"Anime in particular is appealing to key younger audiences, so that’s going to be very helpful for us", says Sony Interactive Entertainment executive
Mibu no ookami
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To execute this strategy, they'll need to invest more domestically in Japan.
SILKYSMOOTH30FPS
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Look at Sony releasing a gacha like Genshin Impact.
Liopleurodon
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I absolutely agree.
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
If only they had a Japanese studio internally. But who could have foreseen such a need?
bitbydeath
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You want more Knack? Cause that's how you get more Knack.
nial
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Thank god they have two of them instead.
A publisher doesn't need its internal workforce for everything they want to approach, but you knew that already.
nial
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Knack was kinda like kodomo-muke stuff.
bitbydeath
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I know but it was all Japan studio was capable of churning out.
yet_another_alt
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It's probably a safer and cheaper strategy than trying to chase western trends. Let's them access the mobile market at the same time too.
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
I'd suffer through 2 more Knacks to get another Gravity Rush.
I collect VHS tapes
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I hate literally everything that Sony is doing
AmuroChan
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Maybe they should speak to their friends over at Sony Music/Aniplex since they released one of the highest grossing gatcha mobile game ever in Fate/Grand Order. It baffles me that SIE wants to get into the mobile space but won't leverage the expertise that another Sony division already has.
yurinka
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Yes.
Remember that as part of their deal Sony will also make anime adaptations of Kadokawa made IPs. Meaning, they may also working in Demon's Souls, Bloodborne, Elden Ring or Sekiro anime adaptations.
SIE has Team Asobi, Polyphony and XDEV Japan, who handles games developed by people like Kojipro, Team Ninja, Arc System Works or Kadokawa (plus teams from other Asian countries like Shift Up). Under other branch they also have Aniplex and subsidiaries like Lasengle.
Plus SIE also signed mobile gaming focused deals with people Kadokawa+CyGames, Koei Tecmo+Akatsuki and people from other Asian countries like Netease, NC Soft or Tencent.
But in any case, what Hermen mentioned is that they are making anime adaptations of their (and maybe some 3rd party PS game) IPs, I assume via PlayStation Productions. Not games with anime aesthetics like Marvel Tokon.
Remember that as part of their deal Sony will also make anime adaptations of Kadokawa made IPs. Meaning, they may also working in Demon's Souls, Bloodborne, Elden Ring or Sekiro anime adaptations.
SIE has Team Asobi, Polyphony and XDEV Japan, who handles games developed by people like Kojipro, Team Ninja, Arc System Works or Kadokawa (plus teams from other Asian countries like Shift Up). Under other branch they also have Aniplex and subsidiaries like Lasengle.
Plus SIE also signed mobile gaming focused deals with people Kadokawa+CyGames, Koei Tecmo+Akatsuki and people from other Asian countries like Netease, NC Soft or Tencent.
But in any case, what Hermen mentioned is that they are making anime adaptations of their (and maybe some 3rd party PS game) IPs, I assume via PlayStation Productions. Not games with anime aesthetics like Marvel Tokon.
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near
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Did you ever end up buying Slitterhead?
delishcaek
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They're talking about turning their franchises into anime, not about making anime games like WuWa or Genshin.
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
Nah, still on my wishlist for a rainy day. But despite the middling reception, I'm still curious about it.
Simpdimples
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who the fuck is lining up for Sony woke trash gone anime? cant wait for lesbian of war and ghost of watever
The corporation that nearly monopolizes anime didn't inform their console gaming branch that anime is wildly popular amongst prime gaming buying audiences?
Anime "lesbian of war" is a million times better than Woke "lesbian of war"... I mean... let's be real.
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Simpdimples
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i mean i guess well see, dont most adaptations of even popular ip that make sense (nier) are like mild success? i would much rather they realize why anime is popular (mature themes, unique stories, hot chars, cool action) and take that into their games. but this initiative will prolly be a wash or worse and instead of blaming california it will be the kids who are wrong.
DeepSpace5D
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I still think including a subscription to Crunchyroll in the PS+ Premium tier would be a great perk. I would probably go from essential back to Premium if that were the case.
