shubik
Member
I get your point but even without microtransactions the game is highly profitable. over 30 million copies of FIFA 21 were sold. That alone is a sweet deal for SONY
-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
Mergers and Acquisitions |OT| Thread Merged
- Thread starter Tiago Rodrigues
- Start date
- |OT|
I get your point but even without microtransactions the game is highly profitable. over 30 million copies of FIFA 21 were sold. That alone is a sweet deal for SONY
Team Andromeda
Member
£3 Billion Power LOL.
Black_Stride
do not tempt fate do not contrain Wonder Woman's thighs do not do not
If you want a companies technology and expertise an easy way is to simply purchase them.
Sony dont care too much about getting exclusives, but getting the live service tech behind Destiny is tasty for Sony who are trying to build towards live service games.
They are alittle late to the party so makes sense to buy shit instead of starting from scratch.
Heck Bungie still calls themselves an Independent studio who will self publish their shit.
But obviously if Sony calls them to help with a game they will jump in to do the job.
Sony dont care too much about getting exclusives, but getting the live service tech behind Destiny is tasty for Sony who are trying to build towards live service games.
They are alittle late to the party so makes sense to buy shit instead of starting from scratch.
Heck Bungie still calls themselves an Independent studio who will self publish their shit.
But obviously if Sony calls them to help with a game they will jump in to do the job.
Craig of War
Banned
You know Sports Game will stay multiplatform right like MLB The Show they force Sony to release on Xbox and Switch
I don't know if it's hugely profitable. Or the company wouldn't be.
Also you got a source for the number of copies. I can see them saying in their reports that they had 31m players not copies.
EA in total makes about 1bn in operating income, and they made 4bn in terms of dlc/mtx.
shubik
Member
Sure. I have no problem with them being multiplat. Even better for SONY. More sales means more money. Just like with the Bundie deal
Coolwhhip
Neophyte
shubik
Member
sure. Here is a source:
FIFA 21 Is The Most Succesful FIFA Ever
EA underlined its dominance in the gaming world with its latest business report once again. And EA will probably set records again with FIFA 22!
www.earlygame.com
I´m sure it is profitable as hell because the development cost is not as big as with a Tripple A title. Yet you have the crazy sales. It has to be profitable.
Y0ssarian
Banned
Helghan
Member
Because they aren't just going to deliberately lose that much revenue, purely for branding purposes. Also EA is not going to happen, too expensive for Sony. Their marketcap is currently 37.5 billion, to buy them you'll probably have to pay 50 billion. That's not something Sony can pay.
It is players not units sold.sure. Here is a source:
FIFA 21 Is The Most Succesful FIFA Ever
EA underlined its dominance in the gaming world with its latest business report once again. And EA will probably set records again with FIFA 22!
I´m sure it is profitable as hell because the development cost is not as big as with a Tripple A title. Yet you have the crazy sales. It has to be profitable.
You can have a look at the financial results. I was surprised by how relatively modest it was.
Last edited:
Mozza
Member
Take Two might be a trifle ambitious.Capcom,Konami,Take Two and Bandai Namco.
shubik
Member
It is players not units sold.
You can have a look at the financial results. I was surprised by how relatively modest it was.
Thanks for the link and info. Will take a look.
Craig of War
Banned
But what the point of buying them for then it would be a total waste of money
around 20b
shubik
Member
You earn money in the long run. EA owns some of the most profitable IP´s in the biz. Huge focus on multiplayer. I agree that at first, it seams like a waste of money though
No worries, I am wondering where their R&D money is going off the back of looking at this. We will get the last quarters numbers soon so can update the thread with that info.
The Shepard
Member
Didn't santa Monica cancel that destiny like game because of, destiny? It had the god of war 3 Director in charge.
ZywyPL
Banned
Almost all of them? Which PS4 or PS3 game ran at more than 30? GoW had optional unlocked cramerate, UC4 was 60 in MP, so was KZSF with unlocked framerate in SP. GT is the only game consistent game that's 60FPS. On PS3, again there was GT, GoW had unlocked framerate, Wipeout HD R&C Future trilogy, and that's about it. But the vast majority of games is 30FPS.
