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Sounds like Sony told him to reel back his comment, since they need more time to announce some stuff haha

@Martin_C I can never permanently put my Vita away, and I can't explain why. It was the best console ever imho.

Thank you Greg Miller. This was indeed mind-blowing news!

I can see Sony buying Deviation Games.
Similar to Haven, founded 2021 by former AAA devs.
Sony signed them for an exclusive game. Likely a live action, based on their past experience being with Call of Duty and Bioshock.
They recently expanded to a second team in Canada.
To me, it makes too much sense after Haven acquisition.

I'll buy it when I get my PS5

Other than the day long maintenance I never saw an issue to begin with. So this is fine by me.

Time for Sony to acquire this developer 😂😂

@lolwhatno Technically US came from Britain. So does that count?

@Rob_230 Bungie isn't a part of SIE Studios. It's wholly its own thing.

I think this is overblown by those protesting.

It feels like they hate all microtransactions of any kind and feel GT7 is the hill to die on to demand change. I've said it before. I don't expect another GT for a decade, and I bought the game with that in mind. I'm in no rush. And don't believe I'll be spending the price to speed it up.

Exciting news. When all else fails, go back to your bread and butter.

I'm surprised Microsoft hasn't tried to acquire them. They have a close relationship and the whole cyberpunk fiasco has weakened the company.

I am happy they remain independent however and hope they use this opportunity to re-establish themselves in the industry.

@RBMango technically since they don't have a game yet, they might have been cheaper now, than after the game goes live and it does well commercially? That's my logic for Sony's decision.

As a Canadian, I am happy to see more Canadian studios.

Sony must have really liked what they saw to buy them without seeing how the game does commercially.

They gave Lucid and Ready at Dawn both a test which they failed.

Housemarque and Bluepoint killed it and were then acquired.

I am curious what Haven is working on.

@MattBoothDev you can't 0/10 review a game simply because you dislike mtx and online service set up.

Graphics, game play mechanics, story mode, car modification, track feel, controller haptics.
ALL OF THAT IS TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT FOR A REVIEW.

At worst, even with the online component and the microtransactions in the game, giving the game less than a 7 is not an honest review. It is one made out of disdain for personal beliefs that you push on to the game, studio and the publisher. And to me, this devalues the review and reviewer.

These protest reviews only come off as whiny to me.

The game itself in a vacuum is a masterpiece.
The server downtime was unfortunate, and the need for "always online" definitely hurt the game's overall score. And microtransactions don't help either. But the overall modification of the credit layout was just meant to stop people from farming one map over and over again.
I get it, makes the game grind feel like an eternity, but I'm not gonna see another numbered Gran Turismo game in probably a decade, I have time.

Anything between 5-7/10 is reasonable. Anything below and people forget what a 4 out of 10 game really feels like. I remember and I still cringe at the thought.

I'll definetly get it later, my back log is pretty high

@Jacko11 not paying a scalper off of principle alone. I'll skip the generation if I must.

I've been dodging NBA 2k microtransactions for years. GT7 Looks super mild in comparison. I appreciate that it's not so in your face and the game allows us to earn at a decent rate.

I'm tempted to buy the wheel for this. I really shouldn't... 😅

It's a shame we will never see the sequel to this game. I like the visuals and way the gameplay looks.

@KnightRider1982 I recently bought the backwards compatible PS3, it can play ps1 and PS2 games. When I get the ps5, I can pack up my other consoles and store them, as I can handle the entire console library physically through the two of them...

@mrtennis1990 Full Metal Alchemist brotherhood is a good place to start

Looks like Microsoft outpaid Sony to keep this multiplat 😂😂

Day one for me. It's on my sister's birthday, she will wonder where I am, but it's for the best.

Do I get a platinum for uncharted if I go watch this?

People really need a life, this is just sad

I won't get my hopes up, everything non-persona goes to Nintendo

It cost them 120 million to make this???

I'm not surprised, they made bank in call of duty every year. If anything, Microsoft would have lost more to restrict it.

The other franchises will likely be exclusive. Maybe, Diabolo will be multi plat, that's it imho...

I was curious about how Sony refers to Bungie as a publisher despite the acquisition. My thoughts are that Sony knows that anything they would generally buy need to be exclusive. They might use Bungie to acquire studios for their live action potential and keep them multi platform under the Bungie brand. I.e. Deviation.

Deviation is newly formed from former Call of duty devs, so they have a pre-existing relationship with Sony. Upon opening their new studio, without even announcing an IP, Sony signed them to a publishing deal. They've recently expanded with a new studio in Canada. How do they have the money? They have been acquired, the paper work won't be finalized until their game is released.

That's my running theory. Let me know what y'all think.

