Very good move by Sony. Was expecting it to be SquareEnix, but Bungie makes more sense considering that Microsoft now controls almost the entire shooter space. With Bungie, Sony can now have a shooter of its own and if it becomes big, can play tit for tat with Microsoft when it comes to new shooter games (lock Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12 and we lock New Shooter 2).
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Good move by Sony. Even if it they do continue to output multiplatform, they had to make that move else risk Bungie being acquired by Xbox again and being locked away. Bungie are 100% capable of a huge FPS multiplayer game (less GAAS as destiny and more pvp/arena), and I'd be very surprised if Sony didn't push for a 2nd team to make an exclusive in time for 2025 holidays (multiplayer only).
Like with Insomniac, it's cheap (cheaper, I should say..) because of the lack of IPs. But Destiny blew up, and Bungie are no doubt well placed to spin up another big IP.
Like with Insomniac, it's cheap (cheaper, I should say..) because of the lack of IPs. But Destiny blew up, and Bungie are no doubt well placed to spin up another big IP.
Some other crap game called Halo also.
Seems an obvious purchase Sony have never had a decent First Person Shooter studio they have been trying forever (Haze anyone) finally they have one capable of it.
Yeah it's been a while for sure. Killzone was probably the best. Resistance was alright too.
Anyway good news for us Sony gamers
Sony have been moving much further into operations in the West over recent years so I imagine this acquisition was easier to get over the line. While Sony as a brand are JP, Sony Interactive Entertainment, which is basically the gaming side of things now, are more American. The head office is based in California IIRC.
Capcom would have been huge though, no doot aboot it.
Not too interested in anything in Bungie's catalogue, but secures Sony a dev that have a rich history of creating new IP and especially in a genre Sony lack.
However I think the bigger plan is to use Bungie and their future projects as a bargaining chip. I think this will have been more a response to the Bethesda acquisition than Activision.
While Starfield will be Gamepass exclusive, I can see deals being made for Elder Scrolls 6. Admittedly that is a minimum of 5 years away and the whole gaming landscape could be completely different by then but I think Sony are trying to stem the tide of MS making all major third party IP Gamepass exclusive.
However I think the bigger plan is to use Bungie and their future projects as a bargaining chip. I think this will have been more a response to the Bethesda acquisition than Activision.
While Starfield will be Gamepass exclusive, I can see deals being made for Elder Scrolls 6. Admittedly that is a minimum of 5 years away and the whole gaming landscape could be completely different by then but I think Sony are trying to stem the tide of MS making all major third party IP Gamepass exclusive.
Seems like a waste of money from my perspective.
But then again I was never a fan of bungie games so it isn't supposed to matter to people like me.
Who is left on the table? There is no longer any unrealistic possibilities. MS might look to EA or Rockstar and Sony might consider Konami or Square
5 years from now there might be no major publishers left it will just be Sony, MS and Nintendo and a bunch of indie studios
If everything is subscription by then too..
5 years from now there might be no major publishers left it will just be Sony, MS and Nintendo and a bunch of indie studios
If everything is subscription by then too..
Cloud gaming with subscription… seems inevitable
Can't see any others that jump out, i don't believe Activision thing would of happened if they weren't already getting hammered for all the work environment stuff they had been in the press for.
Can't see EA/Take two being open to the prospect.
PC player base will see to that not being a thing, not so sure on the console people they seem to just accept whatever's thrown at them unfortunately.
Chuck us an underpriced service for a few years with some quality content then slowly phase out the hardware so you are tied in then bang up the price.
I have no issue with subscription based but wouldn’t be interested in cloud streaming. And I think many console players would be the same. Also the world as a whole is nowhere near being ready for that for the foreseeable future, far too many places don’t and won’t have internet capable of running games seamlessly
No doubt it's a long way off but you can see the process of it happening now.
I'd be fine with the option of cloud gaming on single player titles for sure, but i still want my game copy with mods etc.
I'd hate to be 3 years into a platform and then if i decided to stop paying it i own nothing.
They should co-exist not be slowly trying to cut out the hardware approach.
bungie are already working on another IP and have been for quite a while. it’s still quite secretive atm but I believe it’s supposed to be a ‘competitive shooter’. I wonder if this is mainly what sony is buying it for (along with destiny)
So, we're essentially going to have Sony game(s) on Xbox, and Microsoft games on PlayStation. Weird and interesting times.
Like MS last purchase don't care. Budgie make games that don't interest me at all.
Does this suggest any chance that Halo comes to PS in the future?
Dont think so.... Halo is now with 343 studios which is owned by Microsoft.
Cheers guys. Well that's shit.
I never knew gaming industries would cost billions.
Just seems a bit surprising.
Just seems a bit surprising.
I wonder if part of this is to put greater pressure on Microsoft to keep their games/franchises multiplat. Sony can now say, we will keep Destiny on Xbox if you’ll do the same with COD.
Gaming is bigger than movie and music industry put together.
Sure but when I looked at Xbox buying Blizzard - there was a highlight showing approximately 5 games.
Sure they would make more, but there seems a bit of lack of quantity even if the quality is there - especially for multiple billions.
That won't work as COD is many times bigger.
This was a bold move by Sony going after Phil Spencer's most played game. If Destiny is not kept multiplatform than Phil will have to fire up his PS5.
Have to say I'm very disappointed with Sony / PS5 so far and exclusives on the console.
Best games I've played so far are PS4 ones in TLOU2 and GOW.
I was Xbox for at least a decade and was convinced by their launch to swap over.
Best games I've played so far are PS4 ones in TLOU2 and GOW.
I was Xbox for at least a decade and was convinced by their launch to swap over.
Which ones did you play?
Not too many, I kinda meant the quantity of them as much as anything. Playing Resident Evil Village at the moment.
Most developers just seem to be jumping on remakes / remasters, call it whatever you want. The "new" uncharted looks exactly the same as previous one, GTA arguably is worse than the original.
Activision-Blizzard make $2bn NET a year.
Why don't they just divvy up the rest and get it over with.
How did you put up with Xbox when you got 5 every 10 years.
2 weeks away from the first of many relax Sony very rarely have the big hitters within the first year of release.
Strange timing for this post considering horizon FW, GT7 and Forspoken are just around the corner.
you did it the wrong way around. You should have swapped to Ps4 in the previous gen and then to Series X this gen. D'oh!
Did you play any of the actual PS5 games? Returnal, Ratchet & Clank, Demon's Souls, Miles Morales, Kena (ok some are cross-gen but still worthy PS5 titles)? You said the PS5 launch convinced you to get one, so there must've been something that caught your eye.
Just preordered Horizon & Elden Ring the price disparity is pretty hilarious £44 for Elden Ring, £60 for Horizon.
Looking forward to putting some hours back into my console it has been neglected for some time!
Looking forward to putting some hours back into my console it has been neglected for some time!
did you get ps5 version of Horizon?
You can get Ps4 version for €10 cheaper and upgrade for free
Did i read you need to physically play it on a ps4 or something to upgrade it or did i imagine that.
Think you imagined it. As ar as i am aware doesnt matter you can just upgrade at no extra cost
Must of, i'm too impatient to wait for the game to download the upgrade so ill take the £10 hit or whatever it is
How are you not overwhelmed catching up on all the PS4/5 games released over the decade you were on XBox? There's fecking loads...