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@WallyWest Bethesda made sense for Microsoft considering how closely worked together in the past.

Sony acquiring a publisher they work with closely like Square Enix, wouldn't be an issue.

Neither are worth even a tenth of what ABK is worth.

@AdamNovice I don't think this is true. I am thinking exactly the opposite. I think Sony thought this deal would have been struck down by regulators already. Sony already claimed they would be making much more acquisitions this year....and simply haven't. It's obvious they have been talking behind the scenes. The most obvious of these is Square Enix, whom have been making a ton of exclusive content for PlayStation the past 2-3 years. They are all but first party at this point in name only. At a valuation of between 2-3 B, Sony can easily close this deal, but seem to be waiting until after the regulators decide on ABK, since it would hurt their case by acquiring a publisher.

Just my two cents on the matter. When ever this matter is resolved, however it is resolved, Sony will have a few acquisitions announced thereafter.

Nintendo is successful with their approach, because they aim exclusively at their own individual market. Which is entirely separate from PlayStation and Xbox. I don't think Sony has the luxury of doing the same. They can't make their games like Nintendo, and mass sell for kids. Games like GOW/Horizon would simply never work in the Nintendo sphere.

If there is a built in PS it should be back seat only for legal reasons.

@KaijuKaiser so you don't want to play this because you live with a wife and child. Hypothetically, would you be interested in playing this, if you didn't have them living with you?

I think the game looks akin to Dynasty Warriors. A fun diversion of life. I'll probably pick it up on sale down the road.

11 not bad

The switch can barely produce 720 P and 30 fps
I feel that is the true crime this generation.

I'm normally sad to see studios get folded, especially teams with a historic Franchise. But I am personally happy to see Volition go under. Between the horrible remake, and the way they gaslit fans for disliking their product, I hope they enjoy being a support team for future Borderlands games.

That's the problem with the Embracer group. They buy studios, sure. But they don't really invest into them, so they remain AA studios.

Is this part of the upcoming acquisitions Jim kept talking about earlier this year 😂😂😂

Jk but it's good to see Sony giving out some goodwill to smaller dev teams.

Definetly looking to buy this at launch

@KidBoruto I went through trophies list, at least 1 trophy tied to each house (4 in all)

Looks like I'll need to play the game four times as each class to complete plat. Not what I had in mind but okay.

Love my Vita

That is all

I'm a bit disappointed, I had hoped it would have a class schedule, like Bully. That would have been a great side activity to the main story line...

A darn shame, RIP

I'm gonna be broke pre-ordering this...

Also Team Ravenclaw

@torne would be fantastic, I don't think it's possible unfortunately

@nookie_egg people look at the deal as 3 so studios and several IP for $300 M, but an important element to the deal was that Embracer took on all outstanding debt from Square. This means that the company is running a very healthy budget right now. The acquisition would make more sense, seeing that so many of Square's upcoming games are PlayStation console exclusive. Though Final Fantasy is the biggest game on Square's docket, they do have other solid brands, and an amazing live action MMORPG in FF14.

Games like:
Kingdom hearts
Life is strange
StarOcean

Are also solid.

Square doesn't have many main studios. From what I can tell most of them are support studios to their bread and butter titles. So even I do agree that the acquisition of Square Enix will be expensive, but the titles will be system sellers.

@nookie_egg I do think Sony and Square are close to an acquisition. I think Sony is holding out until after Activision Blizzard is dealt with. It would look bad for their argument if they bought a publisher then accused Microsoft of trying to make Activision exclusive. Lol.

@Martsmall musk hasn't even done anything to warrant such comparison...
Let's give him a year before comparing him to Palpatine...

People are allowed to have their own opinion, no matter how dumb I think it is. Calling it dlc 😂😂

No one should harass him for it.

@Korgon it's a shame, especially with how good Killzone Mercenary was, it is completely possible to make a 3v3 quick match style game for mobile.

@Jey887 basically a gacha style game

I'm a minority where I live but never once have I thought to myself, "hmmmm we need more diversity."
I like to play the role of the character in the game, and get lost in the lore. Almost like it is an RPG... I even have no trouble playing the other gender option. Not sure how people get triggered by these game design choices...

I don't believe it has anything to do with Team Green, but it would be hilarious if they made a deal for that. 🤣

Sony could have avoided this if they had bought Atlus out of bankruptcy back in 2014. They have since helped rejuvenate Sega. It cost them less than 200 m, considering what Sony paid for Bungie, something like this would have been a solid studio to acquire back then. Now I doubt Sony could ever acquire Sega.

@nessisonett you need to look up Dolphins. They kill for malice. If anything we should be grateful these degenerates don't have thumbs and can't live on land.

Maybe my mind is in the gutter but PS Stars sounded weird when I first read it. 😅😂

I thought they would be acquired by Sony after how strong until dawn was. Wasn't meant to be, I'm glad they have joined a third party publisher who feels they can tap into their skillset better.

I have every console. But I can see the potential appeal in this.

I'll tell my kids this is Starfield. Jk jk

Looks interesting though

I'm looking to sell and unload my vr1 before they announce a release date for this

I appreciate that Sony doesn't want to announce until the game is nearly releasing, but like 3 months should be reasonable, so I can scrap together some money to buy it at launch.

Can't wait to try it

I'm sure Destruction Allstars was Lucids chance to make it into Sony's spending spree. Unfortunately for them, the game was doomed from the beginning, should have charged it as a 39.99$ game, they'd have been more successful.

If I do upgrade my SSD I'll do a 2 or 4 TB. Just so I don't have to do it again.

In the meantime, I'll wait for a sale. Lol.

The problem with these services is starting a game. Once I'm in it, I'm in it. Just platinumed Horizon, so I'm taking suggestions for my next game.

I enjoy the series, very underrated. I hate how all the young people assume SAO is the first attempt at this concept. No lot of good titles came before it

I platinumed the game, it was fantastic for a PS4 title.

This being a PS5 game, I want more open world exploration and preferably an improvement to how the story was told. I have no doubt graphics will be phenomenal!

Everything but Square being acquired by Sony happened today 😂

Snitch hasn't been wrong yet, I'm excited to try it. I held off on all PS1 final Fantasy games when I started gaming in the PS2 lifecycle, since at the time I couldn't go back. Now I can and have played 6, 8, and 9 but held off of 7 for the remakes

I would want this

Pretty embarrassing that people are sensitive about a third party studio making games for other platforms lol

@Northern_munkey I'm talking about strictly gamepass.

Sony cannot do day one launch on PS plus essential/extra/premium. It's simply not doable.

I'll pass, it's not something I'd find interesting.

Looks like something I'd be interested in, hope it has good grinding sound track.

This is a dumb argument. Sony can't compete with Microsoft. Microsoft can take a loss on game pass for over a decade and still come out fine on the other side. When PlayStation is their main bread and butter, Sony can't afford to make mistakes. I think enough people care about owning discs that this won't be a problem in the foreseeable future...

So I'm assuming Persona 6 will be a multiplat game. Might take longer to develop as a result. Disappointed, but I suppose all fans deserve to play their masterpiece.

7 this was rough