Is Fromsoftware the best purchase for Sony currently? If not, which developer takes the number 1 spot?

What do y'all think?

  • Square Enix

    Votes: 9 23.1%
  • Cd Project Red

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • FromSoftware

    Votes: 19 48.7%
  • Level 5

    Votes: 1 2.6%
  • Shift up

    Votes: 1 2.6%
  • Arrowhead Games

    Votes: 2 5.1%
  • Other

    Votes: 7 17.9%

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mibu no ookami

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Just say you're afraid. Yes I will bet a PSN card in the currency of your choice, enoughfor a full price new game. It's not hopium you're just in denial. I will be right again: Sony will move PlayStation back to Japan in the next years and Hermen Hulst will be sacked too. We will see who is the fraud here.

Again, if you're so positive, why can't you tell us the basis for your thought process here?

You even say "the next years" without giving a specific time frame. That's called hedging.

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Sega doesn't own Unicorn Overlord. That's property of Vanillaware, which are also independent.
Ah yes. I thought they owned them now, got it mixed up with Relic.
They will probably carry on there relationship with Atlus and Sega, its been a long time
 

Eternal_Wings

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Again, if you're so positive, why can't you tell us the basis for your thought process here?

You even say "the next years" without giving a specific time frame. That's called hedging.

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It's not hedging. I can't name a specific date. I only know that so far. But it will be even before the PS6 era starts, I was told. Anyway Idc if you don't believe me. Just don't say later if my prediction cone true: "Uh nah, you just guessed."
 

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But you're your own source... you don't see how that's problematic? You're so close to going on the ignore list.
Own source you're ridiculous. I won't share my source. Tell me one of ResetEra guys/leakers providing their source if they share a rumor. Anyway Idc if you don't believe it. Just don't look for lame excuses if my info should be right.
 
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mibu no ookami

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Own source you're ridiculous. I won't share my source. Tell me one of ResetEra guys/leakers providing their source if they share a rumor. Anyway Idc if you don't believe it. Just don't look for lame excuses if my info should be right.

Dude, you're not a leaker. You have no insider information.

Post one thing you've ever leaked before.

I've predicted a multitude of things and guess what I'm no leaker and also have no insider information.

The fact that you don't realize that Nishino doesn't run the studio business is enough to reflect that you don't know what you're talking about.
 

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Dude, you're not a leaker. You have no insider information.

Post one thing you've ever leaked before.

I've predicted a multitude of things and guess what I'm no leaker and also have no insider information.

The fact that you don't realize that Nishino doesn't run the studio business is enough to reflect that you don't know what you're talking about.
I did. I said Jim Ryan would step down. 2 years ago, that was. I also never claimed to be leaker, just someone to know some info. Anyway the fraud is you here. Nothing of what you ever have claimed become true. Neither is there any eligible proof for your assertions. Predicted many things my ass. Fraud.
 
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Sony would probably require that FromSoft games not run like crap on every platform, so I'm for it.
 

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Own source you're ridiculous. I won't share my source. Tell me one of ResetEra guys/leakers providing their source if they share a rumor. Anyway Idc if you don't believe it. Just don't look for lame excuses if my info should be right.
All of them privately with the mods. Are you willing to do the same?
 

Eternal_Wings

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All of them privately with the mods. Are you willing to do the same?
Again I am no leaker, just someone who is lucky enough to know someone who has info. No sharing source means no sharing. Like I said I don't care if anyone of you does believe it or not. We will see who is the liar.
 
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mibu no ookami

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I did. I said Jim Ryan would step down. 2 years ago, that was. I also never claimed to be leaker, just someone to know some info. Anyway the fraud is you here. Nothing of what you ever have claimed become true. Neither is there any eligible proof for your assertions. Predicted many things my ass. Fraud.

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We will see who they will buy, currently no idea who they could target.

I think FromSoftware/Kadokawa is the obvious choice.

Thread of me telling you sony would go after Kadokawa in June and not Square Enix and that it would happen within 3 years.
 
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mibu no ookami

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I think they should just build a new studio and have them make great games with new IPs and new experiences.

Building new studios isn't as easy as you think. It could easily take a decade to get a studio up and running from 0 employees to game completion...

It's just not super realistic in such an ever-changing environment. Especially in areas with already a high concentration of studios.

It makes more sense in developing countries (not the countries themselves necessarily, but where game development is beginning to advance).

This is why we have the China Hero Project and the India Hero Project and why you see Sony investing more in South Korea.

Everyone kind of missed the explosion in Poland that created CDPR and Techland. Sony is all over Netherlands with Guerrilla and Nixxes.

