Sony's future and possible studio/publisher acquisitions

[Eternal_Wings]

I doubt it.

Who does Sony have to make an MMORPG?

Though I wish it was the case. .

I have heard the developer of Blood and Truth is going to make a fantasy online game. I am not sure if it’s Liverpool studios but one of the British one I remember.

 

[Muddasar]

I have heard the developer of Blood and Truth is going to make a fantasy online game. I am not sure if it’s Liverpool studios but one of the British one I remember.

Firesprite.

Honestly I have no idea.

I would love to see an MMORPG in the mould of Elder Scrolls or Diablo.

Wouldn't mind something like Genshin Impact either.

 

[RE4-City]

That's kind of the thing tho; there are Japanese developers & publishers who do specialize in things Sony don't. Sony doesn't have an in-house JRPG team anymore now that Japan Studio has been closed, hence the rumors about a Square-Enix acquisition.

They don't have a team for fighting games internally...even though they're synonymous with the genre outside of Smash Bros., so having an in-house team may not be necessary at the current time. Though, there is curiosity over what a team like Arc could do with a larger budget and more resources. Technically speaking tho Sony doesn't need to buy them to make that happen.

Japanese developers and publishers would also be easier for Sony to look into from a legal POV, and are generally cheaper than Western counterparts. Companies like CDPR are very talented (when they aren't being rushed by shareholders to hit a holiday release), but might be redundant considering Sony have internal teams that can make open-world RPGs of comparable scale, fidelity, and quality (and for a lot of people, superior ones at that, at least compared to what CP 2077 was for a while). Something like HFW is right up there if not better than CP 2077 in terms of fidelity, scale, production values, overall quality etc. and that was at launch let alone where it's at now with the latest patch.

Tho FWIW, CP 2077 is in a much better state these days, and the RT support on PC really gives it some amazing visuals. I'd say that version and HFW are probably tied for best-looking open-world games currently on the market, which one you actually prefer coming down to personal preferences in certain aesthetics.

I get what your saying and I don't think I worded my post the best but what I really meant was if Sony buys Square Enix and make all their games exclusive it really only hurts Nintendo since PC will most likely still get their games and Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts and any Square IP I can think of doesn't really sell well on xbox (I really doubt there is an Audience who buys Xbox just hoping a Final Fantasy Game comes to it.) So to me I think paying for Final Fantasy Exclusivity is most likely the cheaper more reasonable option for Sony so they can spend their 10 billion or so budget for acquiring Studios for other things Microsoft, Google, and Amazon can get from them. Sony making a Big Budget RPG would be a big risk even if its something with some sort of cult following like legend of dragoon or some thing so spending money to make PlayStation the Console for your Final Fantasy Needs probably just makes the most sense! If Take Two were to announce tomorrow they are looking to sell I imagine Sony would do everything in their power to acquire them which would be extremely hard for them only being a company worth around 104 Billion USD as of today and Take Two being worth around 20 Billion and you bet they are going to expect a premium on top of that. Imagine GTA 6 being a PS5 console exclusive with a PC version maybe the same day or a little later like most GTA PC Ports, Something like that will practically nullify any purchase Microsoft makes that they originally intended to keep their games off PlayStation down the line if there are 150+ PS5's out there and only 40-55 Million Xbox Series S and X's out there, we might see games like elder scrolls 6 and Fallout 5 make their way to PS5 just cause Microsoft can't say no to a big chuck of customers like that even if those games will be year old ports or maybe even longer to take to come to PlayStation

Edit: I forgot to mention they could also fund a PlayStation All-Stars Sequel by contracting Capcom to do it instead of straight out buying them to fix their fighting game image and Horizon Forbidden West is so far my GOTY

 

[Remember_Spinal]

If Sony buy Square Enix i 100% believe its primarily for FFXIV. That game is running at like half capacity right now. Sony could turn that game into a way bigger franchise with more servers and platforms

 

[thicc_girls_are_teh_best]

I think the decision to make 12 GaaS games has probably a lot to do with the Success/Failure rate of GaaS games.

