Interfectum
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For them to outright buy them like this they must like something they are seeing.
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PlayStation buys Firewalk Studios
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StealthGoblin
Banned
So now they have Bungie, Sucker Punch and Firewalk all located near to each other.
CherryFalls
Banned
I like all this buzzword the pr teams throw in these press releases:
''team of creatives'' ''celebrated experiences'' ''new and innovative'' ''inspiring worlds grounded in exceptional gameplay'' ''truly special'' ''memorable moments'' ''creative vision'' ''awe-inspiring new worlds'' lol
''team of creatives'' ''celebrated experiences'' ''new and innovative'' ''inspiring worlds grounded in exceptional gameplay'' ''truly special'' ''memorable moments'' ''creative vision'' ''awe-inspiring new worlds'' lol
Tiago Rodrigues
Member
Honestly first thing I thought. At this point sony was like “fuck it, let’s just stop hiding this. Square-enix and capcom next”So Jimbo knows that he is probably not blocking ABK so he is not bother hiding acquisitions anymore?
Dick Jones
Gold Member
Jimmyisback
Banned
Why people want Sony to buy more studios?
Shouldn't they build their own studios after bungie purchase?
Wouldn't that be better than going again and buying another studio.
edit: joke post just feynoob post reworded. sorry feynoob. lol
Shouldn't they build their own studios after bungie purchase?
Wouldn't that be better than going again and buying another studio.
edit: joke post just feynoob post reworded. sorry feynoob. lol
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DeepEnigma
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TrebleShot
Member
Didn’t they buy Deviation ages ago?
Dick Jones
Gold Member
Not everyone wants the large third party publishers to be gobbled up. It fucking sucks. I've no issue with the untested companies or companies in partnerships with the major platform holders.
I think some of the comments is trying to stick it to the pathetic cheerleaders of consolidation and see if they like the medicine.
skit_data
Member
Buying studios that own no IPs and hasn’t released any games is pretty much as close as you can get to creating a studio, especially since the first game this studio is making was set to be published by Sony anyway.
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DeepEnigma
Gold Member
It's all so intellectually dishonest, or ignorance. Pick one, or both.
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rhodesianshepard
Banned
Sony's single player output is not changing. They have expanded enough where they have several studios with multiple teams. And the biggest reason why GAAS games consistently fail is because most of them are low budget games that chased trends. Every publisher saw the success of a game like Fortnite and thought they could replicate it for cheap. Sony has the chance to the release high quality polished AAA GAAS games, . The odds of them succeeding are much higher compared to your average studio.
Halo was the only truly big budget AAA GAAS release to truly fail in the past few years. But that has more to do with gamers no longer being interested in playing arena shooters than anything. Gamers just want polished refined products on release, something Sony is known well for. I'm more of a single game player myself, but you can't deny that Sony has been lacking in the multiplayer department since the PS2 days, so I'm cool with them doing it
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Snake29
Banned
Deviation games, Firewalk and Haven. All of them are funded by Sony to build their studio. These studios were searching for a partner back then.
You can say that these are all PS created studios.
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Heisenberg007
Gold Journalism
Sony did kind of build this studio as they got funding from no one else than Sony all these years. Now Sony is just buying them outright.
BoxFresh123
Member
Another Haven situation it seems. Hope we see at least a look at what these have all been working on if they have a showcase.
Thirty7ven
Banned
Damn that’s fire
Lmao this is building a studio. Signing them up for their first project and funding their growth, providing them with the tools and tech.
Lmao this is building a studio. Signing them up for their first project and funding their growth, providing them with the tools and tech.
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ArcaneNLSC
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In a lot of these recent acquisitions Sony has funded their projects by giving them projects to develop before acquiring them especially some of the newer little studios to help them get off the ground and test their skills.
Heisenberg007
Gold Journalism
This game is scheduled to release next year. Very confident that we'll see it in May/early June.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
SportsFan581
Member
I need a UK based email address so I can contact the CMA about this.
Kvally
Member
Sony said in 2019 that they want fewer games, yet bigger games. So it seems their intent is to do less single player games. I would rather they keep their focus on single player instead of GaaS. But it's their business, so whatever. Spider-Man 2 is out sometime this year, so another good single player game coming our way, then Wolverine 2024.
Sanepar
Member
Because we know for sure Sony can delivery high quality games on a good flow. They are doing that for more than 10 years. Instead of Microsoft who still need to show.
