You don't get it??? thats his way of expressing his anger that MS dont invest on building first party studio. =)

OT: BTW Sony whould find a studio as good a fromsoftware when it comes to RPG so they can make Demon souls 2!!!

United Front is pretty small so yeh possible.

S-E? I would love to see sony buy them and fire wada but I doubt thats gonna happen.

i thought sony already owned sucker punch? oh well.

Sony should buy sucker punch and quantic dream. Maybe even Sega since they make yakuza and valkyria chronicles already for sony.

actually Quantic,Sucker Punch, United Front, and Level-5 are all 2nd Party Devs.

Sony selling SCE off to Level-5 isn't any more ridiculous than Level-5 selling out to Sony.  It'll only happen over Hino's dead body...

It is way more ridiculous actually, and you know it.

It really isn't tbh.  The very idea that Sony could even buy L-5 is so outside the realm of reality, that anyone really thinking that's possible must know next to nothing about any of the companies involved.

And the whole thread is ridiculous, it has been since that batshit insane OP/poll.  Talk about devs like Sucker Punch, United Front or thatgamecompany, not well established JP publishers who have been in videogames longer than Sony themselves.

Sony's NEVER bought out a JP developer actually...

It really is. Sony has the means and assets to acquire L5 if it really wanted to, L5 does not have the funds to acquire SCEWWS unless they get major loans from major banks. SCEWWS is, without a doubt, worth more than L5. Of course neither scenario is likely to happen but your suggestion that L5 could buy SCEWWS is more ridiculous than the other suggested scenario by the OP.

And yes, it's true that Sony never bought a JP developer, hence why I said SCEJ doesn't get it as they either need to acquire one or developer more JP centric games for the JP audience. They don't seem to care though as the FW fiasco that was reported shows, SCEJ is just crap outside of Ueda and Yamauchi's teams.

This isn't about means and assets.  Microsoft actually tried to acquire Nintendo, and they certainly had the means to do so... L5 is 100% private and Hino is dedicated to being 100% independent.  When we're already outside reality, I don't see much point in measuring.  You said "let's not be ridiculous here", I said we're already too late.  Sony buying out Capcom or L5 or SE?  Ridiculous.

And if you want to get into it, I said "the way things are going".  As in, L-5 is the fastest growing major publisher in Japan, and just opened an American branch, while SCEWWS has basically been in the dumps all gen sales wise. Who knows where it'll end, on both sides...

I vote Other: None of the above.

Let independent developers remain independent.  They'll make good games that way.