Sony has announced plans to acquire Bungie, the developers of the popular gaming series Destiny and Halo, in yet another major collaboration in the gaming world. According to The Verge, Bungie will join the PlayStation family while independently developing and publishing its own games as part of a $3.6 billion deal.
Sony announced the decision in a new blog post on the PlayStation Blog and the Sony Interactive Entertainment Blog. Similarly, Bungie has provided an update on the acquisition on its website. One thing they all have in common is that Bungie will be available on all platforms, and there are no plans to make it a PlayStation exclusive in the future.
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Instead of adding to Sony exclusive tally of PlayStation titles, the idea of acquiring Bungie for Sony Interactive Entertainment stems from the company's desire to broaden its gamer base for PlayStation. "Bungie joining the PlayStation family will increase the capabilities of PlayStation Studios, and of Bungie, and achieve our vision of expanding PlayStation to hundreds of millions of gamers," said Hermen Hulst, Head of PlayStation Studios, in a post.
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Jim Ryan, president and CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment, elaborated on the news, calling it a "strategic step" toward evolving the gaming experiences that Sony is creating with PlayStation. Bungie expertise in "world-class service approach and long-term community engagement," according to Ryan, will aid in the development of "several future live service titles from PlayStation Studios."
So how will Bungie benefit from this?
Ryan explains that the PlayStation Studios skills and resources will benefit Bungie "existing and future IP portfolio." This will undoubtedly be through PlayStation massive gamer base, but more importantly, Bungie will receive support in the form of new talent within the company.
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Bungie CEO Pete Parsons writes in a blog that the most immediate change will be "an acceleration in hiring talent across the entire studio," in line with the company's vision for its in-development and future game titles, including Destiny 2.
Most importantly, the 30-year-old game studio has stated unequivocally that its future games will not be PlayStation exclusives. “No. We want the worlds we're creating to be available anywhere people play video games. We will remain self-published, creatively independent, and dedicated to driving one, unified Bungie community."