Speaking to Wccftech, MIDiA Research analyst Karol Severin said that the Sony + Bungie deal could prove very lucrative for both sides.
Developer Slavic Magic and publisher Hooded Horse announce that their city building sim Manor Lords has sold over two million copies since launch.
Still waiting for its first patch which is worrying. I know it’s been a single man developer but there’s really no excuse for no updates being released since launch. I’ve been part of many single developer releases that are updated daily, sometimes hourly. This’s hasn’t had a single one yet….
Rockstar Games founder Dan Houser's new studio, Absurd Ventures, is currently working on a AAA open world action adventure game.
I'm really curious to see what he's going to do. It seems like a GTA-style game, but I wonder how it'll differentiate itself.
A new studio making a AAA game. Yea, that'll go well. I still think new studios should only make small games for a few years to build up teamwork and trust within.
Microsoft is pushing for no "red line" for what games could come to PlayStation, and it all revolves around Satya Nadella and CFO Amy Hood's plans to increase every department's margins.
"The plan to move Xbox games to other platforms is codenamed "Latitude" internally, and I know there's debate and unease at Microsoft about whether or not this is a good idea. More upcoming Microsoft-owned games slated for PlayStation are already being developed. At least for now, they're potentially obvious games you'd most likely expect. And yes, while it's true Microsoft is a prolific publisher on PlayStation already, it has typically revolved around specific franchises like Minecraft. From what I've heard, Microsoft is pushing for no "red line" for what games could come to PlayStation, and it all revolves around Satya Nadella and CFO Amy Hood's mandate to increase every department's margins. "
Yeah, they are going to kill Xbox hardware.
i think it will kill off the xbox brand. windows will be fine.
but there is and would be a chance that xbox might be killed off in the future. if they fail to make the money they put in. imo.
"Microsoft is pushing for no "red line" for what games could come to PlayStation"
Forza and Starfield next?
In the words of Phil Spencer when he was talking about Nintendo last year
“It's just taking a long time for Microsoft to see that their future exists off of their own hardware"
I think there's no doubt that both corps gonna profit.
Bungie staying multiplat is great.
I hope it does stay multiplatbas I enjoy destiny with my pc and Xbox buddies too.
Ooooohhhhh an analyst said it
That is generally the goal. Unless you are EA and you just like smashing toys together till they break and head out to the store for more.
I think they should buy SE next. Sony's cash reserves are around 45bn, and SE valuation is at around 5bn range plus a multiplier/premium (EBITDA or Revenue etc.) so it is technically possible. The free cash flow generated from games like FFXIV would justify the purchase for Sony shareholders.
This would be a natural and relatively easy merger because both are in Japan (regulations in Japan are super tough, foreign capital based companies need to always establish a new "Japanese" company first for example). The benefits are there for both local and western markets. Crystal Dynamics and Eidos Montreal are top studios, and the FF and DQ franchise would serve the global audiences for JRPGs, including the top MMORPG. Having Bungie, Crystal Dynamics, Eidos Montreal on top of the best western studios, and then the local Japanese studios, they'd have a massive uplift in their portfolio. Sony is equally good to MS at giving the right amount of creative freedom to studios while still protecting business interests.
And the next stop after should be Atlus to consolidate the RPG market under them, which comes with Persona and Shin Megami Tensei, and is relatively cheap to acquire. Those games with the right big money advertisement could sell much more.
These acquisitions would grant Sony a unique position vs MS. Sony would not come from a place of power, but creativity. This would keep the competition vs MS interesting and polarized rather than both having similar products coming out. It's easier to brand their portfolios differently as well, which would make it easier for gamers to choose.