oldergamer
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PlayStation welcomes Housemarque to the family
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OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
There's nothing saying their games can't come to pc. Sony has opened that door up already.
oldergamer
Member
These deals make sense for sony
Shifty1897
Member
It's a valid concern. The early PS4 and Vita days were full of first party closures. But how many were due to poor sales because of Sony's poor management at the time by:
- The 21 day PS3 network outage
- Delaying games into irrelevance after natural disasters
- Forcing them to work on games for struggling hardware
Salmon Snake
Member
TIndeed. While this is not the most surprising acquisition out there, it makes sense for both Sony and Housemarque. I'm eagerly waiting what the studio will be able to come up with a larger budget.
And on a nationalistic note, that will probably be completely lost for non-Finns - TORILLE!!!
TORILLA TAVATAAN
Darlingcognito
Member
Soooo organic, I can just feel the organicness in the air, it's so fresh and organic.
SE and capcom are two companies that definitely won't be purchased from Sony or Microsoft.ok, arc system next, then SE and capcom
tommib
Member
By far the best game I’ll play this year.
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Papacheeks
Banned
Also need to look at Geographic location of said studios. UK is super expensive to have studios. They had a good amount in UK, and downsized their teams they had London Studio and Manchester studios working on VR, manchester literally went like 4+ years without showing off anything. ANd I guess internally Sony was not impressed. SO they downsized closed down Manchester and moved teams to London studio.
When you have many WW studios these things happen depending on the market. Also depends on the studio. If Sony is hand off with you, that means its all on you to produce something they can market and sell. Most of the studios barring Cambridge had issues producing all together or made the same game for decadeds like liverpool.
Cambridge was done dirty for sure, but from my understanding a lot of people were moved around into other existing teams and studios. It was not a large studio, but it was super expensive to have open in Cambrige. So I see why they closed it even though they made 2 titles that scored well on meta, just didnt sell.
Dick Jones
Gold Member
I'm glad they didn't get fucked over on the price issues that people had (Returnal being the first price hike game). Great game and great studio.
Topher
Gold Member
I think Activision has closed over 10 studios. Same for Take Two. Microsoft has closed 8 studios. I mean......it sucks but it happens.
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SoloKingRobert
Banned
Sony acquires a Game Studio, while Microsoft acquires an entire Publisher. Seems fair
kruis
Exposing the sinister cartel of retailers who allow companies to pay for advertising space.
It's a good addition to PS Studios but on the other hand the news is not that exciting since Housemarque had been a PS dev for an incredibly long time. It's not like PC and Xbox fans are furious now because they'll miss out on so many future Housemarque games they were itching to play. Those PC and Xbox fans never expected those games in the first place. This is a non event.
Keihart
Member
I don't think it would be good for Arcsystems now considering the success of Strive, i would have the complete opposite opinion before strive but now they seem to be doing pretty good and Daisuke has the freedom to do almost whatever the fuck he wants with team red.ok, arc system next, then SE and capcom
Cool to see House Marque getting into PS officially, they kinda struggled last gen, this at least guarantees that they'll stick around for 1 or 2 more games at worst.
nowhat
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Yeah, I figured I didn't need to post that picture, someone else would
TORILLA TAVATAAN
So, for the benefit of Fin-GAF (there are dozens of us! dozens! or at least a few), here's a really bad joke I came up with (and no, this can't be translated):
Mitä Mikke Granlund sanoi nähdessään kavereidensa kanssa ison ihmisapinan?
gorilla tavataan
FranXico
Member
I don't think Remedy are for sale though. And that's a good thing.
Topher
Gold Member
I don't understand how this is a "non event" unless it is making Xbox and PC fans "furious". Quantic Dreams was also once a PS only dev.
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I think it's exciting if you like Housemarque games.
Notable in the console gaming space. Don't disrespect Supercell /s
Papacheeks
Banned
Remedy have internal issues in their development. Control turned out ok, but you can see where there were issues in development that made them scale down what they wanted to do in the given development time.
Shmunter
Member
Who cares about those smelly Xbox fans. Bringing in talent, giving them the appropriate level of funding and support is like nurturing a seed that can grow into an oak.
Roman Empire
Member
I can't forgive how Sony forced Evolution Studios to delay and change some aspects of MotorStorm Apocalypse due to the 2011 Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. I know it is a delicate subject and my feeling goes to all those that lost their belongings and family in the incident. However, games and reality are two separate things. I know it is more of a PR stunt, but still, it's silly.
FranXico
Member
Are saying they should only be happy if it was a multiplatform studio and games were going to be canceled on xbox as a result?
NoviDon
Member
Marrying their talent for making addicting gameplay to AAA funding should be a dream situation. AKA, a 'Big Event'.
Guilty_AI
Member
This sort of stuff always happened.
Big fish buys around a bunch of studios, ends up killing half of them, new studios appear, repeat.
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ZywyPL
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"Throwing money won’t lead to success" - Jim Ryan, 2021
Good acquisition for Sony, as Housemarque said themselves, they make gameplay-centric games, something Sony's lineup is seriously lacking (and shooters too), so hopefully they won't be forced into story-driven cinematic experience genre but remain their creative freedom intact.
Good acquisition for Sony, as Housemarque said themselves, they make gameplay-centric games, something Sony's lineup is seriously lacking (and shooters too), so hopefully they won't be forced into story-driven cinematic experience genre but remain their creative freedom intact.
Illustrat
Neo Member
No, it just didn't seem like anything really changed at all, but i guess they will receive more funding so that's something to be happy about, if you like their games.Are saying they should only be happy if it was a multiplatform studio and games were going to be canceled on xbox as a result?
Guilty_AI
Member
hopefully
lh032
I cry about Xbox and hate PlayStation.
tbh, Microsoft is looking for more acquisition, I guess Sony had to start looking for more studios as well."Throwing money won’t lead to success" - Jim Ryan, 2021
Good acquisition for Sony, as Housemarque said themselves, they make gameplay-centric games, something Sony's lineup is seriously lacking (and shooters too), so hopefully they won't be forced into story-driven cinematic experience genre but remain their creative freedom intact.
I think Housemasque purpose will cater to hardcore roguelite market.
While Bluepoint for remakes and remasters.
FranXico
Member
That's the point, the studio gets more financial support and works on larger scope games for PS5 and PC.
Xbox gamers are not affected by this either way.
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balls of snow
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Defensive move. Good for sony.
FranXico
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Illustrat
Neo Member
Yeah, I was just under the impression that they were already being funded by Sony, Returnal looked like a much bigger project than anything they've worked on before.
onesvenus
Member
Yup, it's so crap that it's been number one in steam
Isn't that what all adquisitions are about?
ManaByte
Gold Member
They also changed MGS2 due to 9/11.