Looks like Platinum is asking to be acquired. ☠️

7 I could do better

I don't even have a PS5 yet, but I signed up for PSVR2. I have PSVR, and it was really good. Any improvement just put it over the top to me.

Hopefully I get a PS5 this year, I don't want to go the scalpers route...

Sony obviously over paid, but who actually gets an acquisition at cost? There is a level of Goodwill that goes into purchases to help incentivize shareholders to part with their shares. Although they weren't publically trading, the same rule applies for Bungie. Bungie was worth about 2-2.5 billion pre-acquisition. Using the Activision acquisition as a comparison, Microsoft paid 40% (approx over the valuation of the time) in the buyout. If that were the case, 2-2.5 billion x40% markup = 2.8 - 3.5 billion dollars.

This lines up with roughly the purchase price Sony paid for Bungie.

The main takeaway of this acquisition for Sony is three part from what I read surrounding this deal:
1) consistent revenue stream : Bungie makes 200-250 million in profits year over year. If nothing else changes, Sony will have made their money back in about 15 years.
2) Bungie are a leader in the FPS and live gaming markets. SIE first party studios gain quite a bit of intrinsic value from the knowledge they bring to the community. Especially if the rumoured second studio of Guerrilla is believed to be making a Multiplayer game (possibly Killzone), they'd gain immense value, improving on the Lore and feel of the gun/shooting mechanics.
3) Bungie apparently was working on some next generation technology, Sony was reportedly impressed by whatever it is, that Bungie was working on. My two cents say that this has something to do with VR technology, and Sony wants to really nail the PSVR2 this coming year. Whatever this tech is, Sony is looking to future proof themselves moving forward.

All this to say, the value is more than meets the eye. I am glad they are remaining a multi-platform studio, but I can see why Sony was so interested in them, especially with these uncertain times, full of huge acquisitions. Better to lock down some talent under your studio's umbrella whenever possible.

It's kinda sad we as game consumers have gone from being shocked at seeing a studio acquisition to being mad when we don't see favorable studios and franchises being bought. Sign of the times I suppose. I'll get used to it over time.

I think Bungie was inevitable after China prevented Sony from acquiring Leyou. It sounded like Sony really wanted Warframe to capitalize on the f2p space. Now they get their chance, with Destiny.

@OmegaStriver actually it's the opposite. Sony isn't moving new games into PC, they are moving their best hits after several years to PC. Traditional PC gamers are the target audience to expand PlayStation. I saw several reviews on Steam, where people tried GOW for the first time, loved it, and wanted a PS5 solely to play the sequel... Sounds like good marketing to me.

This is purely an investment and we shouldn't look at it as part of the SIE. On the Brightside, even if Call of duty becomes a console exclusive, this won't be.

It's basically what Microsoft spent on Minecraft, and left Minecraft to be a mostly independent third party game. So I have similar expectations for Bungie.

@riceNpea PlayStation Home on PSVR2 is a system seller for me.

With how much time they spent on it, it may as well be a remake not a remaster lol

The market is starting to consolidate with Microsoft and Tencent at the helm.
Sony can't afford big players, but if they wanted to they could easily get Capcom or Square. The question is would they? Or will they wait for Microsoft and Tencent to swallow up more studios first?

A side note, THQ Nordic has been eating small studios for a while now as well.

Gamepass can only work on PlayStation if they make a version that only includes first party games only.

If it includes third party titles PS Now loses all value. If Microsoft works with Sony and provides a modified GamePass like that, I am sure they can approve it to show up on the console. Because at that point it's no different than EA as a third party publisher.

Time to Buy more stock

The loss of call of duty will definitely hurt, especially with casual gamers switching to the X.

Hopefully this means a return to Sony first party Shooters. I would love a new entry for Resistance, Killzone and Socom!

Forget crash and spyro.

They own CALL OF DUTY!
I am not even a fan and I know that's messed up! It's literally the biggest FPS series on the market. Can't believe it's exclusive to Microsoft now...

On a side note: they own Blizzard entertainment as well now. This is massive in the PC verse. Like... insanely crazy. I'm in shock...

I wish they were doing a Resistance game. I would want that, and a new Kill Zone game for this generation. I feel people don't give Killzone the respect it deserved as a FPS Franchise, great mechanics and the online to me was second to none in its heyday (2&3).

@Emperor_Rusty it's mostly due to the superconductors shortage, which is out of every console manufacturers and graphic cards manufacturers hands...

That and scalpers make it impossible to get ahold of it...

Looks amazing, I'm genuinely shocked Square poneyed up for it.

I am scared, soon there won't be any independent studios. And we will have to buy individual consoles for each major studio. I already hate this for streaming platforms, can't imagine gaming... ☠️

Whichever I can't buy.