Pelta88
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This has big implications for gaming ip if the acquisition goes through.
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Rumour: Sony in talks to acquire Paramount
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This has big implications for gaming ip if the acquisition goes through.
Punished Miku
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Category:Paramount Pictures franchises - Wikipedia
Would love to see Naughty Dog's take on Mean Girls.
SmokedMeat
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I don’t see this being gaming related.
Dacvak
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It’ll be made entirely of Fetch Quests
willothedog
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Sony In Talks For A Bid On Paramount
Sony Pictures Entertainment and investment firm Apollo Global Management have reportedly been in discussions about teaming on a joint bid to acquire Paramount according to The New York Times. According to the outlet, the two companies have not submitted an official bid with Paramount currently...
SEGAvangelist
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They would own the IPs of Transformers, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Star Trek, and South Park. It's definitely gaming related.
Kydd BlaZe
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What does this do for the Halo TV series if this goes through?
Punished Miku
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They will change the name to Destiny and keep going.
Fabieter
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Nothing as long as enough people have interest in the series.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Nothing?
Sony Pictures are also developing the Zelda movie. The movie division doesn't give a shit about where the IP originated from, it's business for them.
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StreetsofBeige
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Better build up that war chest Sony. Paramount has been losing shit loads of money lately.
The stock used to be $100. Now $10. It got boosted to $12 due to the buy out rumours. Current market cap today is $8 billion. So a buy out might be around $10 billion or so,
Better build up that war chest Sony. Paramount has been losing shit loads of money lately.
The stock used to be $100. Now $10. It got boosted to $12 due to the buy out rumours. Current market cap today is $8 billion. So a buy out might be around $10 billion or so,
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yurinka
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Paramount has movie/tv adaptations of stuff like Halo and Sonic. Plus stuff like Nickolodeon (TMNT, Bob Squarepants), Star Trek, Top Gun, Impossible Mission and many movies/tv shows whose IP could be/have been used in gaming.
If Sony acquires them, some of these movies could end as part of the 100+ PS Plus movies.
skyfinch
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Master Chief as a dlc character in Foamstars.
StreetsofBeige
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They used to make decent money. Ever since they went gung ho with streaming app, stock price and profits dropped like a rock.
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Punished Miku
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Honestly I think best case scenario would be Netflix buying it. I'd like Netflix to own 1 legacy studio that knows how to make even mid-tier movies. Get those people and that production pipeline. And Netflix hasn't bought anyone so I don't think anyone could really call it excessive yet.
Games of Today
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Fucking 1883 Pleaseeeee
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Mr Hyde
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So Paramount is like the first casualty of the streaming wars?
FalsettoVibe
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You're joking but, to be honest there is probably a possibility of this happening either way...lol
thicc_girls_are_teh_best
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JimboJones
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HALO : The TV Series : The Videogame.
Playstation 5 Professional exclusive
digoutyoursoul
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Give Transformers to Sucker Punch
I’d rather a aaa Star Trek “explore new worlds” game than yet another star wars game
They own Nickelodeon
Mr Moose
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Those are just movie rights though not IPs, right? I thought Hasbro and Tomy own Transformers.
SEGAvangelist
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Maybe? I'm sure Paramount owns some decent gaming IPs.
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Only if had Yogi Bear
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LordOfChaos
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Close the thread, we're done here.
thicc_girls_are_teh_best
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Yeah, just the movie rights. To get Transformers outright they'd have to work out a deal or acquire Hasbro.
I found this.
Just looking through it, basically the type of licensed slop you'd expect from a C-tier games publisher near the end of a console generation :/
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StreetsofBeige
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Basically all of Paramount is a sinking ship. But Apollo and Sony are doing the vulture bites looking to swoop in and buy for cheap in hopes of turning it around.
Paramount Global Sees $1 Billion Charge in Q1 for Layoffs and Programming Write Offs
Paramount Global saw a business downturn in both its TV and film units even as it worked to stem losses in streaming
variety.com
Kilau
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SplunkyMunkey
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Next rumours is sony is buying Sega for sonic ips since sonic 1 & 2 is on paramount and sonic 3 is heading there
That list is for their game studios and not related to their IPs. It's missing some more recent popular B tier games that Paramount owns the IP for but are developed by third party studios.
Southpark stick of truth
Spongebob: battle for bikini bottom
TMNT Cowabunga collection
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Katatonic
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That's already an improvement.If only...
