• About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Cookie policy (EU)
  • Home
  • Privacy Policy
  • Video
  • Write for us
Today Headline
  • HOME
  • NEWS
    • POLITICS
    • News for today
    • Borisov news
  • FINANCE
    • Business
    • Insurance
  • Video
  • TECHNOLOGY
  • ENTERPRISE
  • LIFESTYLE
    • TRAVEL
    • HEALTH
    • ENTERTAINMENT
  • AUTOMOTIVE
  • SPORTS
  • Travel and Tourism
  • HOME
  • NEWS
    • POLITICS
    • News for today
    • Borisov news
  • FINANCE
    • Business
    • Insurance
  • Video
  • TECHNOLOGY
  • ENTERPRISE
  • LIFESTYLE
    • TRAVEL
    • HEALTH
    • ENTERTAINMENT
  • AUTOMOTIVE
  • SPORTS
  • Travel and Tourism
No Result
View All Result
TodayHeadline
No Result
View All Result

Sony has more studio acquisitions planned, says PlayStation’s Jim Ryan

April 2, 2022
in Entertainment
0
New PS5 Pro rumors point to a release within the next couple of years
0
SHARES
2
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter



Sony Interactive Entertainment President and CEO, Jim Ryan, has said that the company has more studio acquisitions planned, over and above those that have already been announced in 2021 and 2022. 

Ryan discussed the acquisitions in a recent appearance on the PlayStation podcast (via VGC), saying, “We’re in a really good place with PlayStation Studios right now and have been for the past few years. The critical success and the commercial success of the games that they’ve been making […] that has given us permission to invest heavily in content creation.”

Ryan went on to add, “We’re growing our studios organically and we’re growing through acquisition. We acquired five studios during the course of 2021, we’re in discussions with Bungie and we have more planned. This is getting us into a cycle, a virtuous cycle, where success begets success.”

Sony’s most recent acquisition of Haven Studios was announced only last month. That was the second major acquisition of 2022 for the company, preceded by the acquisition of Destiny creator, Bungie, in January. Even before that, throughout 2021 Sony acquired five studios: Valkyrie Entertainment, Housemarque, Bluepoint, Firesprite, and Nixxes.

This isn’t the first time Ryan has been pretty up front about Sony’s intentions around snapping up studios. Following the announcement of the company’s intention to acquire Bungie in January 2022, for instance, he told GamesIndustry.biz, “We should absolutely expect more. We are by no means done. With PlayStation, we have a long way to go.”


Analysis: Laying groundwork

It feels like a pretty busy, future-gazing time for Sony at the moment, with these studio acquisitions being a big part of laying the groundwork for that future. Though we don’t know which studios Sony has its eyes on next, it seems likely that it’ll be a studio that can help it with its plans for PlayStation as others have been.

We know, for example, that Sony is looking to make a big push into live service games, with a promise to release 10 live service titles by 2026. These new games haven’t been explicitly detailed, but PlayStation Studios head Hermen Hulst told GamesIndustry.biz that the company has “quite a few now in development or conceptualization”.

That’s not to say, though, that we’ll stop seeing high-quality single-player experiences on PlayStation; last month PlayStation Studios head Hermen Hulst reaffirmed Sony’s commitment to single-player games, telling GamesIndustry.biz that although the company is making a big push into live service at the moment, “Obviously we will always carry on making these single-player narrative-based games such as Ghost of Tsushima, The Last of Us, and Horizon Forbidden West.”

Earlier this month, Sony also announced its new, three-tier version of PlayStation Plus which is due to launch in June 2022. Unlike Xbox Game Pass, this new PlayStation Plus service won’t have the company’s new first-party releases on day one as part of the subscription. 

Ryan also touched on this in his interview on the PlayStation podcast, saying that “putting these games into a subscription service immediately upon their release would break this virtuous circle, and we wouldn’t be able to invest in the way that we’re currently able to. So we’re not doing it. We’re going to stick to the approach that we have and has served us well under many years now.”

Tags: acquisitionsJimplannedPlayStationsRyanSonyStudio
Previous Post

Speculate to relegate? The price of failure looms large over Everton | Everton

Next Post

New twist in Chelsea bidding war as billionaire joins Ricketts family | Chelsea

Related Posts

Entertainment

Google commemorates 75th anniversary of Anne Frank’s Diary with animated Doodle

Google has once again paid...

Read more
Entertainment

The Callisto Protocol Cover Story – The Dark Side Of The Moon

Introduction Jupiter looms large, serving...

Read more
Entertainment

Mishael Morgan, ‘The Young and the Restless’ Star, Makes History at 2022 Daytime Emmys

Mishael Morgan, 'The Young and...

Read more
Entertainment

Elvis: Colonel Tom Parker Really Was That Bad

Parker, by contrast, was dedicated...

Read more
Entertainment

The Callisto Protocol Will Feature A Heavy Emphasis On Melee Combat

Nearly half of the combat...

Read more
Load More
Next Post

New twist in Chelsea bidding war as billionaire joins Ricketts family | Chelsea

  • Trending
  • Comments
  • Latest

Brazilian pilots meet ‘11, 500mph craft’ during ‘Night of the UFOs’

Mom Turned Back To Get ‘1 Last Look’ At Her Babies And Wished Them A “Happy Life”

Haunted Alexa? Man Claims He Spoke To A Ghost Through His Amazon Device – WATCH!

Lost Dog Held Hostage By Suspicious Elderly Women

Networking Tips That’ll Increase Your Net Worth

Instructor-Led Training Tips For SMBs On A Tight Budget (And Timeline)

Google commemorates 75th anniversary of Anne Frank’s Diary with animated Doodle

Under Armour Stock: High FCF Yield, Attractive Valuation (NYSE:UA)

About Us

Todayheadline the independent news and topics discovery
A home-grown and independent news and topic aggregation . displays breaking news linking to news websites all around the world.

Follow Us

Latest News

Networking Tips That’ll Increase Your Net Worth

Instructor-Led Training Tips For SMBs On A Tight Budget (And Timeline)

Networking Tips That’ll Increase Your Net Worth

Instructor-Led Training Tips For SMBs On A Tight Budget (And Timeline)

Google commemorates 75th anniversary of Anne Frank’s Diary with animated Doodle

  • Real Estate
  • Education
  • Parenting
  • Cooking
  • Travel and Tourism
  • Home & Garden
  • Pets
  • Privacy & Policy
  • Contact
  • About

© 2021 All rights are reserved Todayheadline

No Result
View All Result
  • Real Estate
  • Education
  • Parenting
  • Cooking
  • Travel and Tourism
  • Home & Garden
  • Pets
  • Privacy & Policy
  • Contact
  • About

© 2021 All rights are reserved Todayheadline

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In

Add New Playlist