Hows does Sony respond to Microsoft now? (With big fonts ITT!!)

Which publisher should Sony buy to counter Bethesda acquisition?

  • Square Enix

    Votes: 29 35.8%

  • Konami

    Votes: 9 11.1%

  • Sega

    Votes: 4 4.9%

  • Bandai Namco

    Votes: 2 2.5%

  • Capcom

    Votes: 23 28.4%

  • Devolver Digital

    Votes: 4 4.9%

  • Warner Bros.

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Atlus

    Votes: 7 8.6%

  • Koei Tecmo

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • 505 Games

    Votes: 1 1.2%

  • Deep Silver

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • THQ Nordiq

    Votes: 2 2.5%
  • Total voters
    81
I don't think they need to acquire anyone, but it'd be good if they stopped blowing hundreds of millions on timed exclusivity bullshit and invested it in growing their own studios. No reason Naughty Dog, Santa Monica, and Guerrilla can't become 2 team studios (the second teams don't even have to be as stellar as the first ones) and Japan Studio should be in a position to release a big game every other year.
 
None of those would make a dent except maybe Rockstar, but that won't happen.
Sony still has a lot of first party powerhouses that make it worth owning..

I'd like to think what this does is make it so more people want to own both platforms.
I intend to and will buy the best version of each game (which I suspect will usually be on X-series)
 
Cyber_hunter026 said:
They can't and probably won't. I'll admit this is a big get for Microsoft and Sony is wasting their cash on timed exclusives. when really they should be going out of their way to acquire studios. idk sony just hasn't been on the same page as Microsoft so I'll guess we'll see.
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Sony has many but many studios who afe the best in the industry.
Beat graphics best exclusives that sell millions and are in the top 10 for months.

Please show me another axbox exclusive that was in the charts as of late.

With the latest ghost of zuccini tell me why does sony need to buy more studios?


For example look what microsoft did with insomniac. And look what sony did with them once they came back home realizing how much better it is for them to work under sony.
 
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They don't need to do anything. This is a move made because one company is not confident with what they already have. Sony is the great looking guy that gets to bang all the 9 or 10's while Microsoft is trying to get one.
 
Sony needs to start taking advantage of the Japanese Market advantage and stop taking it for granted. They need to be on the phone with either Square Enix, Capcom, take 2 or the company that owns from software and asking them what their price is to sell. Meanwhile consider smaller publishers Tecmo koie or level 5 as well. Hell ask bungie what their price is. And finally put a ring on blue point game immediately. This radio silence, we're too good to talk about anything 5 related, its all good laid back attitude is out the window. This is war, act like it. And for those saying "They dont need to do anything," Yes they do. You cannot let this go unanswered. Yes im aware take 2 isnt japanese.
 
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Zoro7 said:
If Sony went not and bought Capcom for example, they would be labelled anti consumer. Lol you know it's true.
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Probably because that'd mean no more Capcom games on PC or Switch, ever. Whereas if Microsoft did so, they're guaranteed to show up on PC and I wouldn't be shocked to see them on Nintendo systems either. Another thing to keep in mind is that this may be a play to leverage Sony into allowing Game Pass on the Playstation.
 
Sony doesn't need to do anything — They've still got the best studios in gaming under their exclusivity umbrella, and yes, Elder Scrolls/Doom and other big games will still come to PlayStation, so who really cares?

This does increase the value proposition of GamePass even further though, which is insane.
 
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Bryank75 said:
All of that and subscription gaming and loss of ownership.
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That's my only major concern when going into next gen. My PS5 purchase on day one will be disc edition. I am not sure if Sony's forced to take the game pass approach if consumers fail to buy their games on PS5 :( I for one surely would be getting the PS5 exclusives from their first party studios at their respective launch dates.
 
SNG32 said:
Stop they will not lose there position worldwide North America and Europe possibly.
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I'm not taking it for granted anymore. If they are willing to spend over 7 billion on a single acquisition for gaming... it is time for Sony to wake-up. It's not fun and games anymore.... this is real business.
 
HoleinOne said:
Probably because that'd mean no more Capcom games on PC or Switch, ever. Whereas if Microsoft did so, they're guaranteed to show up on PC and I wouldn't be shocked to see them on Nintendo systems either. Another thing to keep in mind is that this may be a play to leverage Sony into allowing Game Pass on the Playstation.
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I doubt it? MS doesnt make money off gamepass alone, the hardware subsidizes the service. Gamepass on PS wouldn't really make them any money. If anything itd lose MS money.
 
Sony has been building and nurturing some of their studios for decades, we see the results of that today. They won't do quick acquisitions to solve a problem they don't have. I'm happy MS is putting pressure on them though, don't want them to get too comfortable at the top.
 
Sony now is behind MS in terms of IP (not products, at least for a while). I would like to see them funding lots of new studios worldwide, not buying those existing. I don't like this type of practice at all.
 
I think go for studios instead of big publishers

They have already expanded all their internal teams that's a big start

Start with the ones they got a good relationship with
- Bluepoint
- Arrowhead Games
- Housemarque

Then get the following
- Remedy
- Larian Studios
- Netherealm Studios (Warner looking to sell, but not worth it without DC IPs so just buy their most popular studio and IP Mortal Kombat)
 
This acquisition by MS doesn't really affect me since I am not into those type of games, but if this triggers Sony to muster a Rockstar, Capcom, Namco Bandai, or Konami IP acquisition then I would be happy. :)
 
"Microsoft just made a huge acquisition. Quick, buy something!!!111111oneone"

I'm not sure it works this way.
 
