Gaming Acquisition |OT| Tencent acquires Lucid Games

[kitler53]

wow.  i saw the "death valley" BS but i didn't see that one.   

i hate how businessmen always make the same empty threat about taking away your job if you don't do what they want.   fuk them.

[the-pi-guy]

Kotick and Nadella are both pushing this idea of "why can't American companies compete with Japanese and Chinese companies"

[kitler53]

Kotick and Nadella are both pushing this idea of "why can't American companies compete with Japanese and Chinese companies"

i'm a white male,.. why can't i have the same advantages as a black women?!?!?   why should they be allowed into college when i inherited more money from mom and dad??!?!

/s

[BananaKing]

Kotick and Nadella are both pushing this idea of "why can't American companies compete with Japanese and Chinese companies"

Its so funny with these spins. Sonys most successful studios are American. ND and SMS.

The reality is all these companies are now international companies. Yes, they have originate from a singular country and have headquarters there. But their operations and strategic plans are international

[the-pi-guy]

Its so funny with these spins. Sonys most successful studios are American. ND and SMS.

The reality is all these companies are now international companies. Yes, they have originate from a singular country and have headquarters there. But their operations and strategic plans are international

Sony Interactive is also based in the US.

[kitler53]

https://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2023/02/10/has-ballistic-moon-joined-playstation-studios/

the job advert for a 'Senior Dialogue Designer' based in London states that PlayStation is looking for someone to work on "major AAA projects alongside our partners at studios such as Naughty Dog, Santa Monica Studio, Guerrilla Games, Firesprite, Ballistic Moon, London Studios, Housemarque, Media Molecule, Insomniac Games, Sucker Punch Productions and more!"

I checked the listing and ballistic moon was removed since the OP. 

[the-pi-guy]

Not completely sure if it means anything.

But it's interesting that Ballistic Moon alone is listed along with first party studios.

We have know they're working on a ps5 title for a while. They're on a fairly short list of obvious acquisition targets.
Arrowhead Game Studios (SIE published Helldivers)
Ballistic Moon (former Supermassive people)
Deviation Games (former CoD people, SIE partnership like Haven.)
 FireWalk (another SIE partnership, but owned by another company)
Team Ninja (very unlikely, several SIE partnerships like Nioh, but owned by another company)

[kitler53]

Not completely sure if it means anything.

But it's interesting that Ballistic Moon alone is listed along with first party studios.

We have know they're working on a ps5 title for a while. They're on a fairly short list of obvious acquisition targets.
Arrowhead Game Studios (SIE published Helldivers)
Ballistic Moon (former Supermassive people)
Deviation Games (former CoD people, SIE partnership like Haven.)
 FireWalk (another SIE partnership, but owned by another company)
Team Ninja (very unlikely, several SIE partnerships like Nioh, but owned by another company)

I agree.  very speculative.  an interesting mistake at the very least. it means at least one person in Sony didn't understand that they aren't first party.  suggests at least a very close working relationship. 

[the-pi-guy]

Saudi Arabia now owns 7% of Nintendo's shares.

Apparently also spent over a billion between Capcom and Nexon

Says more than 5% of each company.

Probably cost over a billion for just Nexon to be honest.

[kitler53]

All I can say is, we're aiming to get every single title we publish from now on, onto Game Pass. In doing so, we'll secure success for each title, and relieve immense pressure for the devs

But please gamers, continue to explain why it's bad for us

— Mike Rose (@RaveofRavendale) February 15, 2023

wonder how long it will take him to realize that his studio is dead the first time MS says, "no thanks.  we don't need that on game pass"

[Legend]

All I can say is, we're aiming to get every single title we publish from now on, onto Game Pass. In doing so, we'll secure success for each title, and relieve immense pressure for the devs

But please gamers, continue to explain why it's bad for us

— Mike Rose (@RaveofRavendale) February 15, 2023

wonder how long it will take him to realize that his studio is dead the first time MS says, "no thanks.  we don't need that on game pass"

Yeah it's a really silly thing to boast about. Plus it kinda irks me that he's a publisher yet he's talking about relieving immense pressure on developers. Do they not take on any of the risk for the games they publish?

[the-pi-guy]

Saudi Arabia now owns 8+% of Nintendo

EA and Take Two stake increase as well

[kitler53]

https://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2023/02/19/sony-playstation-acquired-ballistic-moon/

[the-pi-guy]

https://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2023/02/19/sony-playstation-acquired-ballistic-moon/

The pitch book website is speculative.

It got updated at the same time the rumors came up.

[the-pi-guy]

Apparently Take Two's stock went up today because an *attention seeker* tweeted out that Sony is interested in buying them; in response to Activision Blizzard.