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Sony’s Bungie acquisition is about more than PlayStation vs Xbox fanboy wars

February 1, 2022VG247

Following the announcement that Sony is buying Bungie for $3.6 billion, we look into why the deal is about more than just replying to Microsoft. Yesterday, we heard the company behind PlayStation – the tech giant, Sony – is purchasing Destiny developer Bungie in an earth-shaking $3.6 billion deal. But, as with the seismic Microsoft/Activision acquisition that took place at the start of January, news of one industry giant eating up another has left us with more questions than answers. So far, there a few key things we know: first up – and it’s a big one – Bungie’s future…

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Sony’s Jim Ryan wants “hundreds of millions” of people to have access to PlayStation titles

October 10, 2021VG247

PlayStation president and CEO Jim Ryan has noted his frustration that Sony’s games can’t reach more people. Sony Interactive Entertainment head Jim Ryan wants “hundreds of millions” of people playing the games PlayStation and its roster of developers makes, and he’s noted that there’s a poor chance that dream will become a reality if PlayStation limits its products to its own hardware alone. Speaking during a keynote speech during GI Live: London, the PlayStation head expressed frustration that games struggle to reach the levels of market penetreation that we see from music , films and TV. “I would […] like…

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Sony ‘supports and encourages cross-play’, says it’ll be more common in future

June 21, 2021VG247

Sony has resolved to continue allowing cross-play on the PlayStation platform in the months and years to come.In an interview with Axios, CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment, Jim Ryan, has said that Sony wants more cross-platform multiplayer in games going forward and praises the way crossplay has worked so far for the company.“We support and encourage cross-play,” he says, speaking of the popularity cross-platform gaming has enjoyed in games like Fortnite, Call of Duty, Rocket League, Minecraft, and more besides.As per Ryan, the “number will continue to grow” as more games make the leap from closed player ecosystems to more connected…

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Horizon Forbidden West still appears to be on track for release this year

February 23, 2021VG247

By Alex Calvin, Tuesday, 23 February 2021 15:57 GMT Development of Sony’s line-up hasn’t been majorly impacted by Covid.Guerrilla Games’ Horizon Forbidden West still seems on track for a 2021 release.That’s according to PlayStation boss Jim Ryan, who was asked by GQ whether the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic had impacted Sony’s slate of content for this year. The exec said that Horizon Forbidden West, as well as Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart and Housemarque’s Returnal are on track for release in 2021.“We’re feeling pretty good about Returnal, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart and Horizon Forbidden West,” Ryan said.“And, you know, there…

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PS5 launch line-up is “no comparison” to PS3 or PS4 line-ups, says Jim Ryan

October 29, 2020VG247

PlayStation head Jim Ryan believes that the launch line-up for the PS5 is unlike anything Sony has offered at launch in recent generations.In an interview over at GamesIndustry.biz, the PlayStation boss praised the launch line-up of the PlayStation 5 and noted that a part of the huge demand for the upcoming console comes, partly, from the strength of the games that will be available on the hardware on day one.“It’s probably not widely appreciated or understood, to what extent that we have grown our own game development capability organically over the course of this generation,” Ryan tells the site.“Obviously, it’s been…

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