AV
We ain't outta here in ten minutes, we won't need no rocket to fly through space
If anything it was a response to Microsoft wanting Bungie to keep making more Halo when they didn't want to, and Sony have said "come make whatever you want here" (edit: as long as it's a GAAS).
Which, weirdly, seems to be more MS's approach now with their shitzillion studios.
Last edited:
Craig of War
Banned
It a bad deal man it just the sports license that you can lose if not renewal
sports game are horrible they are yearly release of the same game i have no idea why you want sony to waste resource on them when they will not matter to getting better IP's that are not force multiplatform by sports contracts
Bulletbrain
Member
Sony would have crunched the numbers and found that Bungie represented a good investment. It's a growth investment while also plugging a hole in it's gaming portfolio (live-service, FPS).
However, show of power it is not.
However, show of power it is not.
Fare thee well
Neophyte
Your future when Disney buys google, ms, and sony...
after the acquisition of Cod ...i heard from sony fans that Sony have at least 3 or 4 AAA competitive fps gaas in production
cireza
Member
Feels almost like buying a bag supposedly full of stuff and when you open it, it is actually empty.
Darlingcognito
Member
Jist shoring up content which any of the three should be doing.
Fare thee well
Neophyte
I could see a company taking Valve from an aged and tired Gabe down the line. I'd rather all these businesses say no to these buyouts. I just feel this mass buyup is going to fuck everyone in the longterm.
I just hope new companies can still form under the umbrella of our future super monopolies. So far it looks like they can? Idk
I just hope new companies can still form under the umbrella of our future super monopolies. So far it looks like they can? Idk
Fredrik
Member
Still, if you look at Insomniac’s games library they had started spreading out but completely stopped after 2019, same year Sony bought them. Housemarque hasn’t once mentioned PC releases either to my knowledge. If they’re doing PC releases it’ll happen after the PS releases just like I said. And Nixxes were one of the best console to PC port houses, and nothing after the Sony acquisition. I doubt it would be any different with Capcom, Square Enix, Bamco, Konami, FROM, Ubi or whatever they could acquire. They’ve been very clear about Playstation having a higher priority ever since they started doing PC releases.
Last edited:
Jadsey
Member
Don't think it's MS buying anybody...the Activision deal has now been referred to the FTC, so they will facing a lot more scrutiny than they expected or wanted.
I imagine it's something Sony related...my guess is they are buying Ubisoft, that would be the correct business move in the face of Microsoft's aggression.
To me, this all sucks for gamers. It's sad.
I imagine it's something Sony related...my guess is they are buying Ubisoft, that would be the correct business move in the face of Microsoft's aggression.
To me, this all sucks for gamers. It's sad.
Lucifers Beard
Member
Not sure I get where you’re coming from here. PC is likely to be the best platform to play on for variety going forward since Sony and MS are releasing games their games there.
I’ll for sure be jumping on a high spec desktop at the start of next gen.
I’ll for sure be jumping on a high spec desktop at the start of next gen.
Sygma
Member
I don’t get the infatuation with Steam. ”No steam, no buy” is so cringe and hypocritical.
Fuck Steam and fuck the King Gaben.
Amen it's just a convenient platform
Fredrik
Member
Lol I doubt it, but yeah it would be a huge loss, I have at least 90% of all my PC games on Steam.
SLB1904
Banned
When did we go wrong when we lol at 3b?
GigaBowser
The bear of bad news
True, but the recent events could have prompted them to pull the trigger.
The Bethesda purchase could have initiated it.
tassletine
Member
Decisions like that are only made when they have multiple benefits. There will be many more that we don't know about.
Negotiator101
Member
Sony have a limited budget, Microsoft do not. It doesn't matter now anyway the balance of power has already swung in Microsofts favour after the Activision deal.
Fare thee well
Neophyte
In other news, several FTC agents were able to retire early with very lucrative pensions 
we dosnt lol at 3b. We do (greatly) lol at someone who writes in the title "a show of power" when the direct competitor spent 70b for an entire publisher last week. That was the exact definition of "show of power".
Sony imho overpayed for Bungie because it badly needed someone capable in the fps scene and who tried it in their first party slate has been proven that wasn't good enough at it
Last edited: