I had only just recently posted this to my Twitter, though had gotten curious about what people might have to say here.
What should Sony focus on acquiring?
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Voted for development studios since that's what I believe Sony will continue to do. They need to go after the established studios that solidify their weaknesses and that are a great fit within Sony. I also believe that they should go after new studios like Ember Lab and Deviation Games because they fit with what Sony is currently doing and both would be a low cost risk / high reward scenario.
also what's up with people obessed about this acquiring thingy lately? Is it an ego thing!!
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All of these would be completely insane. I only expect maybe 4 or 5 of them though.
And liquid swords
I think sony should def try and lock down Bokeh just to shut up the japan studio crybabies. I’m not really excited for slitterhead though
I’m also not confident in Tabata’s studio, we’ll see. I’m sure if. They got something good brewing someone will snatch them before they even announce their game. Thats typically how it goes these days, the studios look for investors before even launching their studios
Honestly it made no sense to me how Sony had the line on Rocket League and Fall Guys and let them get bought up by Epic instead of themselves.
Absolutely incompetent IMO.
Absolutely incompetent IMO.
I think sony mostly got what it needed out of both of those games. I don’t see either company iterating on them in a successful long term way.
I don't think that matters too much, they seem to be evergreen party games. Just keep throwing them new cars and outfits.
I too think Sony missed a trick with those two games. If they were ps owned, ps would reclaim the 70% instead of just making 30% cut on PS mtx. And they'd gain a 70% cut from whichever other platforms the games are on. Iirc?
Sony needs to be strategic in this. They don't have Microsoft money, they don't have Meta money, they don't have Amazon money, and they Don't have Apple Money. Also to everybody saying they should go on a spending spree I just hope everybody knows this just gives microsoft more leverage in getting these giant publisher buyouts thru the FTC. and might cost Sony a big deal if they don;t have the money left to buyout someone. I think Sony needs to do some serious talking with Take Two and look into them personally.
If Microsoft buys EA after Activision deal goes thru that would be best as there is no way Fifa would let their games stay exclusive to xbox and PC only and I imagine the same with Madden. PlayStation losing stuff like Dead Space and Need For Speed sucks however if Sony can get GTA VI PS5 and PC exclusive it is game over for everybody out there trying to compete in the Console market! It would quite possible nullify any purchase Microsoft makes as Sony can guarantee themselves 150 million PS5's out there and as much as Microsoft might want to make certain games exclusive to xbox they at the end of they day can't ignore an audience that big as Sony's to not sell their games too!
Also imagine Sony bringing back Midnight Club, that would be awesome to see!
If Microsoft buys EA after Activision deal goes thru that would be best as there is no way Fifa would let their games stay exclusive to xbox and PC only and I imagine the same with Madden. PlayStation losing stuff like Dead Space and Need For Speed sucks however if Sony can get GTA VI PS5 and PC exclusive it is game over for everybody out there trying to compete in the Console market! It would quite possible nullify any purchase Microsoft makes as Sony can guarantee themselves 150 million PS5's out there and as much as Microsoft might want to make certain games exclusive to xbox they at the end of they day can't ignore an audience that big as Sony's to not sell their games too!
Also imagine Sony bringing back Midnight Club, that would be awesome to see!
I think they should focus on getting some goddamned real PS5 games, have you guys seen the trash that is floating around the store? This is like 5 rows down on the main PS5 games page when you go to the store:
Lady in a Leotard with a Gun
Do they have no say in what they shovel into the store? Who in their right mind is going to buy this except platinum whores, this is embarrassing stuff
Lady in a Leotard with a Gun
Do they have no say in what they shovel into the store? Who in their right mind is going to buy this except platinum whores, this is embarrassing stuff
- Plublishers: Capcom and Square Enix would be more than enough. That would secure JRPG, horror, monster hunting, hack & slash and fighting genres, plus give them a ton of great crossmedia IPs and legacy content for PS+
- Developers: A new/relatively recent Polish studio with key veterans from CD Project and others to grow in WRPG and make them easier to adapt to SIE's culture and avoid the CD Project one. BlueTwelve (creators of Stray), a relatively recent French studio with key veterans from Ubisoft and Quantic Dream. A couple of top AAAish VR devs to develop or codevelop top Sony IP VR adaptations. Lucid, to integrate it into Firesprite and have more former Liverpool Studio, Evolution and Bizarre Creations devs inside Firesprite to strengthen the concept of reviving these studios inside Firesprite.
- Support and mobile: a couple of great porting and outsourcing teams who already successfullly worked with them like Jetpack or (not sure if they are good enough) Iron Galaxy. A couple of successful teams who could make mobile versions/sequels/direct ports/emulation of their big IPs.
I think Rocket League and Fall Guys (or Among Us) will be definitions of one hit wonders. I think after a few years their popularity will be over and these developers won't be capable of making a sequel or new IP of similar popularity.
Sony prefers talent who knows to deliver multiple very successful new IPs or games (Insomniac, Destiny, Haven etc).
Curation costs money.. this is all the result of their indie programs. You can sign up right now, as long as you have a real business (Tax ID, registered with whatever your countries business registry is, etc.) Then they'll "lend" you a dev kit, which they seem to have plenty of.
Pretty sure almost every process is automated.. Sony isn't "playing" these games before release.. they scan the code for malware type shit, probably make sure it boots w/o crashing.. and then release (my guesses of course). If a dev had enough nerve I'm sure they could hide some porn in a game even and Sony wouldn't know it until complaints came in.
It's mostly an honors system.. which we saw pretty blatantly with the Abandoned shenanegins.. Sony also isn't paying much attention at all.. again we saw that with Abandoned.
This shit used to be way more hidden, but I think they changed things when indies complained about "poor discoverability" (wahhh wahhh market my product for me wahhhhh
) so shit started showing up in lists that would have been hidden away previously.
Are you telling me I could get my hands on a cool looking Dev kit, paint it white and black, and not have to look at the PS5's... I think it's supposed to look like a trophy? shape?Curation costs money.. this is all the result of their indie programs. You can sign up right now, as long as you have a real business (Tax ID, registered with whatever your countries business registry is, etc.) Then they'll "lend" you a dev kit, which they seem to have plenty of.
Pretty sure almost every process is automated.. Sony isn't "playing" these games before release.. they scan the code for malware type shit, probably make sure it boots w/o crashing.. and then release (my guesses of course). If a dev had enough nerve I'm sure they could hide some porn in a game even and Sony wouldn't know it until complaints came in.
It's mostly an honors system.. which we saw pretty blatantly with the Abandoned shenanegins.. Sony also isn't paying much attention at all.. again we saw that with Abandoned.
This shit used to be way more hidden, but I think they changed things when indies complained about "poor discoverability" (wahhh wahhh market my product for me wahhhhh
Sold!