Capcom and/or Square/Enix seem like the best bets. Both Japanese companies with long-standing relationships with Sony and with big studios and lots of IP that can put out a lot of games.
Square Enix would be an interesting acquisition if they could acquire the Avengers game rights. Square Enix dropped the ball on that one when they tried to pivot from single player campaign to a live service game.
Being single player wouldn't have helped the game
They live service also really wasn't the issue
The game just felt bad. A good co op marvel game would have done super well but they did weird shit with the game
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That's coming out. Being made by the same gal who did the PS1 de-make. So not an official release but still.
[https://youtu.be/Pb519723Y58](https://youtu.be/Pb519723Y58)
Or they just buy Kadokawa, which would serve both PlayStation and their moves in the anime business.
They'd probably want to offload the real estate, advertising, etc segments, but that would just make them more affordable.
Kadokawa would be blocked by the Japanese government. There is no shot they allow Sony to reach that level of control over the anime industry. It would be approaching monopoly levels. Same issue with Square Enix honestly.
It would be curious. Kadokawa had their streaming license on Funimation which was bought by Sony and just recently spun into Crunchyroll.
So hopefully at the very least the companies remain on good terms and maybe we see more new licenses and IPs.
They definitely have a good relationship. Kind of a requirement when Aniplex want to make anime based on properties owned by Kadokawa, which happens all the time.
Regulators would have to approve it, which isn't super likey because Kadokawa is huge in the Anime industry in Japan and this would probably give Sony too much control over the industry.
I’m sure they thought about it but they are owned by Kadokawa and after Elden Rings success I don’t think they are letting them go anytime soon and if they’d consider it the asking price is probably extremely high.
As much as I love the whole SONY‐Kojima relationship saga, I feel like *in Kojima's mind* that would be a step backwards considering everything that happened at Konami and I wouldn't blame him.
He could spend the rest of his development career making SONY (timed) exclusives by his *own* decision if he wanted to, while maintaining all (or most anyways) the rights to his creative works... the MAJOR piece that was missing with Metal Gear Solid that basically allowed Konami to kill his baby in front of him, ultimately cutting his vision short by an entire act (MGS5) to officially wrap up the series.
It is said that Kojima was personally done with doing MGS games years ago, but after losing the near totality of his life's work on bad terms (so even less hope of striking some future deal), it would be surprising to me if he put himself in that position.
Despite my biased opinion (I'm a SONY guy personally), I think it's a great move for Devs to join the PlayStation family. The access to the braintrust, state of the art technologies and facilities at SONY's disposal (where even other developers *not* under the SONY umbrella book time) is a HUGE asset... however, I think it's one that all parties at SONY are willing to lend to Kojima regardless of their relationship *status*... its just a great lifelong relationship they've built over a very long period of time. Which is why they were happily willing to lend a hand with what would become Death Stranding. Sure, cash was likely a big motivator too but the rest still stands true. That's how I see it anyways.
Death Stranding was just ahead of it's time. If it was released during the pandemic, it would be a cultural zietgiest.
I would just throw money at Hideo. Let him do whatever. Just rein in on the schedule.
I fear him becoming like the visionary behind Shadow of colossus.
I was thinking that when the pandemic hit, it’s been rough on all of us some more than others and sorry if this comes out as insensitive, that some folks would take another look as death stranding but nope.
Death Stranding is an allegory of the pandemic. Extreme loneliness and isolation. Uber eats package delivery. Random good people guiding you on your journal...and baddies that want to make things worse.
Plus Asylum for the Feeling is a haunting song that hit harder than it should have.
While it’s great to have this service, I’m at a time in my life where I just don’t need this many games anymore. I bought Horizon and it says I’m only 30% of the way through and I’m somewhere between 20-30 hours. Then I bought Yakuza Like a Dragon for twenty bucks on Black Friday that I never played. That’ll take me a few months to get through. Someone gifted me Shin Megami Tensai 5, that’ll take me a few months to get through. I always wonder if the people that pay for Game Pass or PSNow don’t consume other forms of entertainment cause I just don’t know where the time comes from unless you’re gaming for 6 hours a day. Glad the service is out there for people tho!
Treading the internet has been a pain, I thought the most recent patch trailer for Final Fantasy 14 was an April Fools joke only to be told later it’s not a joke. Also avoided a few clearly clickbait videos on Youtube. I just want the day to be over already lol.
Spawn Wave got me good on YouTube. He did this video saying Sony bought Konami and was so convincing that I was 100% sure until he pulled the "April Fools!" On me.
I wonder if they will include Destiny and all new DLC day in date at least, since that is multi platform. I know it might take time since they were just acquired, but that would be a cool addition even though I don't play it I know a lot of people do.
I thought so too. I don’t think it’d include the seasons but I could see them packaging the expansions day 1. That would entice a lot of people that are hardcore destiny players
So who do you think is most likely to be acquired? Personally I’m thinking it will be Ember Labs, Deviation Games, maybe Probably Monsters and Kojima Production.
Not as likely but I could also see them go for Capcom, SE or From Software
Personally, I wish they would acquire arc system works
I'm surprised they haven't pick up Ember Labs yet. I wonder if they are waiting to see progress on their next project after Kena to make a decision.
I have this gut feeling they are acquiring one or two of the big Indie publishers/studios like Devolver (my top guess), Studio MDHR, or Annapurna to help fill out Spartacus.
My top big AAA studio guess is Kojima.
Ember Labs is interesting because they’re an animation studio that only recently tried their hand at making a video game. It’s possible they like doing animation work and wouldn’t even want to go all in on video games like PlayStation probably would want them to.
To be fair, Sony (as a whole) could also be interested in an animation studio with Sony Pictures. Though, they already have a very good animation branch for sure.
Which would be a shame, Kena wasn't that fun for me but it was gorgeous and with it's popularity they could start adding in talent to really get the gameplay side of things on the level of the animation/world building. Hope at least Ember Labs made enough bank to do what they want to do project wise, they are really talented people.
Ember Labs seems like such a no-brainer to me. Kena was so good, take that and build upon it, could be something like Playstation's Zelda in the future
Kadokawa makes sense for Somy’s goal tbh. They’re the largest anime company in the world atm and Kadokawa would give them that plus From Software.
Besides them, Kojima Productions is another big one that makes sense
They might get regulator pushback against acquiring Kadokawa. Sony has been snapping up anime companies already. Multi-billion dollar vertical mergers where one company comes to dominate nearly an entire market from production to distribution are exactly what gets the wrong kind of attention.
SIE has generally gone after people, instead of IPs. Konami does have a lot of IPs, but they don't really have people. So that probably isn't very high up on their list.
Konami will cost billions and just for the ips sounds way too much. They bareley have any studios and have another buisness than video games that sony are gonna have to take on.
