FTC sues to Block M$-Activision deal

[The Mad Titan]

Breh really busted out a purchase they made in 1993, when there wasn't even a Sony console out to develop for.

How do all y'all find the time and energy to do this fanboy shyt on weekends? shyt is crazy.

Like I said, don't quote me if all you're going to do is lie and misrepresent shyt.

Y'all CLEARLY DON'T understand just how instrumental psygnosis was to playstation even existing. Let alone the early game development. The funny thing is it's so integral to Sony that they have closed down and rebought the same studios and off shoots of it like 3 times with xdev and firesprite and I think one more that I can't recall ATM


Sony knows how much a boon having an established publisher is , and they don't want to see that happen with Xbox and Activision/blizzard.

Saying it was a long time ago would be fine if it was just some random publisher that just dropped games.

Funny thing is if Sony didn't purchase psygnosis years ago and then firesprite recently y'all wouldn't be getting some of your beloved vr games now.



On top of that there was a ton of growing pains that Sony went through with the company. But let y'all tell it and only it's a MS only thing

 

[The Mad Titan]

No reasonable person would ever compare Activision Blizzard to Bungie.

Bungie is a game developer who just self-publishes their own games.

Activision Blizzard is an entire publishing house with a large number of game development studios under their umbrella. Some even larger than Bungie.

One is not like the other.

Xbox stans will twist reality to further the underdog narrative.

psygnosis would be a better comparison in fact a greater one, but y'all act like it doesn't exist since it "happened so long ago" even though you are getting games from people that were on that team in 2023.

 

[MeachTheMonster]

Y'all CLEARLY DON'T understand just how instrumental psygnosis was to playstation even existing. Let alone the early game development. The funny thing is it's so integral to Sony that they have closed down and rebought the same studios and off shoots of it like 3 times with xdev and firesprite and I think one more that I can't recall ATM


Sony knows how much a boon having an established publisher is , and they don't want to see that happen with Xbox and Activision/blizzard.

Saying it was a long time ago would be fine if it was just some random publisher that just dropped games.

Funny thing is if Sony didn't purchase psygnosis years ago and then firesprite recently y'all wouldn't be getting some of your beloved vr games now.



On top of that there was a ton of growing pains that Sony went through with the company. But let y'all tell it and only it's a MS only thing

Like i said it’s all just a combination of jewelz and that was different.

Dude was just talking about deals xbox made 3 generations ago. But naw that one don’t count cause it was before that.

 

[daze23]

I don't get where they are the underdog in this fight at all!!!

so who is the underdog?

 

[ORDER_66]

so who is the underdog?

Whoever has the less money overall

 

[O³ (O cubed)]

SONY ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING BUYS UK GAMES FIRM PSYGNOSIS - Tech Monitor

The Sony Electronic Publishing Co unit of Sony Corp has acquired Liverpool-based computer and video games software developer and publisher…

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Sony Announces Their Plans to Purchase Bungie Studio

Sony has now revealed plans to acquire Bungie Studio, adding it to the ever-growing roster of PlayStation Studios.

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Psygnosis they made games that unless you were British or played Lemmings, you never heard of them. That became Sony Liverpool.

Sony bought Psygnosis before there was a PlayStation.

 

[MeachTheMonster]

Psygnosis they made games that unless you were British or played Lemmings, you never heard of them. That became Sony Liverpool.

Sony bought Psygnosis before there was a PlayStation.

They were a publisher. Sony needed lots of talent and IP. They purchased a publisher. Same as now they wanna break into multiplayer stuff so they purchased bungie.

No two situations are exactly the same. Point is, none of this is new and people just talk themselves into feeling good or “concerned” about this stuff based on who’s doing the aquiring.

 

[O³ (O cubed)]

They were a publisher. Sony needed lots of talent and IP. They purchased a publisher. Same as now they wanna break into multiplayer stuff so they purchased bungie.

No two situations are exactly the same. Point is, none of this is new and people just talk themselves into feeling good or “concerned” about this stuff based on who’s doing the aquiring.

I'm not saying it's new. Sony Liverpool was closed in 2012. Firesprite was made up of ex Sony Liverpool employees. Ironically Sony bought Firesprite.

However my point remains ABK is a big publisher. Maybe in the US massive companies are allowed to merge.

In the EU/UK concessions have to be made.

 

[daze23]

Psygnosis they made games that unless you were British or played Lemmings, you never heard of them. That became Sony Liverpool.

Sony bought Psygnosis before there was a PlayStation.

Lemming on the Amiga

I think they made a Lemmings mobile game a few years ago

 

[The Mad Titan]

Psygnosis they made games that unless you were British or played Lemmings, you never heard of them. That became Sony Liverpool.

Sony bought Psygnosis before there was a PlayStation.

They made and published Wipeout, and destruction derby.

Wipeout was literally a game that made people say "I have to get have a playstation" destruction derby was also a smash hit.

And they were exclusive to playstation for at least a couple years. DD might have never made it multi platform.


If not for DD there is also no twisted metal. Which also went on to be a massive hit.

 

[O³ (O cubed)]

They made and published Wipeout, and destruction derby.

Wipeout was literally a game that made people say "I have to get have a playstation" destruction derby was also a smash hit.

And they were exclusive to playstation for at least a couple years. DD might have never made it multi platform.


If not for DD there is also no twisted metal. Which also went on to be a massive hit.

You do know that Sony allowed them to publish games as themselves even though they bought the company.

But kudos on your googles

 

[The Mad Titan]

You do know that Sony allowed them to publish games as themselves even though they bought the company.

But kudos on your googles

I also know that Sony didn't like that, and wanted it to stop and attempted to sell them off before they smooth things over.


And no Google, altho ain't nothing wrong with that. I have/had a books that cover the history of video games and then some plus being around helped

 

[Khalil's_Black_Excellence]

After coming off locking up Street fighter, the most popular fighting game series in the world.

This is inaccurate. MK & Tekken are more popular than SF now.

 

[Animal House]

M$ about to get the deal done


Don’t mind me only game I like from Act/Blizz is Diablo but all those people who play COD are going to be in shambles word to @MeachTheMonster

 

[ColdSlither]

Sony has purchased a publisher as well.

The last couple pages of this thread =

Bruh, stop