The ultimate MOG. It's fucking over.
>might acquire a bunch of dogshit devs>mightLol
If that happens it's literally the final nail in the coffin for AAA.
all closed in a year due to live service game project failing btw
>>733676753I could see this for From and Sqenix.But somehow i doubt it for Sega and Capcom.
if that happened, what crossover game would make you consoom immediately?
>>733676753I could only see them buying Squareslop for some shitty failed handheld they shit out next gen
cute fake, might seethe later but whoever made that should have just included ArcSys there as it would have been more believable
>>733676957DMC gameplayElden Souls WorldSanic charactersMain Villain is Sephiroth
>>733676802>capcom>from software>dogshitReal contrarian hours!
>>733676753with what money?
Monopoly laws exist.
>buy Fromsoft, Miyazaki and core devs leave to keep making fromslop clones in other studio (probably under Tencent)>buy Sega, congrats now you have a ton of classic IPs and little else, unless you really really like Yakuza>buy Square, but why tho?>buy Capcom, doubt
>>733676753>SegaOh so THAT'S why they've been in the shitter for the past year or two.
>>733676753That would actually kill gaming as a whole
>>733676753If they acquire fromsoft I bet they'll kill the company by forcing all of thei games to be PS exclusive.
>/v/: playstation has no gaems >*sony buys devs*>also /v/: NOOOOO NOT LIKE THIS!!!cringe
>fromsoftware and square finally die
>>733677191When was the last time these two put out a game that wasn't complete dogshit? 2011?
>>733677430you are supposed to make new games not buy studios
I hope they do. Only then, will gaming finally die the miserable death it deserves.
yakuza: like a live service slop dragonelden ring 2: now its a live service extraction action rpg roguelikefinal fantasy: live service mmo hero shooterresident evil 10: minutes to live in this new live service extraction shooter
Does that mean we'll get Shadow the Hedgehog 2?
>>733676753Let's assume that this is true (which isn't but let's assume), do you think Nintendo is going to sit there and let that happen?
>>733676753Snoy is going bankrupt. They don't have money for that
>>733677554you're trying way too hard
>>733677828Unlike Capcom and From.
Imagine is sony gave Sonic AAA budget
>>733677810>up 5%>bankrupt k
>Square: "Okay this whole 'early/exclusive release on PS5 thing isn't working out for us.'">Sony:
>macaco threadSnoy can't even afford to buy crapcom dinnerI'm sure you'll get someone angry someday though, lil caco
doubt sony has the power to buy capcom or fromsoft. didnt fromsoft just break away from bandai to be their own publisher? doubt they have any interest in selling themselves to anyone.
At this rate Fromsoftware and Square are going to kill themselves before Sony acquires them.
>>733677867>releasing goty candidate after goty candidate>not enoughnigger, I...
>>733677282But think of all the movies you can make with so many IPs anon!
>>733678083>goty candidateYes, complete dogshit, we have already established this. Are you the poojeet spamming SF6 AI threads or...?
>>733677927>4.43%>in the last 5 years nigga, we had like 20% inflation since then
>>733677282>buy capcom>fire the japanese staff and shutdown and the japanese studio>have trannies in commiefornia make another faggot game like the last of us and slap the resident evil brand on it
>>733677685wasnt there some leak here about a new shadow game?
Is Sony even a relevant brand anymore? I remember in the 00s they were everywhere. Phones, TVs, Laptops PS1 and PS2, Hi-fi shit... now Sony seems like a relic of the past.
>>733678198Nah, they've released great games so far. Sorry about your awful taste in vidya, chuddie.
>>733678232t.
>>733676753i'd probably never buy a game from any of them ever again
>>733678408Knew that was you. Filthy animal.
>>733677927>5% in 5 yearsThat's abysmal. You could make nearly three times that amount just investing in the index.
>>733678394Can you name a relevant japanese brand outside Toyota?Its all korean and chinese electronics now
Most of Fromsoft's audience is on PC. The quicker it dies the better. I'm all for Sony buying that piece of crap.
>>733678394Didn't they lose their TV's to some Chinese company?
>>733676753Yeah, not happening.