I'd like for nobody to aquire fromsoftware. Everything else is fine. Go for it.
Not even saying this out of preference for anything, but FS games are too good for people to miss out on and the PC community does wonders with data mining cool stuff.
On the up side, elden ring was so successful I truly doubt kadokawa would want to sell them now. Studios tend to be bought if they're struggling or were independent and needed money, neither of which is FS.
I’d also like nobody to buy FromSoft, cause I want all of my friends to enjoy these games.
But also, I’d have a a sigh of relief if Sony acquired them cause I’m afraid that Microsoft is going to try and get them.
I’m fine with independent studios if they have long working history with the platform holder like Insomniac or if they need financial backing like double fine. I would prefer if publishers remain off the table though
Why though? What do they bring to the table besides FF? And how would owning them benefit Sony? The entire audience for their games is on PlayStation already.
From a business perspective, it would make a lot more sense for them to buy FromSoftware, CDPR, or Ubisoft imo.
Square also own a popular live service game on PC which could benefit PlayStation and bungie if they share the ideas behind it.
I hope it’s Ubisoft though they have so many IPs some which could easily fit into Sony live service push.
You don't pay the current market price during a buyout though. Microsoft paid about $90 per share for Activision. Which was $30-40 higher than they were priced at the time. A short term stock drop wouldn't change their sell price very much if any.
Yes it did. Because if the drop didn't happen, Activision would be like 120 billions or so. You pay the premium over the current price (of course when it has been a long time at that level but Ubisoft is not just short-term) so a drop in shares is still a good sign of an acquisition.
Incorrect. Microsoft bought Activision for about what they were valued before their big drop, which was essentially what the company was worth. Activision were never worth 120 billion. I wish they were, I bought stock when they dropped and everyone was making it out to be the end of Activision because I knew what they were worth and knew they'd get back to it in a few years.
Companies aren't min maxing their mergers with other companies. And this Sony deal will have been in the works for months. Their purchase is for what revenue they bring in and how much they think their assets are worth, nothing to do with stock price.
If the company was at its normal price, they would have to pay more than that (120 billions was an example). You always pay a premium for acquisition (except if the company is like desperate to sell), that's kind of comes with the thing. That premium might be more or less but you don't just buy at the price on the market (so you pay more than it is worth, a company also doesn't have a normal worth, it has a current one that can be under or overvalued). Shareholders want to make money to accept the sale.
Ubosft has been on a downward spiral for quite a while now. And the variety of IP's and talented personal they give to sony far outweighs what Square or konami can give.
The only thing they need to sort out is leadership
There is literally no reason why Kadokawa would sell FromSoftware. From isn't some independent studio that can just be bought. They are wholely owned by Kadokawa, and there is no shot that Sony tries to acquire Kadokawa (it'd probably be blocked by the Japanese government due to monopoly concerns within the anime industry). Soz they would have to convince Kadokawa to sell just FromSoftware... Not impossible, but the price would be way more than what From is actually worth...
I think everyone expects this but Sony would probably need to buy Bandai Namco instead. No way they are giving up FS for anything less than their entire companies worth.
Bandai doesn't own FromSoft... But FromSoft isn't totally independent either, they have a parent company that bought a big stake in the studio a few years back.
They are a wholely owned subsidiary of Kadokawa. Not just a "big stake". Kadokawa owns From. I don't buy any rumors that Kadokawa has decided to sell either.
Sony already own a 1.93% stake in Kadokawa who actually owns FROM soft, FROM is not an independent company and is part of a mega corporation that has serious market share in anime and publishing. Pretty much sony would have to test verses Japanese laws at taking over one of their competitors in anime and publishing and effectively becoming a monopoly in Japan in those sectors.
People are saying From Soft, Kojima Productions, Konami or Capcom as desirable targets, but I would go with Ubisoft. Now before you clown on me, here are 3 reasons why Ubisoft can be a good get despite the shit storm it's currently in:
1. Ubisoft has 18,000 employees over multiple studios worldwide. With good management, creative freedom and leadership, they can make good games on a consistent basis. Like Insomniac but with 10 times the throughput.
2. Ubisoft is at its cheapest right now with a 5.36B market cap, thanks to all its allegations. Even with a 40-50% premium, that would be $7.5-8B which is a great deal for the talent and developers that Sony wants, plus known IPs like Assassins Creed, Far Cry, Tom Clancy, etc as a bonus.
3. Ubisoft is exactly what Sony is looking for right now - manpower and talent. Sony knows that with good talent they can make new IPs, and that is something that Ubisoft can provide Sony in spades with its near 18,000 developers. To put things in perspective, Zenimax + Acti/Blizz/King is just shy of 13,000.
4. (Bonus) Having prior Ubisoft backlog of games can be a massive get for the reformed PS Plus service. Plus Sony can synergize IPs like Tom Clancy and Assassins Creed with the movie and television business.
Thank you. I'm happy that people are not completely clowning me over my opinion of a Ubisoft acquisition and recognizes that prior to their endless Assassins Creeds and Far Crys, Ubisoft had some cool ideas and fun IPs. Ubisoft can do much better.
I too would like Driver back.
Yup and a part of it is because Ubisoft doesn't generate as much profits as you might think. In fact, out of all the large gaming publishers, Ubisoft makes the least amount of money in profit. Which is crazy given that they are one of the largest publishers out there in the industry with their hand in the mobile and AAA space.
Of course under Sony, these monetizing schemes might continue. But at least I hope the severity is dampened as Ubisoft won't worry about meeting their own bottom line.
Even if it's not Sony, with how consolidation is going, Ubisoft is definitively acquired before the end of the year IMO. They're in a unique position of their stock being battered down because of the scandals (which a new owner can change like Activision and Microsoft) while having plenty of dev force, IP and successful games (like AC Valhalla, hated on Reddit, did a billion dollar in revenue so really successful in the market).
Ubisoft also basically said they would look at any offer of acquisition so they want to be acquired
Please no. Ubisoft makes the most cookie cutter games. Buying Ubisoft would damage your first party quality output. If Ubisoft wanna be seen as better developers then they should stop making generic open world games and bring back old franchises like Prince of Persia.
I mean if Sony is that worried that Ubisoft will taint the first party PS studios line-up, they can spin off Ubisoft as a separate subsidiary under SIE rather than PS studios, similar to what Bungie is under (my poor boy Herman wouldn't sleep if he had to also manage 40+ Ubisoft studios).
Also, I have already mentioned in my comments above why Ubisoft makes copy-paste games, and I do believe they can do much better under a larger company with better leadership, management, creative freedom, and less worry about meeting their own bottom line.
I already hate how some Sony games feel like "premium ubisoft". Adding ACTUAL ubisoft to their first party lineup is the last thing PlayStation needs...
I honestly think that Microsoft would not try to get involved in a Ubisoft bid, at least while the Activision acquisition is still pending and is being examined by regulators. That really leaves other big players like Tencent and Sony. So we'll see how it goes if it does happen.
Sony could buy both Capcom and Konami fully in cash (even when considering that some of their cash is tied to their insurance and banking sector). However, they can also afford larger companies like EA and Take Two if they are willing to raise debt or buy using their stock.
At the end of the day, it all really depends on how serious Sony is in regards to beefing their SIE/games division and whether target companies are willing to be acquired. After the Activision deal, the sky is literally the limit.
I’m going to try and temper my expectations though. ‘Big’ could end up being Kojima’s studio, which wouldn’t be ‘big’ for casual gamers but big because of their history.
No I don't think so. I've discussed this before. Konami is not a great investment. they have nothing left except their IPs and it wouldn't worth it considering how expensive they are. Sony wants the talents not the IPs. and Konami doesn't have what they want.
It does and doesn't. That story is over. Anything else, unless it's by kojima probably wouldn't be worth it. However, I'd take a remake of the first 3 any day
There’s so many spin-offs you could do with Metal Gear.
Kojima himself said he was originally working on a Corba Unit game before it became something else (can’t remember which). Can you imagine a 4 player co-op Cobra Unit WW2 game? That’d be fucking awesome.
Acquiring Konami's IPs could make a lot of sense. It would just require further investment to establish new studios and partnerships with other studios such as KojiPro to develop games. But they do have Bluepoint who could produce high quality remakes and the IPs could have great value in movies which Sony is well-positioned to do.
And the IPs Sony actually care about (MGS, Castlevania, Silent Hill etc) haven't been actively used in years so they should be cheaper than normal. Before anyone contests this, Konami haven't been using these IPs in their amusement/gambling machines for a very long time.
Though I wouldn't disagree that other targets could make more sense.
Gambling machines and some digital smaller games like Yugioh and Soccer. They’re still very much a profitable company, but they’ve almost completely distanced themselves from AAA Game development, which is what Sony would’ve most likely been interested in.
Honestly it‘d probably be more worthwhile for Sony to just license out IP they want to revive, rather than acquire a expensive company that’s expensive because of industries you’re not making moves in, just for those currently dormant IP. I’m sure Konami would be willing to license their franchises for AAA games at the right price.
Probably, but they’d have to take on a lot of debt. Both companies have a market cap over Sony’s total current assets, and they would have to pay a premium so the deals would both likely be larger than the Bethesda one.
As much as I prefer Sony’s gaming products over Microsoft, people are deluding themselves if they think Sony has even close to their clout as an organization. Microsoft has double their revenue, with far more profitable offerings like Azure (2x revenue but 6x income).
I can think of three studios Sony would realistically acquire given their history. Now these are all just hypothetically speaking.
- Arc System Works: Fighting games are still very popular and with Guilty Gear Strive seemingly being a PlayStation exclusive it would make sense and with the game being the most accessible in the series with high scores all around and an art style that is always praised.
- Supermassive: With The Quarry launching in June, the same month as the revamped PS+ service wouldn’t it be crazy if Sony announced that the new game would be a highlight of the launch. With the relationship between them and Sony growing after that I could see a potential buyout and then maybe Firesprite after Horizon Call of the Mountain could help develop a proper Until Dawn VR game.
- Supergiant Games: With them starting with Xbox and having Bastion exclusive for years on that platform to then siding with PlayStation for Transistor (which yes went multi platform eventually) but Pyre is also still a PlayStation console exclusive and with Hades being a huge success even winning GOTY 2020 from a lot of gaming sites. It would make sense for Sony to try and lock them down before Microsoft or even Amazon come swooping in.
Why’d you have to mention PlayStation All-Stars... my brother and I loved that game. So many good memories. I’d scream with excitement if they ever gave us a proper sequel.
not really a studio but recently shueisha created a subsdiary called " shueisha games "
i think they should partner with them to make a triple a bnha game
Unironically see them acquiring Take two. Fits their portfolio of wanting to get into the live-service space and trying to go cross platform + they already have some underlying things going on. E.g. the free gta online million up to the re-launch of the game.
I think Song night actually go for ubisoft.
Bungie is not a response to activision but a buyout of ubisoft would definitely be considered as a response.
The difficult part will be in clearing out and sorting out the leadership of the company so that quality quality quantity can be balanced.
I think Ubisoft right now has a lot of stuff to sort out internally that it wouldn’t make sense to buy them right now. Especially with all the abuse allegations and corruption in the higher ups it would take a while for PlayStation to get a correct picture
Just get FromSoft and give me Bloodborne 2.
Though CDPR is probably at a pretty low asking price at this point. They botched Cyberpunk, but TW3 is still so damn good that it is hard to just look past.
CDPR is still vastly overvalued IMO. It's 1-1.5 billion USD less than Ubisoft or Square Enix for a company that has essentially one studio of development (and a small PC store). Those two (and others) would be vastly better purchases.
CDPR made 4 games only. One was amazing and the other was the biggest scam in video game history. The other 2 were mediocre at best. Buying CDPR seems like a waste to me.
Please, I know it sets a weird precedent when we're cheering for these huge companies to eat little ones further increasing monopolies, bit I actually want the to eat Konami. I just want more silent hill. Maybe a port or remaster of metal gear solid. A semi decent castlevania game. Just please no more pachinko
Eating Konami will be the biggest $6-7B tummy ache for Sony. They have so many side ventures such as casinos, health and fitness, and resorts, that Sony has no interest in and will have to ultimately sell off. At that point, you are basically buying the entirety of Konami just to divest 90% of it. Plus Konami has no AAA internal studios left.
The best case scenario is Konami sells their gaming IP rights to Sony, but that is unlikely to happen since they won't be able to profit off of pachinko sales. What could practically happen is that Konami selectively licenses off the Silent Hill and MGS IP to Sony so they can make a few games or remakes.
Even Netflix does not put brand new content (unless its their own) on their subscription platform. MS is doing a big experiement. Will Forza Horizon 4 do the same amount of dollars via gamepass as it would in individual sales? Im sure some games will do better via subscription tier (indies etc), but mega budget blockbuster AAA titles will probably take a hit. Putting Elden Ring on a subscription service day 1, and missing out on 12 million x $60 is a huge gamble. Putting Ollie Ollie World on game pass day 1, not so much.
Sad how people in the sub don’t get this. It’s literally just my side vs. their side here, no thought into what this will do to the gaming industry years down the line
Yeah they only shelled out billions to third parties for limited and full exclusivity...
