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think-man said:
LudicrousSpeed said:

Yeah I mean the one real big hit they had was a licensed superhero game. Any time you can snag a studio with talent it’s a big deal, but nothing changes much for gamers because they were already a de facto standard PS exclusive company. At least now people can stop worrying about a Sunset 2 that wasn’t coming anyway.

I don’t see Control lighting up sales charts, wouldn’t be surprised to see them snatch up Remedy either. They fit the design of Sony games nowadays.

The rumors are pointing towards them buying up Remedy, and a couple of other studios. I think in the coming months they'll announce a couple more buy outs. 

I really hope so. I’ve felt for years that Remedy, if guided some by a company like Sony, could go from a good developer to a stellar one. Their creativity and imagination is awesome, but they just have some weaknesses. Still to this day I have a strong urge to play Quantum Break, but then I think about having to watch through the TV stuff and it discourages me. :( I’m super hyped for Control tho!

On the same topic, I truly believe Insomniac will go from a good to a top notch studio under Sony. There is a strong pattern—esp in this ps4 gen—of Sony’s good studios transitioning to the next level of quality (e.g. GG, SSM, and I predict Sucker Punch will be next to prove this). Insomniac has been fairly stagnant in their quality for a long time imo, but I think that even by the release of Spider-Man 2, we’ll see a definitive, blatant difference. In 5-10y? I think they’ll be on the current level of SSM or ND. 



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Azuren said:
CrazyGamer2017 said:

But I want for Sony to acquire From Software, Guerilla Games, Housemarque and Tarsier Studios because Little Nightmares is simply a master piece.

Why isn't Sony acquiring the studios I want it to acquire?

EDIT: Forgot to mention that Insomniac is nice too, I loved the Ratchet and Clank games.

It would be savage if Sony purchased From Software. Absolutely savage.

But it likely won't happen. Not unless Sony is prepared to make a hefty purchase.

The outrage would be something we havent seen in a while.



pitzy272 said:
think-man said:

The rumors are pointing towards them buying up Remedy, and a couple of other studios. I think in the coming months they'll announce a couple more buy outs. 

I really hope so. I’ve felt for years that Remedy, if guided some by a company like Sony, could go from a good developer to a stellar one. Their creativity and imagination is awesome, but they just have some weaknesses. Still to this day I have a strong urge to play Quantum Break, but then I think about having to watch through the TV stuff and it discourages me. :( I’m super hyped for Control tho!

On the same topic, I truly believe Insomniac will go from a good to a top notch studio under Sony. There is a strong pattern—esp in this ps4 gen—of Sony’s good studios transitioning to the next level of quality (e.g. GG, SSM, and I predict Sucker Punch will be next to prove this). Insomniac has been fairly stagnant in their quality for a long time imo, but I think that even by the release of Spider-Man 2, we’ll see a definitive, blatant difference. In 5-10y? I think they’ll be on the current level of SSM or ND. 

Spiderman 1 was already on the stelar level. So they have already step up. Sony being with them will make it constant.



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Xxain said:
This is not even slightly Interesting. Why buy a studio that by choice, would only develop for your consoles anways?

I think the general view point was that Insomniac was always a first party studio of Sony.  But now I guess it's official.  I always thought it was for the longest time until I heard about Sunset Overdrive.



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twintail said:
HollyGamer said:

that's why it's more reasonable for Sony to acquire them now,  before they getting to big, before they getting more expensive or acquire by more bigger company. Let say the situation on gaming Industry is uncertain as well.  

Anything is possible. Your comparison to NT is still not that strong.

Insomniac has seen their continued success with Sony, something NT had with no one. 

Money isn't the only factor in play here. 

Tarsier is someone Sony used to help with projects rather than mainline them, so maybe not that lucrative a move from Sony's POV. 

Housemarquee seems to be working with Sony on a new game. But their games are low sellers. Still it would be a great buy if HM can move up to higher budget titles.

From is never happening. The already belong to a very successful multi media company. 

I am just saying what the expert saying, also i am already wrote this back on my previous thread http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=240190&page=1



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HollyGamer said:
Mr Puggsly said:

Don't get me wrong, I think Insomniac is a great studio. However, they aren't better than Playground games, Ninja Theory and Obsidian combined.

It has been a very significant studio for PlayStation exclusives, this makes sense. But I'm not gonna pretend their games have been industry defining.

By Fact alone this studios are equal to Naughty Dog + Multi Platform developer + Triple A VR Developer.  Not include how they have a long history since PS1 era Even Naughty Dog is worth 5 studios compared to Xbox Games Studios.  

