Xbox is offering voluntary severance agreements to producers, quality assurance testers and other staff at ZeniMax as part of a broader cost-cutting initiative
Would be a great time for Sony to acquire essentially the entire studio for $0, simply paying for their salary (won’t even need relocation since it is already based in Tokyo, they could probably just reuse the same office space).
They would not even need to think of a game, simply focus on the planned sequel to hi-fi rush (obviously with different name but keeping the same core idea that was proposed for the sequel) and release it as a Sony exclusive.
I’ve never played a Sony game or owned a Sony console. I’m simply stating how a major japan-based company could save a young studio from completely disintegrating, allowing them to realize what could be a promising new IP. Also Sony could easily spinoff the studio once they’ve gained a certain size/reputation (they have spinoffed subsidiaries like financial services last year). Oth Microsoft would never spinoff any game company (they’d rather shut the whole thing down).
Not any better when Sony does it either, but let’s not kid ourselves. Microsoft has spent so much more on acquisitions over the years compared to Sony.
Sony is worth a fraction of what Microsoft is worth. Microsoft could buy Sony multiple times over if allowed. Microsoft wanted to buy Nintendo back in the day.
Microsoft has spent so much more on acquisitions over the years compared to Sony.
Because Microsoft has far more money available to spend on acquisitions. If Sony had the same spending capital that Microsoft has, they would be buying up the sector just the same. But since they can’t afford it, they do the next worst thing by just buying game exclusivity, paying developers to keep games from being ported to platforms other than PlayStation.
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Would be a great time for Sony to acquire essentially the entire studio for $0, simply paying for their salary (won’t even need relocation since it is already based in Tokyo, they could probably just reuse the same office space).
They would not even need to think of a game, simply focus on the planned sequel to hi-fi rush (obviously with different name but keeping the same core idea that was proposed for the sequel) and release it as a Sony exclusive.
Can we maybe shut the fuck up with the fanboyism for a moment?
Especialy since these layoffs are due in no small part, to MS buying basically every studio they could for a few years.
I’ve never played a Sony game or owned a Sony console. I’m simply stating how a major japan-based company could save a young studio from completely disintegrating, allowing them to realize what could be a promising new IP. Also Sony could easily spinoff the studio once they’ve gained a certain size/reputation (they have spinoffed subsidiaries like financial services last year). Oth Microsoft would never spinoff any game company (they’d rather shut the whole thing down).
Looks over at Bungie
Yeah…
Not any better when Sony does it either, but let’s not kid ourselves. Microsoft has spent so much more on acquisitions over the years compared to Sony.
Sony is worth a fraction of what Microsoft is worth. Microsoft could buy Sony multiple times over if allowed. Microsoft wanted to buy Nintendo back in the day.
Because Microsoft has far more money available to spend on acquisitions. If Sony had the same spending capital that Microsoft has, they would be buying up the sector just the same. But since they can’t afford it, they do the next worst thing by just buying game exclusivity, paying developers to keep games from being ported to platforms other than PlayStation.