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[Siliconera] PlatinumGames’ New Studio Will Work On Service Games for Consoles (Platinum 4's third announcement)

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[Siliconera] PlatinumGames’ New Studio Will Work On Service Games for Consoles (Platinum 4's third announcement)

https://www.resetera.com/threads/siliconera-platinumgames’-new-studio-will-work-on-service-games-for-consoles-platinum-4s-third-announcement.172206/ Not clearcut whether or not the new studio is in charge of the recently announced Project GG or if that's being handled by the main studio...
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Now, Platinum has also revealed that its third "Platinum4" announcement isn't a new game, but a new studio.

While PlatinumGames' main studio is in Osaka, Japan, this new studio is being set up in Tokyo and will begin operations April 2020. In addition to being involved with Project G.G., the Tokyo studio will also explore the possibility of developing "console live ops game development," referring to games as a service.
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PlatinumGames CEO Kenichi Sato states: "In December 2019, PlatinumGames entered into a capital alliance with Tencent Holdings. This allowed us to start work on Project G.G., our first entirely original IP, in earnest. It also contributed to our decision to establish PlatinumGames Tokyo – a pillar of our new commitment to building our power as a developer. Between our Osaka office and PlatinumGames Tokyo, we're poised to make use of the sharpest creative minds in games in both west and east Japan, and expand to even greater possibilities."
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Not clearcut whether or not the new studio is in charge of the recently announced Project GG or if that's being handled by the main studio.

Website info here:
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Atsushi Inaba said:
So far, the name PlatinumGames has been nearly synonymous with single-player action games. But going forward, we're looking to expand into new genres and styles of play. One of these new challenges for us is console live ops game development. These aren't games we'd work on until they were done, and that's all – rather, we'd continue working on them to provide new content long after release. We want to explore this ongoing development pattern in the home console space.
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SinCityAssassin

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Phendrift said:
Are you sure this is the third announce?
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It's a hunch.

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matrix-cat

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The first step in Platinum's plan for global domination. First Osaka, now Tokyo, what's next? Forget paying back the Tencent money; a couple of years of dominating the GaaS market and they'll be buying out Tencent. Snapping up Ubisoft for cheap. Muscling EA and Activision out of the market. Apple? Amazon? Small fries. You thought people were kidding when they said that Platinum should make every game, but who's laughing now?

I for one welcome our new lustrous Platinum overlords.
 
Arttemis

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Wonderful 101 was their first announcement. This is their third... What was the second?
 
JCG

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I am not generally interested in those types of games, but I hope they make something decent enough.
 
Aaronrules380

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I wonder if this is an attempt to try and create a more sustainable business model as a publisher since platinum has it's share of flops as well as hits and flops will hurt way more when they're publishing games themselves
 
Cipherr

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The announcement is that they are gonna start doing the whole G.a.a.S. thing?

Wow... thats


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Liam Allen-Miller

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Honestly it makes a lot of sense. If they want to be independent they need more continuous revenue streams, and considering their product catalog is literally going to be W101 and G.G., they could sure use something following a different, persistent model.
 
Zarckoh

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This is worse than some of the worst case scenarios that people were speculating lol.

Also Platinum better had to learn from their 2 mobile games that are MIA (since these are heavy on the GaaS side). It's an highly competitive business model that requires serious investment and I'm not sure if the market is interested on their usually higher level entry combat systems.
 
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matrix-cat said:
The first step in Platinum's plan for global domination. First Osaka, now Tokyo, what's next? Forget paying back the Tencent money; a couple of years of dominating the GaaS market and they'll be buying out Tencent. Snapping up Ubisoft for cheap. Muscling EA and Activision out of the market. Apple? Amazon? Small fries. You thought people were kidding when they said that Platinum should make every game, but who's laughing now?

I for one welcome our new lustrous Platinum overlords.
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Platinum buys Microsoft?
 
Le Dude

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Hopefully the fourth announcement is something awesome. W101 coming to other platforms is cool, Project GG sounds awesome, but it's probably 3 years out, and could be even further . . . This third announcement is just meh.
 
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SinCityAssassin

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Not clear whether or not Project GG is being made by this new studio or is just playing a support role.
 
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KarmaCow

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Trying to make a live service game on console seems extremely risky. It requires a ton of resources to sustain, both in game and out. Before all that, the first step is catching lightning a bottle and even with Platinum's diehard fanbase that's a rough dice roll.
 
Gentlemen

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Y'all really think Platinum's gonna keep the lights on doing mercenary work they don't own the rights to or burping out licensed games that are removed from steam after 2 years?

Let the company make some money y'all.
 
Odeko

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The Anarchy Reigns 2 dream gets closer and closer every day.

I'm excited to see what their take on a service game is honestly, since the last multiplayer game was so much fun (which I'm assuming this will have to be.)
 
ItWasMeantToBe19

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Wait, why in the world would Kamiya announce this game that's two months into development????????

His last game was a tirefire that ended in cancellation, shouldn't they wait until it has some form or structure before announcement?
 
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ItWasMeantToBe19 said:
Wait, why in the world would Kamiya announce this game that's two months into development????????

His last game was a tirefire that ended in cancellation, shouldn't they wait until it has some form or structure before announcement?
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It also works as a recruiting video, they are making a new studio after all. CD Projekt did the same with Cyberpunk and Atlus with their new fantasy RPG.
 
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