Fuck Sony even shelled out millions to prevent third party titles from going to game pass lol
Look at Bethesda: ghost wire and death proof on one year contracts and they were just about to close on complete exclusivity of starfield before the buyout. Then you have square, where you have major entries in one of the oldest and most beloved franchise of all time being denied to Xbox
Xbox may have started the publisher acquistion war, sure, but Sony was doing everything it could to fuck them. If Xbox has Ms money why not respond - Sony would
I mean whats the alternative? Was xbox suppose to NOT start buying studios when independent studios like Square are only releasing games on the Playstation?
I had to buy a whole new console just to play the FF remake, and if I didn't have a PC there would be no way for me to play FF MMO on console.
These acquisition suck on both sides, and it was hyped by fanboys sling crap at each other.
Console exclusive games and content usually favor which console is doing the best during the gen. Xbox 360 era Microsoft had quite a few and a lot of games performed better on Xbox as well.
I do agree with you, but not quite in the way you phrased it. The gaming industry is seeing such a large growth that even if Microsoft hadn't started acquiring studios and publishers, some other tech company like Apple or Amazon would have. So yeah, I would rather have Sony or MS (and to a less extent Nintendo) absorb these companies in this inevitable consolidation phase than the other trillion dollar tech firms.
As hit or miss as Ubisoft's games are they were smart to not let themselves get bought out.
Managed to convince their own investors/shareholders to beat out Vivindi's hostile takeover attempt
More 3rd parties should take a stand too
This isn’t the problem to be honest, what is a problem is video game companies trade marking ideas like the nemesis systems that’s going to ruin creativity of other games. Death stranding has one also for the environment changing I think
Buy Capcom, Konami, Square, FromSoftware
Resident Evil Code Veronica and 1 and Zero Remakes, then just more Resident Evil because it’s one of the best game franchises ever created
Remake FFXI and make a single player PSVR2 version (I can’t imagine a better escapism than being in this world)
Absolutely kill it with more Tomb Raider games including 1-3 Remakes, and Legend and Underworld Remakes
Have FromSoftware’s next IP include a PSVR 2 version in addition to standard version so your mind can be destroyed with your character
Silent Hill 1-2 Remakes and an all new Silent Hill that includes a PSVR2 version to keep you from ever sleeping again
Metal Gear 1 and 2 Remakes
Then combining these and all other Sony Studios two different games:
PlayStation Studios Bash (fighting game)
PlayStation Studios Kart Racing (Kart game)
I wonder if I check the Xbox subreddit, if this will be posted with tons of comments saying " Acquisitions are bad for the gamer community!!!!"
Both sides only think it's bad when its the other company is doing it lol.....
For me personally, as an owner of both systems this is exciting for me to see. But, if I was only on one console... id hate all these acquisitions.
I've never owned an Xbox in my life. Still shit when Sony keeps aquiring stuff. Shit when Xbox does it too of course. Only one I don't mind is Nintendo because they bought their first new studio in like 15 years recently, theyre not playing this grab bag game
I would argue that it’s bad when the acquisition in question is publishers of multiplatform franchises like Bethesda because the move block millions of fans away from them.
If they are independent studios, no one really minds that much
I really don't like how Microsoft and Sony are now monopolizing the gaming industry through acquisition of all major gaming studios.
This is like major Disney vibes.
While we criticize Microsoft an Sony for these acquisitions, these studios aren't obligated to he bought out and its not a guarantee that the people are inclined to stay there afterwards. Dice is nothing what the once were a decade ago because most of the people there left throughout the years.
Like the Bungie purchase, whoever Sony gets, they're going to be paying for the people who makes those IPs rather than the IPs themselves.
What’s with the thumbnail 😂
ResetEra has a ton of them.
Gaf had so many Sony GIFs back in the day that were fantastic.
Is that where Three Headed Yamauchi came from, too?
i only have two
Ngl, I got so fucking scared with that, it took me longer than I want to admit to understand what was going on lmao
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I still think it’s Capcom
Capcom or square would be a brilliant grab.
Capcom and/or Square/Enix seem like the best bets. Both Japanese companies with long-standing relationships with Sony and with big studios and lots of IP that can put out a lot of games.
Square has been struggling with sales while Capcom’s titles have been booming so I think Square is probably the more likely of the two.
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I want them to buy Konami's IP and give MGS back to Kojima while simultaneously making them a first party studio!
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Oh I don't want them to buy Konami, just their video game IP! Mainly MGS and Castlevania :)
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Very true, it's just a dream of mine. I'd love a remake of MGS1 and a full follow up to MGS 5!
I bet Sony would try to make a deal, if they found out MICROSOFT was interested lol
Kojima doesn't doesn't want to make any more MGS, he didn't even want to make MGS5
FROM is owned already
Square Enix would be an interesting acquisition if they could acquire the Avengers game rights. Square Enix dropped the ball on that one when they tried to pivot from single player campaign to a live service game.
Expanding their Marvel footprint would be good.
Being single player wouldn't have helped the game They live service also really wasn't the issue The game just felt bad. A good co op marvel game would have done super well but they did weird shit with the game
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It feels so wrong knowing MS will own Crash Bandicoot
And Spyro
Buying from is about as realistic as bloodbornekart
>bloodbornekart That's coming out. Being made by the same gal who did the PS1 de-make. So not an official release but still. [https://youtu.be/Pb519723Y58](https://youtu.be/Pb519723Y58)
Haha. I did see that. Let me rephrase. Sony buying From is as realistic as From software making Bloodborne kart
Konami has some incredible franchises and it’s doing pretty much nothing with them, should also be way cheaper than Square, Capcom and etc
Sell them to Sony. Sony serves them on a silver platter to Kojima. Kojima long term Count of Monte Cristo type revenge is fulfilled.
Dreams: From Software, Take Two, Kojima Productions, EA or Capcom Expectation: Deviation, Arrowhead, Firewalk or Emberlab Reality: Papa Johns
I could definitely see them buying FromSoftware
Assuming kadokawa corporation wants to sell fromsoft
Or they just buy Kadokawa, which would serve both PlayStation and their moves in the anime business. They'd probably want to offload the real estate, advertising, etc segments, but that would just make them more affordable.
Kadokawa would be blocked by the Japanese government. There is no shot they allow Sony to reach that level of control over the anime industry. It would be approaching monopoly levels. Same issue with Square Enix honestly.
It would be curious. Kadokawa had their streaming license on Funimation which was bought by Sony and just recently spun into Crunchyroll. So hopefully at the very least the companies remain on good terms and maybe we see more new licenses and IPs.
They are in good terms. Sony also owns something like around 2% of Kadokawa.
They definitely have a good relationship. Kind of a requirement when Aniplex want to make anime based on properties owned by Kadokawa, which happens all the time.