>>733677758They can print billions of dollars doing 0 work because of their goysumer army so yesIt would be cool to see a proper console war again with two systems that have exclusives so I hope this happens. Nintendo got way too complacent from everyone else giving up and becoming multiplat steam machines, it would in turn make them less lazy too
>>733678394Their only saving grace is that the Tencent Gamestation isn't announced yet.
>>733676753What's the point? Consoles are dead.
>Fire all your Japanese devs>Zero good games as a result>QUICK BUY MORE JAPSSo stupid that I believe its true.
>>733676753what's next, a jeet CEO?
>>733678331It was a trademark registration
>>733676753square enix is a carcass running on fumes bro why also sega? that trash was too close with microsoft and you just bought bungie man wtf is going on? then you disband bluepoint? whats the plan
>>733678198>>733678512You haven't played a single video game in over a decade.
>>733678554Even worse. You can make 4% risk free per year buying $ or € bonds.
>>733676753
>>733677554If you genuinely think that and it's not just a bit, then you might be too jaded to think literally anything is good. The literal reverse shiteater who says everything is bad and can't actually articulate why because it's a religion.
>buys them>releases no games>closes them down in a few yearslol
>>733678869That already happened.
>>733676753buy studios just to kill them, bold move. really worked for MS...
The former retired ceo of Capcom said he would sooner kill himself than ever let the company leave his family. His son is in charge at the moment.
>>733678785>Former Dutch CEO tried to make company more western>New Japanese CEO tries to make company more JapaneseI mean it makes sense.
>>733678909How does it feel to agree with journalists?
>>733678838>whats the planHORIZON LIVE SERVICESEVERY GENREALL ALOY
>>733678631lmao Nintendo got rated even higher than toyota the past year
>>733678936>That already happened."To bring the joy to everyone on every platform"Certainlu fucking didn't they somehow made it worse
>>733678837no there were actual menu graphics leaked
>>733679123Yeah bro, and Nvidia is the most important company in the World, Mr. Shekelstein the broker told me so
>>733678512I know your type, you niggers are predictable.
>>733679358Without them we'd have to use AMDshit so yes, they are.
if i still don't get a new fucking virtual-on game i'm going to fucking nuke japan again
>>733677430>>/v/: playstation has no gaems>>*sony buys devs*>devs keep making all their games multiplat>Playstation still has no gaems.
>>733676753Just to shutter them down like Bluepoint? When is this arictle from? 2021 when Snoys were coping Sony is going to buy up everything? lmao
>>733676753How many times was Sony supposed to buy Fromsoft or Square? I swear this feels like deja vu.
>>733676753If Sony buys Sega I'm gonna fucking kill myself
>>733677430>*sony closes dev*>/v/: playstation has negative games
>big company has no clue what they are doing >effectively burning money >buys smaller profitable company >heavily intervenes in their workflow >new project flops >smaller company gets shut down>big company gets saved by the big jewish "numbers go up" stockmarket scam
OP is a faggot
>>733679550wait, is sony raising the price on PS+ again?
>>733679550oh right, this was before they bought bungie instead, confusing everyone
>>733679550It ended up being Bungie and now Marathon looks like another flopslop.
>>733676753>capcompossible to buy, but they're still pretty high at the moment, not open to it>fromsoftabsolutely impossible to buy, their owners are straight hostile to sony, no amount of money is relevant, and sony couldn't afford it anyway>square enixsomewhat possible to buy, but they think too much of themselves and aren't going to be cheap>segadesperate, destitute, dying, absolutely in need of money in any form possible, can't be bought though
>>733676753Would be the best thing to happen to sega in a long time.
>>733676753I swear to god if fucking California snoyfags buys Sonic I'm going to rage.
>>733676753didn't you faggots say 5 years ago that they would acquire capcom, square enix & from software yet it never happened? what made you guys suddenly add sega into the mix?
>>733678684Worse. They purposefully sold their TV brand to said Chinese company.
>>733679729>their owners are straight hostile to sony,Who told you this
>>733677685With DEI compliance and girls with unnatural looking makeup and hair colors dictating that it's even more friendly and non-confrontational and also a Live Service Destiny Clone that flops day 0
>>733680008I'm from israel btw
>>733676753pass lol and go straight to lmaojail
>>733680247Oh, I'm stealing that.
>>733679992That is worse how badly were they hurting for money?
