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Rumor - Sony intends to acquire CD Projekt Red and Days Gone 2 in development
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CrankyJay™
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Oh sweet. I'm a super casual gamer at this point, so I'm way behind on my news. Thanks!
The Witcher 4 Polaris: Everything we know so far
CDPR's upcoming RPG The Witcher 4 will put a new spin on Geralt's universewww.gamesradar.com
yurinka
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No, GTAV (which includes GTA Online) is their most successful game ever, maybe even the most successful game in gaming history.
When released both RDR2 (which is also selling a shit ton of copies) and GTAV received universal critical acclaim in the gaming media and awards.
Following their trend we should expect GTA6 become a highly acclaimed game with insane sales.
Topher
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BootsLoader
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Is it debunked or not?
Gorgon
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Yes, but we have no reason to believe ES6 is going to get any less of a reception than the previous ones. And even though FO4 got some slam, the hype and sales will most probably be there. And with Starfield, who the fuck knows. If it turns out to be good it will only raise the hype for the others. And don't dismiss Avowed yet; it's from a cherished developer, Obsidian, and they now have far more budget than they ever had. It won't be anything like Pillars of Eternity or even The Outer Worlds, which were budget titles by comparison (especially Pillars).
As I said, we'll have to wait and see, we don't have crystal balls. But saying that Bethesda and Obsidian aren't major players anymore is way to much of a stretch at this moment even with MS so far underdelivering.
Tommi84
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What sales? The game is ON GAMEPASS and not available on Sony consoles. Will it sell? Yes, but don't expect millions of units
Gorgon
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Don't worry, CDPR is already on it:
CD Projekt Red says that Codename Sirius will "differ from our past productions'', as it will be "offering multiplayer gameplay on top of a single-player experience, including a campaign with quests and a story". Expect something different then, especially with the studio teasing that this will be "an innovative take on The Witcher universe"
Upcoming CD Projekt Red games: From Cyberpunk Orion to a new Witcher trilogy
With Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty out the door, it's time to start getting excited about a new slate of Witcher games
What, you didn't think CDPR also wanted a piece of the pie?
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Gorgon
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Well, sure, because of Game Pass as you said. But the point is that the effect is the same in terms of Xbox brand awareness and console exclusivity, boiling down to helping move hardware in MS' favour. The very fact that such big titles are on Game Pass day 1 is in itself a big attraction factor going for Xbox. It won't make them surpass Sony in total console sales, but it certainly can shift units.
Anyway, we'll see what happens.
“This guy had some correct leaks about Destiny, so I fully believe he’d be in the know about acquisition of a publicly traded company”
Can’t believe people fall for this
After the ABK acquisition thread, quite a bit jarring to see some familiar faces suddenly pro consolidation with “it makes sense” takes.
Can’t believe people fall for this
After the ABK acquisition thread, quite a bit jarring to see some familiar faces suddenly pro consolidation with “it makes sense” takes.
Panajev2001a
GAF's Pleasant Genius
Looks at Bungie’s output after the purchase, looks at Zenimax’s output after the purchase and the promises made…
.Looks at one $3 Trillion corp trying to purchase the biggest multiplatform publishers using their outside of gaming sector money to make them exclusive to protect themselves and us against the $0.1 Trillion bully mostly building out of their gaming success…
.Yeah, totally the same…
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Elder Legend
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That's weird. CPDR would be much better off with Xbox/Microsoft. Their games fit the Xbox crowd way more.
Sony needs to buy Square or Capcom at this point.
Sony needs to buy Square or Capcom at this point.
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Mr Moose
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Damn, talks are over already, good job, Sony.
Now just waiting for the announcement along with Days Gone 2.
TheRedRiders
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On PC sure.
However both Witcher 3 and Cyberunk sold significantly more on Playstation than they did on Xbox.
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StealthGoblin
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Outside of that dismissive attitude think logically.
If Sony were to buy SE, Capcom, Konami etc then Sony wouldn’t take the content exclusive.
1. They’d have a lot of trouble getting it past regulators.
2. Those publishers make a lot of money off of Switch and some off of Xbox.
3. Sony would get their PS+ content and their streaming content.
4. They can use the profits to expand PlayStation further.
5. They can continue to make large purchases as they’ll have demonstrated to regulators that they don’t buy publishers and take content exclusive.