Most GaaS games fail so Sony is probably expecting/hoping at least 2 or 3 are a success from the 12.

Even the 2 or 3 successful games will be enough to put Sony in profits.

Just my 2 cents.

That's an interesting way to look at it. I guess in that sense, it makes sense. But I agree with what you also said in another post that hopefully as long as the budgets for these live-service games don't eat into their more traditional offerings.

Maybe not all of them will be (loot)shooter/science fiction or brawler like Fortnite. We could get some high quality stuff like a MMO. FF14 and The Elder Scrolls Online themselves are a GaaS type. A new MMO made by Sony would be interesting.

This is why I'm primarily interested in Haven's game; from what they've mentioned so far it doesn't sound like the "typical" live service game, they seem to be going for an angle of cooperation and maybe it will be something more unique compared to a lot of what we've seen so far.

It would definitely help it stand out; I wonder if they can find a balance between the Fortnites/Counter-Strikes/Apex Legends and the Minecrafts on the other end. Because IIRC there isn't really a big multiplayer-centric (let alone MMO-style) focus in Minecraft (I'm just guessing; not my kind of game haven't touched it in forever), but it could be interesting.

TBH I think something like Dreams would be a good fit for a live-service GaaS-style model, expanded with MMO-style elements. It could be even more like Sony's Roblox in that way.

I get what your saying and I don't think I worded my post the best but what I really meant was if Sony buys Square Enix and make all their games exclusive it really only hurts Nintendo since PC will most likely still get their games and Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts and any Square IP I can think of doesn't really sell well on xbox (I really doubt there is an Audience who buys Xbox just hoping a Final Fantasy Game comes to it.) So to me I think paying for Final Fantasy Exclusivity is most likely the cheaper more reasonable option for Sony so they can spend their 10 billion or so budget for acquiring Studios for other things Microsoft, Google, and Amazon can get from them. Sony making a Big Budget RPG would be a big risk even if its something with some sort of cult following like legend of dragoon or some thing so spending money to make PlayStation the Console for your Final Fantasy Needs probably just makes the most sense! If Take Two were to announce tomorrow they are looking to sell I imagine Sony would do everything in their power to acquire them which would be extremely hard for them only being a company worth around 104 Billion USD as of today and Take Two being worth around 20 Billion and you bet they are going to expect a premium on top of that. Imagine GTA 6 being a PS5 console exclusive with a PC version maybe the same day or a little later like most GTA PC Ports, Something like that will practically nullify any purchase Microsoft makes that they originally intended to keep their games off PlayStation down the line if there are 150+ PS5's out there and only 40-55 Million Xbox Series S and X's out there, we might see games like elder scrolls 6 and Fallout 5 make their way to PS5 just cause Microsoft can't say no to a big chuck of customers like that even if those games will be year old ports or maybe even longer to take to come to PlayStation

Edit: I forgot to mention they could also fund a PlayStation All-Stars Sequel by contracting Capcom to do it instead of straight out buying them to fix their fighting game image and Horizon Forbidden West is so far my GOTY

Oh okay, I get what you meant now. TBH I don't think there's any need to worry about SE games leaving Nintendo if Sony acquired them; Sony doesn't have a handheld presence at all these days, and it's really handhelds and portable hybrids running things in Japan, so they'd want to keep SE support on Switch for stuff like a Live a Live remaster, or a smaller-scale Chrono Trigger remake. They could still keep the main FF games exclusive to PlayStation, and maybe some stuff like Kingdom Hearts depending on if scaling it down for Nintendo hardware would dilute the game too much, but there's no reason they'd need to keep all SE content off Nintendo.

Now having mentioned it and going off what you've said, in a sense it is probably a good practice to pay for FF exclusivity and help with cofunding those games, etc. because while acquiring SE could net them additional revenue, maybe the revenue and profit would not be worth the cost of a full acquisition outside of maybe the Dragon Quest games and what FF XIV brings in. However, if there's another big company out there sniffing around to acquire SE, especially if it were another platform holder or someone considering bringing out their own platform or direct competitor service, Sony would probably be pressured into making that acquisition.

