Think back to the years 2004 and 2005. The Playstation 2 ruled the video game universe and nobody had any concept of quality handheld gaming beyond Pokemon, which wasn't exactly pretty to look at. All the analysts and fans were picking their favorites based on E3 keynote speakers and pure hearsay. But five years later I feel like it's fair to look back and figure out who actually won this generation. Was it Sony, Nintendo or Microsoft? Was it anybody?
Chris Barrett was one of the prominent developers who was fired a few years ago during the Me Too scandals that hit the game industry.
girl, 8 women reported you.
thats how that works. u wrre not "entitled" to anything.
shouldnt have been a creep.
"While that sounds despicable, Barrett was accused of crossing the line between professional and personal behavior. In the course of its journalistic investigation of the Me Too scandal, Bloomberg interviewed eight people, including multiple women who reported Barrett, as well as other Bungie employees who were either involved in the investigation or spoke to the women involved."
Yeah, sounds like you did it, dawg.
On who.
8 girls reported him.
He is trying to save by putting blame on something else other then the situation he put himself in
PlayStation is celebrating its upcoming 30th Anniversary by letting you sit on its logo while riding the Victoria Line in London.
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Reminds me of Sony's other awesome PS promotion in London, such as OXO tower and London underground roundels. All with shapes replaced with PlayStation's iconic 4 controller shapes.
Awesome promotion, Sony!
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Kadokawa has confirmed interest from Sony in an official statement, clarifying that nothing has been decided yet.
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I'd rather FS work on ER2 or new Ips that they can actually own just incase they ever break away from Sony if this happens, wouldn't want them to become just Sony ponies for their neglected IPs . On the upside of this though I wouldn't mind having an actually Sony 1st party rpg developer which I feel they're lacking . My feeling are mixed on this without even considering the monopoly they would have on the anime/manga side of things
Seeing as ER is essentially open world dark souls, do we really need ER2 / ds5 so soon?
They can be contracted but… it’s like you can call up a girl/guy/others and hook up now and then, then one day you think to yourself “maybe we should go steady” 😛
You’re focused on a small portion of the deal. Kadokawa is a large media company which is who Sony is after. FromSoftware is only a portion of the deal.
Well the bigger picture is the novel/manga part of the industry of Kadokawa and Sony owning a good portion of the anime companies in the US . Well Sony would contract them again if they could but From Software is too busy doing its own thing.
Yea ever since Tango Gameworks got dissolved, I’m not exactly gung-ho on acquisitions.
currently, the kodakawa enterprise is worth a wooping 4 billion dollars. according to google. might be wrong
If/when Sony acquires Kadokawa I hope it means that anime games can start to be a lot more than they are now. The stories are fleshed out they just need to add quality gameplay/environments. It makes financial sense to me since you have anime fans and gamers who would buy these games if they are high quality.
Is Sony trying to be a monopoly and keep games out of the hands of gamers? Or is this different?
So MS should only be allowed to acquire publishers and Sony should sit there? This is a consequence of MS’s actions. This is why we didn’t want ABK to go through. It’s too late to complain now
Are we going to accuse Sony of the same actions then?
You really believe if ABK didn't go through Sony wouldn't be interested in this company now?
Bless your tender heart
That is besides the point, there is stance you took against this type of acquisition/monopoly type situations.
It's about you word and your stance..with the it's ok posture you are taking now shows you only find outrage when it fits your nonsensical fanboy, console warrior BS lol
Your word and "Stances" means very lit
The nature is different. Kadokawa is more renounce for their extensive rights in Japanese literature, films & amine. Gaming is actually their least known business. If Sony can take over Kadokawa, Sony will become a major media player in Japan (currently Sony Japan has only a small footprint in Japanese media outside of gaming & amine).
You can play MS games on your PS or PC. But Sony has monopoly mind set; release Sony games only on PS or very rarely on PC.
Anyone who is trying to make someone look like a hypocrite after THEY set the standard is a turd. If you want to try and make it seem like you convinced people into agreeing with your view. You didn’t, the people that were against it STATED they were against it. Then when we were told shut up doesn’t matter what you think NOW you want us to continue to fight when it goes against YOUR interest someone you don’t like is playing by YOUR rules?
