Following the fact that Hideo Kojima had previously sent out a picture of Sony PlayStation Studios containing Death Stranding, there was speculation that Hideo Kojima's studio had been acquired by Sony. In this regard, Hideo Kojima has recently clarified on social platforms that the conjecture of the acquisition is a misunderstanding, and Hideo Kojima Studio will always operate as an independent studio.
At the same time, according to jeff Grubb, a well-known game whistleblower, Sony's acquisition target is actually "bigger" than Kojima Studio. And he also noted, "All I know is that as of a few weeks ago, the deal for Xbox and Kojima Productions was still ongoing." In addition, another whistleblower, Greg Miller, pointed out that he also heard rumors that "Sony is about to announce a big acquisition" and said that Sony is planning to hold a PlayStation VR2-focused event in the coming weeks.
Previously, in February, Sony announced a $3.6 billion acquisition of game developer Bungie, who has developed the Destiny series of games and is also the former developer of the Xbox game Halo. For the acquisition, Xbox head Phil Spencer also congratulated Sony and Bungie. Interestingly, Microsoft bought Bungie in 2000 for between $20 and $40 million, and then spun Bungie off Microsoft in 2007.
In fact, just after Bungie was acquired, Jim Ryan, president of Sony Interactive Entertainment, said, "We (the acquisition) is not yet complete." And he also noted that the company will continue to acquire more studios in the future after the massive acquisition in 2021.
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