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[JimRyanGOAT]

So basically like some here were already saying for some time, Ryan acknowledged that Sony doesn't have the expertise in creating a broad online title/service, and some folks expected all their SP-only devs to all of a sudden come up with MP games that will shake up the industry... There was an exception with KZ2 and killzone.com, but that was 13 years ago, both the franchise and the service are dead.

Ya, this is more about Sonys push in MP


Sony has a bunch of studios working on MP games, but Bungie there to help them out is HUGEEE

 

[mckmas8808]

Ya, this is more about Sonys push in MP


Sony has a bunch of studios working on MP games, but Bungie there to help them out is HUGEEE

And the technical help that Bungie will know get from Sony will be HUGEEE!!! It's a win-win.

 

[kingfey]

Why would they sell?

Same reason why star wars was sold. Gabe is old. He is 60 years old this year. It's matter of time, before he sells it.

Bungie wanted to be independent. And now Sony owns them.

 

[NoviDon]

I wonder which move would impress GAF more.

1. Capcom for $4 Billion
2. KojoPro and FROM Software for $5 Billion

Capcom because they have a treasure trove of IP both active and inactive.

 

[Nankatsu]

Capcom is legit a no brainer. All their franchises are pretty damn solid.

Would like them to see tackle Sega too, even more since they already sold the part of their business that Playstation doesn't have any interest in.

 

[Go_Ly_Dow]

Square seems like a no brainer. They churn out a crap ton of games. For this gen we are getting or should be getting...

FF14 bucks and expansions, FF16, Forespoken, DQ12, FF7R-2, FF7R-3, KH4, FF Stranger of Paradise Babylons Fall, Next Marvel IP game, New Tomb Raider, Next NieR or new IP, Next Bravely game, Chocobo GP, all the ports, remasters, IPs (Deus Ex, Chrono.....) and much more.

Paying 3.6bil for just Destiny seems like a waste.

 

[Cyber_hunter026]

I wonder which move would impress GAF more.

1. Capcom for $4 Billion
2. KojoPro and FROM Software for $5 Billion

Hmmm either one would be huge. but imo getting Kojima and fromsoftware would be one hell of a steal for sony imo.

 

[yurinka]

 

[Lognor]

Let's fucking go!

 

[Cyber_hunter026]

This gif was posted last time and see what happened.

Yeah lol, it's sony as the T-rex, and the kids/car whoever is next on their list.

 

[PandemiaPorcina]

They should buy Konami and leave Kojima work on MGS

 

[SNG32]

I here alot of people talking about Sony should buy Capcom, Take-two, or Konami. But have they ever bought publishers in the past? Seems like they do mostly developer acquisitions instead buying a whole cow. Which leads me to believe that the next acquisitions I could see Sony make could be Atlus or Arcsys.

 

[SoloKingRobert]

My money is on Capcom.

Cheap enough, has long partnership, good franchises...

No way Capcom will sell at their Market Value. It'll be alot more than $5 billion, expecially with their game IPs, Tech and Studios.

 

[MrA]

Psygonosis

 

[Kdad]

Sony aint playing. They are going to buy alot of japanese companies to i bet.

Yep...

 

[Kagey K]

I here alot of people talking about Sony should buy Capcom, Take-two, or Konami. But have they ever bought publishers in the past? Seems like they do mostly developer acquisitions instead buying a whole cow. Which leads me to believe that the next acquisitions I could see Sony make could be Atlus or Arcsys.

Psygnosis - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Who once owned about 40% of the UK market

 

[ZehDon]

MS will buy publishers, Sony will buy Developers.

If you buy enough Developrs then it works out to be the same damn thing in the end.

I suspect either CDProjekt or FROM will be next.

They need an RPG studio.

I doubt CD Projekt Red would ever sell to Sony after the bullshit Sony pulled over CP2077 refunds to cover their own ass. FROM actually makes sense, though. Bloodborne is still arguably their best game.

 

[yurinka]

I wonder which move would impress GAF more.

1. Capcom for $4 Billion
2. KojoPro and FROM Software for $5 Billion

This price is too low for Capcom, it should be higher than the From, Kojipro and maybe even the Zenimax one. They have many active and sleeping but classic IPs that not only work well on games but also on cinema or anime. Plus have an insanely huge catalog of old titles for BC/services, and have the top/key IP of several genres (Monster Hunter, Resident Evil, Devil May Cry, Steet Fighter...) plus have a successful and beloved Marvel series and lead the eSports of a genre with SF. Plus Capcom is in a great financial shape and growing.

