Sony Is Not in an 'Arms Race' With Microsoft, Says PlayStation Boss

Sony Is Not in an 'Arms Race' With Microsoft, Says PlayStation Boss

IGN·2021-06-30 14:02

Head of PlayStation Studios, Hermen Hulst, has said that Sony is not in an arms race with Microsoft and other platform holders in regards to studio acquisitions. During an interview with British GQ, Hulst was asked if he saw the recent increase in studio acquisitions from Microsoft, Facebook, and Sony as a bit of an arms race. Hulst rejected the idea, pointing to Sonys very specific choices when it comes to acquisitions. We're very selective about the developers that we bring in, Hulst said. Our last new acquisition was Insomniac [for $229 million in 2019], which has worked out very well. I'm always looking for people that have a similar set of values, similar creative ambitions and work very well with our team that we can further invest in and help grow as creators. It's not like we're going around and just making random acquisitions. Theyre very, very targeted acquisitions of teams that we know well, he added. Referring to the Sony acquisition of Housemarque, which was announced today, Hulst said The amount of collaboration between our external development group and Housemarque on the technical side, the production management side and even on the creative side has been so deep. So for us, it just makes so much sense to do that. In contrast to Sonys latest two acquisitions, Microsoft has made multiple purchases over the last few years, at both medium and incredibly massive scale. Earlier this year Microsoft acquired Bethesda for $7.5 billion, which brought numerous studios into the fold including Bethesda Game Works, Arkane Studios, id Software, and MachineGames. While Sony had not acquired a studio for a couple of years before its purchase of Housemarque, it appears there may be more acquisition announcements in the future: PlayStation Japan may have leaked that Sony has also acquired Bluepoint Games. Matt Purslow is IGN's UK News and Entertainment Writer.
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