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Studios Sony Should Buy To Knock Out Xbox One from Next-Gen Exclusive Titles Race

Well it's obvious that console which will bring more and better entertainment will rule ahead of rest, and when we talk of consoles, gaming titles are only thing which makes real difference. Nothing is more worst than watching your friend playing exclusive titles on his console which you can't afford to buy at the moment. Only way to bring more gaming titles or specifically exclusive gaming titles to their console is to buy more able and best studios who been developing excellent games for their consoles.

ThatCanadianGuy5143936d ago (Edited 3936d ago )

Atlus
Level-5
From Software

Any of those would be nice.Sony is sorely lacking a good solid RPG dev.Not saying they would need them to "knock out xbox" by any means.I just mean like, funding and allowance of freedom and creativity that Sony gives their first party would really shine with those devs.

CaptainSheep3936d ago

Came in here to say this exactly. Level-5 has more of a chance to be bought but I honestly want ATLUS as a PS exclusive dev before ANYTHING else.

sunnygrg3936d ago

So...

Persona 5
Ni No Kuni 2/Next gen Level 5 MMO
Demon's Souls

I can't say I don't agree with you.

I would also like to see Tri-Ace in there though.

Abash3936d ago

Sony should buy Sanzaru Games, let them make more Sly games and task them with bringing back MediEvil next

HammadTheBeast3936d ago

ATLUS is pretty much a PS exclusive publisher already. Only a handful of their games make it to other platforms.

Sevir3936d ago

Nah! Level-5 and Atlus are too big to be purchased, both Publish their own games and love their independence... And have a number of sub studios in the major regions.. Level-5 has a studio in Japan, US and are getting ready to open another in Europe... Atlus is the same thing...

The one who'd be more likely to be purchased is From Software.

georgeenoob3936d ago (Edited 3936d ago )

It's definitely going to be tough for them considering MS invested 1 billion dollars in exclusives. This is what happens when fanboys make fun of MS for not having as much exclusives for 360. Trust me, MS listens to the b*tching, then they go all out.

MS is known for their $$$. Sony, not so much.

HammadTheBeast3936d ago (Edited 3936d ago )

Georgenoob

MS also invested $500 000 000 just for Kinect advertising, it only sold about 5-7 million more than the PS Move lol.

Also, Timed Exclusives do get expensive.

pwnsause_returns3936d ago

I agree.. ATLUS is a great publisher/developer. they make great games. I love me some persona

creatchee3936d ago

@HammadTheBeast

"MS also invested $500 000 000 just for Kinect advertising, it only sold about 5-7 million more than the PS Move lol."

Kinect has cost between $100 and $150 over its lifecycle, which means that's anywhere between $500 million and $1.05 billion in additional sales.

I can has fun with numbers too!

YNWA963936d ago

C'mon guys, relax... for every Georgenoob, there is 10 the same coming back... Hammad, good work with the numbers... you must have got that from the powa of the cloud. Sony are not going to buy studios, either are MS, its all about DLC deals, extra perks... both have 1st party, which cost a lot to maintain... This again is just another stupid article, fanboyism... total crap... this place is like someones wet dream right now... and childish...

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Fireseed3936d ago

IDK as is Sony is already the go to console for Eastern styled games. Investing more into the reason most Xbox gamers stick with Xbox isn't going to "knock them out" anytime soon.

Godmars2903936d ago

Only if they do more PSV titles. Aren't pushed/forced into making PS4 games and the required high budgets.

Likewise Atlus and Level-5 support the 3DS too much. Much of their value as companies comes from other titles.

Minato-Namikaze3936d ago

I think level 5 and atlus supports supports sony quite a bit.

MWong3936d ago

I would love for Atlus, Level-5 and FromSoftware to go PS4 exclusive. But as mentioned for sure Atlus and Level-5 are very big studios, so I doubt it would happen. Besides those studios love Sony.

Donnieboi3936d ago (Edited 3936d ago )

Atlus for sure. If MS bought them, they would force kinect and milk them. If Nintendo bought them, they might not appreciate the dark themes and religiously offensive things in their series (despite the fact they are making SMT vs Fire Emblem, I doubt we'll see SMT's "demonic" themes, sexual innuendo's or religious blasphemies in a Fire Emblem/Nintendo game). But if Sony bought them, they'd just let Atlus do whatever.

