| spemanig said: Absolutely nothing could have prepared me for reading this. Sony's selling off gaming gaming divisions now. Wow. Would have absolutely never believed it. |
My guess is that they couldn't develop a good strategy for integrating SOE into.the Playstation brand. With PSN, PSNow on mobiles and TVs, PS Vue etc., they probably didn't see much added value in PC gaming.
So better to take some money now which they could use to invest into PS4 or to plug corporate leaks.
Planetside 2 will probably remain PS4 exclusive for a while, as development is nearing its end.
H1Z1 will probably be delayed for a bit for a simultaneous X1/PS4 release (so probably 2017).
Sony really doesn't lose much as these F2P games are not big system sellers. They do generate a decent amount of microtransaction income for PSN, so XBL is poised to get its share of profits.
In the end, without knowing the monetary value we cannot say if Sony did well or badly, but Microsoft stands to reap some benefits with zero effort, so they definitely gained from this sale.
