As a gamer back then, folks were super skeptical. Sony Imagesoft didn’t have a great track record mostly known for crappy film to game adaptations like 3 Ninjas Kickback, Bram Stokers Dracula and Cliffhanger.
The part of the interview about how Sony Music was able to get FFVII and their approach to marketing was really interesting also. Definitely a differentiating factor
As a gamer back then, folks were super skeptical. Sony Imagesoft didn’t have a great track record mostly known for crappy film to game adaptations like 3 Ninjas Kickback, Bram Stokers Dracula and Cliffhanger.
https://youtu.be/J8DILAy40Bk
https://youtu.be/FmePcEtpaDw
“What do they know about games?” would be the same complaint levelled at Microsoft a few years later.
The part of the interview about how Sony Music was able to get FFVII and their approach to marketing was really interesting also. Definitely a differentiating factor