aTokenYeti said: Bungie was able to negotiate such favorable terms, and Sony agreed to them, because Sony was negotiating from a position of weakness and both parties knew it. That's why the deal doesn't appear to make sense from the outside. Sony has no in house first person shooter talent anymore, they have 0 live service expertise, and their competitor is an industry leader in both categories. They also need to build a portfolio for Spartacus, and subscription services of that nature cannot be sustained on single player games with 5-7 year development cycles. |
The first point is the only real risk Sony has in this acquisition. Everything else you posted is ridiculous and quite frankly doom posting. The deals Sony are currently negotiating, and the ones that are nearly complete, won't break down because of the Bungie deal. Not every studio or publisher have the same kind of leverage as Bungie does. Sony also values Bungie more than other studios because of what they bring to the table.
Its funny you think Sony overpaid because they were in a position of weakness, rather than the fact Sony paid a premium for Destiny 2, one of the most popular live service games today, with over 180+ Million players and consistently charting in most played weekly for Steam, PSN, XBL, five years after it's release. IIRC, the launch of Destiny was the last time Call of Duty was outsold in the NPD. Sony will recoup the money from this acquisition without having to do much. If Bungie's new IP is the next big multiplayer game, which going by their track record has a good chance of happening, Sony got Bungie at a bargain, and it will ultimately stem the impact of COD leaving the PlayStation platform.
The deal doesn't make sense because we aren't privy to all the details. For instance, 1.2B of the 3.6B is going to be used for talent retention when the acquisition closes, and none of us would have known if Sony didn't mention it. For all we know, multiplatform could mean PS5, PC & mobile, we don't have enough context about it until it actually happens, let alone make a baseless post about it.
Last edited by PotentHerbs - on 04 February 2022