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[nikolino840]

"an independent subsidiary"

What does even mean?

If bungie have complete control and can release games where they want whats the point in sony buying them?

I dont think they will be "independent" lol sony will be in control of them.

Maybe Spencer have to call Sony like Sony have done with COD

 

[LiquidMetal14]

Man, talk about predictable posts.

It's a nice get but just because it isn't a giant company there's the obvious downplaying.

I don't care that much about Destiny but I could see them making a new killer IP. Sony doesn't waste their strength and it's hard to argue this not being a power move.

Yes, it's not them buying EA, Ubisoft, or Lake Titicaca.

 

[Krappadizzle]

Not a bad get, but I don't think Bungie's really knocked it out of the park with either Destiny games or had the DLC be exciting enough for me to reinstall Destiny 2. Though Sony must be doing something right because just about every 1st-party studio they get or have had, will eventually put out a real banger. So hopefully, Bungie has something exciting in the works as Destiny 3 ain't it. New I.P. or digging in deep into an old Sony staple would be more interesting.

 

[Orta]

I know that talking in billions is ridiculous to us mere mortals but Bethesda for twice the price of Bungie is an infinitely better deal.

 

[Swift_Star]

But I was told a few days ago that Sony couldn't buy anyone.

 

[Thavash]

Wow I half thought this was going to be a troll thread

Sony and Microsoft both approaching MAD for cock blocks? Probably still more in Microsoft's favor with CoD, but this might be enough for deals, especially if Microsoft gets GamePass on PS5 and Sony takes their 30% cut.

If GamePass appears on PS5 , why would anyone buy an Xbox ? Then again i guess theres no profit in hardware

 

[PlaystationFan5349]

Why Bungir? This is a panic buy. Bungle has nothing but destiny and that's a really mediocre game that has been forgotten. There's no properties that Bungie can offer to make it a worthy purchase.

 

[Jigga117]

Bungie basically made Xbox back in the day, without them I don't know if they would have survived. That's fucking nuts.

Bungie today is not the equivalent of Bungie 1999

 

[lingpanda]

Microsoft going to retaliate by buying Ubisoft or EA. Jokes aside looks like we have interesting years ahead. 2025 going to be crazy.

 

[Wandering Leopard]

Is this really as a result of the Activision deal? Acquisitions of this size can take months to finalise.

 

[TurboSpeed]

Woow good get! Exited to see what they put out next!

 

[Dr. Kitty Muffins]

Sony should buy Larian who make WRPGS. From here on out, counter Microsoft with FPS and RPG purchases.

I hope they make Bungie MAKE some games that aren't MMO.

 

[ckaneo]

I know that talking in billions is ridiculous to us mere mortals but Bethesda for twice the price of Bungie is an infinitely better deal.

Destiny probably makes about as much as all those games combined

 

[Caio]

Holy Crap, all this is getting insane So, Sony + Bungie for the definitive FPS series on PS5 ? Competition is good, now is total war

 

[Tripolygon]

So they bought Bungie as a 2nd party studio then ?

Bungie is a 1st Party studio now. First-party studios can make multiplatform games just like San Diego studios which makes MLB are first-party but MLB is multiplatform.

 

[Exanthus]

That.... That's it?

 

[mckmas8808]

The Console wars are able to get crazy\stupid in a few months!

 

[SSfox]

This is almost the same price as Konami, Capcom, SE and SEGA, WTF Sony are doing bro holy shit

WHY BUNGIE, just WHY FFS, SMH

 

[PlaystationFan5349]

But I was told a few days ago that Sony couldn't buy anyone.

Well, I wouldn't consider Bungie as being someone nowadays. What does having bungle brings you? What exclusive game you want to play?

 

[Punished Miku]

Bungie also had a recent sex pest article.

Who else is on life support? Ubisoft?

I'm at the point that I think these are literal corporate espionage plant stories.

 

[DenchDeckard]

Microsoft and Activisions sloppy thirds for basically 4 billion dollars......for destiny?

Sony got fuxking played omg. How can you get all of zenimax and their ip for 7 billion but you only get destiny for 4 billion?

Shit is getting seriously spicy......Will Sony honour existing output and keep destiny on xbox?

 

[assurdum]

This one didnt age at all:
@MonarchJT

I say to him to stop it but eh...

