The director of Sony Santa Monica Studio believes that it is enriching that a video game can have an adaptation to television.
Cory Barlog wants to see a television adaptation of God of War on platforms such as Netlfix. The creative director of SCE Santa Monica Studio, head of the first two deliveries starring Kratos as well as the most recent return for PS4, believes that it is very positive for a video game that can be accommodated as a television series as two compatible media; more compatible than in a film adaptation.
The series is more "a relationship"; movies are more "a date"
In his opinion, this feedback ends up having a positive impact on the final product: "God-of-War", he begins by saying as an appointment for a message from GamesIndustry where he asks about possible video game franchises adaptable to a TV series on Netflix. "By the way, this is not a foretaste of anything," he warns, as he is not announcing or advancing the existence of any such production. "I just think that the games would give rise to great television series because we invest a lot of time with the characters in fantastic worlds," he continues.
BTW This is not a hint or anything. I just believe that games would make great TV shows because you spend so much time with the characters in fantastic worlds.
Games, like TV, are like relationships with the characters, where movies are more like a date.
Both can be great.❤️
– Cory Barlog 🖖 (@corybarlog) January 27, 2020
“The games, like the television series, are more like maintaining a relationship with the characters; while cinema is something more like a date. ” Again, an implicit allusion to time. A movie can last between an hour and a half or three hours; a television series, if a model is used seasonally, counts its hours of content in tens, something more similar to what happens with many video games.
A parallel example to this circumstance is The Witcher, one of Netflix's most important global trends of recent times.
Sony Santa Monica seeks martial arts experts
That Sony Santa Monica Studio is working on its next video game is something that is not hidden. The Californian studio, after having fulfilled the sales expectations with God of War in 2018, made public last November its intention to incorporate in its ranks an expert in martial arts; an assistant director in cinematic tasks and expert in the development of kinematics.
The company has not explained for now that this game is the sequel to this recent God of War for PS4 or if it is something completely new, but they did warn months ago that candidates who are running "must have knowledge of God of War" .
Cory Barlog has not hesitated to talk about videogames from other companies in the past. At the end of last year, from the official Twitter account of Sony Santa Monica revealed the 10 video games that have inspired them most (available on PS4) during the current generation, one that is already ending. PlayStation 5 is the name that will begin to take center stage throughout 2020; Its launch will be at Christmas.