Ya, this is more about Sonys push in MP


Sony has a bunch of studios working on MP games, but Bungie there to help them out is HUGEEE

Yes, I think Bungie can help Sony in 3 main big areas:
-GaaS tech and design: Live services, updates, monetization or retention
-Big scale MP tech and design: a lot of areas inside this, from netcode to matchmaking, co-op, PvE, PvP and any more
-FPS/shooters design and implementation: gunplay, input lag, progression, user experience, etc

 

[Lognor]

To Jim Ryan:

 

[IDKFA]

'we should expect more'.

Probably already in discussions with studios and publishers as we speak.

I'm going with Fromsoftware, Capcom, and Ubisoft.

Next year, Microsoft will buy out EA, Take-Two and CD Projekt.

Sony will then announceme they've purchased Crytek, Koei Tecmo, Konami and Square.

Nintendo buy Valve.

By the year 2030, there won't be a single publisher or developer that isn't owned by Sony, Microsoft or Nintendo.

 

[remember_spinal]

I’m surprised they never bought Remedy in all honesty.

never say never

 

[Lognor]

I doubt CD Projekt Red would ever sell to Sony after the bullshit Sony pulled over CP2077 refunds to cover their own ass. FROM actually makes sense, though. Bloodborne is still arguably their best game.

Yeah and CDPR and Microsoft have been close dating back to the Witcher 2, at least. And they supported CDPR during the Cyberpunk fiasco so I think it's much more likely that Microsoft would acquire them (not that they need to; they got that genre covered very well).

I don't know if From would want to be bought. Since Bloodborne they've not done another deal with Sony and look to remain multi platform

 

[Lognor]

never say never

Isn't Remedy in bed with Tencent in some way? And Remedy is a public company so a bit more difficult to buy. Not impossible - see Activision.

 

[remember_spinal]

CD Projekt Red makes more sense for Sony, who don't have a big WRPG dev at the moment. They can also leverage GOG which has been dying a slow death to refurbish it into a playstation pc store, especially since its already DRM free

I aslo think sony has been expanding into european territories more so a polish studio seems fitting. Also they already have the cross-media appeal with witcher and cyberpunk (anime) on netflix

 

[Oddvintagechap]

I here alot of people talking about Sony should buy Capcom, Take-two, or Konami. But have they ever bought publishers in the past? Seems like they do mostly developer acquisitions instead buying a whole cow. Which leads me to believe that the next acquisitions I could see Sony make could be Atlus or Arcsys.

Atlus is owned by SegaSammny Holdings. Also they are a publisher.

Sony would just buy Sega instead, or SegaSammy as a whole. They are the cheapest purchase they can make. Konami is probably worth way more, even tho they make no games.

 

[MonarchJT]

yes psygnosis .....my beloved

 

[vkbest]

As soon as Sony buys something significant, Microsoft has the cover to buy even more. For all the talk about Microsofts acquisition of Activision being antitrust, the more the market leader (Sony gets) the more cover Microsoft has for more expansion.

I bet MS will not risk Activision deal with antitrust buying more companies (at least big companies) until they close the deal

 

[Cyber_hunter026]

CD Projekt Red makes more sense for Sony, who don't have a big WRPG dev at the moment. They can also leverage GOG which has been dying a slow death to refurbish it into a playstation pc store, especially since its already DRM free

I aslo think sony has been expanding into european territories more so a polish studio seems fitting. Also they already have the cross-media appeal with witcher and cyberpunk (anime) on netflix

I don't know, they've been pretty vocal about their independence. with the president of CDPR that they've been offered deals but turned them all down to retain their independence. plus the whole thing with sony pulling cyberpunk 2077 off the psn store post player and media backlash.

 

[remember_spinal]

I don't know, they've been pretty vocal about their independence. with the president of CDPR that they've been offered deals but turned them all down to retain their independence. plus the whole thing with sony pulling cyberpunk 2077 off the psn store post player and media backlash.

I think a sony acquisition buys CD Projekt Red back into peoples good graces though. They really sullied their reputation last year.

 

[Ozriel]

I here alot of people talking about Sony should buy Capcom, Take-two, or Konami. But have they ever bought publishers in the past? Seems like they do mostly developer acquisitions instead buying a whole cow. Which leads me to believe that the next acquisitions I could see Sony make could be Atlus or Arcsys.

Not for lack of trying. They bid for Leyou games back in 2020, only getting outbid by Tencent.

And they can’t buy Atlus in isolation. They’re owned by Sega.

 

[yurinka]

'we should expect more'.

Probably already in discussions with studios and publishers as we speak.

Yes, Jimbo said in the interview in multiple ways that they are working on more acquisitions, and they previously also said that they were working on more acquisitions.

