Bungie was the worst possible acquisition for Sony, Square Enix would be WAY better
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I think it was a bad purchase because their corporate values aren't aligned. Bungie has become a company dedicated to squeezing their userbase for all they're worth. I don't want Sony to take any lessons from that.
So this is the new M$ astroturfing campaign, suggesting Sony bought the wrong studios, a new Sony too movement where it isn't just M$ that have acquired duds and mismanaged them to ground. Fuck this narrative.
Sony has been doing that under Jim Ryan but even so we should allow Bungie to at least release their games beforr we write them off.
A month ago nobody was vouging for ArrowHead now everyone wants them acquired. Bungie has bad business practices sure, but if they deliver they stand to make PlayStation a lot of money too.
Let me know when Sony deletes your copy of Last of Us part 1 to force you to buy Last of Us part 2.
It's never been more expensive to game on PlayStation. Both companies are money hungry in different ways.
Sony has been getting greedier does not mean "squeezing you for all you're worth". They are very different degrees of awful. All companies want your money. The gap between Sony's practices and Bungie's is large and I don't want that gap shortening. Why is this difficult to comprehend?
It's the fact you think Bungie will somehow influence Sony's money scheming ambitions that is difficult to comprehend.
If Bungie hit it out the park they'll reward Sony handsomely. And the forced hate train on them is ridiculous. End of the day ifba company is predatory then simply don't support
Im sure Bungie will bring in the dollars with Destiny 3, Marathon and other IPs. And Desiny 2 is still probably bringing in money so Im happy we have another big studio.
Sony does need a JRPG machine though, Square would be great and they also add to the multiplayer/online games with FF14 and the next online FF.
But as far as talent, outside of the team that made FF7 and FF16/FF14 they havent got alot going.
Especially since losing Acquire to FromSoft. But it would be totally worth it.
Id rather FromSoft but Square would be a smart choice too
Sony does need a JRPG machine though, Square would be great and they also add to the multiplayer/online games with FF14 and the next online FF.
But as far as talent, outside of the team that made FF7 and FF16/FF14 they havent got alot going.
Especially since losing Acquire to FromSoft. But it would be totally worth it.
Id rather FromSoft but Square would be a smart choice too
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I like Bluepoint, but Sony should keep them making remakes or a least a part of the studio doing that. They made Demons Souls in 2 years after SOTC.
Made profit despite being a full PS5 exclusive with the smallest instal base. So it didnt take 5+ years to make, it took 2 years to make.
Why not make more games that dont take so long.
They could have easily remade 2 games in these 4 years. A CastleVania SOTN, MGS, DMC, Jak&Daxters, Ico, Killzone, Resistance etc etc
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Square doesn’t want to sell (or merge, which would be most likely) so this discussion is pointless.
They should be given the chance to flex their muscles at making an original game like they actually want to. If they fail then they can go back to that route
Too early to say Haven was bad. Mark Cerny is working closely with them. I don’t think Cerny would work with them, if their studio was a mess.
They should, but they should of let some of the team make another remake in the meantime. They could of made 2 games in 4 years. I have no idea about there abilities to make a new ip, but they have some of the best ability to remake games.
Plenty of classics from PS1-PS3 they could go through