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PlayStation CEO Jim Ryan has confirmed that Sony has more game studio acquisitions in addition to the recent acquisitions of Bungie and Haven.
Sony last month announced the acquisition of Haven,Canada's Monreal, which brings playStation's first-party studios to more than 18.
Prior to that, PlayStation recently acquired Destiny developer Bungie, Demon's Souls studio Bluepoint Games, Returns developer Housemarque, Nixxes Software, and British developer Firerite, founded by former members of SIE studio Liverpool.
In PlayStation's latest podcast, SIE President Ryan confirmed that Sony is making further acquisitions.
"Our work with PlayStation Studios has been great over the past few years. The success and commercial success of the games they create allows us to invest a lot of money in content creation. ”
He added: "We are expanding our studios in an orderly manner and growing through acquisitions. We acquired 5 studios during 2021 and we are in discussions with Bungie and have more plans. This will lead us into a virtuous circle in which success leads to success. ”
The executive also reiterated why Sony decided not to include first-day releases in its new subscription service, as Xbox Game Pass did, claiming that such a setup would compromise the quality of the game.
"The games we make are getting bigger and bigger; They're getting better and better, they're getting prettier, they're getting richer, the stories are getting stronger and stronger, and it's really great that players tell us that's what they want from playStation.
"Now, I have to say that turning a game into a subscription service immediately after its release will break this virtuous circle and we won't be able to invest in the way it is currently." So we don't do that. We will continue to follow what has worked for many years. ”
M&A activity in the gaming industry reached a record $85 billion in 2021 and is expected to reach $150 billion this year, including big deals such as Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard and Take-Two's acquisition of Zynga, which were announced as early as the first few months of 2022.
In addition to acquiring the studio, Sony is also investing in PS5 exclusivity by partnering with several promising independent studios.
It has signed an original multiplayer project with Firewalk (a new studio created by Senator Bungie) and will release the first game released by former Call of Duty elders Dave Anthony and Jason Blundell,leading studio D'D.S.
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Sony Interactive Entertainment
Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC (SIE), formerly known as Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI or SCE), is a manufacturer of game consoles, game software development, manufacturing and sales under Sony, established on November 16, 1993 in Tokyo, Japan. Since 1994, the current 45-degree angle inclined square pattern has been used as the company logo. According to the geographical division of North America, Europe, Japan, Asia four major markets.
On April 1, 2016, Sony Computer Entertainment merged with Sony Network Entertainment to form Sony Interactive Entertainment, and its headquarters was moved from Japan to San Mateo, California (also the headquarters of SIE in the United States), and the trademark followed the square trademark of SCE.
Founded: 1993
Headquarters: San Mateo, California, USA
Representative works: PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 5