 

[ShirAhava]

.......Bungie? Now? and for what price? what are they smoking? This feels 99.9% reactionary and more of a "oh YEAH well look at THIS" move than something that would be actually good for the future of PlayStation.

 

[Calverz]

fucking hell , halo killers on board with SONY

You mean halo creators? Lmao

 

[Sosokrates]

This is kinda of what I expected from sony, to buy smaller studios.

Half the cost of Zenimax seems not the best deal though.

 

[dorkimoe]

So they didnt even buy exclusivity lol. So there is NO benefit to the users

 

[JimmyRustler]

That seems really steep considering how much MS paid for all of Zenimax…

 

[mckmas8808]

This is what I'm wondering. To me this is akin to buying current Bioware which has no talent left. I mean, granted MS just did that with Blizzard, but they of course got the money-maker King (Candy Crush) with it along with CoD and such

Yes and it cost $70 Billion to do that!!!!

 

[CGiRanger]

.......Bungie? Now? and for what price? what are they smoking? This feels 99.9% reactionary and more of a "oh YEAH well look at THIS" move than something that would be actually good for the future of PlayStation.

They might as well have tried to buy current Bioware from EA

 

[B23]

Oh, boy Phil is gonna be pissed, Isn't Destiny like his favorite game

 

[PlaystationFan5349]

This is almost the same price as Konami, Capcom, SE and SEGA, WTF Sony are doing bro holy shit

WHY BUNGIE, just WHY FFS, SMH

Exactly. Any of those you mentioned would have been a thousand times better than this.

 

[AmuroChan]

The one genre that Sony has traditionally been lacking is FPS. They've released nothing since Killzone SF. No excuse now when you've just acquired one of the most well-known FPS studios in the industry.

 

[Swift_Star]

But...why? Are they trying to counter COD with Destiny? lmao (that's Bungie right?)

edit: 3.6b for a studio that will remain independent and release everywhere they please? what is Sony even doing? what changes? besides the fact bungie just got 3.6b, lmao. I'm so lost.

They might be saying that, just like Bethesda also could do that. But I doubt the games will keep releasing on Xbox. In PC, sure. Now Sony has a major FPS developer under their wings.

 

[ManaByte]

Bungie.net

www.bungie.net

Q. Bungie has future games in development, will they now become PlayStation exclusives?
No. We want the worlds we are creating to extend to anywhere people play games. We will continue to be self-published, creatively independent, and we will continue to drive one, unified Bungie community.

 

[rodrigolfp]

And Nothing Of Value Was Lost

 

[Warablo]

Bungie makes some great gunplay. It's a good get for Sony who doesn't really have a FPS franchise.

 

[Sosokrates]

I wonder how this was possible when Netease have a majority stake in Bungie?

Redirect Notice

 

[sendit]

Literally any other fucking studio would've been better...
These people only make fps games and the only ip they own is a shitty fucking mmo

They're also the only studio to make a competent Halo game. Additionally, the largest gap in Sony's lineup is a competent FPS.

 

[chromhound]

WTF

 

[ckaneo]

But why? They could have bought Sega or Konami for that...

I wasnt aware either was selling

 

[THE DUCK]

Perhaps they just did it as they were mad and said how can we screw ms for the least amount of cash, at an hq board meeting someone threw out "I know, let's buy the "makers" of Halo!" and also to not look impotent.....but one might say the opposite is true if this it as a response......

 

[Thavash]

Maybe theres a new IP apart from Destiny which impressed Sony behind closed doors ?

 

[dorkimoe]

Oh, boy Phil is gonna be pissed, Isn't Destiny like his favorite game

Well good thing they already said its staying on xbox

 

[Crew511A]

 

[Dusktildawn48]

Soooooooooo organic.

 

[The Fartist]

Sony buying Bungie actually crossed my mind last week.

 

[Krappadizzle]

Bungie right now:

 

[PlaystationFan5349]

The creators of Halo and Destiny are not a major studio?

It's not. The creators of Halo are long gone and they don't own the IP. My god activision got of the partnershipbecause they weren't worth the money or time and Destiny obviously sucks ass.

 

[JimmyRustler]

What? That doesn't even make sense. What's the point in buying them then?

 

[mckmas8808]

This is kinda of what I expected from sony, to buy smaller studios.

Half the cost of Zenimax seems not the best deal though.

I think each corporate buy will cost more and more, relative to what the dev or publisher is worth now. The price is going up now for everybody POST the Zenimax purchase.