Welcoming Haven Studios to the PlayStation Studios family

Why is everybody leaving out Santa Monica?

What was this person’s previous name I forget but it was another fake throwaway account. It’s obviously the same person I wonder why they changed the name.

It’s so hilarious though as a clear Xbox champion judging from your past profile you are out here claiming that Sony stifles creative freedom.

That’s so laughable and baseless it’s not even funny. And that’s hard to do because it’s quite laughable but yet not funny, hmm.

All you have to do is compare PlayStation and Microsoft and just look at this and last generation in terms of new IP. Which publisher is really letting their developers create the games they want and which publisher is forcing Studios to pump out sequels and basically be one IP Studios? Forza, Gears, Halo are still the only relevant Xbox IP other than the desperate publisher acquisitions that afforded them to hijack many of the industries best IP that, doesn’t really count.

What is this the third generation straight that Microsoft couldn’t even grow a relevant new IP because they dictate what developers can do and they would rather pump out sequels and shovelware?

Look at the biggest IP on Playstation right now and virtually all of them were created 2013 or later and are either the second, third, or fourth successful IP from their developers. Spiderman, Horizon, Tsushima, The Last of Us. And though these don’t have the same level of sales success Returnal, Astro Bot, Death Stranding, Bloodborne, and Dreams would fall under a similar umbrella. Even Days Gone will hit 10 million units lifetime. Creative new IP like Concrete Genie and ofc smaller third party exclusives that Sony constantly pushes or funds. Did they mandate that Housemarque needed to make Resogun 2 after the success of the first game? Alienation, Nex (self published), Matterfall, Returnal proceeded instead. Quantic wasn’t forced to make heavy rain 2 despite that game being Far and away the most successful.

You can make foolish statements but the facts don’t back your claims. The PlayStation 4 was so successful because Sony launched numerous great IP that generation and they are on Pace to have even more this generation.

Most of the major first party Studios have multiple relevant IP. They create the games that they want to make. Naughty dog constantly makes remarks stating that they operate basically like an independent. Uncharted 4 is the best selling first party game in the history of PlayStation but naughty dog is tired of working on the IP so therefore we will not see another Uncharted game from the developer and rumors for years now point to strays cross as their next new IP. Sony did not force Corey barlog to direct God of War Ragnarok despite the fact that God of War 2018 sold 20 million units without a drop of DLC. He wanted to create a new IP so that’s what he’s doing. He gave the director’s hat to somebody else for Ragnarok. I’m not sure many publishers would allow that type of freedom coming off one of the most successful games in the history of the company. Most publishers would mandate that naughty dog continues pumping out Uncharted and that Corey barlog definitely directs God of War Ragnarok based on the enormous success of the previous games.

In every area I can absolutely annihilate your pathetic claim. Even if you just take the word creative and isolate it you can make a case that Sony has much more creativity. LBP, Dreams, Tearaway and that’s one developer yet they’ve shown more creativity in the past decade than Microsoft has as an entire publisher. Playroom, VR worlds, Concrete Genie, The Last Guardian, I could go on. They let the guys who made Elden ring and Dark Souls experiment on a weird VR pacifist game with no combat and fairies.

All of the data flies in the face of your asinine claims. As usual you failed.

I would absolutely love a Konami acquisition but the problem is they have legendary IP but basically no workforce to support those IP and while it’s enticing to see Sony in charge of Castlevania and Metal Gear they already have more IP than they know what to do with.

Kojima would be a perfect fit and I believe in acquisition would have already happened if death stranding had sold and not been trolled so heavily. If death stranding sold the way it should have originally we probably would have seen an acquisition. Rumors suggest that kojima’s next game is a PlayStation exclusive but after that there are still very strange Cloud rumors about a project with Microsoft so I doubt a Kojima acquisition is in the cards.

Ready at dawn is owned by Facebook and quantic dream is owned by the Chinese which makes acquisitions virtually impossible.

Sony should have made a push for from software after demon Souls but they instead insulted the game and created the separation that allowed Dark Souls to thrive. The latest that an acquisition could have actually been realistic would have been after bloodborne but Dark Souls 3 did 10 million units and every casual and their mother thinks Elden ring is great because it has an over-inflated Metacritic. That game is probably going to sell 30 million units and from software is already owned by a Japanese conglomerate. I don’t see how an acquisition is realistic.

Level 5 should have been acquired in the PlayStation 2 days so I agree there.

Remedy has already made a deal with the Devil so an acquisition doesn’t seem likely.

CDPR has always aligned with Microsoft and Sony literally delisted their broken game. I don’t see that being likely at all.

Everybody wants Platinum Games yet nobody bought babylon’s fall and it’s one of the worst rated games this year. I do think with Sony’s funding and tutelage Platinum can do great things but it’s just strange to hear this coming off of such an absolute flop.

Iron Galaxy would be a very nice support Studio but they have never made anything worth mentioning. The one bonus of acquiring them would be getting Adam Boyes back into the fold though.

Bokeh and Gendesign would have made sense but I think that ship has sailed and they have other deals now.

Wasn’t cyber connect fired by Square Enix a couple years back?

I’m not sure about Capcom but I think Square Enix is more likely than some people believe. It would cost Sony and incredible amount but the relationship they have formed with the publisher over the past few years has only gotten closer and tighter. Sony is already making a push to corner of the market on Final Fantasy. Real Final Fantasy, not garbage spin-offs and trash. I think Square Enix would be a beautiful acquisition but it’s also a long shot.

There were rumors going around about WB recently but I think that’s even less likely than Square Enix. However, a WB Games acquisition would be phenomenal. Can you imagine all DC games, Spider-Man, and Wolverine being PlayStation exclusive? If I was Sony I would have acquired WB back in 2020 and from software either after demon souls or bloodborne. That would basically make all superhero games and souls games exclusive to PlayStation. Basically any nerd would have to own a PlayStation. WB is the move to make if it’s at all possible fiscally.

Supermassive made one good game not including VR and they have been a bit of a mess since. Years ago they were talking about how they had several PlayStation exclusives in development and we have yet to see one since that time. Instead we just continue seeing mediocre multiplatform games that mimic until dawn but don’t do it as well. I’m actually vehemently against a supermassive acquisition and I have been for a long time because the developer thinks they are bigger than they actually are and if they want to keep making mediocre games for multiplatform let them. There are horror stories about that studio after until dawn.