In terms of potential revenue and profit potential this is one the few good moves theyre making lately if they pull it off and quite frankly should have happened awhile ago. I know its not exciting but mobile gaming is huge.
yeah, they have always had a mobile division. this isnt new.
They moved their headquarts to California to focus on western games and now Nintendo is crushing them with the switch in Japan. Then Microsoft decided to buy all independent western studios plus bethesda and who knows who else. And sony is just sitting there watching the world pass them by remaking the last of us trying to relive 2013 all over again. Thats how i see it.
Yep. It's bizarre because a lot of Japanese studios saw big success this gen. Monster hunter was huge. RE and DMC games had their fastest selling games in their respective franchises. From Software became a true AAA studio. Kojima had two of the best games of last gen himself.
You see that and you think you need to downsize your Japan studio? how?
I dont even mind them rebuilding their headquarters in the U.S. Silicon Valley is where its at and if Sony wants to be taken seriously as a tech company they need to be there. I was talking to my friends about how all the big entertainment companies are U.S based. Apple, Amazon, Netflix, Disney+, Tesla. Japan has been left behind, and tbh same is true for Europe. So Sony needs to be here.
But Sony cant be here by closing studios, and turning them into support studios. I dont particularly care for acquisitions just for the sake of keeping games off other platforms. Bethesda games wouldve come to both consoles regardless. However, Sony let so many western studios go the last decade or so that it makes no sense for them to move their HQ to the U.S. Like who are you managing from there? SSM, ND and Sucker Punch?
They shouldve gone after Ready At Dawn despite the poor reception of The Order. Tell them to get their shit together and make more games like PSP GoWs. Should have built second studios, not just teams for ND guys like Bruce Straley and Amy Hennings. Stig was allowed to go Respawn. He shouldve been given his own team. Rebuild Zipper. Rebuild Incognito. Get those FPS devs from GG and Insomniac a game. How do you not have a single FPS game for your most successful console in an era where FPS and online shooters were bigger than ever.
Warhawk, MAG, Socom, Resistance, Killzone. So much multiplayer experience. Wasted all gen on cinematic third party games. They couldve had their own Fortnite or Warzone.
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