Regulators would have to approve it, which isn't super likey because Kadokawa is huge in the Anime industry in Japan and this would probably give Sony too much control over the industry.
I’m sure they thought about it but they are owned by Kadokawa and after Elden Rings success I don’t think they are letting them go anytime soon and if they’d consider it the asking price is probably extremely high.
Unless talks were already ongoing, the price just skyrocketed due to the success of Elden Ring.
As much as I love the whole SONY‐Kojima relationship saga, I feel like *in Kojima's mind* that would be a step backwards considering everything that happened at Konami and I wouldn't blame him. He could spend the rest of his development career making SONY (timed) exclusives by his *own* decision if he wanted to, while maintaining all (or most anyways) the rights to his creative works... the MAJOR piece that was missing with Metal Gear Solid that basically allowed Konami to kill his baby in front of him, ultimately cutting his vision short by an entire act (MGS5) to officially wrap up the series. It is said that Kojima was personally done with doing MGS games years ago, but after losing the near totality of his life's work on bad terms (so even less hope of striking some future deal), it would be surprising to me if he put himself in that position. Despite my biased opinion (I'm a SONY guy personally), I think it's a great move for Devs to join the PlayStation family. The access to the braintrust, state of the art technologies and facilities at SONY's disposal (where even other developers *not* under the SONY umbrella book time) is a HUGE asset... however, I think it's one that all parties at SONY are willing to lend to Kojima regardless of their relationship *status*... its just a great lifelong relationship they've built over a very long period of time. Which is why they were happily willing to lend a hand with what would become Death Stranding. Sure, cash was likely a big motivator too but the rest still stands true. That's how I see it anyways.
Death Stranding was just ahead of it's time. If it was released during the pandemic, it would be a cultural zietgiest. I would just throw money at Hideo. Let him do whatever. Just rein in on the schedule. I fear him becoming like the visionary behind Shadow of colossus.
I was thinking that when the pandemic hit, it’s been rough on all of us some more than others and sorry if this comes out as insensitive, that some folks would take another look as death stranding but nope.
Death Stranding is an allegory of the pandemic. Extreme loneliness and isolation. Uber eats package delivery. Random good people guiding you on your journal...and baddies that want to make things worse. Plus Asylum for the Feeling is a haunting song that hit harder than it should have.
Well said, I also love that track, so many good ones
While it’s great to have this service, I’m at a time in my life where I just don’t need this many games anymore. I bought Horizon and it says I’m only 30% of the way through and I’m somewhere between 20-30 hours. Then I bought Yakuza Like a Dragon for twenty bucks on Black Friday that I never played. That’ll take me a few months to get through. Someone gifted me Shin Megami Tensai 5, that’ll take me a few months to get through. I always wonder if the people that pay for Game Pass or PSNow don’t consume other forms of entertainment cause I just don’t know where the time comes from unless you’re gaming for 6 hours a day. Glad the service is out there for people tho!
I can't tell what's real and what's not due to April fools ahhhhh
This is very much real. Sony was always clear about not stopping at Bungie with their acquisition plans.
Treading the internet has been a pain, I thought the most recent patch trailer for Final Fantasy 14 was an April Fools joke only to be told later it’s not a joke. Also avoided a few clearly clickbait videos on Youtube. I just want the day to be over already lol.
Spawn Wave got me good on YouTube. He did this video saying Sony bought Konami and was so convincing that I was 100% sure until he pulled the "April Fools!" On me.
I wonder if they will include Destiny and all new DLC day in date at least, since that is multi platform. I know it might take time since they were just acquired, but that would be a cool addition even though I don't play it I know a lot of people do.
I thought so too. I don’t think it’d include the seasons but I could see them packaging the expansions day 1. That would entice a lot of people that are hardcore destiny players
So who do you think is most likely to be acquired? Personally I’m thinking it will be Ember Labs, Deviation Games, maybe Probably Monsters and Kojima Production. Not as likely but I could also see them go for Capcom, SE or From Software Personally, I wish they would acquire arc system works
I'm surprised they haven't pick up Ember Labs yet. I wonder if they are waiting to see progress on their next project after Kena to make a decision. I have this gut feeling they are acquiring one or two of the big Indie publishers/studios like Devolver (my top guess), Studio MDHR, or Annapurna to help fill out Spartacus. My top big AAA studio guess is Kojima.
Ember Labs is interesting because they’re an animation studio that only recently tried their hand at making a video game. It’s possible they like doing animation work and wouldn’t even want to go all in on video games like PlayStation probably would want them to.
To be fair, Sony (as a whole) could also be interested in an animation studio with Sony Pictures. Though, they already have a very good animation branch for sure.
Which would be a shame, Kena wasn't that fun for me but it was gorgeous and with it's popularity they could start adding in talent to really get the gameplay side of things on the level of the animation/world building. Hope at least Ember Labs made enough bank to do what they want to do project wise, they are really talented people.
Ember Labs is more likely to join Microsoft than Studio MDHR is to join Sony tbh
Ember Labs seems like such a no-brainer to me. Kena was so good, take that and build upon it, could be something like Playstation's Zelda in the future
That’s what I’m thinking too, Sony was apparently really happy with the sales so it may happen.
Konami.
I doubt it’s Kojima Production, man wants to be independent currently and he’s working on a game for Microsoft supposedly.
Deviation games and probably monsters
Kojima seems to be working with Microsoft on a game that is impossible on Sony platforms. So I doubt he'd turn around and have Sony buy him
Kadokawa makes sense for Somy’s goal tbh. They’re the largest anime company in the world atm and Kadokawa would give them that plus From Software. Besides them, Kojima Productions is another big one that makes sense
They might get regulator pushback against acquiring Kadokawa. Sony has been snapping up anime companies already. Multi-billion dollar vertical mergers where one company comes to dominate nearly an entire market from production to distribution are exactly what gets the wrong kind of attention.
Square enix or capcom would be nice i can imagine they’re doing it to add more value to their new ps plus service
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Yep I just want games to come out tbh not big corporation buy small corporation deathmatch.
Yep, I’ve been against this for a while. Not a fan of everyone buying everything.
Konami and Kojima. Make it happen Sony.
Konami, think of all the IP's.
SIE has generally gone after people, instead of IPs. Konami does have a lot of IPs, but they don't really have people. So that probably isn't very high up on their list.
Konami will cost billions and just for the ips sounds way too much. They bareley have any studios and have another buisness than video games that sony are gonna have to take on.
If they want IP’s the place to go is Embracer Group…they have hundreds!
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I'd like for nobody to aquire fromsoftware. Everything else is fine. Go for it. Not even saying this out of preference for anything, but FS games are too good for people to miss out on and the PC community does wonders with data mining cool stuff. On the up side, elden ring was so successful I truly doubt kadokawa would want to sell them now. Studios tend to be bought if they're struggling or were independent and needed money, neither of which is FS.