Naw, we good… enjoy the game you playing and don’t get mad when the company/entity you hate does it better.
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I thought it was more “you guys allowed MS to buy Zenimax and Activision, two massive publishers so it’s fair game now, why should we be left out”
I hate it but you can’t allow one to do it then make out it’s the end of the world when others do it. It’s shitty but MS opened that avenue so all bets are off now.
So basically it's okay to do it because MS did it, right? I think this is what is known as hypocrisy.
Here's the thing, MS is basically putting all their games on everything and the kitchen sink when you and others claimed they wouldn't.
You actually believe Sony will do the same if they acquire this studio?
You all love to shit on MS when these deals go down but then make up excuses and rights of passage when Sony does it, and this is proof.
@maniacmayhem
Believe me MS is putting it everywhere not because they want to, but because it doesn’t sell (well) on their own platform (xbox). If they did that, they would lose money, nevermind recuperate their the money they spent buying studios.
Sony on the other hand may or may not have the same problem (probably not).
Hey sony and fans weren’t the ones going “exclusive bad” , they just disagreed MS buying these massive publishers. And since MS did it, let’s just say “to not reciprocate is impolite “
@goken @foxtrot
Sooooo...hypocrites...
"hypocrisy is the practice of claiming to have moral standards or beliefs to which one's behavior does not conform; pretense."
There's no way you guys believe that Sony wouldn't do this deal before Microsoft bought ActiBlizz. That's not how capitalistic/business industries think.
No, Sony is trying to establish a monopoly on anime streaming, manga, and light novel publication in the Western market while also becoming the largest company in this segment in Japan, replacing Kadokawa in the current triopoly (Kodansha, Hitotsubashi, and Kadokawa).
It’s a completely different ballpark from what Microsoft did. To put it into perspective, even if Microsoft had acquired Zenimax, ABK, EA, Tencent, Take-Two, and Embracer, it still wouldn’t come close to the level of control Sony would achieve in both the Western and Eastern anime/manga markets if they successfully make this purchase.
The closest comparison would be if Disney managed to swallow up both Comcast and Viacom, or if Microsoft had acquired both Sony PlayStation and Nintendo, establishing a monopoly in the console market. That is the level of control we are talking here.
Except the FTC etc already ruled that anime isn't an industry in its own right. It's a sub genre of a much larger entertainment industry.
@Extermin8or3_
Exactly! That’s why this is such a massive problem. The only obstacle between Sony and a full-blown monopoly is how much cash they’re willing to throw around. They’re on track to dominate every anime streaming platform, corner the Western manga market, and seize control of light novel publications. On top of that, they’d cement their place in the tripoly that dictates the flow of source material.
And let’s not pretend Sony’s track record in this “non-industry” inspires confidence. They’ve gutted streaming catalogs, enforced censorship at every turn, and, naturally, hiked up prices for good measure. A monopoly like this is a recipe for disaster even more when a bunch of old-stupid americans don't even get that it is a industry, 3 industries at that.
This is for anime...they have 1 developer people like. Sony for sure has a borderline anime monopoly if this goes through.
Not exactly.... In terms of Japanese anime, Kadokawa isn't the largest one. Others like Bandi Namco & Sunrise are bigger than Kadokawa. On the other hand, Kadokawa has a very big catalog of Japanese films, like Haven & Earth. Combine this with Sony Film from Hollywood, Sony may have enough films & TV shows (US & Japanese) to start its own steaming service.
Monopoly, no, as this is nowhere near the size of Bethesda + Activision, but games out of gamers hands, yes. They will mostly likely make their games exclusive when acquired. MS going multiplat ain't out of the kindness of their hearts, but of a necessity from a business perspective.
Also it's not that this is okay because MS did it. This is more of a consequence of allowing MS deal to go through. Should this deal go through? No it shouldn't, but MS literally just bought two publishers. It would be like complaining about Nintendo charging for online when MS and Sony have already been doing it already.
'Or is this different?'
MS spending a whopping 75 billion to acquire dozens of studios and IPs compared to Sony potentially grabbing a handful for a fraction of that price, I'd say so yeah.
