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SIE Worldwide Studios |OT5| Part II
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't there another party also bidding for Respawn when EA bought them? Because that might have seriously driven up the price.
But honestly, I have no idea. Wouldn't surprise me if it was 300, also wouldn't surprise me if it was 500.
Yeah, but I have a strong suspicious that Sony began negotiations shortly after Spider-Man was released (maybe even before), because early this year Sony was already hiring for a new Insomniac project, indicating that at least some kind of agreement already existed.
Did he say this before or after UBI delayed their entire catalog of announced titles for 2020? Because I wonder if all those delays will play a role in when the next AC releases?
Sony needs to get on with it and fund Death Stranding 2 already. Or some other weird KojiPro joint. Whew, this game sure is something.
Except Kojima's writing. Which is still middling as hell.
Except Kojima's writing. Which is still middling as hell.
I am watching some Shadow of the Colossus (PS4) gameplay. And I must say, I am legitimately hyped for whatever Ueda is doing for PS5.
I think around 400 million. Insomniac is an incredibly valuable studio but no wonder Sony has been ambivalent regarding their studio acquisition statements, Insomniac alone must have cost them their entire acquisition budget.
Could take a while. I remember Ueda looking for a publisher recently for his new project. I think whatever he is creating, it's at the least not a PlayStation exclusive anymore.
That is definitely not the case. All were scheduled for Q1 2020 and Ubisoft delayed all those games while replacing them with nothing.
If Assassin's Creed launches next year, it will launch pretty close to Gods and Monsters and Watch Dogs 3.
Shheeeeit. That looks amazing. I need it at launch for PS VR on PS5!
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Watch Dogs 3 and AC Vikings will probably both release in the fall 2020 window. I suspect Gods and Monsters will be bumped out of 2020 altogether.
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I'm sure the contract between Insomniac and Oculus covers that stuff.
Insomniac could have demanded any amount in the world and I'm sure Sony were not going to have any problem with it. Spider-Man has sold 13 million in less than a year and at a time when studios are being purchased left, right and centre, Sony did not want anyone getting within an inch of Insomniac. Sure if someone snatched up Insomniac then Sony could have asked another studio, but really who would have been able to do Spider-Man the same kind of justice?
We are going into a new generation soon and games sell consoles, nothing will help Sony sell PS5's more than the inevitable Spider-Man 2 and most importantly, Ratchet & Clank.
Also surely we should be seeing in the next 12 months if this supposed new studio does exist that is making a new Uncharted? Will be interesting to see what a new studio can do with a very tired franchise like Uncharted.
We are going into a new generation soon and games sell consoles, nothing will help Sony sell PS5's more than the inevitable Spider-Man 2 and most importantly, Ratchet & Clank.
Also surely we should be seeing in the next 12 months if this supposed new studio does exist that is making a new Uncharted? Will be interesting to see what a new studio can do with a very tired franchise like Uncharted.
I kinda think this might be the last last of us.
As in, no tlou3.
In before someone says they sold 50 million copies or whatever.
I think Nd is a 1 game at a time company. I think after tlou2, they are ready to start a new ip (trilogy), and I'm not 100% sure if they want to bounce back and forth between tlou and their new game.
As in, no tlou3.
In before someone says they sold 50 million copies or whatever.
I think Nd is a 1 game at a time company. I think after tlou2, they are ready to start a new ip (trilogy), and I'm not 100% sure if they want to bounce back and forth between tlou and their new game.
Depends on whether ND feels that TLoU 2 is a good conclusion for the characters. If they feel that there are more stories to tell with TLoU, then Sony certainly won't mind another 20 million+ title.
Has anyone ever taken advantage of the 1 year warranty for a broken DS4? Both my Crystal DS4's analog sticks have started drifting like crazy and I just got it in June.
I was using it with my hacked Playstation Classic and I've never had this problem before so I spent a straight week troubleshooting Retroarch, my 8bitdo adapter, tried factory resetting the DS4, even tried blowing into the sticks and it worked for a bit but went back to being fucked up after an hour and neither my jet black or 500mil DS4s have ever had any problems. Pretty bummed.
I was using it with my hacked Playstation Classic and I've never had this problem before so I spent a straight week troubleshooting Retroarch, my 8bitdo adapter, tried factory resetting the DS4, even tried blowing into the sticks and it worked for a bit but went back to being fucked up after an hour and neither my jet black or 500mil DS4s have ever had any problems. Pretty bummed.
