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JawaSaysUtinni
Member
This would certainly fit Sony's criteria. It feels very much like an organic partnership between the two.
Ar¢tos
Member
FromSoftware was bought in 2014 by Kadokawa. With Sony interested in CrunchyRoll and having the anime monopoly it's more likely that Sony will buy Kadokawa than MS.
Gamerguy84
Member
I really hope so. Sony has quite a vault to reach into, looks like a perfect fit.
michaelius
Banned
That would suck - since it would be like Microsoft acqusitions designed to take away content from other players.
vpance
Member
Maybe they could be persuaded to sell off From? I mean, anything for the right price.
Anyways I see it as a good defensive move for Sony. BP were always going to be there for them but now they can potentially fire up BB2 or DeS2. From will be focused on Elden Ring for a while I think.
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Ar¢tos
Member
After the huge fame growth fromsoftware had they are definitely not going to sell them. Kadokawa is not in money problems and FromSoftware prints money for them.
HaveButOneLife
Banned
I'd rather them acquire Square, as someone on this forum already brought up. It's not impossible and they'd be dominating the Japanese market even more.
Papacheeks
Banned
Square probably wants something up in the Billions for an acquisition. Remember that your not just buying the publishing house and studios under it but any debt, assets, holdings as well. Which makes the price very high than buying a singular studio.
HaveButOneLife
Banned
I'm fairly aware, if the net worth on Google is accurate then they're only (and I don't mean "only" ignorantly, but in comparison to Sony's size) worth $1.26 billion, so it's not out of question, it's whether or not Sony can profit and/or afford it pretty much.
But Google shows Bethesda's net worth is $3 billion but they got bought out for $7 billion so who knows, maybe it'd cost Sony $2-3 billion to acquire Square?
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Men_in_Boxes
Snake Oil Salesman
Arrowhead would have been a better purchase.
Papacheeks
Banned
Yea it's way higher than that. Net worth is a collection of current stock price x shares and assets. The purchase price will more than likely be double that. Case in point Majong was bought for 2.7 Billion. And that literally is like one game/franchise that made money came from that deal. Imagine How much the final fantasy IP is worth? On top of also Hitman, Tomb raider they also own.
That is going to add up to more than 2-3 Billion. I mean if they have a good amount of debt they could buy them for 4 Billion. But it totally depends on how much there assets are appraised at.
Right now FF is on a high, Tomb raider is on a low, hitman is on a high.
I doubt they would be able to buy square for anything less than 4 Billion.
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Quantic Dreams
kyoji
Member
not to mention sony and froms relationship goes wayyy back id like to think that means something as well.
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diffusionx
Gold Member
Too bad I still want them to do a Soul Reacer remake with all cut content restored
kuncol02
Banned
CDP is worth around $9bln. No one sane would but developer which makes one game every 6 years for that much.
SilentUser
Member
Buying studios like Bluepoint would be great: they have a healthy relationship of years, plus they are doing Sony titles for a while. It's not like Switch or Xbox fans will miss Bluepoint games IP, which is something I really dislike when a big studio is bought by a company (Bethesda and other studios).
Rhazer Fusion
Member
I’m getting to the point where I don’t think Sony wants to acquire any Japanese studios or even any major to fairly major studios in general. I think they will mostly target smaller studios if they do any more acquisitions.
Slings and Arrows
Banned
Probably legit as it ticks the three boxes of studio acquisition for Sony
Fits Sony's criteria
Dun gud for Sony
Not a surprise
Fits Sony's criteria
Dun gud for Sony
Not a surprise
Kokoloko85
Member
No I think PS / Nintendo Gaf was against buying out studios that they have bever worked with or partnered up with before...
Theres a slight different between buying out Ninja Theory ( who made exclusives and timed exclusives for Playstation, never worked with MS ) and Bethesda who is multiplatform studio
To buying studios you have years of exclusives with like Bluepoint, Insomniac etc
Yes your probably gonna come back and say theres no difference blah blah blah,but its a small difference.
One you building a relationship with over years of making exclusives together. The other your just buying studios because you have the money and never worked with them before.
Who cares anyway. If you buy them you buy them. MS can buy the whole VG market with the money they have and so could Amazon
MS buying Playground games is more like what Sony does with Bluepoint and Insomniac etc
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Kokoloko85
Member
Id be happy with those 3 too. From Software and Kojima pro please
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Knitted Knight
Banned
Reeera rumors have high concentrations of fecal matter lately.
