Sony paid $229 million for Insomniac

[Mr Puggsly]

DonFerrari said:

Mr Puggsly said:

"You still think MS will put a lot of money of other areas into Xbox." What does that even mean?

I was suggesting they evidently bought Insomniac to make Spiderman and maybe Ratchet and Clank. Maybe even a Resistance reboot. But they might have other stuff too.

The rest of your thoughts are rambling. MS could have certainly bought Insomniac for less than EA, Acti, Ubi, etc.

I saw you trying to make a joke on Sony making more money than MS, while it is Playstation versus Xbox. So if Xbox can buy 10 studios then Playstation can buy 20. Simple as that.

You are suggesting wrong, Sony have been trying to buy then since long ago. They trust the dev and Sony allows freedom for developers and likes new IPs. So nope you are assuming very wrong.

Doesn't MS have much more money than Sony? So why haven't they bought these giant companies?

Azzanation said:

Curious and serious question, do you game on PC? 

Very little, why?

The money that gets invested into Playstation and Xbox is not based entirely on what those platforms bring in. My joke was really on your thought process.

For example MS didn't buy Mojang to make exclusives, so I am not sure why that was ever brought up in this thread. The benefits of having Minecraft weren't just for Xbox consoles.

I feel a big reason MS suddenly began pouring money into studios and real 1st party content (less dependence on 3rd parties) is much about quality control and the added PC support, Game Pass and xCloud. The Xbox brand isn't just about the console anymore, revenue should increase and projects become less risky.

I dont think its a coincidence that Insomniac made a huge game, with an IP they dont own, and suddenly they get purchased. I think this the first time Sony truly desired to own that studio. And again, its a purchase that seemingly only made sense for Sony.

MS has bought huge companies outside of gaming. The Mojang purchase may have been among the biggest in gaming. My real point is why are comparing Insomniac to EA, Activision and Ubisoft? Insomniac is worth a tiny fraction in comparison partly because it came with no significant IPs.