That and anime in general go against commiefornia ways, something's gotta give...
ChorizoPicozo
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Make Hentai Great Again.
Josemayuste
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Same here mate. Looks like Sony doesn't know what its userbase wants nowadays while trying to diversify its contents as much as they can. Other companies did the same before..
ChorizoPicozo
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i think Sony owns solo leveling which is one of the most popular anime of this year, which also happens to be Korean too
kevboard
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We're trying! but technology isn't quite there yet.
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Angry_Megalodon
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Yeah, that's why they are doing such great things with their most profitable IP , FGO....
My bad, they aren't doing shit.
Fuck this clown.
My bad, they aren't doing shit.
Fuck this clown.
nial
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You don't know shit about SIE if you think that making anime games or making anime based on games is anything new for them.
Why would Hermen Hulst do anything with a game controlled by SMEJ? Why do you still assume Sony controls the Fate IP itself?
You're the only clown here, mate.
Sebastian1295
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What an asinine comment. And anime/manga has been on the rise for awhile. There's so many anime being produced yearly because of how profitable the business is becoming and how it's expanding, so it makes sense to tap into that market and design games around anime looking women/men.
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Sakura
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Sony doesn't own Solo Leveling, their subsidiary produced the anime though and Sony through its subsidiaries probably does a lot of the distribution etc.
FGO is not a Sony IP either.
Sebastian1295
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Angry_Megalodon
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So you are telling me that in seven years Sony couldn't develop a JRPG from an IP exploited by Sony Music? They can't talk to each other and say, "hey, lets do a truly high quality anime game, like Mihoyo's?"
The fanbase is there. This is the same bullshit as not doing anything with Bloodborne. They know it would sell a lot but they just dont care. This is all posturing.
And please, not this "stellar blade" again. Hermen did NOTHING with it. Not a single pic with the prophet Kim. He must be butthurt they didnt include an Aloy skin.
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Josemayuste
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Show some more respect.
Sakura
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I don't know how much it still makes, but SMEJ was already making absolute bank from FGO for years.
Why would they spend a bunch of money and years of dev to make another Fate gacha game like Mihoyo's to compete with it?
And because they don't own the IP, they would have to get the ok from TM, which becomes more complicated. TM already has other companies make games for them, like Fate Remnant a couple years ago or Fate/Extra Record being developed by their own studio. They also license their IP out to other gacha games. So it's not like a Sony dev'd Fate game would be the only Fate JRPG on the block, and they would have to be giving money to TM (which may be a bigger cut than whatever the deal was with FGO because of how popular it is now). It's not really that simple.
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nial
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It's like you have absolutely no idea how any of that shit works. Why do you even assume Aniplex or even Type-Moon would be on board with that? Why exactly would Aniplex NOT do that itself when it DOES have the production infrastructure to support such product? Why do you even think any game director at SIEJ would want to make it?
You're looking hard for things to seethe about, and the comparison with Bloodborne is extremely stupid, btw.
Wow, you're so smart, the general manager of the game production division not taking any pictures with the head of that external-development company surely means that he had no involvement in the creation of a product from the fucking game production division. The funniest part is that I didn't even mention Hulst in my Stellar Blade comment.
It seriously looks like the fact that Hermen Hulst greenlit the SIE-produced Stellar Blade is making you VERY uncomfortable. But sorry, you can't change reality.
Avatar TLA (Aang is the main character) was made by an American studio (Nickelodeon) it looks kinda "anime" in style but it really ain'tFunny that considering people were posting this to take the piss
Anime in general has amazing character designs you'll never see replicated by some woke western studio, cause the amount of triggering would make them self-combust in anger
Punished Miku
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I said anime was bottom of the barrel at this Summer Game Fest. The most repetitive and derivative designs shown in gaming this year.
Sony: yes
Dont accuse me of being a Sony hater. I said this shit before they did. I dont know what else to say. Hopefully they make something good.
Sony: yes
Dont accuse me of being a Sony hater. I said this shit before they did. I dont know what else to say. Hopefully they make something good.
mayham2199
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The deal with kudokawa I believe gave them access to a ton of IP. Plus they own crunchy roll so they are making the right moves imo.
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