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[StrongBlackVine]

Capcom isn't worth it. Sony alright got a deal on Street Fighter. Resident Evil is the only other major IP they have for home consoles. Before someone says Devil May Cry I will add that God Of War already beats that game's sales on one platform.

 

[HaterIsHating]

Guys, $1.1 billion is the market capitalization. This may be a good indication of the company's value as is, but as soon as someone tries to acquire the company he has to pay a lot more than that.

 

[Ape]

Sony should buy the US government

 

[Sesha]

No.

Buying Capcom outright wouldn't make much financial sense for Sony, but if Capcom ever goes the route of THQ and their IPs get auctioned off, Sony should definitely try to acquire a few of them and see what their 1st party studios could do with them. I would love to see a Studio Japan developed MH, Ace Attorney, or Breath of Fire. Or a Guerrilla Games' take on Resident Evil. Or a Santa Monica's re-imagining of DMC.

 

[pants]

Sony should buy the US government

Sony should buy North Korea

 

[ArtHands]

Yup, this would be entirely worth it for Monster Hunter, Resident Evil, and Street Fighter alone. They'd possible even make back their money by selling sequels to those games, and in turn selling more hardware, in a matter of a few years.

Sony would also likely finally bring Monster Hunter to new-gen, and do the franchises right. capcom has immense wealth of ips, this price is a steal.

Sony isn't even willing to help bring MHP3rd HD to the west.

 

[blastprocessor]

Hell no, when was the last good game from them?

 

[Philippo]

What if Sony bought Sony?

 

[ArtHands]

Hell no, when was the last good game from them?

Today, or rather a few hours ago

http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=989105

 

[yurinka]

Yes. Sony does a great job with its own IPs, but :

-Some seasoned traditional games would prefer certain classic Capcom old IPs over things like Journey, Little Big Planet, Cage's games, etc in PS4.

-Monster Hunter, Mega Man, Ace Attorney, Ghouls & Ghosts etc would fit very well in Vita.

-Sony doesn't seem to have enough teams to bring a lot of 1st party IPs to both Vita and PS4 at the same time, and soon they'll have Morpheus too, so more teams would be ok.

 

[mjontrix]

Not for 1 billion.

But even with the IPs it wouldn't make too much of a difference in sales. Now project Morpheus can do it - rather spend the money there.

 

[zomgbbqftw]

No, and I don't think the Japanese government would allow it either.

 

[gundamkyoukai]

No , would be waste when they can just help make the games instead.

 

[Rising_Hei]

No, for the sake of the market and because i think they're not worth it.

I only would want this if this meant Sony would make them make more RPGs with their IPs, but i don't see it happening

Buying Capcom outright wouldn't make much financial sense for Sony, but if Capcom ever goes the route of THQ and their IPs get auctioned off, Sony should definitely try to acquire a few of them and see what their 1st party studios could do with them. I would love to see a Studio Japan developed MH, Ace Attorney, or Breath of Fire. Or a Guerrilla Games' take on Resident Evil. Or a Santa Monica's re-imagining of DMC.

So they'd start making games that aren't theirs and forget about their own games? no thanks

 

[Oersted]

Some IPs wouldn't even make sense on Sony consoles.

 

[Toxi]

-Monster Hunter, Mega Man, Ace Attorney, Ghouls & Ghosts etc would fit very well in Vita.

Sony most likely couldn't care less about the Vita. Everything they're doing indicates that they will not be continuing in the handheld sector for hardware. When you compare the PS4 and Vita's sales, it's obvious why.

 

[protomouse]

In what alternate reality did Sony acquire Square? They bought (and then sold) some shares, but never had controlling interest. This is not unheard of; last time I checked, Nintendo held shares in Namco.

 

[SinCityAssassin]

They'd probably have to pay a lot more than that to get Capcom. That being said this sort of acquisition is not worth it for either company.

 

[yurinka]

Sony most likely couldn't care less about the Vita. Everything they're doing indicates that they will not be continuing in the handheld sector for hardware. When you compare the PS4 and Vita's sales, it's obvious why.