StealthGoblin
Banned
They’ve invested in this team practically since their creation. It’s been Sony’s money that has largely allowed them to function.
That’s why it wasn’t surprising to see them buy HouseMarque, Insomniac, BluePoint, Haven and others. Almost all investment was from Sony. It was their cash that helped them to grow.
sainraja
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DeepEnigma
Gold Member
And if you noticed, Layden is no longer with them.
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
Sony going all in on Live Service crap.
Oddvintagechap
Member
It’s a fairly sized studio.
ProbablyMonsters selling the studio to Sony is interesting, since Sony was already funding the game. It was probably getting expensive to maintain the other studios.
ProbablyMonsters selling the studio to Sony is interesting, since Sony was already funding the game. It was probably getting expensive to maintain the other studios.
Capcom keeps getting more and more expensive. Might cost more than what Microsoft paid for Bethesda. Square-Enix is getting cheaper than ever.Square-Enix and Capcom next”
Roman Empire
Member
Wow, I thought everyone forgot about MAG. That game was ahead of its time for consoles. Too bad it was too chaotic and unbalanced, but it was FUN AS HELL.
Varteras
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I had to look that shit up to see if it was some sort of pop culture reference or an actual place. Well done.
NickFire
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Live service by itself is not a problem. COD is live service. Countless games we enjoy are live service. It's often a problem when the game is designed around monetization. But live service does not automatically mean garbage. I think a solid 70% or more of my annual gaming hours are on live service.
{insert code here}
Member
Warhawk and MAG are two games that might actually work better with a GaaS framework. Gd I miss PS3 era Sony 1P.
IntentionalPun
Ask me about my wife's perfect butthole
Sony's strategy seems to work well for them; contract a company for some games, and then buy them if things are going well.
They've obviously sort of accelerated that formula as of late as they are buying before games are even done but still a good idea.
They've obviously sort of accelerated that formula as of late as they are buying before games are even done but still a good idea.
Heisenberg007
Gold Journalism
Worrying about Sony's SP games is the last thing I'd do, to be honest. These MP games are usually coming from new studios.
And in 2024, the following single-player SIE games are also scheduled:
- Death Stranding 2
- Lost Souls Aside
- Rise of the Ronin
So 4-5 single-player-only games in 2024. And that's before the Showcase, so there can very well be more.
RoboFu
One of the green rats
Sony wants a top tier FPS if MS gets COD.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
I can agree with this. I put more hours into GT7 last year than any other game. Their live service model has been stellar so far.
HawarMiran
Banned
first i have to see what these studios are working on before i care. Haven and Firewalk didn't have their first outing yet
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
They're a studio with over 150 employees made up from Bungie, Raven, Respawn, etc, veterans working on a AAA FPS game that Sony was already funding/publishing.
Now completely first party and the studio will probably grow too.
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FrankWza
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This should be an accept/decline to enter gaf.
rhodesianshepard
Banned
Never heard that quote, but Sony seems fine on the single player front for next few years. Next year, we got Rise of Ronin, Wolverine, and DS2. As long as Sony releases 2 premiere single player games per year on average, I'll have no complaints. Plus they've got good partnering deals with Square Enix with FF16 and FF7 2 (out next year)
Varteras
Member
Not necessarily true. There could be any number of reasons why Firewalk was purchased while Deviation hasn't been yet. I mean, it took Sony a year to buy Firewalk after they bought Haven. All three of these studios had announced partnerships with Sony in 2021, all three supposedly working on live service games, with Haven being first, Firewalk second, and Deviation third, IIRC. Maybe Deviation doesn't want to be bought or they are doing the same thing Housemarque did? Sony approached them in 2020 for an offer but both agreed to wait until after Returnal released the following year before they hammered out details. Sony not only gave Deviation the money to move to a better studio in California but also enough to open a second location in Canada. Near Haven, if I'm not mistaken. So clearly, Sony sees value in that studio. I wouldn't be at all surprised to get an acquisition announcement this year or next for them.
James Sawyer Ford
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Sony is bankrolling them, they basically are “started by” Sony
bender
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L*][*N*K
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Sony wants to launch 10 GaaSes by 2026, so yes almost everything they have in the pipeline is either fully multiplayer (Last of us, next bungie…etc) or has a multiplayer mode