>>733676753haven't people been saying Sony will buy one of these publishers for years now and it never happens
>>733680446this year for sure, they just closed bluepoint to make room for Square
>>733676753>also on pcWhy do I care, exactly?
>>733680515Uhm, sweaty, they didn't close Bluepoint, they are putting them into the lead of FROM.
>>733676753They could maybe afford to finance Sega, but not the other 3, let alone all 4
>>733676753>mightand what does that mean? within the realm of possibility? wow, stop the presses
>>733676753>buying Sega>buying Square EnixBut who would do this to themselves?
>>733680631lol, that would make the demon souls fag seethe so hard
>>733680407No idea, but I recall people saying that said Chinese company makes some of the worst TVs on the market.
>>733676753It would be better off in Nintendo's hands
>>733676753Question would that save them in japan or doom the devs in that market?Would Sony make them exclusive to PS?Nintendo's response if it happened?
>>733676753This shit has to be illegalized
>>733676802Fpbp.>>733677191He's right tho. SE only has DQ. Which is basically a Nintendo IP now. Sega's best games are from Creative Assembly and Two Point. Fromslop is Fromslop. Capcom just makes remake slop.
with what fucking money?
>>733681205That would be just as dogshit only for slightly different reasons
>>733679550Funny how people ignore this.
>>733681187So not only did they sell it but to someone who would make it worse if that isn't a sign of desperation I don't know what is.
>>733676753>tech4gamers>2022 articleReally desperate for some (you)s today, huh?
They'll aquire them and shut them down
>>733683465Almost 50% of the thread. Feels good.
>>733676957Playstation Allstars Battle Royale 2 but with actual competent devs
>>733676802>Dogshit devsYou're not even trying with this bait
>>733676753sony should be a bit more like tencent and invest quietly / form strategic partnerships rather than acquiring outright and taking on payroll, hr headaches etc. which they've already been doing, notably investing in kadokawa (fromsoft). could be a good time to buy low on squenix tho--maybe structuring it a bit like the tencent + ubisoft deal, spinning off the final fantasy and other moneymaking IP to a new shell company instead of taking on all the debt and bloat
>>733676753>SE>has been vocally disappointed with FF's exclusive performance with PS to the point of porting to Switch and Xbox>"hurrr SONY IS GOING TO BUY THEM"Where is this autism coming from? Sony isn't going to buy up studios in a post-exclusive market
>>733684198kadokawa "owning" formsoft had no factor in that, retard
I honestly don't care, all games are garbage
>>733676753I feel like capcom is beyond their budget and maybe even from just based on ER and MonHun sales
>>733676753All this ever means is that they WANT to buy them. Plenty of companies do. Doesn't mean they're going to relent. This only ever worth talking about if there's any real negotiation afoot.
>>733676753SEGA is already owned by a gambling company called Sammy
>>733676753With what fuckin money, when they're screwing up so much and frugal about small shit? What, they closed down so many studios and regret Bungie, they're magically gonna buy four major Japanese publishers, one of which probably has more money than they do? Fuck off.
>>733676753They know the western market is doomed. It's 1983 again. So expect to see PC engine, Sega master system, NES, epoch cassette vision, etc...Sony is simply trying to kill it's competitors before their even born.
>>733685245they can just take on more debt, it's fine
>>733677282>congrats now you have a ton of classic IPs and little else, unless you really really like YakuzaYeah man who cares about Fatlus properties
>>733676753>he's hallucinating acquisitions again
>>733676753Then MS can buy Sony and itll all be over
>>733684198Should be like Nintendo and scoop up talent
>>733676753holy shit I hope this is fake
>>733676753Hope they do so that the industry can crash finally. Gaming has been compromised by fags who hate their customers so they should get what they deserve.
>>733676753>Sega's final humiliation ritualWould be funny, but nothing will happen.
---------------------everybody above this line is retarded except >>733679550 who is based.Tik tok brains just trusting a random image from OP and not even doing a cursory google I hate this place
>>733676753Bamco aint selling fromSega and capcom and sqenix are too fucking huge.
>>733676753Every studio they bought in the past 5 years has been a financial disaster. I remember when Snoy's were celebrating Sony buying "the halo devs" when it was actually just a shell wearing their name that produces nothing but the highest order of slop, so that they could get them to advise on how to make future sony games sloppier. And it backfired at every opportunity so hard that they can't ever recover such a financial failure.
