Afgelopen dag maakte Sony bekend dat het Bungie had overgenomen voor een enorm bedrag van 3.6 miljard dollar.
Playstation CEO Jim Ryan heeft in een interview met Gamesindustry.biz aangegeven dat de aankoop van Bungie niet de laatste is. Sony heeft interesse om meer game studios over te nemen in de nabije toekomst, maar welke studio’s dit gaan zijn is niet bekend.
“We should absolutely expect more,” he told GI.biz. “We are by no means done. With PlayStation, we have a long way to go.”
He added: “I will personally be spending a lot of my time with Pete [Parsons, Bungie CEO] and the team at Bungie, helping make sure that everything beds down right and that autonomy means autonomy. But elsewhere in the organisation, we have many more moves to make.”
“Over the past year we have expanded to a total of 17 studios across the globe. New additions will help us extend the reach of our IP, develop exciting new games, and further leverage the technical capabilities of PS5 through knowledge sharing and collaboration,” he said.
“Bungie’s technical expertise, coupled with their track record of building highly engaged communities, make them a natural fit for collaboration with PlayStation Studios. We are excited to make plans to share skills and expertise, and to unlock the potential in having the brilliant minds at Bungie under the PlayStation roof.”
Afgelopen jaar kocht Sony vier game studio’s namelijk:
- Bluepoint Games (Demon’s Souls-remake)
- Housemarque (Returnal)
- Nixxes (gespecialiseerd in pc-ports)
- Firesprite (voormalige werknemers van SIE Studio Liverpool)
