Honestly, i've been dreaming of a time where anime games are actually good because very few of them are. With Sony's backing im hoping anime games get the budget they deserve because its growing incredibly fast with Demon Slayer and Attack on Titan. The Demon slayer movie was #1 in the US box office...thats a bit insane and the DVD/Blu Ray sold a million copies in like 3 days or something.
Developers != publishers.
Publisher is just a group of developers. No difference.
Yeah, no.
2 is just 1 + 1, or 3 - 1, or...
Microsoft is very interested in the Japanese market, Sony better snag asap!
Microsoft have been rumored to be purchasing each and every studio ever created. Nothing comes out of 95% of the rumors posted on here.
I don’t think this would be a company Microsoft would be interested in. Of course the acquisition cost would likely be low, so maybe for game pass.
Maybe for sells and mindshare but Arc makes better fighting games.
So you are trying to imply that 2 is not 1+1 or something? Or it is not organic enough?
Yes fighting game on PC, they’re usually better than on consoles. Unless Sony change their stance on late PC ports I can’t see this aqcuisition as a good thing. Sony is always the worst case scenario for devs that make games on other platforms. Well, no, Nintendo is worse
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Zenimax released their games for PlayStation on the same day too.
There goes all of Microsoft's "talent". Jezzball anyone?
Guilty Gear and BlazBlue aren't as well known as Doom, The Elder Scrolls etc.
They still do after that clip became public knowledge? Jeez
That assumes that NRS is even available for purchase or that their asking price, if they are, wasn't deemed too high. As far as I know, none of the Warner Bros studios are currently up for grabs and will be transitioned to Discovery as planned. The only exception being Playdemic, a mobile developer, that EA just bought for $1.4 billion. I can assure you that in the event NRS is made available for acquisition the competition for it will be fierce and EA has already been making it very clear they want to gobble up the Warner Bros studios since last year. None of the other companies who are worth a damn that make fighting games (Capcom, Bandai Namco, NRS) are likely available. So if Sony was looking for a studio to make exclusive fighting games for them, ASW was the most likely of the four to be up for acquisition and they fit very well with Sony's apparent plans. Not to mention being in a much more digestible price range.
If they were looking for stability and Sony was looking for a fighting game studio of their own and enough money was offered, they're not going to care that much. Their games will still come to PC eventually. Who knows. PlayStation may even decide to make an exception for their games and release them day and date with PC. At least certain franchises like Guilty Gear.
I would have to agree on NRS being a better fit at EA than Sony. Plus, I'm really not a big fan of long established, beloved, multiplatform franchises suddenly not being available to platforms they used to be on. No one would really be affected much if Guilty Gear or BlazBlue never found their way to Nintendo or Xbox ever again. It wouldn't cause a ripple of betrayal. But being told that Mortal Kombat would never again be on any other platform than PlayStation would be shitty to me. I mean, it's business and eventually it would just feel normal, but I'd rather it go to someone like EA who will make sure it goes everywhere. Sony's obvious ambitions for the anime market and the fighting game scene just make ASW a fantastic fit for them that wouldn't break the bank or hearts.
It's almost as if it's brand power that sells fighting games. Do you really think Sony would buy ArcSys just to make original, niche fighters? It's almost as if the optimal strategy is to attach famous franchises to a fighting game - as successfully displayed by FighterZ - and by then, it's almost impossible to fail. Think, dude. Also, with Strive, Guilty Gear is gaining traction as a franchise.
Not all of them. P4A, BBTAG, FighterZ, Granblue, and Strive are all games that are easy to get into. Heck, I'd even say most of them would be fairly easy to get into if they came equipped with better tutorials.
What fighting game is more popular on PC than on PS4? Almost every local and tournament is ran exclusively on PS4.Yes fighting game on PC, they’re usually better than on consoles. Unless Sony change their stance on late PC ports I can’t see this aqcuisition as a good thing. Sony is always the worst case scenario for devs that make games on other platforms. Well, no, Nintendo is worse