But personally, I would like if NAMCO bought Atlus. Because Atlus can still put their games on multiple consoles (nintendo, Sony, ms, pc, browser, phone) without anyone having to miss out on their awesome games. But if Namco can't afford it, only then would I prefer Sony. And NO it's not cause i'm a Sony fan, it's because I want Atlus to not be compromised as a mostly underground, Indie-type, offensive, thought-provoking, politically-incorrect, religion offending, gruesome, spiritual, sexually provocative story tellers that they have always been.

Long live Atlus!

Donnieboi3936d ago

Also, for anyone interested, there's currently a petition to get SONY to considering acquiring ATLUS from their parent company who is going bankrupt (Index).

https://www.change.org/peti...

Chaostar3936d ago

According to your petition link...

"Sony has confirmed today -- July 1st, 2013 -- that they have purchased exclusive rights to Atlus Games, and they will delegate them to SCE Japan Studio to begin working on new Shin Megami Tensei and Persona games for PlayStation 4."

CLOUD19833936d ago

Very good choices I had those studios in my head also I really hope SONY buy some or all of them, & in general what SONY needs is first-party studios specialized in JRPGs PS3 era was atrocious compare to PS1/PS2 I hope next generation is better... oh how I miss PS1/PS2 days..

Gimmemorebubblez3936d ago (Edited 3936d ago )

The biggest mistake Sony made was not to purchase BMG Interactive (Rockstar, Irrational) back in 2003. They were involved in talks but decided not to. Sony spent 2.5 billion USD last year on acquisitions (Gakai, Olmpus, EMI ditributon etc) but they have spent practically nothing this year. I don't think myself Sony will buy anyone major. In March this year Take-Two Interactive was valued ONLY at 840 million USD, almost a sixth of their all time high. I was suprized Sony, Microsoft, Activision or EA didn't buy them out considering they own the likes of GTA and Bioshock. I think Sony will acquire Quantic Dream, Ready at Dawn and perhaps Atlus (considering Index Corp's finances) over the next few years. Sony should continue to strengthen existing studios and continue strong relationships with external devs. While I think Sony WWS is good enough I can't help but feel they are missing a dedicated RPG studio. Hopefully Guerrilla Amsterdam's new team that is "supposedly" working on a open-world RPG can match up to the likes of CD Projekt Red and FromSoft.

Edit: Here is a list of what Sony WWS and partners are rumored to be working on. http://forums.n4g.com/What-...

KiRBY30003936d ago

very interesting link, thanks for posting it.

black0o3936d ago

Atlus Or Level-5 will be overkill

3-4-53936d ago

We need 2D sprite Turn-based JRPG's.

There were 72 RPG's on the PSone.

We need to get back to that + tactical RPG's + 3D platformers.

fardan853936d ago

Sony don't need to buy lots of studios. Only 3 studios, one for fighting games, one for RPG, and Quantic Dreams.

What they really need to do is to increase the number of employees in the studios they have, then split them and make teams. Let the new staff learn from the seniors, seniors should share their experiences, team work between all studios.
Imagine having 3 teams in Naughty Dog, one for UC, one for TLOU, one for new IP. Same thing for other studios.

Getting a yearly quality game from each studio. Each studio have 2 titles or more to work on.
This is GREATNESS.

nunley333936d ago

I like that idea,that should happen. when the ND team split maybe thats why U3 wasn't as good as U2.It was good but not as good as U2 and the multi wasn't as good either.

fardan853936d ago

@nunley33

I do agree with you that UC2 is better than 3, but UC3 is a high quality game. It's fairly close to UC2.
I can't comment on the mp portion since I'm not a fan of mp.
When ND team split into 2, we got UC3 & TLOU. 2 great games. I want the same with other studios.

nunley333936d ago

from software is the more likely of the 3 but atlus's parent co. is going broke so they could sell atlus to get them a moneycheck.

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starchild3936d ago

Yes, that's all we need. Jeeze.

Buying up game studios to keep games away from people that game on other platforms.

That crap sucks. All Sony does is buy up studios to lock up exclusive rights to their games.

It's a horrible trend for gaming.