>>733676802>Resident Evil>Elden Ring>Final Fantasy>Sonic>Now all PlayStation exclusives (at least to begin with before some PC port years later)
>>733676753Sega was going to be bought by Microsoft but now that xbox is dying that's not happening anymore, if i were Nintendo i would hurry and buy them before Sony doesThe other three i can see happening
>>733677430Anon they were literally doing nothing with their current studios and even already killed off many of them like Japan Studio and Bluepoint. Why the fuck would you think it's a good idea for them to buy any studio when you know they're just going to not do anything with them and leave them to die off?
>>733676802/thread
>>733686057Why? What does Sega offer that justifies the billions of dollars it would cost to acquire them? Not to mention that Sega is diversified in a lot of shit that Nintendo wouldn't want to buy.
>>733676753I'd rather have Nintendo buy them outAnyway the gaming industry will crash soon
>>733676753>>733676802Reminder that all of Sony's higher ups were at the list and visited the island a lot
>>733688374The snoys were/are desperately trying to associate Nintendo with the island after they saw how much Sony was entwined with it. Projection is the classic playbook for them.
>>733677191
>>733676753This is Sony putting Fromfailures down. Good riddance!
Sega squeenix and capcom would be goodFrom is some Reddit shit let them go please
>>733677325gaming dying would unironically be the best thing for gaming right now.
>>733676753>inb4 mightBut lets assume they do:>sony aquires capcom, from, square and sega>doesn't release any games>kills them off a couple years laterSony already has hundreds of video game IPs under their belt. Literally hundreds.If they can't make blockbuster games with what they have already, buying what remains of the industry won't save them either.
>>733676753Can't imagine how many seg -ACK! fags would kill themselves if Sony bought their dogshit company.
Sega needs saving
>>733688126copy pasted yakuzashit and faglus taking 10 years to make persoyna slop
>>733676957Souls Megami Tensei featuring Dante from the Devil May Cry series and 2B from the Nier series.
>>733676753Oh boy more great franchises turning into movies with the occasional button click
>>733676753Sega is the only one that they can afford
>>733676753Yeah, this might as well read 'Sony acquires new IPs to mismanage'.
>>733676753The real question is how many would they close even before releasing a game.
>>733676753>might>could>experts speculate that>rumors say>potentially
>>733676931Same. 0 chance they are acquiring Capcom.
Just two more weeks bros and Snoy will DEFINITELY buy From this time. Trust the plan!
>>733676753>No sourceGay, and I don’t see them buying any one of these publishers, let alone all of them. They’re better off buying smaller teams like Nagoshi Studios.
>>733676753>fromsoft swimming in money thanks to their fanboys (no reason to sell out)>capcom chugging along without massive fumbles lately (big enough to demand a massive asking price)>squeenix continually makes stupid ass plays for live service on consoles but gets bailed out by mobile division (lmao)>sega ??? (dunno about them)sony is about to face the final rugpull that is bungie's numaraphon, i really doubt they can or want to absorb new companies
>>733676753Aside from the fact that has pointed out the clear clickbait >>733679550, why exactly would people even entertain this discussion? Jesus Christ, Sony was crying about acquiring Bungie for like 3.5 billion for fuck's sake. SEGA alone would go for roughly that amount. Capcom and Square Enix? Maybe 10 billion each. From Software? Probably over a billion as it's owned by another Japanese corporation. Sony isn't swimming in money. Aside from PlayStation, their shit isn't all that hot.
>>733676753that would be the death of all 5 of them then
>Where you going? Don't ignore me. This is a perfectly good moment to rage bait.
>>733676753Sony already owns From jointly with TenCent. Kadakowa is a mutual fund administrator, they don't vote in shareholder meetings.
>>733677927>stock price as a measure of financial solvencyfinancially illiterate retard alert
>>733677282Anon From is literally jointly owned by Sony and Tencent. The "majority" shareholder is a holding company for a mutual fund that services Japanese medical pensions.
>>733691296That's why they suck at making games lmao.
>>733676753Ah yes, the ol' "Sony is gonna buy out From and SE any day now!"7th time's the charm
>>733679729> fromsoft> "owners are straight up hostile to sony"
>>733676753>anons on /v/ are seriously believing a clickbait article from THREE YEARS AGO
Fromslop sucks and is already a DEI hellhole. I only care for Capcom and Square(partially) at this point for making good games.
