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[Panajev2001a]

Just a question: Was there ever a case where a giant conglomerate swallowed game studios and/or smaller videogame related conglomerates and it turned out well?

Because I can't think of one. Most of the examples I have belong to Microsoft and EA, and we all know how great those acquisitions were...

Insomniac

Naughty Dog

Guerrilla Games

Sucker Punch

Bluepoint

Housemarque

Nixxes

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[Mibu no ookami]

Insomniac

Naughty Dog

Guerrilla Games

Sucker Punch

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He's going to come back with these not being conglomerates, but the sample size is obviously super small in reality.

Sony has as good a track record as anyone in the industry in buying studios and advancing them to higher tiers.

Nixxes - Look at what Nixxes has done since Sony bought them compared to their entire history before. 8 games since they started working with Sony. 8 games since 2021 and it is only increasing. Sony is probably publishing more unique AAA games on PC than anyone else (i.e. not annual release titles).

They're also highly successful with their internally built studios.

So weird the hate this company gets.

 

[Panajev2001a]

He's going to come back with these not being conglomerates, but the sample size is obviously super small in reality.

Sony has as good a track record as anyone in the industry in buying studios and advancing them to higher tiers.

Nixxes - Look at what Nixxes has done since Sony bought them compared to their entire history before. 8 games since they started working with Sony. 8 games since 2021 and it is only increasing. Sony is probably publishing more unique AAA games on PC than anyone else (i.e. not annual release titles).

They're also highly successful with their internally built studios.

So weird the hate this company gets.

They did not restrict to conglomerate buying a conglomerate, they said game studios and/or conglomerates being acquired by other studios or conglomerates .

 

[elhav]

They did not restrict to conglomerate buying a conglomerate, they said game studios and/or conglomerates being acquired by other studios or conglomerates .

Indeed. For some odd reason, I thought these companies were always part of Sony. I guess it's a testament to how smoothly they integrated them. Maybe it's a good omen for From Software. They did work on Demon's Souls and Bloodborne with Sony, so it should be a good sign

 

[Ronin_7]

The day this is announced will be glorious.

 

[thicc_girls_are_teh_best]

Nothing to point out specifically here, just funny to see fiendcode get their shit pushed in on the Sony/Kadokawa stuff. Their thinly-veiled concern trolling's getting called out and highlighted for the stupidity it is. In their fearmongering using Japan Studio, they omitted Polyphony Digital and Team Asobi, and several people already exposed them for this.

Another of fiendcode's "great" posts...

Here's fiendcode shitting on Demon's Souls Remake's sales numbers by saying RedFall likely sold more copies.

Yes, that RedFall. The same RedFall that killed Arkane Austin. And from the ABK acquisition thread, I remember them making some super sus posts in support of that deal, but suddenly they're choking up to push against a possible Sony x Kadokawa deal.

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