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makingmusic476 on 04 March 2008
4D Gamer III said:
I think there are a number of small developers that with Sony's backing could make some great games. The trick is picking the underachieving developer with that potential.

 Hm, Media Molecule comes to mind.



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Mars on 04 March 2008
kingofwale said:
4D Gamer III said:
Given Sony's financial status this would have to be a move of desperation.

Apparently selling something is a sign of desperation, buying something is also one now.

Sorry Sony, you are screwed regardless. Better give up now.


well being hypoctites is something alot of vg memebrs are good at.



dabaus513 on 04 March 2008

I never realized sony own's a percent of konami, if so how much?

Look guys this is a rumor. E3 is going to come and go and no one will be bought. If anyone its insomniac.



 

 

 

windbane on 04 March 2008
makingmusic476 said:
4D Gamer III said:
Negative?

Oh, I forgot this was the happy sunshine forum where reality is to be ignored in favor of making people, who own the console in question, happy.

Let's hope buying a company doesn't result in the talent jumping ship in the purchase. Sony isn't exactly an appealing parent company at the moment.

I don't see why they would jump ship. Sony has bought many developers over the past few years (Zipper Interactive, Guerrilla Games, Evolution Studios, among others), none of which have had a mass exodus of employees after the fact. 

And, from what I understand, Sony is quite an appealing company to work for.  Just ask the guys at Naughty Dog or  Sony Santa Monica. 

Most developers that Sony acquires seem quite content to become a part of SCEWWS, as they can then work with other Sony studios to optimize engines, etc. and received great support from Sony higher ups, in the form of devkits, etc.  (though some receive this support while remaining independent, ala Insomniac).

Actually, the studios which Sony usually buys are those that they have already formed strong second party ties with, so it's not like they randomly buy studios that have no experience with Sony.

Even developers that do jump ship (like David Jaffe) usually stick around Sony in some form or another (Jaffe's new independent studio Eat Sleep Play develops only PlayStation exclusives). 


Indeed. Sony puts out more games than Nintendo and Microsoft combined, I believe, so it's not like there's a small sample to show it's successful.



makingmusic476 on 04 March 2008
windbane said:
makingmusic476 said:
4D Gamer III said:
Negative?

Oh, I forgot this was the happy sunshine forum where reality is to be ignored in favor of making people, who own the console in question, happy.

Let's hope buying a company doesn't result in the talent jumping ship in the purchase. Sony isn't exactly an appealing parent company at the moment.

I don't see why they would jump ship. Sony has bought many developers over the past few years (Zipper Interactive, Guerrilla Games, Evolution Studios, among others), none of which have had a mass exodus of employees after the fact.

And, from what I understand, Sony is quite an appealing company to work for. Just ask the guys at Naughty Dog or Sony Santa Monica.

Most developers that Sony acquires seem quite content to become a part of SCEWWS, as they can then work with other Sony studios to optimize engines, etc. and received great support from Sony higher ups, in the form of devkits, etc. (though some receive this support while remaining independent, ala Insomniac).

Actually, the studios which Sony usually buys are those that they have already formed strong second party ties with, so it's not like they randomly buy studios that have no experience with Sony.

Even developers that do jump ship (like David Jaffe) usually stick around Sony in some form or another (Jaffe's new independent studio Eat Sleep Play develops only PlayStation exclusives).


Indeed. Sony puts out more games than Nintendo and Microsoft combined, I believe, so it's not like there's a small sample to show it's successful.


They employ more developers than Nintendo and Microsoft combined.  How that translates into game production, I couldn't say without actually adding up how many games each company outs out each year, lol.



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dabaus513 on 04 March 2008

This is a rumor, no?



 

 

 

PooperScooper on 04 March 2008

^ yes its a rumor. if it was fact we would have more info.



Nth on 05 March 2008

SCE buying out anyone? I would hope that it was either R* or Square-Enix, but since it's a rumor I'm guessing the reality is "no one"





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antfromtashkent on 05 March 2008
ChronotriggerJM said:
SamuelRSmith said:
ChronotriggerJM said:
Is Atari owned? I wouldn't be surprised if Sony bought them if they weren't lol.

That'll be a kick in Mr. Harrison's balls.

 

In imaginatation land, I'd pick Infinity Ward. Man, that's be the best purchase of a company in the history of video
games.


 Yeah but could you immagine if Phil's move was part of the take-over :P I wouldn't be too surprised ^^ Infinity ward would be an awesome company to take over :) They could use some more First Person shooter devs.


that is very intreaguing, i would love to see that happen



TheBigFatJ on 05 March 2008
Griffin said:
4D Gamer III said:
Given Sony's financial status this would have to be a move of desperation.

How is buying a company a move of desperation, and Sony made more money then Nintendo last quater.


 Are you talking about revenue?  Profit wise, which is the measure of business success, Nintendo pounded Sony yet again.  When people think "made more" they think profit.