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AnthonyW86 on 07 August 2015
ihh said:

I´d rather have them buy Crash Bandicoot.
No idea how much it would cost though, but I want Crash 4 and CTR2.


This, and a new Crash Bash would be nice to. We just have to keep asking for it, it worked for FF7 remake and Shenmue 3 so why not Crash.



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Landguy on 07 August 2015
MoHasanie said:
COD bundles will sell loads. It was a good decision by them and a bad decision by MS to stop paying Activision for the marketing rights.

I agree with this.  Sony had little to show this year after April.  So, buying the marketing deals kept a boot to MS throat.  I am more shocked that MS let it go knowing that they need that to stay relevent with the casual COD buyers.



It is near the end of the end....

Bofferbrauer on 07 August 2015
mornelithe said:
Bofferbrauer said:

They have almost enough in their warchest to buy out SONY, SNK's 60 millions are small fries for them

The Neo Geo competed with the PS1. Sure, it got released during the previous gen but sales continued throughout the whole following generation as well. There's a reason why games where still made for the system long after the Playstation was released.

Other's have pointed out the utter fallacy of this statement, but just looking at the operating income of both companies, tells you how absolutely absurd that statement is.  You should take a gander at Sony/Nintendo's operating income/profit.  And remember, Sony is a hell of allot bigger than just it's games division (which isn't remotely close to it's biggest money maker).

I know, I know. You should just have read a few posts later where I explained already that I was being Hyperbole just to point out that those 60 Millions would have been peanuts for Nintendo



KLXVER on 07 August 2015

SNK survived thanks to Street Fighter 2 and Contra. They are as original as EA...



Aeolus451 on 07 August 2015

I only know of a handful of games on that list. Yeah, sony was better off making a deal for COD content. COD is the best selling IP out there.



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mornelithe on 07 August 2015
WolfpackN64 said:

Way better than SFIV, imo.

And way better than Tekken 6. KoF XIII also made me realize what a giant piece of s* the 360 gamepad is.

Aye, perfect world with this scenario is Sony buys SNK, and makes Capcom vs SNK w/ the KoFXIII engine.  TAKE MY MONEY!!!!  And yes, Sony's D-pad has owned fighting games since the get-go.  The only thing better (depending on who you ask) is a custom fight stick.



darkknightkryta on 07 August 2015
mornelithe said:
WolfpackN64 said:

Way better than SFIV, imo.

And way better than Tekken 6. KoF XIII also made me realize what a giant piece of s* the 360 gamepad is.

Aye, perfect world with this scenario is Sony buys SNK, and makes Capcom vs SNK w/ the KoFXIII engine.  TAKE MY MONEY!!!!  And yes, Sony's D-pad has owned fighting games since the get-go.  The only thing better (depending on who you ask) is a custom fight stick.

I second this.



Samus Aran on 07 August 2015
Ruler said:
Xxain said:
SNK is not popular anymore. Ask the average gamer to name 3 none KoF or MS games. SNK would be awesome but what do they offer SONY cant elsewhere cheaper?

I love SNK but I dont why SONY needs them. If any of the big 3 should bite it should be Nintendo.


Nintendo lacks the money right now. For Sony it makes sense to buy them because the Neo Geo was before the playstation it never tried to compete with Sony

Nintendo has billions on the bank. The kind of stuff Sony has in debts.

Anyway, I never heard of any of those IPs, so I doubt they're worth being purchased by any of the big 3.



LipeJJ on 08 August 2015

Maybe they should stop buying fire and lightning paper from the insight shop. :P



Bet with Teeqoz for 2 weeks of avatar and sig control that Super Mario Odyssey would ship more than 7m on its first 2 months. The game shipped 9.07m, so I won

Netty on 08 August 2015

SNK is a highly nostalgic brand for me, but as a developer they haven't been relevant for a long time. I'm actually impressed that they managed to sell 80% of their company for $60 million. I'm guessing it won't be long before they start releasing tons of SNK-themed F2P games...(shudder)