BasilZero said:
Not sure where this rumor about Sony buying CD Projekt came from as I dont see it any of the sources/places I go for news talk about it. Anyways, the reason why GOG isnt as popular is because they are strict in wanting DRM-Free versions of games. If they had lifted that requirement years ago, GOG would have been as big of a store as Steam but because they kept that requirement, it caused a lot of publishers from turning away from GOG. Its the reason why majority of games are not released on GOG, not because of marketshare issue, but because of their DRM-Free policy. AAA Publishers (mostly Japanese ones) dont want DRM-Free copies of their games out in the open especially when they dont have some sort of security policy implemented like Steam's DRM/EGS DRM, Denuvo, etc. There's no SEGA games, no Capcom games (aside from Dragon's Dogma and Street Fighter Alpha 2 - which btw isnt even on Steam/EGS), no Squareenix games, etc Ironically I just checked and noticed that there is a DRM Free version of Sony's Horizon Zero Dawn - surprised that got released on GOG , though its the only Sony game that is on GOG https://www.gog.com/en/game/horizon_zero_dawn_complete_edition |
An insider by the name of Liz who usually leaks Destiny 2 information which has proven mostly accurate so far, possible she has some strong Bungie connections considering the accuracy of her Destiny 2 leaks and Bungie is of course Sony first party now, so it's possible that a Bungie source would have heard internal rumblings of Sony acquiring CD Projekt. However, in the same leak she also claims that Sony has greenlit Days Gone 2, which seems just as unlikely as Sony acquiring CD Projekt.
Sony was very clearly unhappy with the sales of Day Gone, it was reported by Jason Schreier in 2021 that Bend had unsuccessfully pitched Days Gone 2 to Sony shortly after the first game released in 2019 and had been turned down by Sony, and instead were forced to assist Naughty Dog with a new Uncharted game during the remainder of 2019 and 2020 until Bend was finally able to convince Sony to remove them from Uncharted assistance and allow them to work on a new IP. That was the last thing we heard about Bend Studio, that they've been working on a new IP since sometime in late 2020 or early 2021. Would be highly unusual for Sony to cancel that new IP 2 years into development and put them back on Days Gone 2, especially since it was reported that Jim Ryan, unlike Shawn Layden, was not a fan of Days Gone at all, and that one of his first acts upon winning the Playstation power struggle between himself and Shawn Layden was to turn down Bend's pitch for Days Gone 2. Why would Jim Ryan suddenly change his mind on Days Gone 2 a few years later, cancelling a new IP with 2 years of development time just to revive Days Gone 2? It just doesn't make sense.
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