Housemarque On PlayStation Backing: You Couldn't Have Made Such Investments As An Independent Studio

Housemarque CEO Ilari Kuittinen claims that the studio couldn't have made investments on big budget games without the backing of PlayStation.

[ravens52]

Wonder who the rival buyer was 🤔

[1Victor]

@raven: “ Wonder who the rival buyer was 🤔 “
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One guess start with a micro and end in a box 🤣

[thejigisup]

Thought you were going to say it ends in enis

[Michiel1989]

all so caught up in your little war that you forget Tencent would even be a possibility, how cute

[pwnmaster3000]

So is Ms not a possibility?
If people say Ms does that bother you?

[Michiel1989]

what of my answer implies that? there is a reason i used the word possibility and didn't say: "it was tencent"
but i guess nuance is not a console war veteran's strong point.

[1Victor]

@michael: “ all so caught up in your little war that you forget Tencent would even be a possibility, how cute”

Psychologically speaking the key word is RIVAL think about it and take out your I’m better than you glasses he is speaking as a Sony employee and we all know there’s little to no rivalry between Sony and and any other company besides Microsoft Xbox and at the time the latter was on a acquisition binge rage.

Kid the only war I got going on is against ignorance, next time think before you write otherwise you’ll end up an obscured character without any trust on your words.
Do not expect any response after this.

[Michiel1989]

nah if it was a rival there would be mutual respect.
This is shameless slandering, double standard and no integrity all over an imaginary war for a company who doesn't know you or care about you so ofc im gonna call that bs out.

Talking like a sony employee is exactly what is so disturbing, you should only do that if you get actually paid for it, like an actual employee.

and don't call me kid when you can't even spell microsoft and instead turn it into microbox, psychologically speaking ofc

[Fishy Fingers]

It was probably more than likely Tencent or Embracer. They're the ones gobbling up smaller studios during that time.

[Bathyj]

This is the way you buy studios.
You work with them for years. New collaborate and have a mutually beneficial arrangement. And then you buy them. You don't simply gobble them up like.locusts just because your dad gave you $100b.

It's gow Sony got blue point. It's how Sony got insomniac.. I can see Arrowhead being the next acquisition if this trend continuous.

[gold_drake]

this is the difference between sony and ms

sony has long standing relationships with these companies before they talk purchasing

ms just waves the dollar signs and lets them die.

[Michiel1989]

yeah lets just forget the bungie purchase and how quickly they bought and closed the concord studio

[gold_drake]

bungie has been in close relationship with sony for a long time and they remained independent, so u are proving my point.

and yeh, firewalk studios was closed due to concord. but i never said that ms does that. i said they leave them to die after purchasing.

reading is a learnable skill

[Michiel1989]

sure they had a super tight knit relationship with sony, gimme a break. Then ms must have been basically bff's with bethesda and activision. Bungie remained independent? they've been hopping to get bought by or financially supported by companies like a cheap hooker and they keep messing up. They've barely been independent in their lifespan.

You say the difference is they build up relationships, i gave you 2 examples that they didn't but then the excuse train comes out, prime example of gross fanboyism. Condone one for what you condemn the other for.

[StormSnooper]

I can’t wait for their next game.

[S2Killinit]

They are amazing studio.

[anast]

MS Xbox could've turned this studio into a mobile game company. Looks like they missed out.