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.Maybe this is in case MS buys From. Then at least they got a leg up on making Bloodborne 2 and DeS2.
Sony would’ve been better off acquiring From Software. That company is very well suited to be a Sony exclusive studio and they CLEARLY make some of the best video games.
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.
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.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 potentially have BB2 and DeS2 in the making. From will be focused on Elden Ring for a while I think.
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.
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.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.
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?
Can someone explain whats the point of buying a studio that already made games for you exclusively since 2012?
I understand getting a third party studio that made games for both and then you want their exclusivity for yourself....but they already had that with BP and i dont even remember BP ever saying publicly that they would port any of their games to MS.
not to mention sony and froms relationship goes wayyy back id like to think that means something as well.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.
CDP is worth around $9bln. No one sane would but developer which makes one game every 6 years for that much.As good as bluepoint games i was also hoping for a bigger publisher like cyberpunk devs or ubisoft or capcom
Sony would’ve been better off acquiring From Software. That company is very well suited to be a Sony exclusive studio and they CLEARLY make some of the best video games.
I thought Gaf was against buy studios and that they should do fresh start ups?
would make sense for them to buy these as they do a lot together and have a good partnership
Anyways theres 4 studios i would love sony 2 buy aint the big ones. Looks like bluepoint is one and the other 3 has to be from software , kojima productions and house marque
Maybe this is in case MS buys From. Then at least they got a leg up on making Bloodborne 2 and DeS2.
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.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.
The same is valid for Sony.That would suck - since it would be like Microsoft acqusitions designed to take away content from other players.
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.
It makes no difference lolNo 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
It's not an exciting acquisition and doesn't net any big IP's but from a content production standpoint it is the smart move.
I do hope they will get a bit more aggressive with acquisitions in the future. They are really not rocking the boat at all when it comes to this aspect.
I don't know... I mean, when a studio is purchased normally what has value are the IP
Yup, would be smart to have them remake a couple more of the PS3 standouts that still are locked on that console (or PSNow).Sony wants more remakes like DS.
So they are the specialist for that.
Arrowhead would have been a better purchase.