>>733691296>they don't vote in shareholder meetings.Despite, you know, holding 70% of the sharesSure pal, they're just that generous
>>733676753and then shut them all down!
>>733676753How would they have the money for this?
Sony got raped by Korea and China. They wouldn't survive Chinese century.
>>733691502Anon, they're literally a pension fund for japanese doctorsThey have never, at any point, overruled a shareholder move made by Sony or Tencent.
I only care for Capcom out of the other slopfactories. At least their games hold more value when it comes to enjoyment and fun.
>>733689530No one mentioned Valve acquiring those companies
>>733676957Twisted Metal Lunacy: Calypso gets bored of the same old faces competing in the tournament, so he instead sends invites to iconic characters from these companies.
>>733676753Ah yes, Sony will now buy Square Enix for real this time, just how they were definitely about to buy Square Enix years ago when Microsoft bought ActiBlizz. Also, Sony buying Capcom is a pretty good joke considering how the term "Barrierstation" happened thanks to them.
>>733676957Playstation All Stars Battle Royale Ultimate
>>733676753>Sony>acquiring japanese studioslol good joke
>>733676753>merely pretending to be retarded
>>733676753had no idea Crapcom was a independent company lol
>>733679393at this point i just need ports
>>733676753You really expect tencent to lock down fromsoft games to playstation exclusivity deals? Lmao. And capcom too? This has to be bait.
>>733681541Elden ring sold a shit ton of copies.
>>733688469I have never encountered this when playing the game. Which is why it's not bad design. Its a flawed solution, but not bad.
>>733676753>Nintendo can't release enough games on their own>Not they wil lose all 3rd party supportGrummz and Asmongold were right
Holy shit it's over for nintendo. The switch 2 is one of the biggest flops in gaming history, pokopia has ZERO recorded sales, and now sony is going to buy Square Enix so they have the rights to xenoblade? How the fuck does nintendo recover?
>>733676957>if that happened, what crossover game would make you consoom immediately?Souls x Devil may cryFinal fantasy x Sonica monhun x souls made with soulsesque gameplay
>>733676753Thankfully this will never happen.
>>733695214dark souls literally copied monster hunter gameplay for boss fights, retard. But made rolls more broken and fights way shorter
>>733676753And manage them as well as they did Bungie and Firewalk?
>>733695214You have extremely shit taste. Holy shit.
>>733676753I don't play vidya anymore but isn't Square shit now? FF 14 declining, 13 panned by fans, 15 was a toss-up and 16 was largely panned too. FF7 remakes also didn't perform as well as they expected too. Sony buying Bungie was a colossal fuck up and waste of money, Marathon will underperform to be generous, while Destiny continues to be irrelevant and lose players. I don't know enough abut the other 3 companies.Microsoft getting their hands on CoD was smart but they are likely going to kill the Xbox console with the new CEO jeet anyways.
Sony doesn't have money like that
>>733676753This would make Tendies foam at the mouth in rage
>>733676753I only care for Capcom and maybe Square since they're sitting on a IP goldmine. Sega has been shit and idk what zoomerslop abomination is the other one.
>>733676753>sony turning 70% of japanese franchises into exclusivesthat would be disastrous
>>733676753Sony are selling their assets to stay afloat. They aren't acquiring anyone
>>733686057God I would hate Sega getting bought out by Nintendo, fuck Nintendo
>>733695613why? tendies only play tendo games. they would be least affected
Nintendo can burn in hell
>>733688126Pachislot. SEGA barely makes money from it's games division and most of it comes from ATLUS
>>733676753Would be funny just to see Tendies seethe
>>733688126>>733695652If Nintendo buys Sega and Square Enix they will own Japan forever, with Japan's unconditional favor Nintendo could never sell another console or video game outside of Japan and they would still dominate the console market
>CapcomIf only they revive Mega Man. Sure I'm in.>Square EnixWould be great if another Forspoken never takes place.>SegaFuck no. They're buck broken and messy.>FromsoftwareI don't play shovelware trash for women and troons.
>>733676753We all know Snoy gonna force them to make live service slop, then few years later they will rebrand the company name into Concordia Snoylent Entertainment.
