiya has called out Sony for their lack of creativity and the decision to blatantly
copy Nintendo’s popular party fighting franchise.
This is not the first time Sony has been found guilty of getting too much ‘inspiration’ from others. In fact many gamers would agree that Sony has not been on the forefront of innovation this generation and has just been following Microsoft’s and Nintendo’s
lead.
Sony is still playing catch-up to Microsoft’s Xbox Live (XBL) with its PlayStation Network which, even though it’s free, can’t compete with XBL’s quality. Sony copied Nintendo Wii’s motion controller with the PlayStation Move which even most die-hard Sony
fans would admit was completely unnecessary and was only brought to the market to aim for the casual crowd that the Wii catered to. Sony is also aiming for Mario Kart fan-base with its upcoming Little Big Planet Karting.
Angry Gamers have pretty much flooded Kamiyas’ Twitter account and this affair has raised a very serious question. Is it unethical for a developer to borrow an idea from some other game if gamers are asking for it?
Sure Sony has taken it one step further but the question still stands as Smash Bros was exclusive to Nintendo and Sony was actually just listening to its fan-base when it decided to copy the competition.
Hideki Kamiya believes that developers should not throw their morals away just to please fans and apparently is getting a lot of heat for his honesty and personal opinion.
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