Let's entertain the rumor of Sony looking to buy a studio to bolster their first party

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think-man on 05 July 2014

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Ready At Dawn, Respawn Entertainment & Kojima Productions :P

Edit: From Software as well

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HEMSTAR on 05 July 2014

Aielyn said:

Ka-pi96 said:
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That would be quite the feat, given that Sony has about $8 billion in cash in hand and $12 billion in debt (with a market value of $20 billion), while Nintendo has $5.3 billion in cash in hand, no debt, and a market value of over $16 billion. Nintendo would have an easier time buying Sony than Sony would have buying Nintendo.

Anyway, if Sony were to buy anybody, it should be a studio that would give them something they don't already have. Sony's biggest weakness, I think, is a lack of colour, a lack of child-friendliness. To be clear, I'm not saying they don't have stuff that kids can play... but they have nothing comparable to, for instance, Mario. No, Jak & Daxter and Ratchet & Clank aren't comparable.

Ubisoft almost fits the bill, but I'm not sure there's sufficient value for them in that. As such, I would suggest something more along the lines of certain smaller studios, rather than a publisher. Indeed, I'd suggest that approaching larger indies would probably be the best approach - grow some indie studios with fresh ideas.

Ratchet & Clank, Sly Cooper, LittleBigPlanet, Knack, Modnation Racers are all child friendly.

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daredevil.shark on 05 July 2014

HEMSTAR said:

Ready At Dawn, Respawn Entertainment & Kojima Productions :P

Edit: From Software as well

Konami is nothing without kojima productions.

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daredevil.shark said:

HEMSTAR said:

Ready At Dawn, Respawn Entertainment & Kojima Productions :P

Edit: From Software as well

Konami is nothing without kojima productions.

Lol, so true. I guess they should just buy Konami then :D

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daredevil.shark said:
From software, ready at dawn or quantic dream.

This sounds about right. I would add Housemarque to the list as well.

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CommonNinja on 05 July 2014

343i + Halo IP

:p

Jokes aside, why does Sony need more 1st pary? They already have 16 studios, and its not like the PS4 is going to need a ton of exclusives to be sucessfull. It will do fine just with all the 3rd pary exclusive crap they have for it, and once the big guns like UC4 start rolling in, nobody will be asking for more firstpary studios.