Well, in this case why Sony is porting a Resident Evil, funds Grim Fandango, Broken Age or Day of the Tentacle, sign console exclusive deals with all Devolver games like Olli Olli, Hotline Miami, Titan Souls and signs a lot of console exclusives with indies for Vita, brings PS Now to Vita, has PSPlus in both platforms with games, make a lot games being crossbuy etc?

Seems you missed these lists (and all the related announced games signed by Sony to be released on Vita, being many of them console exclusive in Playstation):

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=969122
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=990806

Since Vita has low sales, doesn't make sense to continue making big AAA exclusive games like Uncharted Gold Abbyss or Killzone Mercenary at least until its userbase grows considerably, and instead makes more sense to release small games and indies. Like in WiiU, isn't profitable for major 3rd party to make expensive games for it.

The best Sony can do is to continue releasing and signing small games for it, to fund some few big names and to focus on Remote Play, PSNow, PSPlus, Crossbuy and similar until they make a price drop for PS4 which would allow to release a PS4+Vita bundle for a decent price.

As of now their teams are (or has been) focused to support the PS4 first years with their first game for it because it's where they have their biggest market, which is logical.

It wouldn't make sense to put Naughty Dog, PD, etc to spend hundreds on millions making games for Vita, it's better to put them in PS4 because it would be more profitable and try to improve Vita sales with stuff less expensive.

 

[Liamario]

No way capcom are worth a billion dollars.

 

[DieH@rd]

Just open more studios Sony and give them freedom to create many new IPs. Either brand new, or 2nd teams at your best studios [ND, SM, GG].

No way capcom are worth a billion dollars.

Yeah. They are worth more.

 

[King_Moc]

Why? They get all the games anyway, except Monster Hunter. Why spend that much just to ensure Microsoft isn't getting a few games, when their platform is outperforming theirs anyway?

 

[DXB-KNIGHT]

Oprah Winfrey will buy Capcom.

 

[blame space]

you're getting capcom! you're getting capcom!

 

[Alo0oy]

Yes. Sony does a great job with its own IPs, but :

-Some seasoned traditional games would prefer certain classic Capcom old IPs over things like Journey, Little Big Planet, Cage's games, etc in PS4.

-Monster Hunter, Mega Man, Ace Attorney, Ghouls & Ghosts etc would fit very well in Vita.

-Sony doesn't seem to have enough teams to bring a lot of 1st party IPs to both Vita and PS4 at the same time, and soon they'll have Morpheus too, so more teams would be ok.

Sony regularly publish more games than any other publisher - first party or third party - annually, I'm pretty sure in terms of output volume, SCE is the biggest publisher in the world.

 

[itxaka]

This boggles the mind... but how did MS pay 2.5 b for minecraft? I just dont get it. The amount of copies of tha 10 buck game are massive just to break even....

Its a brand, not just a game. People go crazy over it. Children are growing with it everywhere, its the new pokemon or mario in terms of brand recognition for future buyers.

Also microsoft can use that brand everywhere, not just on gaming.

 

[ArkhamFantasy]

Just buy the Street Fighter IP and its core devs, the rest of Capcom isn't worth it.

Spoiler

Other than Ace Attorney, that shit is dope

 

[Psycho_Mantis]

This is a waste. They are already getting some form of exclusivity on Capcom titles like SFV, Deep Down and Dragons Dogma Online while paying only a fraction of the money.

 

[ViviOggi]

Not for consumers it wouldn't.

 

[~ Zyzomys ~]

People making light of Deadpool's comments demonstrate their lack of ability to read and understand corporate financial statements. The only shining light in the Sony Group of Companies is Sony Financial. This division is a huge success story for Sony. Who knows, maybe opening an account with SBA (Sony Bank of America) is not too far off.

Cheers

 

[Mass_Pincup]

Just buy the Street Fighter IP and its core devs, the rest of Capcom isn't worth it.

Spoiler

Other than Ace Attorney, that shit is dope

DMC, Onimusha, Viewtiful Joe and Dragon's Dogma though

 

[Mets9]

Btw, capcom left Sony's console with MH because they had an argument on western localization, that's why they went with Nintendo.

 

[Caronte]

No. They should just open their own studios in Japan. It's ridiculous that they only have 2.

 

[Mass_Pincup]

Btw, capcom left Sony's console with MH because they had an argument on western localization, that's why they went with Nintendo.