>>733676753Do it Sony, it would be so fucking funny
>>733676753And then the snoy woke up, still with no gaems.
>>733676957None, crossovers are soulless shit, just look at the fortnite and smash bros crowds
>>733688126Sega is a ticking time bomb of westoid AND gook incompetence, anyone that buys them would fold and implode from within.Which sounds like a perfect purchase for sony given they are THAT stupid.
Why do this? How does it benefit them?
Haven't Snoytrannies been pushing this "Snoy is buying From!" narrative for years and years now? After losing half a billion on Concord and spending an additional 3.6 billion on Bungie (which they'll never recoup, especially with Marathon's impending flop), Snoy couldn't even buy Ouya.
Imagine the astronomical amount of butthurt that would ensue if Sony bought fucking Nintendo.
>>733679550Instead, they bought Bungie. lmao
>the suits acquire smaller company>take it behind the barn and shoot it>the industry becomes even more homogenousI don't know if it's a strategic business move but it works out that way anyway.
>>733676753Capcom is more valuable than SCE.
Sony is full western. It has no Japanese DNA left.
>>733677927>EurosBusted for being Sony shill.
>>733676753Sony acquiring Sega or Capcom and keeping the games exclusive would get me to buy a PS5. Doubt they’d do it though. They’d rather buy Western devs that make multiplayer goyslop
>>733676753They do not have enough money for this lol
NINTENBROSSSS STOP THIS
>>733696429The only benefit in OP's pic is Fromsoftware getting shot down from the industry which would be a net positive.
Would never happen, nice try jeet.
>>733696429How the fuck is Bioware still alive?
>>733689250i like how the normal maps on the ass suggest it was a nice, normal ass, but a californian jew saw it, and demanded it be changed to negative ass instead.
>>733696737>How the fuck is Bioware still alive?the propaganda aspect keeps them around.
Remember when sony wasted billions in bungie and you trannies claimed it would result in the best game ever?
>>733689753Source:Rhajeesh
>>733696497tendies don't have to do anything. Sony will do themselves in
>>733696854And within the first week that >we stand with women! their bodies their choices! keep abortion legal!guy says "that's fine but how about using the bungie twitter to talk about games">this is a bigger issue than stupid nerdy ass games you chud!
There's a statistic showing that 88% of the video game space in India are on playstation, wonder what country op is from......
>>733696429Very weird image with visceral at front.Like it doesn't even make sense when you think about it
>>733676753so what will happen if they actually go through with it? More PS exclusives?
>>733696854No. We knew Sony bought Bungie to have them retool PSN. And that's what they did. Bungie will be the next studio to go though
>>733696985>Everyone and their mother can afford 2-5 PS5How?
>>733696831So, if the other dead companies put a bunch of leftie propaganda in their video games, they'd still be alive?
>>733697109If it was the Sony from the PS3 gen and before, it would be game over. No one could touch them. Instead we have the cucked retard Sony that would put all these games on pc, sometimes Switch, and rarely Xbox so it would be pointless
>>733676753to preserve japanese identity it would be a blessing.
>>733697269>Playstation, headquarters California>preserve japanese identityAre you mentally retarded?
>>733696884>neon koi already dead toodid they ever do jack shit>>733697148picrel clearance discounts out of desperation>>733697269what japanese identity? SIE has been a westoid company for like a decade now
>>733676753No thanks.
>>733697148Dude i'm broke as fuck and even I have a pro.
>>733697636I know you're going to call me a 3rd worlder but you're an American I take it? The rest of the world doesn't always have this kind of exposable income.
Sure. Right after laying off everyone at Bluepoint.
>>733697636>bf6how's the new season
>>733676753great, more studios for them to ruin by forcing them into live service then close
>>733676753Elden ring sold like thirty million and is getting the red carpet rolled out for it from nintendo on the switch 2.Even if sony *could* afford to flat out buy From, they'd never make their money back.
>>733677430because this worked so well for xbox, right?
>>733676957Your mom and my dick
>>733697717Yeah American and hey if it makes you feel any better, the ps5 sucks.
>>733697240no. it's different because ea can float bioware with their infinite sports money. bioware is a net loss, but keeping them around gets them blackrock money.
>aquiring AAA sloppers that make nothing of relevance
>>733676753I'd be surprised if Sony could acquire all of them at once, but I say good, just like Microsoft's acquisition of it's studios it will be good to just write these ones off and never have to think about them again.
