They are playing a dangerous game this way. It canbe so easy for Sony to just step back and watch them die. We saw Sony do it at least twice last gen. Publish a game from a developer then leave them high and dry when the situation got tough. It sucks for these second party devs. Since they don't have any IP to fall back on 

but if gnikananab was to say it then it would be true.

The Order 1886 is RAD's 1st new IP, if the game does well then I think Sony would be open to purchasing RAD, it all depends on whether they would want to be purchased.

Personally I think if it's mutually desired then they should go for it, same applies to other studios like Quantic Dream.
I would have thought Insomniac would have been a studio that Sony would like to acquire, but I guess Insomniac wants to remain privately owned.

I'd like for Sony to buy some indie studios and maybe merge them with the likes of Pixel Opus, to create a larger studio.

Yep... Sony to buy RaD, QD, Inominiac, From Software and Capcom... burn the munnies Sony.

No...they made 3 of the highest rated PSP games, and those weren't ports. IMO Ghost of Sparta was the best game on the platform.

They should buy Quantic Dream, Ready at Dawn, and Insomniac and I've been saying that last one for awhile.

I can see RaD being acquired if The Order does well enough to warrant turning it into a multi-game franchise. But only if it does well enough to warrant turning it into a multi-game franchise.

I don;t think Sony sees QD as a big enough money earner to warrant being purchased. Seems like Sony and QD are both pretty comfortable for the current relationship to remain.

Sony might make questionable business decisions some times (all right lots of times), but one thing they are almost guaranteed not to do is buy a studio before they know whether their magnum opus game is a success. Sony might announce an acquisition before the end of the financial year, but that will be at least a few weeks post launch and once the metascore is settled. So Sony will have the necessary information to know that buying RaD is a good idea, or not as the case may be.

I'm glad I missed the hoohaa over the ambiguous phrasing of your post.

Ted Price from Insomniac games addressed them not being 1st party a few years ago , his answer was we have been given the opportunity to be part of Sony on a number of occassions on very favourable terms.

we have a strong relationship with them and have a strong track record of producing IP's for Sony under contract that are now a big part of Sony's library. all this was achieved while remaining independent and this unique relationship allows us to continue to work with Sony has an almost a defacto 1st party but with the freedom to explore other avenues that comes with our independence .

Off  the top of my head those are the two , can you think of any more canidates , I believe that Sony funding this title is a sign of their confidence in RAD , they saw how they handled themseves on psp  becoming a bright spot there in regards to western developers, now this step up to large scale development on par with what would be expected from a Sony 1st party makes for the ideal test.