apsham Posted March 14, 2019 Report Share Posted March 14, 2019 https://www.businessinsider.com/sony-buying-take-two-interactive-rumors-2019-3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriel Posted March 14, 2019 Report Share Posted March 14, 2019 43 minutes ago, apsham said: https://www.businessinsider.com/sony-buying-take-two-interactive-rumors-2019-3 While I don't believe the rumor to be true in any way, it's funny that this article mentions PS4 exclusivity for the games being a reason why it would be a bad idea for Sony to purchase the studio. That's exactly why Sony would want to purchase the studio. Yeah, they'd lose the money from the Xbox/PC versions of those games, but purchasing a studio is done to create more exclusivity to the platform making the purchase. If Sony were to buy Take Two, it would be in hopes that the Xbox/PC fans of those games would purchase a PS4 and/or PS5 to continue playing those games. How huge of a boost would that give Sony when the PS5 releases if they had exclusive rights to Grand Theft Auto 6 or a Red Dead Redemption 3? The 2K sports games? It would be a huge coup for them, and a major strike in the console wars. Of course they won't make all of that money back right away, but a move like that is made with long-term implications in mind, not short-term. Again, I wouldn't put any stock in the rumor, and I definitely wouldn't be buying any Take Two stock right now... but losing the revenue from other consoles isn't the reason why. You buy studios FOR the exclusives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apsham Posted March 15, 2019 Report Share Posted March 15, 2019 Take Two's value as a company is derived almost entirely from being a third party. Some of the licenses they hold wouldn't be overly excited about their sales being cut due to a move like that - while it would drive sales, something like that probably wouldn't make up for what would be possible across Xbox/PC and in some cases the Switch. If it were as simple as that, you would see stuff like this a heck of a lot shots at acquisitions like this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriel Posted March 15, 2019 Report Share Posted March 15, 2019 Oh completely. I am in full agreement there, and I think that's the point they were trying to drive home, but when I read the article, the thing that stuck out the most was that they were saying it would be a bad move for Sony because of the exclusivity factor. I think that's exactly why Sony would be interested in the purchase, but the licensed products wouldn't be happy. WWE would probably ride out their license agreement, for instance, and then find someone else to work on their games to make them available across other platforms again. So, in essence, the exclusivity would be the major problem, but not in the way that the article put across. It would be a huge boost to Sony to be able to lay claim to so many big exclusive titles, but it would be a short-sighted approach, because the licensed products would probably bail from Take Two/Sony at their earliest opportunity. For this to be a good and realistic move, Sony would need to be able to lock all those titles in long-term before they made the purchase, and that won't happen. It's a Sony fanboy dream for them to be able to acquire studios like this, but it's just not realistic. Yeah, it could help them win the console war, but it could also sink them if it didn't work out. The risk/reward ratio would be way out of whack because of all the variables attached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schlitzbrille Posted March 15, 2019 Report Share Posted March 15, 2019 16 hours ago, OctoberRaven said: Yeah, I mean, who would want the rights to Duke Nukem? Not me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
probablyoliver Posted March 18, 2019 Report Share Posted March 18, 2019 The Division 2 is pretty special. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
probablyoliver Posted March 23, 2019 Report Share Posted March 23, 2019 I'm told I've put 20 hours into The Division 2. It feels more like 2 hours. It's gaming crack and I love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted March 24, 2019 Report Share Posted March 24, 2019 On 18/03/2019 at 09:49, Ollie said: The Division 2 is pretty special. Is it a game that requires you to play multiplayer, or not really? I hadn't fancied it, but your thoughts and a review I just watched have at least got me interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paton Posted March 24, 2019 Report Share Posted March 24, 2019 I'd buy it if I had people to play with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
probablyoliver Posted March 25, 2019 Report Share Posted March 25, 2019 On 24/03/2019 at 09:41, Liam said: Is it a game that requires you to play multiplayer, or not really? I hadn't fancied it, but your thoughts and a review I just watched have at least got me interested. It's okay alone, it's 1000x better with people. If anyone gets it I'm more than happy to jump on with people though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted March 25, 2019 Report Share Posted March 25, 2019 1 hour ago, Ollie said: It's okay alone, it's 1000x better with people. If anyone gets it I'm more than happy to jump on with people though. The downtime on the board and my lack of self control meant I picked it up yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
probablyoliver Posted March 25, 2019 Report Share Posted March 25, 2019 3 minutes ago, Liam said: The downtime on the board and my lack of self control meant I picked it up yesterday. Nice! Let me know when you're on and we'll shoot some mean boys in the face together. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaney Posted March 26, 2019 Report Share Posted March 26, 2019 No Mans Sky VR has been announced, along with an Iron Man game. I need NMS VR multi, punching Ollie will be so much satisfying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
probablyoliver Posted March 26, 2019 Report Share Posted March 26, 2019 Bring it. Don't make me shoot your space horse, you damned space zombie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobfoc Posted March 27, 2019 Report Share Posted March 27, 2019 Conan Exiles and The Surge will be April's Playstation Plus games. Try to contain your excitement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9 to 5 Posted March 27, 2019 Report Share Posted March 27, 2019 I don't know what they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baddar Posted March 27, 2019 Report Share Posted March 27, 2019 Eh, will probably give The Surge a go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Your Mom Posted March 27, 2019 Report Share Posted March 27, 2019 I thought that Conan game was already free. Am I thinking of something else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apsham Posted March 27, 2019 Report Share Posted March 27, 2019 Conan Exiles can be pretty fun solo, ten times the game that Ark ever was. Surge is a wannabe Dark Souls in a sci-fi world - pretty good as far as I played. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriel Posted March 28, 2019 Report Share Posted March 28, 2019 I'm pretty excited to give Conan a chance. More so now that Apsham said it's a good solo experience. I don't really like playing online, so that's good to know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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