We all know what Phil wanted to do with those IPs, but it turns out spending that much money along with plummeting console sales, stagnant gamepass numbers didn't bode well for making everything in exclusive, so it's going the opposite way almost completely now.
I'm not worried about the gaming side of things. But in terms of anime this isn't good. Sony bought out and merged Crunchyroll and Funimation, and they own a bunch of other anime studios. They already own so much of that industry it doesn't make any sense to allow them to swallow up even more.
With how ms was able to purchase acti and bethesda, there is no prayer for this to be blocked. The precedent has been set. Also incoming Republican govt means even MS may be able to do more.
Anime isn't considered it's own industry. Regulators already ruled awhile ago now that anime was merely a genre within the wider movie/TV series industry.
@mkis
Even with ABK and Bethesda, MS is still a small fraction of the industry. The game industry is massive, no one is remotely close to having a monopoly. This is different. Sony literally bought both of the largest anime platforms and merged them together, on top of buying a bunch of separate anime studios. They'd have a very clear monopoly if they add Kadokawa on top of that. I'm not sure Kadokawa has any reason to sell, and I don't think it would get blocked if they did buy them out. I just don't think it's good for anime.
I think they're interested in kadokawa and are also interested in continuing the partnership that started with demons souls...that game that brought from software to fame.
To be a hypocrite is to give others the impression that we are holier than we actually are. It is the same as being false, or telling a lie. Jesus pronounced a curse on hypocrites seven times in Mt. 23:13-29.
i think the big difference, imo, is that Activision was just soo massive of a publisher/dev team. they had alot of really good, really big franchises that would have absolutely changed the gaming space if they would have stayed exclusive to MS.
i looked into Kadokawas franchises, and while they have good stuff, its not comparable to actlivision in the slightest.
aquistions only suck if people are being layed off in the masses. and thats what happened with Activision unfortunatly. well see what happens with this one.
This is why we the MS acquisitions were frowned upon on the first place because it just starts this tit for tat buying war that benefits no one.
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the gamers ;)
"Well, it turns out the PS3 wasn't nearly as powerful as Sony made it out to be. It looks fairly similar to the 360 in every capacity. Sure, you could install Linux on the system, but the internet browser is woefully bad as are many of the other computer features on the system. Sony stepped up its game with first party titles in this generation like God of War III, Uncharted 1 and 2 as well as a couple Ratchet and Clanks. But really they didn't have a fantastic game like Halo or Mario. It was just a bunch of good games and customizable ones that are fun for 5 minutes like ModNation Racers, a blatant MarioKart ripoff, and LittleBigPlanet. Sure it's fun to watch Sackboy play Sweet Child of Mine and dress him up like Henry XIII, but that gets old fast. Their games obviously outsold Nintendo's for the most part but the system didn't come close. It was a distant third. The people who predicted that Sony would dominate again and still be synonymous with video games were clearly mistaken."
*nose bleeds profusely
Not withstanding that this generation isn't over yet:
- if you're going for sales numbers on the console itself, the Wii is winning thus far.
- if you're going for games, hmmm... many arguments can be made that if you're talking about the "biggest" AAA games versus the "most" AAA games you're looking at a mix between the 360's biggest title game "Halo" (I don't know if a bigger game has came out yet that matched or could match the sales numbers of Halo games: GT5 doesn't count because it's not out yet). The "most" AAA games were easily on the PS3, as they own their own studios and put out a lot of high quality titles.
-If you're talking about the tech, the PS3 has it. No offense to any other console.
Not to downgrade the blu-Ray, the built in ports and wi-fi, and the low failure rate for such a powerful console, but the Cell Processor hasn't even been fully realized in games and a lot of people will tell you that. The reason for the slow advancement on The Cell is that there is no back-library for the Cell. PC compliant code on the Wii and the 360 has a rich library. The Cell probably could go another ten years before it's officially "maxed out". Between that enigma that is known as "Lair" which is so far and still one of the most advanced games out (even if it's a little clunky in some small spots) and Saboteur's PS3 anti-aliasing with steady advances in between from other developers, once this knowledge is pooled together, greater advances will come even faster.
This gen is far from over, but as of right now the PS3 has a distant lead. Thats of course my opinion. If you're a gamer and you don't have a PS3, shame on you.
My. Lame ass article..And factually off.