Rumor! Tidux: Sony considering purchasing Crytek (huge mountain of salt)

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Why would they waste money buying Crytek instead of a company like From Software?

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DonFerrari on 04 July 2014

Sony could buy Capcom... for crytek the only sense would be buying it for the price of their liability, paying just to get control and relieve the owners from it... paying real money would be silly even with their good graphics.

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I hope it's false. Sony could spend their money on better things. They already have GG for shiny eye candy that may or may not have substance gameplay wise.

Capcom I'd support though.

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Sal.Paradise on 04 July 2014

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The only thing of value Crytek could bring is a 'reboot' of the Crysis franchise, back to its open-world roots. Other than that they're worthless. Sony don't need more graphics tech.

I'd actually be angry if they wasted money on this.

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Not nostalgic value, monetary value.

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nitekrawler1285 on 04 July 2014

Having a mature engine they could give to developers for games on their platform could be beneficial. It just depends on how much. If Cryengine is the next phyreengine for the west I think its a smart choice. Hope they don't overpay cause of their ip and development teams.

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binary solo on 04 July 2014

Yeah I bet many companies have considered buying Crytek. Most probably came to the same conclusion: not worth.

The only value in Crytek is buying their game engine. But Sony hardly needs that since they have studios with frikkin amazing game engines.

Most likely is MS with their strange fixation on Ryse. Might be worth for them.

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amak11 on 04 July 2014

Xevross said:

its coming from Tidux, which means it should be taken with a load of salt anyway and he says it must be taken with a pinch of salt. I'm not willing to believe this at all yet.