Many of Sony's notable studios were mascot platformer game developers from the PS1 days when they were the defacto console to work on after the Nintendo collapse and SEGA shytting the bed. That's like saying your local cable company nurtured you into being a loyal customer. There was basically no where else to develop games but PlayStation for almost 2 generations between the PS1 and PS2.It’s what we do: nurture and develop SMALL studios into blockbuster-creating giants.