Sony, or more specifically PlayStation, is set to acquire Repeat.gg — a platform that hosts and tracks esports tournaments. The purchase falls in line with Sony's continued interest in all things esports, what with its acquisition of Evo — the world's largest fighting game event — last year.
Repeat.gg is designed to be as accessible as possible, so that anyone can organise and present their event in an easy-to-read fashion. According to Games Industry, the platform has hosted over 100,000 tournaments to date, with over 2.3 million participants. Indeed, it's pretty much the most-used technology as far as esports tournaments go.
It should also be noted that Repeat.gg will remain multiplatform in terms of the games that it covers, despite Sony's purchase.
"Repeat.gg was designed to enable new tournament formats that are easy to enter and scalable to millions of players. We're thrilled to join the PlayStation team and work together to enhance the variety of tournament experiences gamers can enjoy, regardless of their skill level," says Repeat.gg CEO Aaron Fletcher. It sounds like the deal makes sense for everyone involved.
"Together with the talented Repeat.gg team, we're excited to explore more ways for players to engage in competitive gaming and expand the breadth of our esports offerings," explains Sony's vice president of global competitive gaming Steven Roberts. "This is just the start of our journey and we look forward to sharing more updates with our community in the future," he continues.
Better get used to seeing a lot of headlines with 'Sony' and 'esports' in them!
[source gamesindustry.biz]
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GG, Sony.
Everything for Jimbos dream about a GaaS centric future for Playstation I guess.
Can't say I have ever heard of repeat.gg myself. But good to see Sony expanding on the esports side of things.
I guess with Covid happening it has put a new perspective on eSports.
Another Jim Ryan effect slowly but surely eroding the Playstation we all love.
I wonder if they will tie PlayStation Stars to this, they mentioned tournaments as a way of earning rewards.
Dahell.
Buy deviation
@Ken_Kaniff They think eSports is a major growth vector and have been on this path for years now.
I don't see anything wrong with it
@CapGod
And Square-Enix before Microsoft does or tries to.
@get2sammyb Exactly, for the years that Jim Ryan has ran the show.
As an entertainment division so heavilly involved in games and media, it would be strange indeed if Sony were not looking to get more involved in the esports segment.
Its a positive move, and may eventually lead to bennefits even for those of us not looking to get involved in esports. With this and the bungie buy out, its clear we will see some interesting titles developed to try and secure a prominent position in the esports market.
As long as they continue to buy resource to develop the sector, im ok with it. What I would not want to see is the internal studios being diverted to doing this stuff. I just want to see the big AAAs still flowing...
Sony Needs To Buy a Fighting Game Studio.
Sony acquires something else i do not care about ughhh
@TheCollector316
Square Enix won't do that if they're smart.
Lack of jrpgs and gamepass will handicap square enix. They'll be more dissapointed by sales.
Kinda makes sense, I mean, I've seen a lot of tournaments using PS4 as their main platform.
As someone who actually attends FG tournaments, this seems pretty useless. Mainly because almost everything uses Start.gg for fighting games at least, which Microsoft owns. I get wanting a competitor, but it’s not a space worth competing in. All it will do is make the occasional Sony tournament more cumbersome to join because of the irregular platform. Bad move from the perspective of someone who actual uses these platforms.
What so many people seemingly struggle to comprehend is that the Sony PlayStation pie is growing. They've acquired studios and the studios they do have are growing to include multiple teams. You can have growth into other areas like eSports, entertainment and services without reducing the games we know and love. Not everything on PlayStation has to be something you are interested in, in fact it's better for the long term growth and sustainability of the brand that they do bring in new audiences.
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