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Bryank75 said:
And Joel is dead...
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I don't get this obsession over Joel's death. The dude was never going to be torch bearer for Last of Us, he was never to be the nathan drake of the last of us franchise. We got one great story with him on a road trip adventure and his attempt to redemption. Move on dude!
 
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KAL2006 said:
I think go for studios instead of big publishers

They have already expanded all their internal teams that's a big start

Start with the ones they got a good relationship with
- Bluepoint
- Arrowhead Games
- Housemarque

Then get the following
- Remedy
- Larian Studios
- Netherealm Studios (Warner looking to sell, but not worth it without DC IPs so just buy their most popular studio and IP Mortal Kombat)
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None of them make a difference.
 
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This news is a megaton to only one audience and those people are Xbox fanboys who had to face the no exclusive games criticism for this long. Now they are retaliating :D
 
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They don't need to. Sony's doing fine with what they have now. Doubtful this will change much on their end.

Though, I would like to see them buy Square Enix. That would be fun. But again, not necessary.
 
Bryank75 said:
None of them make a difference.
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I think Mortal Kombat will be a huge difference as that IP sells alot.

However you are right about all the other IPs and studios, they are not as big as Elder Scrolls and Fallout. However sometimes it's the potential you invest in. No one expected Ghost of Tsushima to be big from creators of inFamous. Or Horizon to be big from Killzone creators. The less well known studios and IPs would obviously be much cheaper as well.
 
Diddy X said:
Sony don't have the money to respond to this, just focus on making good cinematic experiences.
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They have plenty of money...approaching 35 billion in cash and equivalents but they are run by tight arses that will never spend that money and think it looks great sitting in accounts.
 
Birdo said:
Sony can't afford to buy Rockstar.

As for a response. They will still be market leaders next gen.
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I'd argue otherwise. Xbox 360 became the market leader but because Sony got its act together they pulled ahead. Nothing to say that with 23 game studios that Xbox can't start to do the same this gen either.
 
Bryank75 said:
They have plenty of money...approaching 35 billion in cash and equivalents but they are run by tight arses that will never spend that money and think it looks great sitting in accounts.
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35 Billion isn't plenty when one purchase made by Xbox/Microsoft is about a 5th of what they are worth...
 
KAL2006 said:
I think Mortal Kombat will be a huge difference as that IP sells alot.

However you are right about all the other IPs and studios, they are not as big as Elder Scrolls and Fallout. However sometimes it's the potential you invest in. No one expected Ghost of Tsushima to be big from creators of inFamous. Or Horizon to be big from Killzone creators. The less well known studios and IPs would obviously be much cheaper as well.
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Bungie and Destiny would move the needle.

Capcom would move it.

Sega would be great press but would not have much effect in the long run.

Square would be massive

TakeTwo would be massive

Kadokawa is only 1.5 billion and gets them From..... that would be a great buy.

Debt is very cheap right now, these companies will only go higher and they need to consolidate their position.
 
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LeftThumbstick said:
35 Billion isn't plenty when one purchase made by Xbox/Microsoft is about a 5th of what they are worth...
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For most companies, it is a lot of cash. It's up there with how much Amazon has in cash. They can fund acquisitions with debt or stock too.
 
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Bethesda made one fallout game all gen...And a failed title after that

they are one of the worst studios when it comes to timely releases

their output is atrocious and so is that 8 billion price tag MS paid
 
Bryank75 said:
Nintendo has hardly any money.
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Nintendo would offer a partnership and stock options, and they already are tighter with them, a lot of synchronisation between the two

Of course this is all moot, Namco ain't selling to anybody, Iwata tried to get them and they merged with Bandai to push them away
 
LarknThe4th said:
Nintendo would offer a partnership and stock options, and they already are tighter with them, a lot of synchronisation between the two

Of course this is all moot, Namco ain't selling to anybody, Iwata tried to get them and they merged with Bandai to push them away
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They are about 16 to 17 billion dollar market cap anyway.
 
Another thing to think about is that Sony also essentially lost a major IP this gen by letting druckmann run the last of us 2 into the ground. All they had to do was a follow up to the first with Joel and Ellie on another adventure. But druckmann had other plans.
 
Bryank75 said:
They are about 16 to 17 billion dollar market cap anyway.
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The only option I feel works for Sony is Square they have the deep roots that where formed out of the famous schism between Square and Nintendo in the early 90s

They have financial connections with Square(they invested in them at the turn of the century) and they have done a lot of deals with them in regards to exclusives

Either way the real solution is to lower them European game prices and put a tighter leash on Jim Ryan, it's been nothing but nonsense from him

A 400 euro PS5 is still a good deal, but them 80 euro games are obscene
 
Swift Hunta said:
Lol they don't have zero launch games. I dunno where your getting that from. But Sony definitely doesn't do shit.
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What 1st party launch games are MS releasing for series X?

Sony Doesnt do shit apart from sell 110million+ units. And release exclusive after exclusive with many of them being game of the year...

What else you want them to do? There a console and game making company. Everyone of there consoles has sold more than any console made apart from the wii.
and they sell millions of great games...

Your an idiot if you think they do shit lol
 
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