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[RUMOUR] Microsoft is in talks to buy a studio that historically worked together with PlayStation
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Not to mention that they have a license to print money with Spider-Man and would be dumb to give that up right now.
I now no longer care about who they purchase outside of Quantic or Bluepoint. This is all I needed.
Ready at Dawn with the resources and hiring help from MGS and the support from Obsidian and inXile in worldbuilding and writing could be amazing.
If I see Insomniac becoming a first-party anywhere, it's Sony, not Microsoft. They still own all their IP, if not a majority of them, including Sunset Overdrive. And a lot of the IP they have given away, it's been to Sony who hold Ratchet, Resistance and their biggest success to date with Spider-Man.
If they go Microsoft, they'd give up the opportunity to do a Spider-Man 2, give up Ratchet and other things.
Yeah, I see Insomniac going Sony if it decides to go first-party.
If they go Microsoft, they'd give up the opportunity to do a Spider-Man 2, give up Ratchet and other things.
Yeah, I see Insomniac going Sony if it decides to go first-party.
If not this time they will probably eventually.
Can't see it being Ready At Dawn because that seems like a boring get.
RaD is the first candidate that comes to mind, but this tidbit is making me question that:
RaD didn't work with Sony ''a bit'', 60% of their output was published by Sony. This goes for pretty much all the others people are considering here too.
RaD didn't work with Sony ''a bit'', 60% of their output was published by Sony. This goes for pretty much all the others people are considering here too.
Their aquisitions has been small-mid sized studios with growth potential. Was thinking Ready at Dawn before entering the thread.
Well they have money to buy the whole Playstation WWS if they want and Sony wants to sell too.
But money they have to buy any publisher or studio out there. Actually they have money to buy EA, Take2 and Activision together.
I mean, it's business. Some act like Sony created every single studio they have. Buying established studios is cheaper and safer.
People saying Insomniac...after the success they are having with Spider-Man, they would never go for something like this. They were never bigger than right now and that's thanks to a Sony partnership.
I have to agree with the Ready at Dawn suggestions. Seems like a good fit in terms of studio size and location.
An acquisition of a Japanese studio will likely be made to improve Xbox' position in the West, not in Japan.
One could also question the point in trying to compete in the Japanese market without offering a portable device. There is barely room for one dedicated home console over there.
An acquisition of a Japanese studio will likely be made to improve Xbox' position in the West, not in Japan.
It's mostly really good actually, The Order and that blob game (can't remember it's name) kinda sucked, but their PSP and VR stuff were good-great.
nah
it's more like, if a studio is going to go exclusive on a platform you're not planning on getting, it'd better be one you don't care that much about
Turn10
343i
The Coalition
The Initiative
Playground Games
MSGP
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RAD?
Due to real life issues taking a continued toll on me, I'm not actively moderating at the moment. I'll chime in here and there, but largely I leave it to the rest.
Who is this and why should I be listening to them?
Most of the studios MS has bought lately haven't got good track records, so clearly that wouldn't be an issue.
Most of the studios MS has bought lately haven't got good track records, so clearly that wouldn't be an issue.
Next you're going to try and convince me that a business exists to try and turn a profit. Nice try.
But yeah, I would imagine there are a lot of younger folk here who started gaming post PS2 primarily.
Yeah. this is what I highlighted too. We can even consider that Namco fits there sicne they worked with PlayStation before a bit but it's not a mid-sized studio at all. In fact it's now multistudios.
I mean, the fact that people are naming a developer mostly related to Nintendo, family japanese stuff and handhelds as a "studio close to Sony" should tell you enough about how much they know about Level 5.
As far as MS owned studios are concerned, the traditional metric of retail/digital sales relating to the success of the studio will matter less and less to MS's vision of subscription services on multiplatforms that need constant content for it.
Alongside the other reasons it isn't Insomniac, Klobrille confirmed that it isn't Insomniac. EDIT: Beaten
Anyway, like many others, Ready At Dawn is also my prediction.
Anyway, like many others, Ready At Dawn is also my prediction.
wasn't there a thread yesterday about MS being most expensive company in the world? I guess the answer to your question is quite simple
The Order bombed and they've been on much smaller projects since.
They make more sense than the more successful "second party" studios.
it would certainly fill a gap in their lineup
now that telltale is gone, quantic dream could start moving into the episodic game niche with their interactive stories. that could do quite well on a service like game pass
People bitched for years that MS had no first party studios, so they bought studios.
Housemarque seems like a poor investment, giving their public struggles with sales. Quantic Dream seems like a risky one, given the potential for legal issues around labor, and just how much their games cost. Supermassive would fit, they're probably still pretty cheap and their narrative games would work well in gamepass. Ready at Dawn seems most likely to need a buyer, since it seems like Sony may have cut them loose after The Order.
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