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PS5: 10 Developers Sony Should Acquire Before the Next Generation

With reports that Sony is looking to snatch up more developers, Gameverse looks at 10 studios that the PlayStation team should pursue.

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KillMePrettyPlease1780d ago

It's not. many of the studios listed are owned by big companies, Sony is not going to acquire Warner, Microsoft nor Kadokawa. This guy is delusional.

ziggurcat1780d ago

which one of those is owned by MS? Are you getting Team Ninja mixed up with Ninja Theory?

ziggurcat1780d ago

Of this list, Remedy, Insomniac, Hello, and From are the ones they should seriously consider in addition to their proven practice of building studios from the ground up or adding more teams to their existing studios in order to expand their range of offerings.

NarutoFox1780d ago

They should go with Insomniac and From Software imo. I won't be surprised if it's Remedy though.

Chevalier1779d ago

Insomniacs wants to remain independent, Sony has made an offer to acquire them once. From Software is part of Kadokawa which is a huge publishing compnay so that seems extremely unlikely. In fact half that list is already owned by huge companies so they can't be acquired. Rocksteady is already owned by Time Warner so why is it even on the list?! Team Ninja is part of Koei Tecmo so its doubtful they would sell one of their main studios

neutralgamer19921779d ago

Definitely bluepoint they are talented. Insomniac would be a huge get, they tried Ea and ms yet 2 of their recent games became company's best selling games in their history(first ratchet and clank and now Spiderman so their success is with sony) Talk to Kojima since he always liked playstation

They will also have a lot of natural growth within their already owned studios. Some of their studios more than one development team

ziggurcat1779d ago

Bluepoint is another potential one, yes.

sprinterboy1779d ago

Didn't we have a article like this 3 days ago.

NarutoFox1779d ago (Edited 1779d ago )

Tbh we had a lot of similar news articles in the last couple of months

I_am_Batman1779d ago (Edited 1779d ago )

Yep we had that one: https://n4g.com/news/227665...
And even this same opinion piece was submitted once before but failed: https://n4g.com/news/227694...

Ausbo1779d ago

Most of these aren’t realistic. Especially rocksteady. Warner ain’t giving them up.

Remedy and team ninja are possibilities, but I’d bet on them acquiring smaller studios because they already have the AAA narrative games down.

Chevalier1779d ago

Why would Koei Tecmo give up one of their main studios though? Rocksteady for sure Time Warner won't give them up and From Software is owned by Kadokawa publishing so thats pretty unlikely as well. Bluepoint and Remedy would be great acquisitions though.

Whitey2k1779d ago

I would like rockstar or capcom or one of the developers that was part of making CoD. I wouldn't mind sony bringing back the old Westwood studios. I miss RTS Red Alert

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The Indie Games Scene Is Carrying The Gaming Industry At This Point

Indie games are single-handedly carrying the gaming industry right now and it's about time they get their deserved recognition.

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Sony CEO says although AI "has been used for creation," it's "not a substitute for human creativity"

"AI is not a substitute for human creativity. We position it as a technology that supports creativity. Creativity resides in people. We will continue to contribute to people's creativity through technology," the CEO said.

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1nsomniac1d ago (Edited 1d ago )

...not yet but 100% within the next 10 years!

..Then Sony will use it like the drop of a hat. They're no different to the others.

isarai22h ago(Edited 22h ago)

They used to be 😞 sure it was always a business, and money's always the priority, but they used to have a very strong stance on supporting artists and creativity. "Dont f#@k with the artist" was a phrase they touted a few times back in the ps1-ps3 era, a philosophy carried over from their music branch PlayStation was created from. It's not COMPLETELY gone, but it's barely there compared to what it was back then, i just want them to return to that.

Eonjay3h ago(Edited 3h ago)

I am highly encouraged by their statement about human creativity. "Dont f#@k with the artist" is exactly what they are saying. But at the same time, I don't think people understand that Sony is a corporation. If they don't realize growth, they don't get to exist. When you say 'Sony', you are talking about a bunch of investors. To speak about them any other way is a illogical and incorrect. They haven't changed. They have been a group of investors since they became a public business.

isarai14h ago

Ugh, i really wish people would stop gambling people's livelihoods by turning a project/game into their political soapbox. Im all for statements and having your own opinion, but there's more people working on this than just druckman, ham fisting your political beliefs onto just seems inconsiderate for everyone elses job security when it can result in a failure due to people avoiding it for that reason.

I play games for escape, im so tired of nearly every AAA game blatantly dragging real world issues to shove in my face when I'm trying to take a break from it all. They don't even bother to be subtle about it, quite the opposite, it's blasted and force fed to you and it's just getting exhausting

Einhander19725h ago

People are taking a whole interview and cutting it down to clips that make him look bad and take what he actually was saying out of context. For example he also said things like this AI has "ethical issues we need to address"

-Foxtrot4h ago

@Einhander

Why defend him at this point?

It’s not taking things out of context, he said what he said.

Old ND would never talk about soulless AI taking over so many creative things they are well known for. The whole “ethical issues” is just a good PR spin people who push this crap fall back on to make their statements not seem as bad. So many AI lovers do this.

AI has no place is so many creative based things.

Einhander19725h ago

Well yeah, because everyone else is using it so they need to stay competitive. It's the same as paid online, they didn't want to go that route but their competition was making so much money they needed to add paid online just to keep up.

RaiderNation2h ago(Edited 2h ago)

AI will never replace humans in game development in terms of conceptualizing new games. Humans still need to come up with the ideas and what they want to implement. However much of the day to day menial coding could be AI driven to reduce production time and team size. I could also see AI being used for bug testing/optimization that could lead to better quality games at launch. I'm actually very optimistic about how AI can positively impact game development.

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XiNatsuDragnel23h ago

Good statement but hopefully this holds up

NotoriousWhiz4h ago

People that aren't software developers just don't understand the benefits of AI. People who's only exposure to A.I is the Terminator movie and other related sci fi films won't understand the benefits it provides.

It's not about replacing human labor. It's about making human labor easier.

Many years ago, I had laser eye surgery done. It was performed by a robot. The doctor took my measurements and calibrated the machine to make sure it would do what needed be done. And then the robot corrected my vision in 10 seconds.

15 years later and I still have 20/20 vision.

Eonjay3h ago

AI in and of itself is not a 'bad'. Money is bad. Money is evil, and corporations will do whatever they can to get more of it. They will find ways to implement AI to replace as may jobs as possible. This isn't even up for debate. It is the charge of the corporation to maximize returns for the investors. They have no choice. I'm a developer and I know that my job will absolutely be replaced. Therefore, I have decided to become an AI dev. AI has a lot of potential to help us solve problem on a scale most can't even imagine. The issue, as ever is that our monetary system only ever allows us to focus on greed and fiscal growth.

But I am a pragmatist. Perhaps an AI model can be built to help protect us from our most dangerous instincts and habits. And perhaps Congress can pass laws to protect us from people who would use AI to manipulate and control us (spoiler: they wont).

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The Digital Dragons 2024 conference event was a huge success story

"Three days filled with specialist lectures delivered by almost 200 speakers, three thematic summits, and over 2600 guests from almost every corner of the world - the capital of Małopolska became the capital of the games industry for a few days.

Organized by the Krakow Technology Park, the Digital Dragons Conference once again showed that Poland is attracting more and more attention from the world's biggest industry tycoons for a reason." - Digital Dragons.