I don't know how much market cap actually truly plays a role into making acquisitions happen; Disney was only worth about $70 billion when they went and purchased Fox, but they managed to do it and Fox was quite expensive. They took out loans to do it though; I don't think Sony would need to do that to go after a Take-Two, unless other companies started paying well over their market valuation to try getting them. IIRC Sony also has some sway with a Japanese bank (or a few of them), for securing loans if needed, so it's not always about market cap. Never mind that there are other things they can offer a potential acquisition in terms of reach in other entertainment industries, that rival buyers may not be able to provide; this can even extend to top-of-line technical resources like the ICE teams that AFAIK, don't have equivalents at Microsoft or Nintendo (tho I believe Microsoft are at least trying to build up such teams nowadays).

 

[RE4-City]

Oh okay, I get what you meant now. TBH I don't think there's any need to worry about SE games leaving Nintendo if Sony acquired them; Sony doesn't have a handheld presence at all these days, and it's really handhelds and portable hybrids running things in Japan, so they'd want to keep SE support on Switch for stuff like a Live a Live remaster, or a smaller-scale Chrono Trigger remake. They could still keep the main FF games exclusive to PlayStation, and maybe some stuff like Kingdom Hearts depending on if scaling it down for Nintendo hardware would dilute the game too much, but there's no reason they'd need to keep all SE content off Nintendo.

Now having mentioned it and going off what you've said, in a sense it is probably a good practice to pay for FF exclusivity and help with cofunding those games, etc. because while acquiring SE could net them additional revenue, maybe the revenue and profit would not be worth the cost of a full acquisition outside of maybe the Dragon Quest games and what FF XIV brings in. However, if there's another big company out there sniffing around to acquire SE, especially if it were another platform holder or someone considering bringing out their own platform or direct competitor service, Sony would probably be pressured into making that acquisition.

I don't know how much market cap actually truly plays a role into making acquisitions happen; Disney was only worth about $70 billion when they went and purchased Fox, but they managed to do it and Fox was quite expensive. They took out loans to do it though; I don't think Sony would need to do that to go after a Take-Two, unless other companies started paying well over their market valuation to try getting them. IIRC Sony also has some sway with a Japanese bank (or a few of them), for securing loans if needed, so it's not always about market cap. Never mind that there are other things they can offer a potential acquisition in terms of reach in other entertainment industries, that rival buyers may not be able to provide; this can even extend to top-of-line technical resources like the ICE teams that AFAIK, don't have equivalents at Microsoft or Nintendo (tho I believe Microsoft are at least trying to build up such teams nowadays).

yeah im not too sure about how much market cap truly plays into acquiring a company (It's obvious a business with a $10 Million market cap aint buying no company with a $1 Billion market cap, but when companies are similar in worth I ain't no expert on it) but it will be interesting to see how the future plays out.

Anyway my comments on hurting Nintendo wasn't strictly Sony will not allowing remasters or games that can run on lower powered hardware happen (They have no problem porting MLB to the switch) but that if Sony does buy Square Enix, all future projects will be with PS5 in mind first meaning no more stuff like octopath traveler and what not. Which doesn't affect me since the last Nintendo hardware I bought was Wii U if you go by consoles or new 3DS if you go by Handhelds so Nintendo not getting anymore Square Enix games would bother me but it would be interesting to see if stuff like Square and Capcom get bought up by Sony and no more stuff like Monster Hunter Rise being green lit and instead all resources go towards the next big budget Monster Hunter Game that can't run on Switch and maybe not even Switch 2. So all of Capcoms man power go towards making big budget games that can only run on PS5 and a Decent PC and leave Nintendo potentially without two big Japanese third party companies with the exceptions of possible remasters like the mega man collection that was announced yesterday! I wonder if Nintendo would do something crazy like purchase someone they don't have a super close relationship with like next level games! I was super shocked they didn't buy Alpha dream for dirt cheap a few years ago when they announced bankruptcy!

Also Sony music published a few games on the switch eShop I believe so I maybe some super small projects will happen.