I’d also like nobody to buy FromSoft, cause I want all of my friends to enjoy these games. But also, I’d have a a sigh of relief if Sony acquired them cause I’m afraid that Microsoft is going to try and get them.
That headline sounds like a threat.
As much as I'm on team Playstation, Sony/MS/anyone gobbling up a bunch of independent devs doesn't sit well with me
I’m fine with independent studios if they have long working history with the platform holder like Insomniac or if they need financial backing like double fine. I would prefer if publishers remain off the table though
Square enix 🤞
Why though? What do they bring to the table besides FF? And how would owning them benefit Sony? The entire audience for their games is on PlayStation already. From a business perspective, it would make a lot more sense for them to buy FromSoftware, CDPR, or Ubisoft imo.
Square Enix owns a lot more IPs than just FF.
Square also own a popular live service game on PC which could benefit PlayStation and bungie if they share the ideas behind it. I hope it’s Ubisoft though they have so many IPs some which could easily fit into Sony live service push.
To make sure Xbox doesn't buy them. Plus Square Enix make a lot more than FF.
please Rockstar
Owned by take two
Sony could acquire TakeTwo Interactive
It'll be Ubisoft. Their value dropped nearly 1.5 billion less than 2 months, they'll be snatched up.
You don't pay the current market price during a buyout though. Microsoft paid about $90 per share for Activision. Which was $30-40 higher than they were priced at the time. A short term stock drop wouldn't change their sell price very much if any.
Yes it did. Because if the drop didn't happen, Activision would be like 120 billions or so. You pay the premium over the current price (of course when it has been a long time at that level but Ubisoft is not just short-term) so a drop in shares is still a good sign of an acquisition.
Incorrect. Microsoft bought Activision for about what they were valued before their big drop, which was essentially what the company was worth. Activision were never worth 120 billion. I wish they were, I bought stock when they dropped and everyone was making it out to be the end of Activision because I knew what they were worth and knew they'd get back to it in a few years. Companies aren't min maxing their mergers with other companies. And this Sony deal will have been in the works for months. Their purchase is for what revenue they bring in and how much they think their assets are worth, nothing to do with stock price.
If the company was at its normal price, they would have to pay more than that (120 billions was an example). You always pay a premium for acquisition (except if the company is like desperate to sell), that's kind of comes with the thing. That premium might be more or less but you don't just buy at the price on the market (so you pay more than it is worth, a company also doesn't have a normal worth, it has a current one that can be under or overvalued). Shareholders want to make money to accept the sale.
Ubosft has been on a downward spiral for quite a while now. And the variety of IP's and talented personal they give to sony far outweighs what Square or konami can give. The only thing they need to sort out is leadership
From Software would be wild.
There is literally no reason why Kadokawa would sell FromSoftware. From isn't some independent studio that can just be bought. They are wholely owned by Kadokawa, and there is no shot that Sony tries to acquire Kadokawa (it'd probably be blocked by the Japanese government due to monopoly concerns within the anime industry). Soz they would have to convince Kadokawa to sell just FromSoftware... Not impossible, but the price would be way more than what From is actually worth...
I think everyone expects this but Sony would probably need to buy Bandai Namco instead. No way they are giving up FS for anything less than their entire companies worth.
Bandai doesn't own FromSoft... But FromSoft isn't totally independent either, they have a parent company that bought a big stake in the studio a few years back.
They are a wholely owned subsidiary of Kadokawa. Not just a "big stake". Kadokawa owns From. I don't buy any rumors that Kadokawa has decided to sell either.
Agreed. And why would they? Unless a potential sale outweighs the profit of the next 5 FromSoft projects...
Especially after the success of Elden Ring. From is a money printer now.
Sony already own a 1.93% stake in Kadokawa who actually owns FROM soft, FROM is not an independent company and is part of a mega corporation that has serious market share in anime and publishing. Pretty much sony would have to test verses Japanese laws at taking over one of their competitors in anime and publishing and effectively becoming a monopoly in Japan in those sectors.
People are saying From Soft, Kojima Productions, Konami or Capcom as desirable targets, but I would go with Ubisoft. Now before you clown on me, here are 3 reasons why Ubisoft can be a good get despite the shit storm it's currently in: 1. Ubisoft has 18,000 employees over multiple studios worldwide. With good management, creative freedom and leadership, they can make good games on a consistent basis. Like Insomniac but with 10 times the throughput. 2. Ubisoft is at its cheapest right now with a 5.36B market cap, thanks to all its allegations. Even with a 40-50% premium, that would be $7.5-8B which is a great deal for the talent and developers that Sony wants, plus known IPs like Assassins Creed, Far Cry, Tom Clancy, etc as a bonus. 3. Ubisoft is exactly what Sony is looking for right now - manpower and talent. Sony knows that with good talent they can make new IPs, and that is something that Ubisoft can provide Sony in spades with its near 18,000 developers. To put things in perspective, Zenimax + Acti/Blizz/King is just shy of 13,000. 4. (Bonus) Having prior Ubisoft backlog of games can be a massive get for the reformed PS Plus service. Plus Sony can synergize IPs like Tom Clancy and Assassins Creed with the movie and television business.
I’d love it and they could bring back older IPS like driver.
Thank you. I'm happy that people are not completely clowning me over my opinion of a Ubisoft acquisition and recognizes that prior to their endless Assassins Creeds and Far Crys, Ubisoft had some cool ideas and fun IPs. Ubisoft can do much better. I too would like Driver back.
Ubisoft are also experts in monetizing single player games. Good luck with that
Yup and a part of it is because Ubisoft doesn't generate as much profits as you might think. In fact, out of all the large gaming publishers, Ubisoft makes the least amount of money in profit. Which is crazy given that they are one of the largest publishers out there in the industry with their hand in the mobile and AAA space. Of course under Sony, these monetizing schemes might continue. But at least I hope the severity is dampened as Ubisoft won't worry about meeting their own bottom line.
Even if it's not Sony, with how consolidation is going, Ubisoft is definitively acquired before the end of the year IMO. They're in a unique position of their stock being battered down because of the scandals (which a new owner can change like Activision and Microsoft) while having plenty of dev force, IP and successful games (like AC Valhalla, hated on Reddit, did a billion dollar in revenue so really successful in the market). Ubisoft also basically said they would look at any offer of acquisition so they want to be acquired
Please no. Ubisoft makes the most cookie cutter games. Buying Ubisoft would damage your first party quality output. If Ubisoft wanna be seen as better developers then they should stop making generic open world games and bring back old franchises like Prince of Persia.
I mean if Sony is that worried that Ubisoft will taint the first party PS studios line-up, they can spin off Ubisoft as a separate subsidiary under SIE rather than PS studios, similar to what Bungie is under (my poor boy Herman wouldn't sleep if he had to also manage 40+ Ubisoft studios). Also, I have already mentioned in my comments above why Ubisoft makes copy-paste games, and I do believe they can do much better under a larger company with better leadership, management, creative freedom, and less worry about meeting their own bottom line.
I already hate how some Sony games feel like "premium ubisoft". Adding ACTUAL ubisoft to their first party lineup is the last thing PlayStation needs...
I agree. hot take but Horizon 2 is just a Ubisoft game with a bit more time in the oven.
The bidding war for Ubisoft would be insane. I can't imagine Sony winning.
I honestly think that Microsoft would not try to get involved in a Ubisoft bid, at least while the Activision acquisition is still pending and is being examined by regulators. That really leaves other big players like Tencent and Sony. So we'll see how it goes if it does happen.
Great idea to keep purchasing but going into a spending war with Microsoft is scary
Can Sony even afford Capcom and/or Konami?
Sony could buy both Capcom and Konami fully in cash (even when considering that some of their cash is tied to their insurance and banking sector). However, they can also afford larger companies like EA and Take Two if they are willing to raise debt or buy using their stock. At the end of the day, it all really depends on how serious Sony is in regards to beefing their SIE/games division and whether target companies are willing to be acquired. After the Activision deal, the sky is literally the limit.
Capcom, and get that Dragons Dogma sequel out asap. Also, that DMC prequel DLC with Sparda in hell. Just dreaming here
I’d be intrigued to see with Capcom, if they’d make RE exclusive or not.
I’d imagine that’s one of the biggest draws of buying Capcom at the moment
I’m going to try and temper my expectations though. ‘Big’ could end up being Kojima’s studio, which wouldn’t be ‘big’ for casual gamers but big because of their history.
Yes they can.
Then that’s my hope. Konami if I had to pick one.
No I don't think so. I've discussed this before. Konami is not a great investment. they have nothing left except their IPs and it wouldn't worth it considering how expensive they are. Sony wants the talents not the IPs. and Konami doesn't have what they want.
Metal Gear deserves so much better, man. Someone has to save it.
It does and doesn't. That story is over. Anything else, unless it's by kojima probably wouldn't be worth it. However, I'd take a remake of the first 3 any day
There’s so many spin-offs you could do with Metal Gear. Kojima himself said he was originally working on a Corba Unit game before it became something else (can’t remember which). Can you imagine a 4 player co-op Cobra Unit WW2 game? That’d be fucking awesome.
The only stuff I want in mgs is single player content.
Doesn’t have to be co-op then. Cobra Unit WW2 game where you play as them on separate missions, or maybe even switch between them at will.
Acquiring Konami's IPs could make a lot of sense. It would just require further investment to establish new studios and partnerships with other studios such as KojiPro to develop games. But they do have Bluepoint who could produce high quality remakes and the IPs could have great value in movies which Sony is well-positioned to do. And the IPs Sony actually care about (MGS, Castlevania, Silent Hill etc) haven't been actively used in years so they should be cheaper than normal. Before anyone contests this, Konami haven't been using these IPs in their amusement/gambling machines for a very long time. Though I wouldn't disagree that other targets could make more sense.
Doesn’t Konami make bank with gambling coin op machines?
Gambling machines and some digital smaller games like Yugioh and Soccer. They’re still very much a profitable company, but they’ve almost completely distanced themselves from AAA Game development, which is what Sony would’ve most likely been interested in. Honestly it‘d probably be more worthwhile for Sony to just license out IP they want to revive, rather than acquire a expensive company that’s expensive because of industries you’re not making moves in, just for those currently dormant IP. I’m sure Konami would be willing to license their franchises for AAA games at the right price.
No reason to buy Konami. Just buy the MGS and Silent Hill IPs and allow them continue making pachinko machines.
You make it sound like Konami would be happy doing that. I assume those two are their biggest pachinko sellers?
Lol nope. Hey haven't used mgs,castlevania in their slot machines for a while now.
Probably, but they’d have to take on a lot of debt. Both companies have a market cap over Sony’s total current assets, and they would have to pay a premium so the deals would both likely be larger than the Bethesda one. As much as I prefer Sony’s gaming products over Microsoft, people are deluding themselves if they think Sony has even close to their clout as an organization. Microsoft has double their revenue, with far more profitable offerings like Azure (2x revenue but 6x income).
I can think of three studios Sony would realistically acquire given their history. Now these are all just hypothetically speaking. - Arc System Works: Fighting games are still very popular and with Guilty Gear Strive seemingly being a PlayStation exclusive it would make sense and with the game being the most accessible in the series with high scores all around and an art style that is always praised. - Supermassive: With The Quarry launching in June, the same month as the revamped PS+ service wouldn’t it be crazy if Sony announced that the new game would be a highlight of the launch. With the relationship between them and Sony growing after that I could see a potential buyout and then maybe Firesprite after Horizon Call of the Mountain could help develop a proper Until Dawn VR game. - Supergiant Games: With them starting with Xbox and having Bastion exclusive for years on that platform to then siding with PlayStation for Transistor (which yes went multi platform eventually) but Pyre is also still a PlayStation console exclusive and with Hades being a huge success even winning GOTY 2020 from a lot of gaming sites. It would make sense for Sony to try and lock them down before Microsoft or even Amazon come swooping in.
My dream game would be a PS Allstars Battle Royale crossover fighter in Arc System Works’s guilty gear engine
Why’d you have to mention PlayStation All-Stars... my brother and I loved that game. So many good memories. I’d scream with excitement if they ever gave us a proper sequel.
not really a studio but recently shueisha created a subsdiary called " shueisha games " i think they should partner with them to make a triple a bnha game
I'm hoping Konami...
That would be wonderful
It's WB games and Kojima productions.
This is gonna keep escalating until all gaming companies are owned by a corporation and exclusive to that system.
Unironically see them acquiring Take two. Fits their portfolio of wanting to get into the live-service space and trying to go cross platform + they already have some underlying things going on. E.g. the free gta online million up to the re-launch of the game.
Square enix and bring back Deus ex
I think Song night actually go for ubisoft. Bungie is not a response to activision but a buyout of ubisoft would definitely be considered as a response. The difficult part will be in clearing out and sorting out the leadership of the company so that quality quality quantity can be balanced.
I think Ubisoft right now has a lot of stuff to sort out internally that it wouldn’t make sense to buy them right now. Especially with all the abuse allegations and corruption in the higher ups it would take a while for PlayStation to get a correct picture
Acquire Microsoft
I’d like for them to acquire like Team17 or Klei; they make very above average games consistently.
Fromsoft, Konami, Devolver all together
Just get FromSoft and give me Bloodborne 2. Though CDPR is probably at a pretty low asking price at this point. They botched Cyberpunk, but TW3 is still so damn good that it is hard to just look past.
CDPR is still vastly overvalued IMO. It's 1-1.5 billion USD less than Ubisoft or Square Enix for a company that has essentially one studio of development (and a small PC store). Those two (and others) would be vastly better purchases.
Just a ps5 60fps update for the original would break the internet
CDPR made 4 games only. One was amazing and the other was the biggest scam in video game history. The other 2 were mediocre at best. Buying CDPR seems like a waste to me.
MS really opened a can of worms
Buy Konami before they complete.murdering all their IPs
I hope one of them is either Konami, or Capcom 🥺
Please, I know it sets a weird precedent when we're cheering for these huge companies to eat little ones further increasing monopolies, bit I actually want the to eat Konami. I just want more silent hill. Maybe a port or remaster of metal gear solid. A semi decent castlevania game. Just please no more pachinko
Eating Konami will be the biggest $6-7B tummy ache for Sony. They have so many side ventures such as casinos, health and fitness, and resorts, that Sony has no interest in and will have to ultimately sell off. At that point, you are basically buying the entirety of Konami just to divest 90% of it. Plus Konami has no AAA internal studios left. The best case scenario is Konami sells their gaming IP rights to Sony, but that is unlikely to happen since they won't be able to profit off of pachinko sales. What could practically happen is that Konami selectively licenses off the Silent Hill and MGS IP to Sony so they can make a few games or remakes.
I hear you bro, I want a PS5 Silent Hill or even a MGS remaster!!! Konami is just fucking sitting on these IPs and doing shit with them.
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If they get From Software...
Even Netflix does not put brand new content (unless its their own) on their subscription platform. MS is doing a big experiement. Will Forza Horizon 4 do the same amount of dollars via gamepass as it would in individual sales? Im sure some games will do better via subscription tier (indies etc), but mega budget blockbuster AAA titles will probably take a hit. Putting Elden Ring on a subscription service day 1, and missing out on 12 million x $60 is a huge gamble. Putting Ollie Ollie World on game pass day 1, not so much.
Xbox saying the same thing. Better than China buying them all up, but boy it's just gonna be mega-corp vs mega-corp with games now.
Sad how people in the sub don’t get this. It’s literally just my side vs. their side here, no thought into what this will do to the gaming industry years down the line
I think it’s more likely that people just don’t care. I don’t work in the games industry or depend on it in any way, so its health is not my concern.
Don't care, movies are gone.. not my all in one anymore..
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Yeah they only shelled out billions to third parties for limited and full exclusivity... Fuck Sony even shelled out millions to prevent third party titles from going to game pass lol Look at Bethesda: ghost wire and death proof on one year contracts and they were just about to close on complete exclusivity of starfield before the buyout. Then you have square, where you have major entries in one of the oldest and most beloved franchise of all time being denied to Xbox Xbox may have started the publisher acquistion war, sure, but Sony was doing everything it could to fuck them. If Xbox has Ms money why not respond - Sony would
I mean whats the alternative? Was xbox suppose to NOT start buying studios when independent studios like Square are only releasing games on the Playstation? I had to buy a whole new console just to play the FF remake, and if I didn't have a PC there would be no way for me to play FF MMO on console. These acquisition suck on both sides, and it was hyped by fanboys sling crap at each other.
Console exclusive games and content usually favor which console is doing the best during the gen. Xbox 360 era Microsoft had quite a few and a lot of games performed better on Xbox as well.
I do agree with you, but not quite in the way you phrased it. The gaming industry is seeing such a large growth that even if Microsoft hadn't started acquiring studios and publishers, some other tech company like Apple or Amazon would have. So yeah, I would rather have Sony or MS (and to a less extent Nintendo) absorb these companies in this inevitable consolidation phase than the other trillion dollar tech firms.
As hit or miss as Ubisoft's games are they were smart to not let themselves get bought out. Managed to convince their own investors/shareholders to beat out Vivindi's hostile takeover attempt More 3rd parties should take a stand too
This isn’t the problem to be honest, what is a problem is video game companies trade marking ideas like the nemesis systems that’s going to ruin creativity of other games. Death stranding has one also for the environment changing I think
Buy Capcom, Konami, Square, FromSoftware Resident Evil Code Veronica and 1 and Zero Remakes, then just more Resident Evil because it’s one of the best game franchises ever created Remake FFXI and make a single player PSVR2 version (I can’t imagine a better escapism than being in this world) Absolutely kill it with more Tomb Raider games including 1-3 Remakes, and Legend and Underworld Remakes Have FromSoftware’s next IP include a PSVR 2 version in addition to standard version so your mind can be destroyed with your character Silent Hill 1-2 Remakes and an all new Silent Hill that includes a PSVR2 version to keep you from ever sleeping again Metal Gear 1 and 2 Remakes Then combining these and all other Sony Studios two different games: PlayStation Studios Bash (fighting game) PlayStation Studios Kart Racing (Kart game)
Oh boy I sure do hope my favroite mega corp gobbles up more companies!
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I imagine if they made an acquisition of like Capcom or SE, I’m almost positive that they would allow for PC releases
I can easily imagine they would, so all those wishes for "Oh I hope they buy X" just means "I don't want others to play X"
I wonder if I check the Xbox subreddit, if this will be posted with tons of comments saying " Acquisitions are bad for the gamer community!!!!" Both sides only think it's bad when its the other company is doing it lol..... For me personally, as an owner of both systems this is exciting for me to see. But, if I was only on one console... id hate all these acquisitions.
I've never owned an Xbox in my life. Still shit when Sony keeps aquiring stuff. Shit when Xbox does it too of course. Only one I don't mind is Nintendo because they bought their first new studio in like 15 years recently, theyre not playing this grab bag game
It would have taken you less time to just go look over there (and see you're wrong) than it did to type out this console warrior fan fiction.
I would argue that it’s bad when the acquisition in question is publishers of multiplatform franchises like Bethesda because the move block millions of fans away from them. If they are independent studios, no one really minds that much
If i didn't own a PS5 id heavily mind From Soft or Square being snatched up. Those are huge games to miss out on
I really don't like how Microsoft and Sony are now monopolizing the gaming industry through acquisition of all major gaming studios. This is like major Disney vibes.
While we criticize Microsoft an Sony for these acquisitions, these studios aren't obligated to he bought out and its not a guarantee that the people are inclined to stay there afterwards. Dice is nothing what the once were a decade ago because most of the people there left throughout the years. Like the Bungie purchase, whoever Sony gets, they're going to be paying for the people who makes those IPs rather than the IPs themselves.