the-pi-guy said:
hinch said:
If that is their 'big' acquisition.. meh. I do like Kojima's games but this doesn't move the needle for me, like at all. With the way the industry is being gobbled up, Sony would be better off getting something else with a popular IP attached to it.. and since they already own Death Stranding.
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Jordan Middler (reporter for VGC) said that the rumor couldn't be substantiated, and that it would cause mass hysteria.
I don't think it's really happening at all. I am sure Sony will buy a publisher eventually, but I doubt there was anything real to what was rumored this past month.
But besides that, I don't think Kojima Productions would be big enough to cause "mass hysteria". So even if there was anything real to it, I think the Konami suggestions make a lot more sense.
But it's very odd that Sony added Death Stranding for the banner. They largely use their banner to specify studios/units, which could mean it's XDev. Or they are changing how they are using the banner.
I doubt Sony would tease a Kojima acquisition like this, and I doubt they would let an acquisition leak again after Bluepoint.
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Yeah for Bluepoint, they were teasing for a while. And it was leaked through a Japanese Tweet lol. Think they'd be a lot more careful now.
As with most of the so called leakers or 'industry insiders', its a lot of guess work and supposed hearsay's lol. Though on the very rare occasion they might get something whether through pure luck or they might have some actual correct information on sources. Like Jeff Grubb was pretty much bang on with PS Plus sub with the three tiers of the new PS Plus with names and timed demos - https://www.nme.com/news/gaming-news/playstations-game-pass-rival-is-reportedly-close-to-launching-3169535 but has been wrong most of the time xD
Idk, its a wait and see.
DonFerrari said:
hinch said:
If that is their 'big' acquisition.. meh. I do like Kojima's games but this doesn't move the needle for me, like at all. With the way the industry is being gobbled up, Sony would be better off getting something else with a popular IP attached to it.. and since they already own Death Stranding.
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Kojima and his studio are good, but they wouldn't classify as big acquisition imho, only a single game released and that quite possibly belongs to Sony (we heard from Insomniac that Sony only funded new IPs if they would belong to them).
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Yeah thats true. I mean they are talent devs and would make match for Sony but I don't feel they need to be acquired tbh. And yeah it was XDev that co-developed the game (as support) and published by SIE.
PotentHerbs said:
hinch said:
If that is their 'big' acquisition.. meh. I do like Kojima's games but this doesn't move the needle for me, like at all. With the way the industry is being gobbled up, Sony would be better off getting something else with a popular IP attached to it.. and since they already own Death Stranding.
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Jeff Grubb has confirmed the big Sony acquisition is not Kojima Productions.
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Hmm, so SE it is! lol (jk).