 

[Heisenberg007]

Firesprite.

Honestly I have no idea.

I would love to see an MMORPG in the mould of Elder Scrolls or Diablo.

Wouldn't mind something like Genshin Impact either.

Not Firesprite.

London Studios (Getaway, Blood & Truth) is working on an online live-service fantasy RPG game.

 

[EDMIX]

I think Ubi could be interesting for Sony as they have some GAAS games and FPS that Sony is lacking at the moment.

I feel that would be a very, very solid buy. I have felt for a long time Ubisoft is the closest thing to a 3rd party "Sony" in terms of great quality on lots of their single player stuff. They also bring up lots of new IP every generation like we saw last gen with Watchdogs, The Division, fenyx rising etc

They'd be able to fill in those GAAS gaps and support those single player games with even more quality Sony is known for. I think it would be a solid purchase.

@arvfab True. Another solid buy. With Sony spreading their IP to multimedia (something I feel we will continue to see with the fucking streaming wars aka Battle Royal wit cheese with Netflix vs Amazon vs Apple vs Disney) I believe we will see companies leverage their IP to shows and films and Square has quite a bit that would work well for a lot of that. A FF series could work that simply a different setting, characters and theme every season or something.

Plus with how massive mobile is, Sony would be nuts not to jump on that with Square's IPs. I believe Square selling off those western studios was to trim the fat for a Sony purchase and I wouldn't be shocked if Sony has been in talks with them for months or years or something.

@Heisenberg007 Why The Getaway hasn't been rebooted since the open world craze started is beyond me. Sony fucking LOVES open world concepts, I'm sure they give freedom to their teams, but something tells me they favor those projects that are brought to them that are huge worlds, The Getaway not being rebooted is puzzling.

 

[Muddasar]

I feel that would be a very, very solid buy. I have felt for a long time Ubisoft is the closest thing to a 3rd party "Sony" in terms of great quality on lots of their single player stuff. They also bring up lots of new IP every generation like we saw last gen with Watchdogs, The Division, fenyx rising etc

They'd be able to fill in those GAAS gaps and support those single player games with even more quality Sony is known for. I think it would be a solid purchase.

@arvfab True. Another solid buy. With Sony spreading their IP to multimedia (something I feel we will continue to see with the fucking streaming wars aka Battle Royal wit cheese with Netflix vs Amazon vs Apple vs Disney) I believe we will see companies leverage their IP to shows and films and Square has quite a bit that would work well for a lot of that. A FF series could work that simply a different setting, characters and theme every season or something.

Plus with how massive mobile is, Sony would be nuts not to jump on that with Square's IPs. I believe Square selling off those western studios was to trim the fat for a Sony purchase and I wouldn't be shocked if Sony has been in talks with them for months or years or something.

@Heisenberg007 Why The Getaway hasn't been rebooted since the open world craze started is beyond me. Sony fucking LOVES open world concepts, I'm sure they give freedom to their teams, but something tells me they favor those projects that are brought to them that are huge worlds, The Getaway not being rebooted is puzzling.

You would think after the success of GTA5 and GTA Online, rebooting The Getaway is a no brainer. Sony obviously have other plans.

 

[Bryank75]

You would think after the success of GTA5 and GTA Online, rebooting The Getaway is a no brainer. Sony obviously have other plans.

The thinking behind it might have been not to upset TakeTwo or step on their toes...

Having an in-house GTA competitor might push T2 to make a deal with Xbox rather than PS.

But at the same time they could have offered something slightly different to GTA and still be open-world / driving based.

 

[Yurinka]

The thinking behind it might have been not to upset TakeTwo or step on their toes...

Having an in-house GTA competitor might push T2 to make a deal with Xbox rather than PS.

But at the same time they could have offered something slightly different to GTA and still be open-world / driving based.

The Getaway was an average game, being generous. The Sony London manpower is a tiny portion of the Rockstar one. Rockstar won't care about whatever Sony London does, they won't notice it in their sales. And even if it would be a superseller (it won't) then T2 wouldn't leave PS because it's by far their biggest platform. To leave PS would mean to lose a ton of revenue of profits, so they won't do it.