Ubi Soft has France and a lot of Canada on lockdown. T2 got a headstart with Private Division in Germany.

UK development seems to be flaming out, but Sony was there early.
 

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But you're your own source... you don't see how that's problematic? You're so close to going on the ignore list.

I mean Japanese businesses are gonna be cheaper to run in Japan, so its not hard to believe if there talking about saving money etc.
And PS leaders change position or leave every few years. When has a head stayed on for longer than a generation?

None of this needs sources or rocket science understanding to see the possibility of it happening.

Insiders knowing Hermen is getting sacked… yeah no1 knows that unless its already been done. An insider isnt gonna know more than Hermen and I doubt Hermen would stick around if he’s fired for longer than a week
 

mibu no ookami

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I mean Japanese businesses are gonna be cheaper to run in Japan, so its not hard to believe if there talking about saving money etc.
And PS leaders change position or leave every few years. When has a head stayed on for longer than a generation?

None of this needs sources or rocket science understanding to see the possibility of it happening.

Insiders knowing Hermen is getting sacked… yeah no1 knows that unless its already been done. An insider isnt gonna know more than Hermen and I doubt Hermen would stick around if he’s fired for longer than a week

Again, they're still hiring predominantly in California. If there was any real news or plans to move their HQ back to Japan, there would be signs, like a hiring freeze.

Realize what you just said here. It's not a prediction that a leader at Sony won't stay forever, but specifically saying that Hulst will be out and Nishino will be in, is a specific prediction and a weird one given Hulst was just named co-CEO, so again for there to be some relevant information internally that could leak to someone like Eternal Wings, that simply would not have happened.

Well it sounds like you got there in your last paragraph.

What this guy does is he says things over and over again, then calls it a rumor, and that there are sources saying something (even though he is the source) and convinces himself that it's true.

Saying something enough times doesn't make it true.
 
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Again, they're still hiring predominantly in California. If there was any real news or plans to move their HQ back to Japan, there would be signs, like a hiring freeze.

Realize what you just said here. It's not a prediction that a leader at Sony won't stay forever, but specifically saying that Hulst will be out and Nishino will be in, is a specific prediction and a weird one given Hulst was just named co-CEO, so again for there to be some relevant information internally that could leak to someone like Eternal Wings, that simply would not have happened.

Well it sounds like you got there in your last paragraph.

What this guy does is he says things over and over again, then calls it a rumor, and that there are sources saying something (even though he is the source) and convinces himself that it's true.

That's mental illness. @mods this isn't an insult, it's a valid description of the behavior.

Saying something enough times doesn't make it true.
You're delusional and a fraud.

"What this guy does is he says things over and over again, then calls it a rumor, and that there are sources saying something (even though he is the source) and convinces himself that it's true."

You just projected your own behavior on mine. Also you're doing wild assertions without having any proof backing them up. And you're a liar on top, spreading now the narrative that I am my own source. Fraud.
 
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Again, they're still hiring predominantly in California. If there was any real news or plans to move their HQ back to Japan, there would be signs, like a hiring freeze.

Realize what you just said here. It's not a prediction that a leader at Sony won't stay forever, but specifically saying that Hulst will be out and Nishino will be in, is a specific prediction and a weird one given Hulst was just named co-CEO, so again for there to be some relevant information internally that could leak to someone like Eternal Wings, that simply would not have happened.

Well it sounds like you got there in your last paragraph.

What this guy does is he says things over and over again, then calls it a rumor, and that there are sources saying something (even though he is the source) and convinces himself that it's true.

That's mental illness. @mods this isn't an insult, it's a valid description of the behavior.

Saying something enough times doesn't make it true.
It is an insult.

I would advise you to watch what you're posting... Bans are not far away at this point.

Time for everyone here to de-escalate. Cool things down.
 

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Block under what basis? Can you find an example of an M&A similarly blocked in an industry?

The ABK deal going through opened the door for pretty much any M&A in the gaming industry aside from maybe Sony or Microsoft buying Nintendo or Microsoft buying Valve, maybe Sony too.

Edit: They also might be prevented from buying Epic Games, but there are all sorts of remediations there that could allow that.
Sony is the market leader, Take Two is a big American company, can they even afford it? Can they survive the antitrust battle?
 

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Sony is the market leader, Take Two is a big American company, can they even afford it? Can they survive the antitrust battle?

Again, can you find an example that is analogous to this situation that was blocked by regulators?

Disney was the market leader in the pictures business and they bought a major competitor not just a supplier. This went through largely without a hitch.

Astrazeneca was allowed to buy Alexion.

I think a lot of gamers don't fundamentally understand regulators. So you just say things that sound right in your heads.

I've discussed how sony could go about making the purchase.