PS5: 10 Developers Sony Should Acquire Before the Next Generation

With reports that Sony is looking to snatch up more developers, Gameverse looks at 10 studios that the PlayStation team should pursue.

[telekineticmantis]

This is a really good list.

[KillMePrettyPlease]

It's not. many of the studios listed are owned by big companies, Sony is not going to acquire Warner, Microsoft nor Kadokawa. This guy is delusional.

[ziggurcat]

which one of those is owned by MS? Are you getting Team Ninja mixed up with Ninja Theory?

[ziggurcat]

Of this list, Remedy, Insomniac, Hello, and From are the ones they should seriously consider in addition to their proven practice of building studios from the ground up or adding more teams to their existing studios in order to expand their range of offerings.

[NarutoFox]

They should go with Insomniac and From Software imo. I won't be surprised if it's Remedy though.

[Chevalier]

Insomniacs wants to remain independent, Sony has made an offer to acquire them once. From Software is part of Kadokawa which is a huge publishing compnay so that seems extremely unlikely. In fact half that list is already owned by huge companies so they can't be acquired. Rocksteady is already owned by Time Warner so why is it even on the list?! Team Ninja is part of Koei Tecmo so its doubtful they would sell one of their main studios

[neutralgamer1992]

Definitely bluepoint they are talented. Insomniac would be a huge get, they tried Ea and ms yet 2 of their recent games became company's best selling games in their history(first ratchet and clank and now Spiderman so their success is with sony) Talk to Kojima since he always liked playstation

They will also have a lot of natural growth within their already owned studios. Some of their studios more than one development team

[ziggurcat]

Bluepoint is another potential one, yes.

[sprinterboy]

Didn't we have a article like this 3 days ago.

[NarutoFox]

Tbh we had a lot of similar news articles in the last couple of months

[I_am_Batman]

Yep we had that one: https://n4g.com/news/227665...
And even this same opinion piece was submitted once before but failed: https://n4g.com/news/227694...

[Ausbo]

Most of these aren’t realistic. Especially rocksteady. Warner ain’t giving them up.

Remedy and team ninja are possibilities, but I’d bet on them acquiring smaller studios because they already have the AAA narrative games down.

[Chevalier]

Why would Koei Tecmo give up one of their main studios though? Rocksteady for sure Time Warner won't give them up and From Software is owned by Kadokawa publishing so thats pretty unlikely as well. Bluepoint and Remedy would be great acquisitions though.

[Whitey2k]

I would like rockstar or capcom or one of the developers that was part of making CoD. I wouldn't mind sony bringing back the old Westwood studios. I miss RTS Red Alert

[OzzY-waZZy]

Get From Software! That's all that matters.

[TheOptimist]

This is a delusional list indeed-

Platinum officially said they are going fully independent.

Team Cherry will also not be acquired considering their already established user base.

From Software will also most likely not be acquired considering 40% of their user base is on PC.
https://wccftech.com/dark-s...

Team Ninja is owned by Koei Tecmo.

Techland again has a huge user base on PC.

Rocksteady is owned by WB.

The Astronauts are making a niche FPS, which most likely won't want to go exclusive as their first game.

Can't say about the rest.

[Master of Unlocking]

Just re-open some of those studios they shut off like idiots, already:
The studio that made the Motorstorm games
The studio that made the Wipeout games
The studio that made the SOCOM games and MAG
The studio that made the Genji games
The studio that made the Warhawk games
The studio that made the Syphon Filter games
And try to buy Bluepoint games at least and build a couple more from the ground up, and they'll be all set.

[ShadowWolf712]

"The studio that made Syphon Filter games"

That's Bend. They're still open.

[DarXyde]

This list seems as much "not good" as it is impractical. C'mon...

Remedy? It would be strange given their relationship with Microsoft, but as a studio, their interests are compatible with the Playstation experience. Even so, I'd give it a hard pass. Alan Wake was, in my opinion, their best work. Seems pointless to acquire them now as it seems they've gotten worse with time.

Insomniac? I don't see the point. They can remain independent and still make Playstation exclusives.

PlatinumGames? I've heard quiet rumors about it, but it just doesn't seem realistic at all.

Team Cherry, I've no opinion of. Never played Hollow Knight.

FromSoft? I always say this, but Kadokawa is not letting go of them without some serious cash. I don't see this happening.

Hello Games? Depends on Sony's strategy. If they're really pushing AAA exclusives, I'm not sure HG is the best pickup. They're fresh enough though that their acquisition wouldn't cause much industry upset.

Techland? Who can say?

The Astronauts is in a similar position to Hello Games, I imagine.

Rocksteady is really just unlikely to happen. Warner Bros. will have quite a bit to say about that, but they're not really a great pickup either. Sure, they proved they could do great things with Batman, but let's not forget Urban Chaos was a thing. Something of their own creation may warrant some skepticism.

EDIT:

Forgot about Team Ninja. What exactly would someone want with TN without their key franchises that are owned by Tecmo Koei? They wouldn't have Ni-Oh, Dead or Alive, or Ninja Gaiden. Plus, without Itagaki, as much as I don't like the guy, he really worked well with the team to usher in the best era of TN. Acquiring them just means they have none of their franchises and no Itagaki. They can always start from scratch, but I'm skeptical of the results.