T2 also said that to put new games in GP is joke and doesn't make sense for them.

 

[Dabaus]

Tin foil Hat time:

If im not mistaken in the interview where they acquired Bungie, didnt Jim Ryan say they had acquisitions theyre not ready to announce yet? As in theyre already done but just not public yet? Maybe they already have acquired square and just havent announced it yet what with all the timed exclusive deals they have. I think they literally have 6 timed AAA exclusives which is insane if you think about it.

 

[Bryank75]

Tin foil Hat time:

If im not mistaken in the interview where they acquired Bungie, didnt Jim Ryan say they had acquisitions theyre not ready to announce yet? As in theyre already done but just not public yet? Maybe they already have acquired square and just havent announced it yet what with all the timed exclusive deals they have. I think they literally have 6 timed AAA exclusives which is insane if you think about it.

Since Square Enix is a public company, I doubt they have actually been bought...but there could be something going on behind the scenes....
Like a roadmap or negotiations to lead up to a deal.

Just hypothesizing here.

 

[thicc_girls_are_teh_best]

yeah im not too sure about how much market cap truly plays into acquiring a company (It's obvious a business with a $10 Million market cap aint buying no company with a $1 Billion market cap, but when companies are similar in worth I ain't no expert on it) but it will be interesting to see how the future plays out.

Anyway my comments on hurting Nintendo wasn't strictly Sony will not allowing remasters or games that can run on lower powered hardware happen (They have no problem porting MLB to the switch) but that if Sony does buy Square Enix, all future projects will be with PS5 in mind first meaning no more stuff like octopath traveler and what not. Which doesn't affect me since the last Nintendo hardware I bought was Wii U if you go by consoles or new 3DS if you go by Handhelds so Nintendo not getting anymore Square Enix games would bother me but it would be interesting to see if stuff like Square and Capcom get bought up by Sony and no more stuff like Monster Hunter Rise being green lit and instead all resources go towards the next big budget Monster Hunter Game that can't run on Switch and maybe not even Switch 2. So all of Capcoms man power go towards making big budget games that can only run on PS5 and a Decent PC and leave Nintendo potentially without two big Japanese third party companies with the exceptions of possible remasters like the mega man collection that was announced yesterday! I wonder if Nintendo would do something crazy like purchase someone they don't have a super close relationship with like next level games! I was super shocked they didn't buy Alpha dream for dirt cheap a few years ago when they announced bankruptcy!

Also Sony music published a few games on the switch eShop I believe so I maybe some super small projects will happen.

Your concerns are legitimate WRT what a Square-Enix or Capcom under Sony would be in terms of how the smaller games fare, but IMO I don't think that worst-case scenario would happen. PS and PS+ need variety, you can't just get that from only big AAA games. Smaller games like Octopath Traveler are a great way getting in that smaller-tier quality and variety, and if there are games that can do well on Nintendo systems and get more revenue/profit, without stepping on the toes of what games targeting PS consoles would have.

I'm glad you do bring up how consolidation of 3P devs/pubs DOES affect Nintendo, tho, because usually with these discussions Nintendo gets left out of the equation, like they won't be negatively affected. But we already know what Nintendo platforms with skeleton 3P support do, they're called the Gamecube and Wii U, i.e two of Nintendo's worst-selling consoles in history. So the idea that Nintendo wouldn't consider an acquisition themselves, if they see 3P support they could traditionally rely on falling off, isn't a sound one. They would definitely consider a major acquisition themselves if put into that situation, because even if their 1P games perform very strong, they still need big 3P support themselves or the hardware will lose marketshare.

Overall tho, I don't really think Sony acquiring Capcom or Square-Enix would negatively impact Nintendo, I don't think they suddenly lose Monster Hunter or stuff like Live A Live/Octopath etc. either. You might see sweeter deals for those games on PlayStation, but they won't abandon Nintendo. It's only if Sony decide to enter the portable/handheld market again where I think that would potentially happen, and I've thought for a while Sony should at least consider a PS4-tier portable that's just literally a portable PS4 with PS5 featureset compatibility.

