TheReligion
Abusive
Fiasco? A little over a year since its launch, it's their fastest selling console ever despite ongoing global semiconductor shortages, which clearly seem to be affecting newer manufacturing lines more.
Absolute fiasco yes
Fiasco? A little over a year since its launch, it's their fastest selling console ever despite ongoing global semiconductor shortages, which clearly seem to be affecting newer manufacturing lines more.
Nintony
Meta buying Playstation would be pretty hilarious to be fair. It'd instantly go from one of the world's most beloved and loyal brands to one of the most hated.Even after this deal MS are still a fair way behind Sony on gaming revenue.
Apple, Disney or Meta will acquire Sony or buy PlayStation at some point anyway I'd expect. Only deal challenge is with them being a Japanese company. Part of this move from Microsoft is no doubt pre emptive with that in mind.
Meta buying Playstation would be pretty hilarious to be fair. It'd instantly go from one of the world's most beloved and loyal brands to one of the most hated.
Apple? Maybe, but unlikely, they're not as in to big acquisitions as Microsoft.
Disney? No chance, as Revan said, Sony would be impossible for them to acquire.
Also Sony would never willingly sell the Playstation brand or section, it's easily their most profitable.
This would be interesting however I’d imagine Sony would need to get its shit together given the fiasco with the PS 5 stock which is still ongoing.
Don’t think Nintendo would tolerate such amateurish production.
Meta buying Playstation would be pretty hilarious to be fair. It'd instantly go from one of the world's most beloved and loyal brands to one of the most hated.
Apple? Maybe, but unlikely, they're not as in to big acquisitions as Microsoft.
Disney? No chance, as Revan said, Sony would be impossible for them to acquire.
Also Sony would never willingly sell the Playstation brand or section, it's easily their most profitable.
They cannot. They have a higher market capitalisation (260B for Disney vs 140B for Sony), but Sony has higher revenues and higher profits, and Disney definitely does not have 200B or so to buy Sony. At best, they could do a 1.5-1 merge in favor of Disney.
On the other hand, Meta, Google, Apple, or Amazon could likely afford to buy Sony (in the case of later, funding it via Amazon shares) but I do not see Sony being interested in that for at least another few years. They totally dominated the last console war (more than double the sales of XBox) and despite that you cannot buy a PS5 cause of chip shortage, they still sold more than XBox console. I think they still have the better first-party games, and I am not sure how much long term these purchases will hurt them. For example, Fallout has gone to crap, and the last ES was in 2011, so Bethesda even going full Microsoft, won't hurt Sony too much. WoW was always a PC game so that won't hurt Sony. Call of Duty sure, but then Sony was never that big in first-person shooters (unlike Microsoft who has Halo and Gears). At the end of the day, despite the Bethesda and Activision Blizzard purchase, Microsoft Gaming will still have a lower revenue than Sony.
Saying that, obviously these purchases are putting Microsoft in a very good position to fight back after their defeat in the previous console. I still think that Sony are gonna win this console generation war, but it is going to be much closer, or probably a draw like with PS3-XBox 360.
It would also be interesting to see if Sony has any move. For example, buying SquareEnix and ensuring that FF, KH, DQ, TR and other games become exclusive. I do not expect a Sony-Nintendo merge, to be fair, totally different things.
Then there is always the possibility of a new player entering the scene (looking at Tencent).
I held the opinion when the deal happened that COD would remain on PlayStation. Don't know why, really, but I still think that will happen. And it has nothing to do with Phil Spencer coming out yesterday and saying it because I wouldn't trust that guy as far as I could throw him.
The doomsday merchants in various quarters of the internet who are proclaiming the demise of PlayStation are ridiculous though, regardless of whether COD remains on the platform or not. "It's over for PlayStation" Calm the feck down
Obviously losing COD will be a blow (the numbers tell you that) but I'm sure they'll survive. Would love for them to actually focus on a First Person multiplayer shooter now. I know others have tried to take on COD and have failed, but if ever there was a time to really go for it, it would be now.
If there's one thing I'm absolutely not looking forward to in the video game industry, it's a fecking metaverse. Jesus wept.Tencent is already the 2nd biggest in terms of gaming revenue I think?
Could see Sony going for a Konami or Square for sure.