According to a former accurate Gaf insider (mortimer) Nintendo paid for it, they even had a Vita version in development at some point.

 

[Genio88]

Sony doesn't have the money to do that, plus i don't think capcom would sell

 

[Loris146]

According to a former accurate Gaf insider (mortimer) Nintendo paid for it, they even had a Vita version in development at some point.

Mmm...

Anyway it could be.

 

[Mets9]

According to a former accurate Gaf insider (mortimer) Nintendo paid for it, they even had a Vita version in development at some point.

So there's some sort of exclusivr deal in the end.

 

[Akiller]

GAF should buy Capcom.

*Imagines a GAFvsCapcom game*

Yeah,that'd be good.

 

[cm osi]

no, they probably can save money just by getting exclusive deals without buying the whole company. buying them means that you have to maintain all of them too

 

[Mass_Pincup]

Mmm...

Anyway it could be.

He was more right then wrong, he knew about the PSVTV long before the announcement and about the cancelled Infamous Vita game amongst others.

 

[GeoramA]

For what? They already locked down Street Fighter. Resident Evil will always be on PS platforms. So a billion for MH? A series only popular on handhelds in Japan?

 

[hydrophilic attack]

That would be a really big waste of money.

 

[Muchi Muchi Pink]

Sony is not in the position to do so. Even while the PS4 sells great, this has to make up for all the other departments at sony losing a lot of money.

 

[Mets9]

Btw no, if they really need some IP they could just fund the development, like Nintendo did with bayo 2. No need to buy the whole company.

 

[Steel]

No. Capcom isn't that popular beyond Street Fighter(which is sony exclusive atm anyway) and Monster Hunter(which is more of a handheld thing that had been sony exclusive in the past). Nah, it's not worth securing their IPs for $1.1 billion.

 

[heringer]

Why would they pay 1.1 billion if the games are already on Sony platforms? If they want exclusivity surely there are cheaper ways to do it.

 

[ArtHands]

According to a former accurate Gaf insider (mortimer) Nintendo paid for it, they even had a Vita version in development at some point.

I am not sure if we can trust him after the reason he got banned.

He didn't specifically say there is a vita version either nor mention any contract. and monster hunter still appear on iphone (mh portable 3rd) and vita (monster hunter frontier).

Or are we adding more terms and conditions to this "contract" now?

 

[benny_a]

I am not sure if we can trust him after the reason he got banned.

He was banned for speculating in the absence of insider knowledge. But because he was a high profile figure this speculation was creating hardships for the individual and the developer.

His fault was to speculate without disclaimers everywhere that he is speculating while everyone was constantly jerking over insider information and creating news all over games sites.

It was not because he was wrong on insider information.

 

[Mass_Pincup]

I am not sure if we can trust him after the reason he got banned.

He didn't specifically say there is a vita version either nor mention any contract. and monster hunter still appear on iphone (mh portable 3rd) and vita (monster hunter frontier).

Or are we adding more terms and conditions to this "contract" now?

He was obviously talking about the next mainline entry.

 

[Canis lupus]

No, they'd acquire a lot of dead weight. They should instead moneyhat certain exclusives like everyone else. They made a mistake not going after MonHun 4. It's kinda unreal they dropped the ball and Nintendo went after the biggest PSP title. It's the reason Vita isn't doing what it should in Japan. They should go after MonHun 5 next. For the rest of the Capcom IPs, elsewhere there are better alternatives to shop:
-RE is never gonna be as good as it was. PT/Silent Hills created a lot of buzz, that need to be their horror game if they wanted one, it'd be a lot cheaper too.
-DMC/hack n slash? There's Platinum for that, and they have been commissioned by everyone but Sony. It's time they came back to the platform where they made their debut and started those hit series.
-the rest are dead IPs or not big enough sellers

So yeah there's only 1 IP left that will really benefit PS platforms: MonHun 5.

Sony is not in the position to do so. Even while the PS4 sells great, this has to make up for all the other departments at sony losing a lot of money.

Love it when people refer to year old financial statements like they still matter. Like Nintendo fans still believing Nintendo is bigger than Sony (in reality they're nearly 3x bigger than Nintendo now). Most of their divisions are returning to profitability.