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Media Molecule is one of the most beloved studios in Sony’s front line. The British development team has created illustrious IPs for the PlayStation catalog, such as Little Big Planet or Dreams. But the story could have been very different, since They even had an offer to join the ranks of Microsoft.
An offer that has been reported Mark Healey, former creative director of the studio
Xbox became interested in Media Molecule in 2006
As he tells it and MinnMax, the co-founder of Media Molecule met a Microsoft representative in 2006. A meeting that It ended with a night out with a few drinks and an offer to join the Xbox team. An idea that did not occur to them, because, even if They hadn’t signed anything with Sony and were free to do whatever they wantedthey felt that it was not the right thing to do morally, as they owed a lot to the Japanese company for its support and opportunities.
The funny thing is we didn’t have anything in writing that said we were going to continue with Sony or that they owned what we were doing, that’s what I remember. Technically we could have done it. We could have said, “Yeah, fan***o, let’s go with Microsoft.” “They’ll probably give us a lot of money.”
[Media Molecule y un representante de Microsoft] They went out and got a little drunk, and just as we were walking the guy back to his hotel, he said, “’Oh, man, I was on a mission here! “At least I have to say something.” And he just said, “Oh, guys, anyway, you know we’d be happy – blah blah blah – to take you with us if you want to join the band” or something like that. And it was understood that he was almost embarrassed to say it. Obviously we didn’t do it because, you know, we’re good people and we’re very grateful that Sony gave us this opportunity.
