You don't just acquire a game developer for no reason, dumb ass. They have to have proven success. Sony jumped on talent when they were successful but still affordable.
Oh, nice, name calling. Reported
They acquired/threw money at Naughty Dog after the success of the Crash franchise.
Yes, and? I've said in one of previous posts : barely produced a single IP before Sony acquired them.
They acquired/threw money at Guerilla after the success of Killzone.
Same :barely produced a single IP before Sony acquired them.
They acquired/threw money at Sucker punch after the success of Sly Cooper and Infamous.
Actually, they've approached Sony for publishing a Sly Cooper
They acquired/threw money at (the now defunct) Zipper Interactive after the success of Crimson Skies and SOCOM.
So, they developed games for PC, later for PS platform
They acquired/threw money at (the now defunct) Evolution after the success of the World Rally Championship and Motorstorm.
They have/had history with Insomniac..but they acquired/threw money at them after the wild success of Spiderman.
Like i've said, these two already developed games for Sony before Sony bought them. Same as Playground games.
abacab :Now its an outright problem that Microsoft is making an effort to strengthen their first party and right those wrongs.
Some developer acqusition is Ok. Won't mind, let's applaud to MS for buying a whole publisher. Yaaaaay
If there’s one thing I fucking hate, it’s revisionist history.
Yes, Insomniac already developed many games for PS platform.
Sonys last year acquisition has nothing to do with Sunset Overdrive sequel. LOL Game was released 7 years ago
You, Xbox community, can blame only yourself because you didn't buy the game in enough copies to secure the sequel. You, Xbox community, fucked up this game badly for your platform. You didnd't supported the game enough
MS responded to aggressive Sony moves with an even more aggressive move
Am I wrong?
Few timed exclusives ( which already would appear on other platform sooner or latter) vs. Publisher acquisition ( locking bunch of games from other platform for good).