6. They can use the synergy between the publisher/developer IP with PlayStation productions.
7. All publishers have more mobile presence than PlayStation. Easy jumping on point.
Elder Legend
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I am not discussing where it sold more. Everything always sells more on PS regardless because of the mindshare.
CPDR games is a heavy Western RPG/FPS studio now and Xbox is all about those types of titles.
Obsidian are all Western RPGs with exception of Grounded. 343 and MachineGames are all FPS. InXile is another RPG studio and even Playgrounds making Fable now. Oh and course Bethesda.
Starfield, The Outer Worlds 2, Elder Scrolls 6, Fable etc...
Yeah Witcher 4/Cyberpunk 2 is far more fitting here than
The Last of Us, God of War, Ratchet & Clank, Horizon - doesnt fit the Sony style AT ALL.
CPDR needs to be in the Xbox camp. They're perfect for it.
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Chukhopops
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I hope they’ll cancel it like they cancelled the MP part of Cyberpunk but yeah that would suck. Plus I don’t think CDPR can pull it out.Don't worry, CDPR is already on it:
CD Projekt Red says that Codename Sirius will "differ from our past productions'', as it will be "offering multiplayer gameplay on top of a single-player experience, including a campaign with quests and a story". Expect something different then, especially with the studio teasing that this will be "an innovative take on The Witcher universe"
Upcoming CD Projekt Red games: From Cyberpunk Orion to a new Witcher trilogy
With Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty out the door, it's time to start getting excited about a new slate of Witcher gameswww.gamesradar.com
What, you didn't think CDPR also wanted a piece of the pie?
TheRedRiders
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Ideally they need to be in no ones camp, CDPR will gain nothing from Xbox either, other than being forced to lock itself out of its second biggest platform.
Rocco Schiavone
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So much for reliable leaker:
Elder Legend
Banned
So much for reliable leaker:
Figured as much. CPDR would never work with Sony. They'd be too expensive for them and their titles don't fit the platform style exclusives.
Gudji
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James Sawyer Ford
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They need to stay independent
BootsLoader
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I hope Sony buys CDPR and go full exclusive on PS5 and use PC for extra sales. That way, not all gamers will enjoy new Witcher and Cyberpunk games. Win/Win, everyone is happy, I have no shares in Sony.
nightmare-slain
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Pheeeew it's fake.
Plus I don't think Sony could have afforded them
Hopefully this thread is closed soon. Nothing to see anymore!
Plus I don't think Sony could have afforded them
Hopefully this thread is closed soon. Nothing to see anymore!
Abriael_GN
RSI Employee of the Year
Considering that a CEO lying to investors during an official conference call is literally a crime, it's more than pretty clear. If there was anything at all going on, he'd have declined to answer or answered evasively. This was obviously just another "trust me bro" "insider" that people should stop making threads about.
Incidentally, the wording of the denial was absolutely clear. Zero room for interpretation.
Again, acquisitions don't leak unless it's just a couple hours top before the announcement. All rumors about acquisitions that did not match that proved to be false. Anyone who would leak ongoing acquisition talks would incur some rather large responsibilities that are much scarier than just leaking a game announcement. When will people learn?
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reforen
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never, they want to believe that Sony is acquiring somethingConsidering that a CEO lying to investors during an official conference call is literally a crime, it's more than pretty clear. This was obviously just another "trust me bro" insider that people should stop making threads about.
Incidentally, the wording of the denial was absolutely clear. Zero room for interpretation.
Again, acquisitions don't leak unless it's just a couple hours top before the announcement. All rumors about acquisitions that did not match that proved to be false. Anyone who would leak ongoing acquisition talks would incur some rather large responsibilities that are much scarier than just leaking a game announcement. When will people learn?
Moses85
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DangerDiabolik
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This post-showcase copium is getting a bit embarassing.
The Tourmaline Gorilla
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Who here really thinks it's a coincidence that this rumor comes about just after Sony has a shit fest of a showcase, amidst the Actiblizzard acquisition?
Don't be gullible guys.
Don't be gullible guys.