I'm not saying an acquisition will happen immediately, itll be a while yet, but somebody like Meta would be willing to overpay by a lot for Sony if they were allowed to buy them.
I've had about 13 meetings on metaverse this year (I'm sick of it) and some are going all out. Meta aren't planning to slow down on that front and gaming is at the centre of everything they want to do. I think they'd see the vr stuff as complimentary rather than duplicate and it helps them diversify, something they've struggled with, without adding to the anti competition issues they'd face with other acquisitions that could drive similar growth.
I imagine they'll keep it multiplatform but also throw it up on gamepass Day 1 to entice people to go for their service instead. It's probably more profitable for them in the long run and they already work with Nintendo in terms of making their exclusive IPs available on other consoles (Ori and Banjo).
Either way, we're forgetting that Microsoft and Sony have had business relationships in the past. MLB The Show 21 is a Sony developed game that Microsoft paid money to put on Gamepass on release. This'll just be a reverse of the situation where Microsoft probably retain further rights to exclusive/timed DLC.
If there's one thing I'm absolutely not looking forward to in the video game industry, it's a fecking metaverse. Jesus wept.
I imagine they'll keep it multiplatform but also throw it up on gamepass Day 1 to entice people to go for their service instead. It's probably more profitable for them in the long run and they already work with Nintendo in terms of making their exclusive IPs available on other consoles (Ori and Banjo).
Either way, we're forgetting that Microsoft and Sony have had business relationships in the past. MLB The Show 21 is a Sony developed game that Microsoft paid money to put on Gamepass on release. This'll just be a reverse of the situation where Microsoft probably retain further rights to exclusive/timed DLC.
So if I bought lost legacy would I only have the remaster for lost legacy i assume?
That's nice of them.
Bit of a weird caveat for whoever has the PS5 digital edition (due to needing the PS4 disc inserted to play the remastered editions)
" PS4 game disc owners who buy the PS5 Digital Edition disc-free console will not be able to get the PS5 version for the discounted price"
Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection – Details on the remastered bundle – PlayStation.Blog
Horizon was my favourite game from last gen. Loved almost everything about it. My only complaint was combat against human enemies. It was pretty shit, but it looks like they've improved it a lot in Forbidden West. Can't wait for Forbidden West!On another note, I started replaying Horizon yesterday to get ready for Forbidden West. First time playing was on base ps4, 1080p display. Looked great then, but seeing it now on PS5 and a 4K OLED is mindblowing. What a game.
The ign preview looksHorizon was my favourite game from last gen. Loved almost everything about it. My only complaint was combat against human enemies. It was pretty shit, but it looks like they've improved it a lot in Forbidden West. Can't wait for Forbidden West!
I watched it earlier. Looks so good. Can't wait for itThe ign preview looks
Horizon was my favourite game from last gen. Loved almost everything about it. My only complaint was combat against human enemies. It was pretty shit, but it looks like they've improved it a lot in Forbidden West. Can't wait for Forbidden West!
Great post mate.Have they announced Bloodborne 2 yet? I feel like Sony announcing that with FromSoft would spike interest.
I don’t think Sony have anything to worry about that much by Microsoft acquiring Activision Blizzard anyway. Activision are usually viewed with disdain by most ‘gamers’. Call of Duty is getting worse and worse every year and their sales are falling.
And Blizzard barely make games anymore since the original World of Warcraft launched. Are they going to entice them in playing an almost 20 year old MMO with dwindling numbers? Remakes of their old awesome games like Diablo 2? The only thing that Blizzard have in the pipeline that’s potentially exciting is Diablo 4 (see no need to make a second Overwatch game to be honest) but you just know they’ll mess it up somehow, like make it too easy, too anime looking (since D1 and D2 is gritty, gothic and dark) and have that stupid ‘must be online 24/7’ stipulation like Diablo 3.
Hoping for Bloodborne 2 is a road that can only lead to disappointment, suffering and giving up on life. Not going to happen, don't even dream about it.
A properly frame-paced, 60fps version is about as far as I dare to dream, and even that is something I don't believe in.Its got being saved for a remaster all over it bloodborne, rather then any sequel.
A properly frame-paced, 60fps version is about as far as I dare to dream, and even that is something I don't believe in.
How difficult would a Bloodborne remaster really be to make? It'd be a massive money maker so i'm not really sure what would stop them.