@Heisenberg007 Why The Getaway hasn't been rebooted since the open world craze started is beyond me. Sony fucking LOVES open world concepts, I'm sure they give freedom to their teams, but something tells me they favor those projects that are brought to them that are huge worlds, The Getaway not being rebooted is puzzling.

I'd be down for them hiring Quinten Tarantino for a Getaway reboot. Then Quinten can bring in Samuel L. Jackson, Tim Roth, maybe even Brad Pitt and Leonardo Decaprio, Uma Thurman, you name it. That'd be a pretty unique crime/heist style game even compared to stuff like GTA. You'd at least get excellent dialog and writing guaranteed.

The thinking behind it might have been not to upset TakeTwo or step on their toes...

Having an in-house GTA competitor might push T2 to make a deal with Xbox rather than PS.

But at the same time they could have offered something slightly different to GTA and still be open-world / driving based.

Interesting point; I think Sega back when they were making consoles and had their own sports division, ran into similar issues with EA. They even wanted Sega to dump Visual Concepts so EA could have exclusivity to sports games on Dreamcast.

But Sega were in a much weaker position market-wise to where a company like EA could've made those type of demands and mostly kept a straight face. Take-Two can't do that with Sony.

 

[Bryank75]

I'd be down for them hiring Quinten Tarantino for a Getaway reboot. Then Quinten can bring in Samuel L. Jackson, Tim Roth, maybe even Brad Pitt and Leonardo Decaprio, Uma Thurman, you name it. That'd be a pretty unique crime/heist style game even compared to stuff like GTA. You'd at least get excellent dialog and writing guaranteed.

Dude... a script from Tarantino for a game would eb so insane. Plus he is mostly working with Sony Pictures now.

Don't even need DiCaprio, could just be Tim Roth and some great voice actors etc.

But Sam Jackson would be a 'have to be'.

The hype alone would be crazy, everyone would want to play.

 

[ksdixon]

I said it a few days back, but Sony should totally turn Until Dawn/New exclusive IP after purchasing SuperMassive, into a cross media property like American Horror Story. Can get plenty of story fodder for games/tv series in an anthology, even if you don't bloster your own Bravia Core media offerings you can sell the tv show off to Netflix or whomever. You can cross-promote PS and Sony Pictures, and the connections to the actors/actresses used etc. Can stage different themed games around the calendar, MidSummer Night Murder, Spring Slasher, Halloween Dark Pictures Anthology, Something for winter, lol.

I still stand by Sony should go after SE & Capcom & WB/NRS, just to cut through liscensing red tape, or cross promote IP with media/evo branches of Sony. I just can't believe if SE is already done, or should it ever happen, it won't be with TR on board. Insert standard "Jim Ryan doesn't care about PS' legacy" comment here.

 

[ksdixon]

You would think after the success of GTA5 and GTA Online, rebooting The Getaway is a no brainer. Sony obviously have other plans.

In that mindset, I find it rediculous that throughout the Jurassic World revival, Capcom haven't taken a punt at reviving or remaking Dino Crisis. I found this fan made game on YouTube the other day that looks right up my alley except for the overly anime sounding Regina voice actress I guess, but I've not looked into it fully yet:

 

[Bodycount611]

there is no way Sony is acquiring Square-Enix.

S-E's Nintendo output has been incredible. the two companies get closer each day.

Octopath, Triangle Strategy, Live-A-Live, Harvestella, you name it, S-E is first in line to work with Nintendo.

Japan in general is 90% Nintendo. There's no way S-E sells to Sony and limits themselves that much. I do think Sony will continue to invest in Final Fantasy, and that should be enough to keep the higher end S-E experiences (Like FF7R and FF16) under their umbrella, and give them absolute JRPG supremacy in the HD space.

it's all business strategy at the end of the day. S-E knows what they're doing.

 

[Eternal_Wings]

there is no way Sony is acquiring Square-Enix.

S-E's Nintendo output has been incredible. the two companies get closer each day.

