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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on Jan 31, 2022 13:37:31 GMT -5
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Post by uewfigfed on Jan 31, 2022 13:43:27 GMT -5
Well, that's certainly one way to stick it back to Microsoft lol
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Post by Cyno on Jan 31, 2022 13:52:18 GMT -5
Apparently this deal has been in works for about half-a-year. So it isn't even a reaction to Microsoft/Activision or Take Two/Zynga. Just coincidental timing.
This is going to be a big infrastructure boost to Bungie and their Destiny series, as they lost out on that when they left their publishing deal with Activision. Bungie's future games in the pipeline aren't even going to be PlayStation exclusives and they'll have a ton of autonomy. It ends up being win-win for both companies.
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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on Jan 31, 2022 14:04:52 GMT -5
Apparently this deal has been in works for about half-a-year. So it isn't even a reaction to Microsoft/Activision or Take Two/Zynga. Just coincidental timing. This is going to be a big infrastructure boost to Bungie and their Destiny series, as they lost out on that when they left their publishing deal with Activision. Bungie's future games in the pipeline aren't even going to be PlayStation exclusives and they'll have a ton of autonomy. It ends up being win-win for both companies. Oh, I knew there was no chance this came about as a response to the Activision purchase. You don’t negotiate a multibillion dollar purchase in less then 2 weeks. Plus, Bungie has obviously developed a strong relationship with Sony so this was a logical progression.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2022 14:22:22 GMT -5
Man this acquisition stuff is wild. Given Ryan said Sony is expected to get more studios, I'd say right now damn you really gotta get all these consoles or else you'll be missing some stuff. Guess I'll get my Xbox this year.
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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on Jan 31, 2022 14:38:49 GMT -5
Man this acquisition stuff is wild. Given Ryan said Sony is expected to get more studios, I'd say right now damn you really gotta get all these consoles or else you'll be missing some stuff. Guess I'll get my Xbox this year. I don’t have the time to play all the games I want to on XBox and Switch, I don’t know if I’ll ever buy all 3 consoles again. Never did get around to buying a PS4
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Post by Cyno on Jan 31, 2022 14:41:45 GMT -5
I have a PS4 and Switch right now and plan on getting a PS5 eventually. I figure I have a good enough PC to play any Xbox "exclusive" games I really want, though the Series S is pretty attractive as a more affordable alternative to the Series X if I ever have interest in it or GamePass as a whole. Pre-pandemic, I would've been a lot more iffy about buying a console without a disc drive, but outside of that, there's really nothing about the SeX that's more attractive to me that'd overrule me wanting a SeS. Not like I have a 4K TV, much less an 8K TV so I can appreciate the extra oomph the X has.
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Post by salz4life on Jan 31, 2022 15:23:38 GMT -5
Yeah, I keep saying I'm eventually going to get a PS5 (I have a Series X right now), but I don't have time to play everything on the Series X so I can't really justify spending $400-$500 on a PS5 just for the Marvel games I'm missing out (mainly).
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Jan 31, 2022 15:42:13 GMT -5
I have both a PS5 and a Series S but I get way more use out of the Xbox. Think it's a mix of the rewards points kind of incentivizing it more and there not really being any games available to me on the PS5 that I didn't already play on the PS4 that I actually care about while I missed the whole last generation of Xbox; kind of mostly bought a PS5 more because I know I'll need it some day than having any particular use for it right now, y'know?
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Post by eJm on Jan 31, 2022 15:59:26 GMT -5
This seems more like a culmination of the other acquisitions Sony has made in the last year that are essentially companies that have worked on fine tuning or creating ports of titles for various PlayStation platforms so if Bungie were to do a new Destiny for PS4/5, there would be one ready for PC soon after from the companies they have in house.
So certainly a less exciting version of Activision/Blizzard.
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Post by Scoops on Jan 31, 2022 16:43:06 GMT -5
This sucks so hard.
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Post by Hurbster on Jan 31, 2022 17:37:26 GMT -5
Oh well, at least Bungie are used to being owned by other companies. Do they do anything apart from Destiny?
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Post by Cyno on Jan 31, 2022 17:46:15 GMT -5
They have other games in the pipeline apparently (and Bungie already said they will not be Playstation exclusives). But Destiny and Destiny 2 are the only things they're doing now. They're definitely more of a "quality over quantity" studio.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2022 18:55:06 GMT -5
Hopefully they didn't get into this without a safety net.
Get it? Bungie?
I'll see myself out.
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Post by Mecca on Feb 1, 2022 0:54:13 GMT -5
Bungie literally owns 1 IP, not sure it's worth 3 billion dollars.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Feb 1, 2022 3:00:22 GMT -5
Apparently this deal has been in works for about half-a-year. So it isn't even a reaction to Microsoft/Activision or Take Two/Zynga. Just coincidental timing. yeah with how long it takes to setup these types of deals this didn't happen yesterday >_> Sony also said that Bungie will remain independent in that they won't become absorbed into the Sony brand... Bungie mentions not being PS exclusive either... and well with things like MLB the Show appearing on Switch and Xbox, Sony's been loosening up their exclusives.
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Post by Hurbster on Feb 1, 2022 4:38:40 GMT -5
I'm fairly sure that was MLB insisting it was on various formats, could be wrong though.
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Feb 1, 2022 8:11:56 GMT -5
Bungie literally owns 1 IP, not sure it's worth 3 billion dollars. Sony just really wants to get their hands on Marathon for some reason
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Post by the2ndevil on Feb 1, 2022 9:28:10 GMT -5
Bungie jumped to Sony, one might say.
Eh? Ehhh? Ehhhhhhhhhhhhh?
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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on Feb 1, 2022 9:37:26 GMT -5
I'm fairly sure that was MLB insisting it was on various formats, could be wrong though. It was 100% an MLB call. Basically Sony were told make the game multi platform or we’ll take the license to someone who will when the contract ends
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