Sony Strikes Back – Will Buy Bungie for $3.6 billion
pczone.co.ukThe purchase will allow Sony to expand its gaming portfolio with a highly respected gaming studio that makes some of the best first-person shooters in the industry. Sony plans to integrate Bungie into its existing interactive entertainment business segment.
The move could be a risky one for Bungie, as it has decided to buy itself out of ownership to go independent in the past, but if successful it could be an incredible boon to both sides.
Bungie posted a blog with the statement: “in [Sony Interactive Entertainment], we have found a partner who unconditionally supports us in all we are and who wants to accelerate our vision to create generation-spanning entertainment, all while preserving the creative independence that beats in Bungie’s heart. Like us, SIE believes that game worlds are only the beginning of what our IPs can become. Together, we share a dream of creating and fostering iconic franchises that unite friends around the world, families across generations, and fans across multiple platforms and entertainment mediums.”
Sony remains adamant that the studio will continue to operate independently and publish multi-platform games. Destiny 2 was of particular concern, as its community is spread across Xbox, PlayStation and PC. But its millions of players can sleep easy knowing nothing is going to fundamentally change.
On a newly created Bungie FAQ page.“Our commitment to Destiny 2 as a multi-platform game with full cross-play remains unchanged…We want you to play The Witch Queen on February 22nd, 2022, on the platform of YOUR choice.”
A few years down the line, when Bungie creates Destiny 3 or whatever new IP they may have been cooking up, a solid commitment to multi-platform may well get thrown on the scrap-heap,
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