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Sony invests $250 million in Epic Games
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People who give money to Ninja don't expect money back. Do people not understand what investing is?
We don't need the money, said no capitalist company ever.
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Once again, a sensible post from you in a sea of shitposters from the other camp. Keep it up.
They've been working close for a long time. Since Unreal Tournament 3 with mod support and keyboard/mouse. For PS4 they allowed Epic to patch Paragon whenever they felt like it, no certification waiting and such. They could hot fix Paragon to keep up with PC all they liked and they did. Paragon got patches each week or sooner.
I know. My point was to highlight how all these big corporations have investments and business interests with each other than some people think.
See above. the intent of the post. Please spare the Fanboy drivel.. i am not attacking your favorite corporate or something.
Some are really sensitive here. My apologies.
Yeah. They've done 'VR' concerts already in Japan, though not livestreamed AFAIK.
The merging of virtual and general entertainment, and immersive technologies for same, is exactly in Sony's wheelhouse, is growing in profile in the current environment, and I'm sure their next headset(s) and services for same will offer a big advance in those areas. Formalising a collaboration with Epic in this context alone makes all the sense in the world for Sony, nevermind the gaming/middleware relationship.
It's a smart investment but like others I wonder if there's something more specific to this deal for the upcoming gen. Perhaps no royalty fee for UE5 for the PS5 version (like the EGS version of games)? Sony exclusives coming to PC but only through the EGS?
The obvious answer is priority tech support from Unreal Engine and help branding their console titles over to a PC store infrastructure.
Haha so much for "greatest innovation in hardware design ever" being an objective, non incentivized argument from Epic in that other circle jerk thread.
It is a great investment though, Epic better use that money for a new UT!
It is a great investment though, Epic better use that money for a new UT!
Sorry if this had been answered, just trying to get in before the next 20 pages...
But what exactly does this investment do for Sony? What do they get back for investing 250million$?
This is good news for a continuing technical partnership as well as a solid base to create new initiatives by sharing technology standards.
Forward thinking done right.
Ha...people still think it's purely a marketing partnership. A company wouldn't give out $250m just to shout about a product.
Forward thinking done right.
Ha...people still think it's purely a marketing partnership. A company wouldn't give out $250m just to shout about a product.
This is probably the stupidest thing I've read in like a month
That would explain awkward usability and lack of features...
The "small" South African company that invested pocket change into Tencent years ago literally doesnt need to do anything else now.
Their entire valuation is based on the investment they made in Tencent way back when.
1.x percent of Epic isnt really going to change the world.
Its nice for Epic to have more backing but this wont really change much, Sony studios barely use Unreal Engine whereas Microsoft studios are almost all using Unreal.
The Engine will still be multiplatform just Sony making a good investment.
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That doesn't make sense in the context of an investment. When platform holders play for exclusivity, that money is paid for exclusivity. That's what they get in return. Sony is paying $250 million for a small piece of Epic as a company. That's what they are getting in return. Why would Epic turn around and throw in console exclusivity? Out of the kindness of their heart? Because they and Sony are bros now?
I felt that it was like that, but looking at the post talking about live events I can see where that could go especially to promote movies and music. So the end of what I said fits into that. The "I can see getting licenses for UE4-5 or some kind of service." I guess I'll have a reason to install Fortnite when all these events start happening frequently.
(Thinks to self) $250mil is a ton of money. Wasn't Sony Pictures looking to be sold off?
Why would they invest this much money on a failing company when they could fund new titles in their successful IPs like a new Arc the Lad, Wild Arms, Alundra, Colony War or Legend of Dragon?
Sony just shot themselves in the foot. The age of Sony is done.
/s, obviously, it's probably a great investment.
Sony just shot themselves in the foot. The age of Sony is done.
/s, obviously, it's probably a great investment.
If you mean Fortnite skins or a one off mode, then sure.
ha ha ha ha... what???
one, it was a joke mate... and two, 'fanboy'... i'm an adult
take it easy, yeah
Yes haven't you heard, Epic only said nice things about PS5 cause they were paid. Not because of any other reason... Can't be true otherwise.
I am sure a lot of them are using Visual Studios for their IDE too.
Not happening bub. $250 million isn't enough money for that. x10 maybe.
Yup, good point. Use of it is only going to continue to expand and they're in the movie, TV, and VR entertainment space too even in addition to games so they have a good vantage point of its uses there and can see Epic's going to continue to grow.
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Precisely. Sony are more than big enough to put their games wherever they want. Tencent own 40% of Epic and nearly all of their games are on Steam.
An investment in Epic makes sense for a myriad of other reasons, given how quickly they're growing and the technology they have.
Yeah seriously like come on people when shit like that comes out of only first party it's cause there's money on the table and then if it's third party there's even more.