>>733676753Every fucking year this very same """rumour""" makes its rounds again through gaming """journalism"""Every fucking year, nothing happens
>>733695214>Final fantasy x SonicIt's almost there.
>>733676957>Space Channel 5 x Resident Evil>Sonic & Shadow vs. Ratchet and Clank>Jet Set Radio Gravity Rush>The Last of Us X-2
>>733677280no they fucking don't lmao look at google and microsoft
>>733677280Only for people outside the tribe
>>733691234>Wait a minute..>I play old PC originals and indie games!
>>733680000the fact that Sony refused to greenlight bloodborne 2, despite the devs being desperate to make it? it was such a kick in the balls that I doubt from is ever partnering up with Sony again. Instead they went to Nintendo of all things, to make the "totally not bloodborne 2 trust me bro".imagine losing bloodborne to fucking Nintendo, Sony is the dumbest company out there
>>733701282who the fuck plays fromslop on Switch? I'm pretty sure the kids and boomers don't have any time to waste on something so tryhard oriented.
>>733702219the Switch has the best recent version of Dark Souls 1 for one thing.
>>733676753DD and DMC are dead, don't careFrom seems like it's dead now, probably won't careSE is fucking dead, don't careSEGA sucks, don't care
>>733702219Seems like it has the right demographic for it. Tryhard is always prevalent in Nintendo multiplayer games with a competitive element
>>733676753Fact: 99% of publishers give up and declare bankruptcy before acquiring the game studio that will actually save their horrendous bottom line
>>733676753>FromsoftThey can keep them if they just keep shitting out elden ring garbage. I will wash my hands of them if duskbloods is shit>Square EnixFinal Fantasy hasnt been good in decades. They havent done anything brilliant with their IPs in forever. KH3 was bad and what little they showed of 4 looked terrible Even Dragon Quest is in remake limbo. >CapcomLMAO>Segaeverything relevant on Sega already had timed PS exclusivity so whatever.This kinda made me realize I dont really give a shit about most studios anymore. Fucking the big 2 gaming giants could go under tomorrow, and Xbox I guess, and I just wouldnt care.
>>733676753I highly doubt they can afford Capcom. Doesn't matter, all of Sony's shit eventually ends up on PC.
>>733676753Man snoys have been saying this shit for years now, almost a decade, get a grip.And the only one who would actually sell themselves is Square because they're almost dying all the time.
Man, you have no fuckin' idea how many times Sony has acquired Squeenix, FromSoft, SEGA, and Capcom. Holy fucking shit, they buy them all of the time, at least every 3 months since 2005. It's wild how many fucking times Sony has bought those companies.
>Closed many of the studios they got for cheap >Closed studios because they can't produce shit>The biggest studio they bought recently is close to releasing a giant slopI don't think they have the money to spare right now, they might be riding a good wave, but that shit is ending this very gen if they don't get their shit together.
>>733676753Kek
>>733676802FPBPnothing of value lost
>>733676802Fpbp they haven't made a single good game in years. Especially Crapcom and Fromsoftware
>>733677430>playstation has no gaems>buys devs>playstation has no games>nobody else has games either
>>733704618Capcom has the second most successful fighting game of the generation.
>>733676753>Snoys are reliving their wet dream from 4 years ago while in reality Sony bought a bunch of no name studios, closed them down and Bungie is making Concord 2
>>733676753They basically own From, they have a 15% stake in the company that owns the studio and have a guy in the board of directors.It's just a matter of time before they vote to sell the whole company to Sony for $5.
>>733676753Could this be the end of AAA gaming?
>>733677280Microsoft proved all you need to do is have a judge with a family member in your company and you can do anything you want.
>>733676753>snoys sre hallucinating again.
>>733676753No... not Sonic...
