PlayStation President Says the Company Is Planning to Acquire More Studios in the Future
PlayStation has made an aggressive turn toward accusations over the past year. In 2021 alone, Sony made six game studio and gaming-adjacent acquisitions, and 2022 has already seen three additional acquisitions announced. It's a clear response to Microsoft's own aggressive acquisition run over the past several years. The recent run of PlayStation acquisitions won't be slowing any time soon, either. PlayStation boss Jim Ryan recently confirmed that the company will continue making acquisitions and even has «more planned» at the moment.
The confirmation comes via the most recent official PlayStation podcast, in which Ryan was a special guest. Ryan only briefly discussed PlayStation's plans for acquisitions going forward, starting by reiterating a point that he and PlayStation have made previously. That point is that PlayStation will continue to make acquisitions going forward, explaining that the company is «growing through acquisition.» He pointed to the five studios acquired in 2021, as well as PlayStation's discussions with Bungie, as examples of what he means.
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What's particularly interesting about Ryan's comment on acquisitions, however, is the language he uses to describe PlayStation going forward. It isn't as simple as acknowledging that PlayStation will make more acquisitions in the future, which he's said before. He specifically says, «we have more planned,» which implies that there are current acquisitions that have yet to be announced. Sony may have some big reveals to make in the near future, it seems.
Ryan's comments about planned acquisitions line up with a recent rumor going around. Kinda Funny Games' Greg Miller, as well as GamesBeat's Jeff Grubb, each reported a
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