For those that have played both, which should I get next after Death Stranding. Starwars or Control
I personally want ND to make one off games, new IP. Like Rare is now
If the game is good, a sequel could make it even better, the gameplay addition to tlou2 looks amazing and Imglad we got a sequel for tlou
I'm not stupid, I get that, but. I personally hate that they've been locked into franchises their whole time as. DevS
Whoa, are you me? I've had the exact same problem recently and bought it around the same time. I've seen the Crystal controller for as low as $11 so I wonder if it's a quality control problem.
Will definitely be looking to buy around black friday.
It's hard to move on when the game sells 20mil copies.
It's what they want to do? It's ND they can do a new IP anything they want to, I don't get the "locked" into statement here? Jak to uncharted to TLOU back to Uncharted is what the teams at ND have wanted to work on.
Creatives don't always end up making the creative choices that one as a fan wants.
It's the flip side of creative freedom. You win some you lose some.
It's the flip side of creative freedom. You win some you lose some.
That is one of the most condescending things I seen in a wille in this Forum. Not really sure why people are praising it.
"Shut up and game"
Phil has a bit of a cult following thing going on now...why that is, who knows really. We are not just average consumers of video games, we are hobbyist. We have been discussing business strategy, sales, future exceptions as they related to all major video game business for as long as forums have existed. It's such as an asinine notion. How firms/businesses perform does impact their future performance and decision making and hence such topics intrigue us.
And I still want to know who the hell was worried about MS bottom line? The types of questions always seemed to be formed around "is this sustainable for Devs? Or "will this impact how games get made?"
who actually concerned about MS profit margin being 4 gazillion dollars or 5?
Since EA had the first right of refusal, EA had to match Nexon offer and buy the studio, and they did that.
EA acquired Respawn for $315 million plus:
If I had to guess, I'd say Respawn was more expensive, both because EA was almost forced to buy it due to Nexon's offer, and also due to the Titanfall IP being more valuable than anything Insomniac owned. But I guess we'll never know
I like DS, but instead of a sequel, what I want next is to see him come up with another brand new thing. We dont get enough one-offs in games
And yeah, his writing, mostly dialogue, is poor most times.
I like DS, but instead of a sequel, what I want next is to see him come up with another brand new thing. We dont get enough one-offs in games
And yeah, his writing, mostly dialogue, is poor most times.
As much as Im loving Death Stranding at the moment I'd not be opposed to this. Kojima was tied down with MGS for years, I'd love to see what else he and his team come up with, as DS is a really nice different game to what I usually play.
Just from the markets we had data for it didn't do as well as I've hoped (Japan is great though), did Benji say anything about sales after his above Days Gone prediction? Though I'm hoping Kojima will give us something like how we got Detroit sales from QD.
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Hey Mr. Jim "Doesn't Fuck Around" Ryan, today on resetERA I learned that if you buy a bunch of studios you'll automatically have the best first party studio lineup among the industry. Maybe it's time for you to start spending some dollars on aquisitions since you're no longer one of the top dogs in the bussiness.
I also learned that the games quality doesn't matter much, what matters is the numbers of games you put out.
Best regards,
Sleepr
I also learned that the games quality doesn't matter much, what matters is the numbers of games you put out.
Best regards,
Sleepr
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Yep. And now repeat it again and again and post it 3939939 times and maybe it becomes true ;)
Please don't bring that in here, the thread is already a mess of fanboy panic.
It's clear Sony, MS and Nintendo are travelling different paths, let's celebrate that and see how it all pans out. Better than everybody doing the same thing.
I think your guess might be a good one. I'm not sure if the Insomniac acquisition has been reflected in cash outflows in Sony's results yet, but if it was accounted for in the last quarter, there might be a hint in those numbers:
The assumptions there might be wrong though...for example I'm not sure if those figures were inclusive of exclusive of Sony Financial's activities, which could skew things significantly.
Well ofc it's clear they're on different paths, I just think it's funny that all of the sudden "everyone" forgets about the great games that sony released in the last couple of years. Not really sure what's going on the forum but whatever.
It's almost like a cycle that repeats itself gen after gen. I remember reading similar stuff back in 2012.
We'll see if they actually gonna report Death Stranding current sales or not...
Not to mention, they didn't even announce Days Gone lifetime sales by the time I posted this.
Imagine, if Death Stranding one month sales were actually lower than Days Gone; but still Death Stranding got a PR for it instead...
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