Just remember Dusk Golem.... and all the other loons who were sure MS was changing Xbox Live Gold.
Just remember Dusk Golem.... and all the other loons who were sure MS was changing Xbox Live Gold.
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Knitted Knight
Banned
A.Romero
Member
I don't know... I mean, when a studio is purchased normally what has value are the IP. What does Bluepoint has?
They could sign a 5 game deal and be done with it. I don't get what Sony would be purchasing with this. In a couple of years all current devs could be going somewhere else.
They could sign a 5 game deal and be done with it. I don't get what Sony would be purchasing with this. In a couple of years all current devs could be going somewhere else.
Rhazer Fusion
Member
I don’t think buying Bluepoint would compensate for MS buying From. I don’t think Microsoft would get them because I feel Microsoft and From aren’t a good fit for each other. Bethesda and Microsoft or even EA or Microsoft would be a more appropriate for each other. Then again, you never know.
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too much eslim
Member
As they should. They can remake all their past games
Ar¢tos
Member
Talent, Knowledge of how Sony operates and experience working with them, already communicates with other Sony studios as a first party, and Sony has a ton of forgotten IPs they can reimagine as they want, if they don't want to make something new.
Sony didn't buy Insomniac because of Sunset Overdrive.
Clear
CliffyB's Cock Holster
Bluepoint would be a wise choice because objectively its a studio that's always going to be able to find work due to their track-record in porting titles. By buying them, Sony would at least ensure that they wouldn't end up occupied on projects that specifically benefit them.
Their expertise dealing with code inherited from Japanese developers also makes them a better fit for Sony than MS.
Their expertise dealing with code inherited from Japanese developers also makes them a better fit for Sony than MS.
Edgelord79
Gold Member
Makes a lot of sense. Strong acquisition by Sony if they do.
daninthemix
Member
So a studio that works exclusively for Sony will continue to do so.
Got it.
Got it.
The same is valid for Sony.
Dr. Kitty Muffins
Member
It just seems like they should be folded into another studio.
vpance
Member
Oh of course not. I'm just saying Sony would be wise to hedge their bets. From can't make all of ER, new DeS and new BB this gen anyways.
DeS and BB IP sitting around doing nothing for this gen would be a big waste.
Evangelion Unit-01
Master Chief
Always been a matter of when and not if. Indie studios don't need to be acquired, especially ones that never go without a contract like Bluepoint but as their ambitions grow (and their owners look to retirement lol) it makes sense to sell. I would expect Sony would be the one to acquire given the relationship there but there isn't anything that would preclude another publisher from swooping in.
eyesabitdull
Banned
Well, duh.
I don't think they've worked with anyone else in an entire generation other than Sony.
Hell, I dont think anyone cared about them until they worked with Sony and began delivering some noteworthy games (even if they were remasters).
It only made sense.
I don't think they've worked with anyone else in an entire generation other than Sony.
Hell, I dont think anyone cared about them until they worked with Sony and began delivering some noteworthy games (even if they were remasters).
It only made sense.
phil_t98
#SonyToo
It makes no difference lol
if the studio is for sale then Sony have their chance to buy them to, also the studio can refuse the buy out if they don’t wanna work with Sony/Microsoft and stay indipendant
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Beer Baelly
Al Pachinko, Konami President
Man fuck that! Last thing we should want is company's buying up big studios and getting games that were already coming to the console. Sony is doing it right. Buy small studios and grow them or start new studios.
Why would you care if they bought a studio that got them a big IP? You probably could play that big IP on PS anyway. We need more games. Not just taking games we already have away from other people
Sony has never been about buying studios for the IPs. They usually buy small studios and grow them to the point the can create their own IPs.
Arkam
Member
Yup, would be smart to have them remake a couple more of the PS3 standouts that still are locked on that console (or PSNow).
mcjmetroid
Member
This Wednesday?
I guess Sony is waiting for their audition...
Valued Gamer
Banned
So they should buy Bluepoint.
I makes alot of sense, they wouldn't be overly expensive, and are basically a Sony studio already.
I makes alot of sense, they wouldn't be overly expensive, and are basically a Sony studio already.