There was a tweet by that Tidux person the other day with just the Sony logo screen tagged with #Acquisitions, lol 🤔
Sony could always release certain games on pc. They already do a select few.Largely down to the fact that Microsoft won't be changing much regarding multiplat releases. If Game Pass came to Switch the only loss for an acquisition from MS is the loss of PS Support. If Sony bought a company, they would only release those games on PS consoles.
Agreed.Just because Microsoft is acquiring studios, doesn't mean Sony needs to acquire studios. Even if Microsoft wasn't pursuing Game Pass and xCloud, I still think they'd be making these acquisitions. The division was simply mismanaged and squeezed for cash for so long, that their internal studio bandwidth was severely lacking. Microsoft is playing catch-up, while Sony is already sitting on a collection of studios that's world class.
If every game was available on every console there would be no competition at all and that could be a very bad thing as well.
No wonder why I feel so dirty reading this discussion. It's all a zero sum game for some.
There would be competition, but about things that actually count like how good their service is.If every game was available on every console there would be no competition at all and that could be a very bad thing as well.
If Sony were to introduce Game Pass like service as well as game streaming then eventually, it will come down to software catalog to drive market share. MS know this and already have a leg up when it comes to technology and Sony are responding logically.
It'd not an either or situation...
Is it sustainable? I think that is the question. Someone already made a really good comment on this. On mobile so I cant pull it. Someone should find it
It's way worse, way way worse. I'd honestly not mind if acqusitions are made organically and done in a manner that focuses on studios with deep historic working relationships with the platform holder. For example, Sony acquiring Bluepoint makes sense to me since 80% of their output has been exclusive to Sony consoles.I'm not sure this really means much of anything at all. Sony recently bought that audio middleware company, for example, so the role could be related to integrating that.
Must admit, it's becoming a bit tiring seeing these acquisitions turned into a sport. I used to think exclusive list wars were bad, but we may have found something worse.
Looking at their studios and figuring out what we're going to see given that head of Xbox studios wants one game released for GP every 3 months isn't difficult. It doesn't sound like something structured around investing in making prolific single player games that do and should take at least 2-3 years to produce, but just having something - anything - that fills that space in the fiscal year.
Doesn't Sony plan on opening it's own studios while acquiring others? It wouldn't be surprising tbh
Wow really? Never knew this, in that case yes Housemarque would make total sense.I'd like SOMEONE to buy Housemarque.
Heartbreaking to hear them publicly say they can no longer afford to make the games they want to make.
YEAAAAAAAHHHHGHWhatever the acquisitions are, I hope Sony don't announce them in front of an audience of whooping trained monkeys.
Whatever the acquisitions are, I hope Sony don't announce them in front of an audience of whooping trained monkeys.
Yeah they do . It's pretty embarrassing imo. Corporate cheer leading at its worst.Yup.
What was the overal reaction on the acquisition of Double Fine? I could be wrong, but it feels like MS get's a free pass on this.
They opened PixelOpus in 2014, Manchester in 2015 (working on a VR game), a new San Diego team sometime last year (possibly earlier, but job listings and hires indicate 2018) and Guerrilla is aiming to release a new game every 2-3 years, which would indicate a 2-team approach.Doesn't Sony plan on opening it's own studios while acquiring others? It wouldn't be surprising tbh
Sony already have a streaming service on PlayStation and PC with over 750 games on offer. The only reason their first party exclusives are not there is Sony choose not to. Not that they can't.If Sony were to introduce Game Pass like service as well as game streaming then eventually, it will come down to software catalog to drive market share. MS know this and already have a leg up when it comes to technology and Sony are responding logically.
I've done a LOT of M&As from a contracting perspective, and 6-9 months really isn't that much time at all. Surprised it's a contract position... more surprised they don't already have someone in that role.
I'd like SOMEONE to buy Housemarque.
Heartbreaking to hear them publicly say they can no longer afford to make the games they want to make.
For real though, how plausible would something like that be? Does Sony have the capital to purchase a dev as big as T2 or Square?
No insiders or Zhuge coming in to debunk any talk of acquisitions on SIE's end.
Looks like Jim could be serious.
Sony already have a streaming service on PlayStation and PC with over 750 games on offer. The only reason their first party exclusives are not there is Sony choose not to. Not that they can't.
You can download/stream over 240 of those titles and only stream the rest. I wonder would they ever rebrand it Play Pass or stick with PS NOW?
I'd love to see Sony buy Housmarque so they could have a big budget to make whatever they want....I'd like SOMEONE to buy Housemarque.
Heartbreaking to hear them publicly say they can no longer afford to make the games they want to make.
Dude if Sony buys square, that would be megaton. What's the cap of square/crystal right now?
So cheap I'll Take Two!