Is "fact" a word we dont use literally anynore?

I think Biden said truth matters more than facts.



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Mr Puggsly said:
HollyGamer said:

By Fact alone this studios are equal to Naughty Dog + Multi Platform developer + Triple A VR Developer.  Not include how they have a long history since PS1 era Even Naughty Dog is worth 5 studios compared to Xbox Games Studios.  

Is "fact" a word we dont use literally anynore?

I think Biden said truth matters more than facts.

By fact means on historical sales figures, brand recognition  and big company like Microsoft appraisal and Facebook is alone make this already refutable fact not include metacritic and all score critique even before meta critique exist. Boooom 



Chris Hu said:
Replicant said:

Google
Owlchemy Labs (Job Simulator)
Slide (SuperPoke)
Niantic (Pokémon Go) – Spun off in 2015
In talks to acquire more game studios (link)

Amazon
Double Helix Games (Killer Instinct)
Reflexive Entertainment (Lucky's Escape)

Epic
Psyonix (Rocket League)
Cloudgine (Crackdown 3)
Chair Entertainment (Shadow Complex)
People Can Fly (Gears of War: Judgment, Bulletstorm) – Sold in 2015

However besides Microsoft, THQ Nordic (and to a lesser degree Bigben) has been the one on a crazy buying spree these past few years.

THQ Nordic
Black Forest Games (Destroy All Humans!)
Bugbear Entertainment (FlatOut)
Dambuster Studios (Dead Island 2)
Deep Silver (publisher of Saints Row, Dead Island, etc.)
Experiment 101 (Biomutant)
Grimlore Games (SpellForce 3)
Gunfire Games (Darksiders 3)
Pieces Interactive (Magicka 2)
Piranha Bytes (Gothic, Risen, ELEX)
Rainbow Studios (MX vs. ATV)
Volition (Saints Row)
Warhorse Studios (Kingdom Come: Deliverance)
Together with a huge bunch of IP (link)

Bigben Interactive
Cyanide (Styx, Call of Cthulhu, Werewolf)
Kylotonn (WRC 8, V-Rally 4)
Spiders (The Technomancer, Greedfall)

Crackdown 3 was developed by Sumo Digital.  Cloudgine only had a minor role in its development.

Yup, I know.

It's just to show what they're known for. Not saying that they were the sole developer.



Lafiel said:
zealen said:
So, who's next?

I would say Blue Point and Housemarque are likely targets. Ready at Dawn expressed interest in going first party, but I think Oculus could be in a better position to acquire them. Oculus might also have tried to buy Insomniac, as the studio made a few games for them.

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This is really interesting. Do you have a link? I would love if Sony picked them up. They have an excellent base; they just need fine-tuned—and Sony I feel could hell take them to the next level. Unfortunately, it seemed like there was some bad blood between them after The Order didn’t perform as expected. 

Also, I would LOVE if Sony bought Housemarque. That would be a great pickup to diversify Sony’s game profile, esp for people who like coop games. 



DonFerrari said:
pitzy272 said:

I really hope so. I’ve felt for years that Remedy, if guided some by a company like Sony, could go from a good developer to a stellar one. Their creativity and imagination is awesome, but they just have some weaknesses. Still to this day I have a strong urge to play Quantum Break, but then I think about having to watch through the TV stuff and it discourages me. :( I’m super hyped for Control tho!

On the same topic, I truly believe Insomniac will go from a good to a top notch studio under Sony. There is a strong pattern—esp in this ps4 gen—of Sony’s good studios transitioning to the next level of quality (e.g. GG, SSM, and I predict Sucker Punch will be next to prove this). Insomniac has been fairly stagnant in their quality for a long time imo, but I think that even by the release of Spider-Man 2, we’ll see a definitive, blatant difference. In 5-10y? I think they’ll be on the current level of SSM or ND. 

Spiderman 1 was already on the stelar level. So they have already step up. Sony being with them will make it constant.

I personally disagree. Spider-Man 1 was undoubtedly a good game, but IMO it was not on the level of “stellar” or “amazing.” I think the fact that it’s a Spider-Man game created a tendency for people to like it more and give it more passes for its shortcomings.

HollyGamer said:
Mr Puggsly said:

Is "fact" a word we dont use literally anynore?

I think Biden said truth matters more than facts.

By fact means on historical sales figures, brand recognition  and big company like Microsoft appraisal and Facebook is alone make this already refutable fact not include metacritic and all score critique even before meta critique exist. Boooom 

I’m a PlayStation fan, but come on, do you have to bash the competition to celebrate the good news for PS?