I bet MS will not risk Activision deal with antitrust buying more companies (at least big companies) until they close the deal

MS won't have any issue with antitrust because that acquisittion won't mean any monopoly. Even combined with ABK they won't even be market leaders in gaming, console, mobile, PC, VR or even in game subscriptions.

 

[ZywyPL]

I don’t get the infatuation with Steam. ”No steam, no buy” is so cringe and hypocritical.

Fuck Steam and fuck the King Gaben.

I don;t get the Fanaticism either, who cares if the game was bought on Steam, EGS, GoG, Origin, Battle Net, uPlay, MS Sotre etc., at the end of the day they land on the exact same drive of your PC, and either way it the exact same double-click the launch them, and who gives a shit which launcher boots up in the background?

 

[ZywyPL]

CD Projekt Red makes more sense for Sony, who don't have a big WRPG dev at the moment.

That would be fucking hilarious after all the drama with CP2077 and removing it from PS Store xD

 

[MScarpa]

Yes, Jimbo said in the interview in multiple ways that they are working on more acquisitions, and they previously also said that they were working on more acquisitions.


MS won't have any issue with antitrust because that acquisittion won't mean any monopoly. Even combined with ABK they won't even be market leaders in gaming, console, mobile, PC, VR or even in game subscriptions.

I think this is probably the last purchase they make of this size. Maybe they purchase a smaller company. Maybe Anarkade, something along those lines.

 

[lastmessiah]

I'm getting to the point of feeling like all the manufacturers are moving beyond the concept of 'consoles'. Consoles now are almost like a branded PC. These companies want to put their games on more platforms for more money. In their mind, software is where the gold is.

Wouldn't be surprised if Sony is spinning up their own 'meta verse' with PS Home 2.

Welcome to 2018.

 

[Haggard]

Armchair analysts predicting Armageddon again as if consumers would give a flying fuck what the company logo in the intro of a game they are interested in looks like....

 

[The_Mike]

Sony explaining its commitment to GAAS...

Talking about GaaS...

Do we like them now on Gaf, or do we keep hating it?

 

[graywolf323]

Psygnosis - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Who once owned about 40% of the UK market

yeah they did buy Psygnosis back in 1993 which was before the original PS1 even launched

 

[StealthGoblin]

I think it’s a good get for Sony, but the price is mad for me. Given they could have bought most of Square or Capcom for that, I do wonder what the value is.

 

[Mozza]

Take Two is next.

Doubt they would spend that much.

 

[Cyber_hunter026]

With sony's acquisition of bungie and the words from jimbo. they aren't done and plan on making even more Playstation acquisitions. A counterpart to Microsoft or that Phil Spencer buying spree poll. I've decided to create Jim ryan's or sony's equivalent poll here.

 

[LazyParrot]

I don’t get the infatuation with Steam. ”No steam, no buy” is so cringe and hypocritical.

The other stores all suck ass, that’s why people want their games on Steam. Nearly 20 years and their most “dangerous” competitor is a barebones storefront that took 3 years to implement a shopping cart and has to bribe developers and give away games on a weekly basis in order to maintain what little mindshare it has gained since 2018.

I’ll gladly get on the Fuck Gaben train once he actually gives me a reason to be mad at him. Until then, Im sticking with the store with the most features and the longest and best track record.

 

[Banjo64]

Has a major Japanese dev been bought yet? I keep seeing Capcom, SEGA and Square listed but there’s no precedent that I’m aware of.

 

[MonarchJT]

don't think any major publisher at least not in the next year or two

 

[bitbydeath]

List needs more From Software / Kadokawa

 

[JackMcGunns]

Square seems to be the most logical, although MS snagging square from under them would be a good answer for them snagging the makers of Halo. FF7 was afterall the defining game for the OG PlayStation if you ask me.

 

[Cyber_hunter026]

Has a major Japanese dev been bought yet? I keep seeing Capcom, SEGA and Square listed but there’s no precedent that I’m aware of.

I'm not that aware of, so far neither sony or Microsoft has made any major purchases of Japanese publishers or developers outside of tango gameworks but they were included in the Bethesda package.

 

[Hobbygaming]

2 of these like Capcom and Square Enix would put Sony in a really good position

Konami for their IPs: Silent Hill, Metal Gear Solid, etc

 

[DJ12]

They should buy my undying loyalty for the princely sum of 1x GeForce 4090 (I can wait)

As for the list, going with the proviso it's going to be someone they've already worked with as a publisher or partner, Square, KojimaPro or Emberlabs are the ones that stick out.

Emberlabs will probs get to do another Sony funded game before they get purchased, but my money is on Square.

Will cost a lot, but they are aligned with Sony in many ways, it probably wouldn't even take an outright purchase, pretty sure Sony already owns a stake in them.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Konami.... Sega, SE