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2015-02-02, 12:37 PM | [Ignore Me] #1 | |||
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https://forums.station.sony.com/ps2/...company.213868
When Venture Capital companies buy other companies it is often because they see value in investing for future profit. But we'll just have to see how it goes. Maybe Smedley may feel under a bit of pressure as changes to management are not unknown. If so, good luck, but I@m sure he appreciates thing better than I can. Last edited by Ghryphen; 2015-02-02 at 03:46 PM. |
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2015-02-02, 03:47 PM | [Ignore Me] #3 | ||
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You know what? with the recent troubles sony itself has been having, I can't see this as a bad thing. it lets them own their creative direction more. So long as they don't go full cash grab stupid even further than they have, I'm not really seeing the bad in this. It depends on how oppressive Columbus Nova decides to get over it, I guess. Also, I wonder if this opens the way for them negotiating with other publishers/devs for rights to develop other IPs that they otherwise might not have gotten?
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2015-02-02, 04:30 PM | [Ignore Me] #4 | |||
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I think it will be unsettling for staff and I wish them 'uninteresting' times over the next few months, if you know what I mean. |
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2015-02-03, 02:49 AM | [Ignore Me] #5 | ||
All I can say is hope for the best and plan for the worst.
SOE has needed a good kick up the arse for awhile now, maybe them becoming Daybreak is it maybe not. I'm going to stick to my neutral corner and see how this progresses. Fingers crossed either Andrew Intrater, Jason Epstein or Paul Lipari is a secret Planetside player
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2015-02-03, 03:31 AM | [Ignore Me] #6 | ||
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Planetside 2 is unplayable as it is. Currently there's no reason to log in but to level your weapons
My initial hope is they fix the redeployside and resource system soon. But I'm afraid there more to it than just that. I don't believe these new owners are the types that is capable of appreciating aesthetic and art. Just like music, when you hear a major label/band/artist, cover your ears, it will be garbage. It's kinda ironic I was remarking last month SOE is the only major studio that acts like an indie. Now, my fear is this new "indie" will act like a major studio spitting out generic games. |
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2015-02-03, 02:15 PM | [Ignore Me] #8 | |||
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They have the talent and knowledge already at SOE and if they want more or different they can buy it in. |
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2015-02-03, 03:49 PM | [Ignore Me] #9 | |||
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After all this time I'd imagine it was SOE just being dicks about it. Usually these buyouts are more about the money and less about the quality of game. |
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2015-02-04, 02:12 AM | [Ignore Me] #10 | |||
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As far as other SOE/Daybreak games goes, my one paranoia is that this venture capitalist firm will try to turn them around by basically forcing P2W style games even more than what SOE has done in PS2. It isn't unheard of nor is it out of the question that the creative direction will be forced on them.
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2015-02-04, 04:42 AM | [Ignore Me] #11 | ||
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Well, good luck to Daybreak.
As far as PS1 and open source, doubt it. It would give other companies a chance to look into the code of a massive multiplayer game where they are now quite a bit smaller in size. It's their competitive edge. Now if there was a limited amount of people allowed to work on it under NDA, that would be different. But still. :/ Shame though, so much that could have been done. |
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2015-02-05, 11:27 AM | [Ignore Me] #13 | ||
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I would say this move is about Sony getting back to its consumer electronics roots but since Sony Life Insurance and the motion pictures group are their money makers we will have to wait and see. VC can sometimes be sharks but Smed doesnt seem too concerned.
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