Maybe they tried? I mean, Tencent co-owns it as well. Won't affect things much, I gather, no? But yeah, I'd be shocked if Sony doesn't try and acquire From. I mean, plot twist: what if Microsoft buys them? LOL!
Always easy to say someone should have done something once you know the end result. Not so easy when you don't and, at that time, you're struggling to compete with the 360 and a poor hardware decision that ended up being costly to them as well as slow to gain back market reach.
An interesting line that may get missed by headline readers:
"FromSoftware decided to conduct the Third-Party Allotment to Sixjoy within the Tencent Group, which has strength in its capabilities to develop and deploy mobile games"
Prob not but who knows. software also made Sony's exclusive Bloodborne game that was a huge success and demon souls for PS3 so it maybe cause they have a very good coop partnership already?.
I dont think the SoulsBorne style games move the needle on Xbox much. Those kind of games are typically associated with PlayStation. I even bought Elden Ring on PS5 rather than Xbox Series because it just seems better suited to the Dual Sense controller. Idk, its just one of those things. I think Elden Ring actually did pretty good numbers on Xbox, but those games just feel more at home on PS.
Id rather see sony to catch a little after ms bought all the stuff they did. Im still hoping they buy square so maybe square can put some of these smaller jrpgs on playstation to. Not just switch.
@neonridr. Right if is MS the evil empire that Sony fans claim to be then they should go full DR. Evil with their purchases and keep all the IPs on Xbox and PC. Give everyone a chance to switch to their service in a couple years then shut down those servers outside of their networks.
What's this Sonyfied you speak off? Can you give an example because all the Devs I can think of pretty much pick their own projects and maintain their visions.
You think Guerilla would be allowed to drop their staple FPS franchise and do and open world action RPG under Microsoft? You think sucker punch would have done Ghost? Do you think Naughty dog would abandon successful franchises not once not twice but three times to do something completely different and have a new benchmark each time? Would Insomniac get handed properties like Spiderman and Wolverine?
Answer all that honestly and then think about what you said This Sonyfied thing is starting to sound like a good thing.
***What's this Sonyfied you speak off? Can you give an example because all the Devs I can think of pretty much pick their own projects and maintain their visions.***
How many are doing AA games at the scale that FromSoftware does? With Sony, there's a distinct difference between their low-budget games and the expectation of AAA from their other parties.
I'm certain FromSoftware would have been pushed towards what we saw of Demon's Souls Remaster and not Elden Ring level of graphics. That level of focus can hold back other things that otherwise were put into FromSoftware games.
Sony didn't start this arms race and they aren't buying whole publishers with stables of developers and ip. How come you guess are always so oblivious to that?
And yes history counts. Want me to rattle off a list of developers Microsoft made worse and Sony made better? I don't have all day, I gotta get to work.
They actually did start it. On top of paying for exclusivity deals on third party multiplatform games. Locking gaming modes to their system and paying publishers to keep games off of Gamepass.
Doubt they'll make that request, besides the best way to prevent games from releasing on the competitors system is to spend billions on entire publishers and developers.
I would assume that these numbers won't be replicated. Lots of players barely advanced past a couple bosses. Everyone got on the hype train and the open world hype train. It's not likely that the next souls game will sell as well
Youd be surprised. I bout ff12 didnt care for it. Wanted more old school type of ff. I went on to buy ff13 ff15. Turned out i shouldve went with my gut and not spent the money.
So if my math is correct Sony spent $122M just to own 14% of From Software. Considering they only paid $200M for all of Insomniac I’d say this is a head scratcher.
All that matters is the margins. They invested $122M to simply rake in 14% of their profits from here on out. Insomniac is a permanent and never ending expense that sees huge bursts of revenue once every year or two. So essentially, a one time fee that never stops paying you back, and an ongoing investment with it's bursts of income here and there. Both are going to be profitable, both are a win for Sonys bottom line
Money is worth less now. Both generally due to hyperinflation, and also the buying sprees in the gaming industry have upped the value of these types of companies. There's no way Sony could get Insomniac for that price now.
Yes and it has sold great but that does not mean the next game will surpass sales. DS3 sold well but Sekiro which was wedged between their DS3 and Elden Ring did not sale as well.
Don’t get me wrong Sony obviously understands business far more than I do. It’s just when I hear acquisition I like to see full ownership. We all know if Sony got a hold of FromSoftware the games would be even better than they are.
Good move, but should have got the studio.
Tencent now owns 16%… 🤢
Hopefully they don’t ever get their hands on the rest or a majority.
EDIT: NetEase just bought Quantic Dream too…
An interesting line that may get missed by headline readers:
"FromSoftware decided to conduct the Third-Party Allotment to Sixjoy within the Tencent Group, which has strength in its capabilities to develop and deploy mobile games"
So. was this a tactical move so Microsoft would not buy Elder Rings??
Should have bought them after demon souls.