Ausbo3936d ago

Sony doesn't have the cash to throw around to buy random companies. They have enough.

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ShugaCane3936d ago

This "Next-Gen Exclusive Titles Race" will have a funny turn once Naughty God reveal their next game for the PS4 :)

(cool list btw, Sony should definitely buy Quantic Dream)

HammadTheBeast3936d ago

Lol. Let them have their moment. It'll be funny once Sony Santa Monica, Naughty Dog, Media Molecule, and Studio Japan show their games off. Not to mention the other 14 studios.

PigPen3936d ago (Edited 3936d ago )

It is funny now, Sony needs money. They aren't thinking about buying any studios, but you all are.

itBourne3936d ago

I know lots of developers for Sony havent revealed their game, or are just coming off ps3 games still. Sony still has a lot in store for the ps4.

NeoTribe3936d ago

yeah, people seem to forget sony created another system selling ip last month "the last of us". at the end of a gaming cycle. You can only imagine the future of ps4.

Mr-SellJack3936d ago

damn people...stop calling them that,it's getting pretty annoying and childish,it might be offensive to them,they were once b4 jam software,naughty software but that's too much aswell as i love ND and they're the best this gen but c'mon

ShugaCane3936d ago

You know what. It wasn't even on purpose. I swear. I just realized I mispelled their name xD

tigertron3936d ago (Edited 3936d ago )

Insomniac. Seriously, Sony should hurry up and do it.

JoGam3936d ago (Edited 3936d ago )

Insomniac must first learn to become a threat in the industry. I'm a huge Sony fan but they haven't really released a heavy hitter game. Resistance and Rachet games was good but it could have been waaaaaay better. Too many missed opportunities. I aways imagine then being like Naughty Dog but they always fell way short.

Enemy3936d ago (Edited 3936d ago )

Insomniac needs to stop milking Ratchet & Clank if they ever want attention again.And Fuse sucked big time.

Sony needs to buy Quantic Dream, Atlus, Ready At Dawn, Level-5, and From Software.

HammadTheBeast3936d ago

Nope. Fuse was such a disappointment, it's just not worth it.

Ddouble3936d ago

They've tried but Insomniac doesn't want to be bought.

After Ratchet's success you know Sony would have bought them by now if they could but they said they wanted to be multi-platform.

Same with Quantic Dreams

bjmartynhak3936d ago

I can't imagine Quantic Dream being bought. Even if Sony promises some kind of liberty, it just sounds weird.

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GribbleGrunger3936d ago (Edited 3936d ago )

I don't think Sony needs to buy more studios. They need to carry on expanding current studios as they are now and perhaps, eventually, have each studio with three teams. There's nothing stopping them poaching the devs from other studios of course.

Ddouble3936d ago

True for their western studios but the Japanese side of things needs a boost.

You have Polyphony and Sony Japan Studios only. They need a studio like from software or someone who can make good RPG's.

SoapShoes3936d ago

True and I agree but Japan Studio has many teams working under them. It's not just one team.

Majin-vegeta3936d ago

Hahahahhahah the pix alon is worth a million words.

OT:why not get Lvl 5?

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Sony Patents To Prevent You From In-Game Harassment By Reading Your Emotions

A new patent recently published by Sony wants to gather biometric data of gamers to track whether one is being harassed using AI tools.

Profchaos19h ago(Edited 19h ago)

I hope this is one of those patents that never comes to fruition.

I already dislike the fact you can pay a significant amount for a online service buy associated games and content on said service and get banned from that service over potentially a misunderstanding the bans are already handed out for flimsy reasons

I'd rather see money invested in a ban that simply removes the offensive players ability to communicate with unknown players allow them to continue party chats with friends but not with Joe blow on cod.

exputers15h ago

Agreed. Blizzard recently banned a college Overwatch 2 player who's dependent for saying "shit." Pretty harsh.

Profchaos41m ago(Edited 40m ago)

How rediculas really. You can't say a word that's allowed in most PG films and prime time TV but the game is based around killing the enemy team using guns, explosives etc.

It's just backwards.

just_looken2h ago

What your talking about is called block list

In 2006 a spaceship dropped of the playstation 3/xbox 360 i say that that generation was the last great gen with game functions/tech that has yet to comeback

Anyhow the playstation 3 if you block listed a id they could not talk to you in chatroom with either text or voice. But that was pre mind fucked 2018 when people were more human than sheep.