>>733676753Market caps>Capcom$8.40 Billion USD>Square Enix$5.67 Billion USD>Sega$3.35 Billion USD>FromSoftwareNo market cap but its parent company Kadokawais worth $2.7 billion USD>Sony$129.22 Billion USDThat's a lot of capital to raise to purchase those companies. Would take about 20% of their market cap. Big purchase. Don't see it being approved by the shareholders. I can definitely see them purchasing From outright. Capcom? Very unlikely. All 4? No chance.. Bungie is the largest acquisition they've ever made and that was like 1/3 the value of Capcom.
this faggot seriously removed the date on the article; none of these are possible anymore
>>733676753>bwaaaaaah why don't squeenix and atlus make their games exclusive for the playstation anymore bwaaaaah japanese people aren't buying the playstation anymore
>>733676753>two of the last good japanese developers get ruined by Sony>Square Enix being bought up is more akin to a bailout at this point>and SEGA is there as wellWhat a sad day for videogames
>>733676753>my uncle works for Nintendo and played Super Mario 12
>>733676753I can see Capcom and FromSoft. FromSoft is a safe bet since they set the soulslike trend, and are interested in multiplayer games. Capcom's new trend of doing realistic, cinematic heavy games match well with the post-TloU playstation games gallery too.Its Squeenix and Sega that made me doubt because lol, lmao.
Why? They don't need to buy any devs anymore. They own the industry.Xbox is dead and switch is on s whole different market.I mean, owning them means 100% of the profits goes to sony.But the amount of money to buy them and the to produce the games would ne to much.Disney owns everything and they are in financial trouble.
>>733702219You have to remember that japs are not solely money obsessed they also care about status and national pride. Fromsoft started this game for the switch 1 but delayed it until a switch 2 release. The amount of switches in japan is an insane gap compared to pc and playstation market. This was fromsoft catering to their own country. Not necessarily a financial move which is why they got nintendo to partially fund the development. A passion project of sorts to give Japan a fromsoft game that everyone could play.
>>733679296Definitely fake
>>733676931>SquenixThey tried to be PS exclusive and got burned hard, specially in their own country.That's why they came back to Nintendo.This post is pure Snoy cope after killing Bluepoint ( a shit de snoys gaslighted themselves that it's actually a top tier one).
>>733676753i used to think that'd be pretty funny but with sony shutting everything down and microsoft shutting everything down, it fills me with a great fear whenever any acquisition happens these days.
>>733676753I know this is BS, but Sony buying Capcom might be the only way to get a new Marvel vs Capcom
>>733676753>Sony might shut down Sega, Capcom, Square Enix, and From Softwareftfy
>>733706924Because co sole wars are for little kids who try to be cool on the internet. Sony's real fight has always been attracting the most people to buy consoles and having timed exclusives will help them do that.
>mfw rathalos is suddenly black and trans
Sorry for being a retard, but if that happens does it increase the odds of Vanillaware games releasing on PC?
>>733676753Why anybody in their right mind would want something like this to happen?
>>733676753stop living of past fake news faggot
>>733677362*Also on PC
>>733709304So... they're loosing on both, good
>>733685624and Rovio!>https://www.gamesindustry.biz/sega-records-200m-impairment-loss-for-rovio-during-q3
>>733710541also pic related, snoyjeets will never beat the alegations
>>733676753these companies would lose a lot of money without the pc market. most of the playstation userbase is playing fifa and cod, and don't give a shit about exclusives. it's the ultimate normalfag console.
>>733676753I doubt they'll be willing to shell out that much
>pls buy Sega>pls buy Capcom>pls buy SE>pls buy Fromand yet they never ask for games
>>733701282Japan Studio was responsible for Bloodborne. After they got closed down and fired, there was no one at Sony to work on it
Wasn't From getting bought by Kakao (or some other Korean twats, don't remember precisely who)?
Denuvo, Denuvo, Denuvo, and From Soft.
>>733677191Dead Rising, from 2006, was the last good Capcom game ever released. And it was 20 years ago. Let it go.
>>733676753inb4 any acquisition just leads to endless remasters and skins instead of new games with actual soul
>>733676753So when will they face an anti-trust lawsuit like Microsoft did?
>>733676753Their HQ is still in California so they won't
>>733706924Sony is planning on moving into Nintendo's territory, they need something to compete with them.
>>733676753>might acquireI am not saying it won't happen. But rumours like these have been floating around pretty much non-stop for like 20 years straight. Maybe longer than that. Given how fucking nothing has come out of those rumours, it's difficult for me to think that it's anything other than just journos making up bullshit to drive traffic.
>>733713383That article is from 2022 when Snoys begged Sony to buy studios in retaliation to MS buying Activision.We all know what came from that