Octopath, Triangle Strategy, Live-A-Live, Harvestella, you name it, S-E is first in line to work with Nintendo.

Japan in general is 90% Nintendo. There's no way S-E sells to Sony and limits themselves that much. I do think Sony will continue to invest in Final Fantasy, and that should be enough to keep the higher end S-E experiences (Like FF7R and FF16) under their umbrella, and give them absolute JRPG supremacy in the HD space.

it's all business strategy at the end of the day. S-E knows what they're doing.

You know that all games you mentioned are only small titles and niche? How many times have Octopath Traveller and Triangle Strategy sold? The first one 2 million (about 3 years) and the other 1 nearly million. This games aren’t definitely the ones which generating the big revenue for SQEX. You know that many of the upcoming games are Multi, like Diofield Chronicles, Crisis Core etc? Frontier Mission is only Timed-exclusive like all the others. Sony is getting each day closer with all that exclusive they got and this are all the real bangers. They are getting like 6 AAA exclusives which will remain console exclusive after the deal expires. See best example FF7R, no Xbox port after nearly 3 years. Sony is carrying SQEX on its back not Nintendo lol. Even besides games Sony has so much more collaborations on the pipeline with SQEX. For example the anime productions, movies, music recording, Hardware like the new Walkman for the Kingdom Hearts anniversary in limited edition design and so on. If Sony buys SQE then this smaller titles will continue to appear on Nintendo systems with the exception of not being only tied to Big N’s systems. Every company can get bought and to money talks. Besides that the relationship between Sony and SQEX is unreal. They sharing a historical bond together, which not even Nintendo could cut. And like many others mentioned all clues lead to a buyout by Sony. Jeff Grubb never fails to prove his fantastic reputation. Reminder to you: He leaked the The Last of US Remake and talked two years ago about the Kojima cloud-based game for Xbox. It’s going to happen this time definitely.

 

[Bodycount611]

You know that all games you mentioned are only small titles and niche? How many times have Octopath Traveller and Triangle Strategy sold? The first one 2 million (about 3 years) and the other 1 nearly million. This games aren’t definitely the ones which generating the big revenue for SQEX. You know that many of the upcoming games are Multi, like Diofield Chronicles, Crisis Core etc? Frontier Mission is only Timed-exclusive like all the others. Sony is getting each day closer with all that exclusive they got and this are all the real bangers. They are getting like 6 AAA exclusives which will remain console exclusive after the deal expires. See best example FF7R, no Xbox port after nearly 3 years. Sony is carrying SQEX on its back not Nintendo lol. Even besides games Sony has so much more collaborations on the pipeline with SQEX. For example the anime productions, movies, music recording, Hardware like the new Walkman for the Kingdom Hearts anniversary in limited edition design and so on. If Sony buys SQE then this smaller titles will continue to appear on Nintendo systems with the exception of not being only tied to Big N’s systems. Every company can get bought and to money talks. Besides that the relationship between Sony and SQEX is unreal. They sharing a historical bond together, which not even Nintendo could cut. And like many others mentioned all clues lead to a buyout by Sony. Jeff Grubb never fails to prove his fantastic reputation. Reminder to you: He leaked the The Last of US Remake and talked two years ago about the Kojima cloud-based game for Xbox. It’s going to happen this time definitely.

a SQEX sale to sony would sink the company and ensure they close up shop in their home country of japan. Nobody in Japan is playing on PlayStation or cares about the PS5 games. Sorry to burst your bubble. Xbox is a non-factor but Sony is a distant, distant second so much so it's to the point of irrelevance.

I live in Japan.

I can tell you 100% everybody here plays Switch, loves Nintendo, and considers Nintendo as a national heritage brand. Sony isn't held in the same regard. Sony will never beat Nintendo ever again here.

If anyone acquires Square Enix it will be Nintendo.

Keep in mind: No japanese developers have been bought or sold yet and none probably will. they don't do that shit. so it's all hearsay and Xbox fanboy's acquisition begging bleeding into the PS camp at the end of the day. SQEX is healthy and doesn't need anyone's help.