Gorgon
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I disagree with this. Since the PS3/360 gen that the core started consolidating on both consoles around the same games, because big third-parties started making Sony and MS home consoles a priority over PC for the most part. So far so good because almost everything was basically multiplat on that front. By the time we got to the PS4/One gen the overlap in offerings as well as in what people wanted and expected was pretty much the same, except for sherished and loved first- and second-party franchises that of course people expected to continue to see. Nowadays there's no substantial difference between MS and Sony core base in term of genre tastes. They all want COD, GTA, The Witcher, Elder Scrolls, Final Fantasy, Persona, JRPGs, WRPGs, and what not. It has nothing to do with "style", it has all to do with moving hardware.
Problem is, since most people don't have the disposable income to buy both, or do not wish to buy two extremely similar consoles in terms of offerings, MS and Sony end up having to compete with each other on hardware sales, which is based to a great extent on what is exclusive to each platform and not just (misguided) brand loyalty. Nintendo, on the other hand, is not really canibalizing the other two because it lives on another planet. It co-exists with them in the home console space (the handheld space is a different story for Sony and Nintendo). They just don't really intersect in terms of market, even though they all are in the videogames business. No one is going to drop Sony or MS for Nintendo, nor vice-versa, no matter what they put on their systems. They don't really compete. But MS and Sony do.
Sony also doesn't need to buy SEGA or SE or whatever because most of that stuff is already on PS anyway. They just need to throw some money at SE for FF and ATLUS for P6 as timed exclusives and job done (which is exactly what they're doing). MS has nothing to scare Sony with at the moment on that front. Sure, it would be great for Sony to sell all those Sega and SE games on Nintendo consoles if they aquired those companies, but it's not prioritary when the real competition is coming from MS at the moment. Plus, buying SEGA and SE would probably be more difficult than buying CDPR, but I could be wrong about that.
The bottom line is that since MS bought developers like Bethesda, Obsidian, and inXile and will eventually start to show the goods, the PS will also eventually start showing deficiencies in the WRPG camp. And make no mistake, that's a huge market. It won't make MS sell more boxes than Sony, but it will move hardware in MS favour. And Sony can't do shit about it unless it puts one or two studios delivering a few successful AAA IPs on that front. That's why CDPR would make A LOT of sense. Half hearted attempts like Folklore or a "me too" new WRPG from Sony isn't gonna cut it. Makes more sense to get developers with strong clout and well established IPs and then go from there...which is exactly what MS did.
Unfortunately for Sony, and fortunately for MS, this "leak" is most probably dung.
Warablo
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I am sure every game did, because Playstation has like a 80% marketshare.
semiconscious
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So much for reliable leaker:
in today's news: 'guy pulls info from ass, gets 400+ comments on neogaf'...
I wouldn't take PR Reps word for it (they most likely wouldn't know about this if it was happening, in the first place, at least IME), but the CEO statement that followed was pretty clear-cut.
It's called diversification - neither company want's to simply propagate one-note view like that. MS would like to be seen as more diverse with strengths in other areas, but so would Sony.
PharaoTutAnchAmun
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When i would have bet some money on every "rumor" for the last 10 years that would be wrong and got banned to lalaland i could buy me a house....Reliable leaker when it comes to Destiny information. So what do you guys think?
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Topher
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Pelta88
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coffinbirth
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It's called trolling, and it's working on some of you.So there was this internal rumor a year ago. Perhaps the Days Gone 2 is being greenlit because of this potential CDPR acquisition?
Again, for the record, I don't think this particular rumor is true, but the combo of CDPR x Days Gone 2 is very interesting and too big of a coincidence.
feynoob
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Both arent big.
This is Sony and CDPR. both are big company.
Then again, both MS and Activision deal come out of nowhere too. What do I know.
The point is that you wouldn't say anything, because if you do say something that turns out to be wrong and then the deal goes ahead then you are open to lawsuits.
The size is rather irrelevant.
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ChuckeRearmed
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The thing is that it was leaked just before the announcement (it was expected to be announced on Monday basically). And it leaked on Friday.
EDMIX
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yea, none of that matters lol
If it was fucking happening, they are not going to confirm it like this.
Its a moot point.
Ted Price be like "oh yea, Sony is buying us....ooops, I wasn't suppose to say that huh?" lol
I don't even fucking know why people still go off of this shit, they are not going to just tell you thru a tweet cause you asked someone that worked there, why would they be the ones to tell you that? To get fired for revealing that or? smh
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