But hey gta 6 is coming out billion dollar budget without a single player custom character creator and without singeplayer coop off/online something saints row 1-3 had on the xbox 360.

z2g12h ago

Take my social security and bank account numbers too! Here’s a picture of my wife and our address.

phoenixwing11h ago

Cmon where's the pictures of your children. Don't hold out on them.

H911h ago

At this rate I feel Sony will eventually sell a room to play games in it where they can monitor your every breath

jambola8h ago

I genuinely get a bit worried sometimes when a friend says something that could be offensive In a party
Because I have no trouble believing some bans would happen when in a private party for saying something wrong

SegaSaturn66910h ago

I want them to censor erotic content by measuring my groin temperature so i dont get too distracted while playing black ops 2.

Popsicle10h ago

Terrible idea. Not only do I not consent to providing my biometric data, the potential for mishandling biometric data is almost a certainty. Positive stress and negative stress can produce similar changes in biometrics. Interpreting the precise emotion a person is feeling is not only invasive but could be easily misconstrued. I hope this never comes to fruition.

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Microsoft Seemingly Closes Bethesda France

As part of its plans to cut 1,900 jobs, Microsoft has reportedly shut down operations at Bethesda France, letting go roughly 15 people

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Hereandthere1d 2h ago

Microsoft should have left them stay 3rd party

GamerRN1d ago

If they are let go, they can be whatever they want. They ARE 3rd party now... 🤦

Barlos21h ago

Yeah, they're also jobless.

GamerRN14h ago

They can form a company if they want, they are just as jobless as if "Microsoft had left them as 3rd party".

peppeaccardo16h ago

"MIcrosoft leaves Bethesda do what they know how to do best" ... close! Oh the irony ....
(Citation from a week old article)

ChasterMies12h ago

I think Microsoft and other game publishers are letting people go because they think ai will replace them. Doesn’t matter how much profit they make. They were always going to be let go.

PassNextquestion1d 2h ago (Edited 1d 2h ago )

Bethesda France was made up of roughly 15 people... they couldn't of being doing much

Bethesda France mainly did publishing and marketing within the region

blacktiger1d ago

that's a shame for you to say that, i'm sure Elite loves hearing what you just said.

Mr Logic10h ago

What a stupid thing to say. The elites give 0 fucks what we say on an obscure website in the comments section.

Crows909h ago

You can always reach out and give them jobs at your company man. Don't wait

Profchaos1d 2h ago (Edited 1d 2h ago )

Bethesda France focused on publishing and marketing in the region. And 15 people lost their jobs as part of the closure.

I wonder if this is part of Microsoft's strategy to abandoned physical media or possibly gamepass advertising makes their roles redundant you don't need to market a game as hard when the majority of players get the game as part of a sub which already promoted upcoming games

Tacoboto1d 2h ago

It's France too, there's a high likelihood only 1-2 people on the team even had an Xbox.

Profchaos1d 1h ago

Possibly guven all the leaks we know the Xbox brand is really struggling in the region.

Yi-Long22h ago

Well, if your consoles and games are barely found in any stores any more, of course you're gonna struggle finding consumers ...

XiNatsuDragnel1d 1h ago

Tbh Microsoft I think Bethesda being 3rd party same with Activision would probably more competitive than thus scenario imo

Profchaos23h ago(Edited 23h ago)

I think it would have been better for all parties really especially gamers

TheColbertinator1d ago

The recently purchased Activision French offices might take over all the licensing and marketing for Microsoft in France from now on.

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Sony Could Increase Your Game's Difficulty If It Sees You Complain About It

Sony has recently published a new patent that wants to dynamically handle the games' difficulty and gameplay based on the player's emotions.

jznrpg1d 3h ago

This is something I might use. Sometimes I play some good games but they don’t have difficulty option and are a little too easy.

Profchaos1d 3h ago

Souls games will be like that players struggling make it harder

PassNextquestion1d 2h ago (Edited 1d 2h ago )

I think if used correctly it could work well

jambola22h ago

cool idea
cool idea for horror games especially
the way it's explained here sounds like it could never be forced hopefully, so that's ok with me

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