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faustian.empire on 19 February 2022
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the-pi-guy said:
faustian.empire said:

So were most of the MS studios acquisitions. Before Activision, the most notable ones were Bethesda Studios, Id software, Zenimax Online and Obsidian. And at the time of those acquisitions, MS didn't have that many studios. 

Yes i know studios MS bought before Bethesda and Activision were all low key but i am not not talking about them and not worried about them but Bethesda and Activision is what i'm worried about

Insomniac wasn't one of the 5 studios. Bluepoint (who just made Demon's Souls), Housemarque (Returnal), Firesprite (who has 4 development teams), Valkyrie Entertainment (who helped with God of War), Nixxes (mostly a support studio). 

all low key,only good one was that made demon souls

The big distinction with SIE, is that they have a lot of faith in their ability to make new IP. They haven't seen the need to buy a studio that has a lot of IP.  SIE cares more about talent. 

I know,they have been very successful at creating new IP from ground but it was only possible because of the hard lessons they learnt because of the bad PS3 generation.That ignited the fire to build all these new IP's.

But the fire can only last so long an it seems to be near dwindling.

The big reason why MS is spending tens of billions, is largely because they're going after large IPs. Sony is going after talent, because they are confident they can make new large IPs. Last gen they made Horizon, Ghost of Tsushima. They capitalized on The Last of Us, God of War massively last gen.  

Talent only has so many creative juices.Talent can't forever make new things.It has a limit.

You see so many singers,directors,artists - there first album is BIG,second is Bigger but then it just wanes.

They are. It takes time for these kinds of things to happen. Activision took multiple months. Bungie took ~6 or so months to happen.

Yeah i agree,i know they have something up their sleeve.They aren't going to let Microsoft eat their lunch so easily.

But the answer is not just talented small developers(they are part of the answer but not the whole answer)

I reckon they will do something similar to Microsoft's Activision deal,they will either go for EA or Take Two(Rockstar). Remember 2 years ago there was a rumor that Sony was gonna acquire Rockstar & Take Two.

One of them will happen for sure.

Sony is doing fine. 

Right now yes.I agree completely

But my focus isn't right now but 3-10years down the line.

You seem to be very good at analyzing the present but seem to lack the visionary foresight that is needed to prepare and build the future.

>Yes i know studios MS bought before Bethesda and Activision were all low key but i am not not talking about them and not worried about them but Bethesda and Activision is what i'm worried about

My examples should have made it clear I was including Zenimax, when I was talking about the studio acquisitions being low key. Most people don't care about Roundhouse Studios, Alpha Dog Games MachineGames.  

Like I said the most notable studios they acquired were Bethesda Game Studios, ID and Zenimax Online. 

Frankly the Zenimax acquisition, arguably put MS's studios on par with Sony's. They didn't need to do anything to compete. 

MS hasn't acquired Activision yet. 

>all low key,only good one was that made demon souls

Doesn't matter if a studio is low key. What matters is what kind of content they make, and whether the games can sell.  

>But the fire can only last so long an it seems to be near dwindling.

>Talent only has so many creative juices.Talent can't forever make new things.It has a limit.

These are just platitudes, not facts. 

My examples should have made it clear I was including Zenimax, when I was talking about the studio acquisitions being low key. Most people don't care about Roundhouse Studios, Alpha Dog Games MachineGames.  

Like I said the most notable studios they acquired were Bethesda Game Studios, ID and Zenimax Online. 

Frankly the Zenimax acquisition, arguably put MS's studios on par with Sony's. They didn't need to do anything to compete. 

I agreed with you,why are you debating this

Doesn't matter if a studio is low key. What matters is what kind of content they make, and whether the games can sell.  

Oh so MS buys low key and it doesn't matter but SONY buys low key an they will do wonders with it............lol

These are just platitudes, not facts. 

do you have any experience in life or not? - can't you understand analogy about the way life works.

nobody has unlimited talent