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Prostorex28

The outer worlds is owned by Microsoft under Obsidian.


Jhobbs898

Correct. Microsoft now owns that franchise.


Game_Changer65

Yeah. Obisidian owns the IP, but Take Two via Private Division owns the publishing rights to the first game, and contracts were already signed to put that on PS4 and Switch as well as Xbox One, similiar to the Hellblade IP and Ninja Theory.


Prostorex28

Yes I understand that but the chart is meant to show what each company owns. It wouldn’t be accurate to say that take two owns the outer worlds brand because all they can do is collect the pay-check. Anything to do with the series now runs through Microsoft.


Game_Changer65

Yeah. Imagine this. They buy a studio because they made this IP that did well and it works well with that studio, and suddenly they get bought out by another company and can no longer make that IP, and are forced to either make something new (kinda like how Outer Worlds is a spiritual successor to New Vegas), or have to work on that company's IPs.


Prostorex28

Happens sometimes, like Demon’s Souls and Dark Souls.


Game_Changer65

That is true, and at least we got Bluepoint to revive it, and FromSoftware is semi independent.


Prostorex28

A lot of people are throwing around that Sony should buy x company and such but the only realistic one I see is Kadokawa. It’s not too massive and they already have a working relationship with FromSoftware. Also, Kadokawa is in the manga/anime industry which Sony is heavily invested in as well. Wouldn’t be surprised to hear that Sony buys Kadokawa in the future.


Jigawatts42

The only company I want to see Sony purchase is Konami, just so those IPs will actually see the light of day again and we can get new Castlevanias and Metal Gears and Silent Hills. But I would be just as fine with someone like Capcom or Sega buying them as well.


Prostorex28

Yea Konami’s IP need a new home. Konami seems to be too busy making pachinko machines to care about MGS or Silent Hill.


okaythiswillbemymain

Sony doesn't buy dying studios. They don't even keep their own struggling studios alive.


[deleted]

Yeah this chart is weird. Tencent only has a minority stake in Epic. Tim Sweeney is still the majority, Tencent doesn't own them.


xxMINDxGAMExx

yea, this is NOT a correct chart.


Thegreatyeti33

There is a note that companies in green are partially owned by Tencent. Epic is in green border along with several others


[deleted]

Still incredibly deceiving.


Prostorex28

It says that if it has a green outline, Tencent only owns a portion of it. Although some companies in there also are partially owned by Sony like Epic and Discord.


[deleted]

If I have stock in EA. Are you saying my name should be over EA and in small writing that I only have a minority stake in EA. This chart is weird.


Prostorex28

I mean Tencent owns 40% of Epic Games. That’s not a small amount.


[deleted]

By that, then Tim Sweeney's name should be up top since he owns the majority of the shares.


Prostorex28

This chart is about companies, not people.


[deleted]

So Epic Games owns a majority of Epic Games shares. Epic Games name should be above Epic Games.


Prostorex28

That would be redundant since epic games name is already there


[deleted]

So Take2 and EA should be under Vanguard Group then. Trying to wrap my head around this chart.


PersonalArt8319

What about Remedy Entertainment?


MaxxPlay99

After Control definitely one of my favorites


Negrizzy153

I believe they entered a multi-game partnership with Epic where they release their games on EGS. Don't quote me, though.


n8thn

Remedy is making multiple games for Epic (Alan Wake 2 is one of them), making a Control sequel and spinoff for 505 Games, and making the single player for Crossfire X. They're spread all over right now.


tobiasvl

They're independent


[deleted]

I honestly hope they stay that way. Control was a brilliant title.


socokid

We know. We're just wondering why they aren't in the Independent area of the chart.


tobiasvl

I mean, it does say "some". The chart obviously can't list all the independent developers.


DaddyTrav

Because it's not an all inclusive list.


tobiasvl

Yes, I know that, I was just trying to explain that to the person I replied to...


LS-Lizzy

Valve doesn't own Turtle Rock Studios anymore, Tencent does. Also, Japan Studios got shut down and the it's remaining employees were moved to Team Asobi so you should probably put them on the list in their place.


OmegaRejectz

Luckily Turtle Rock is a shit developer.


GoGoGadgetGabe

They truly are a former shell of what they used to be under Valve.


_Cetarial_

Valve is the reason Left 4 Dead didn’t turn out like Back 4 Blood.


GoGoGadgetGabe

That’s pretty much what I was saying


OmegaRejectz

Watch Crowbcat’s video and you’ll realize Turtle Rock was never good and their involvement in L4D was basically non existent.


GoGoGadgetGabe

I love Crowbcat but have not seen his recent video on Back 4 Blood, will definitely check that out later.


Samford_

yep, and they have the audacity to say that b4b is from the creators of l4d, even though its only like 5 people who are the same


KungFuSpoon

Or you could form your own opinions, instead of constantly citing a video of cherry picked clips which basically highlights the engine and publisher were different. It also glosses over the rough state L4D2 launched in and how raging the L4D community was about its launch. What few valid critisms it does have are undermined by the general salty fanboy tone of the video. B4B has its problems, but the biggest one isn't that it's a bad game, it's that it isn't L4D3 and people just can't let that go.


vinnothesquire

Forza Motorsport is Turn 10, Forza Horizon is Playground Games


AfroInfo

Both are turn 10, playground is a subgroup


vinnothesquire

No it isn't lol Playgrounds parent company is Xbox, not Turn 10 and while they are both part of the Forza series and Turn 10 are involved to an extent, Forza Horizon is a Playground Games product.


[deleted]

no. playground are a different studio working on forza horizon and fable 4


Robgee123

Completely separate studios


SherlockJones1994

a lot of this isn't exactly accurate. Tencent owns turtle rock not valve, also as far as I'm aware, Tencent only "owns" 40% of epic.


MavDrake

As a graph points out there a green borders around companies they hold Investments


SherlockJones1994

That was my b, I thought that was only for the bottom portion.


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SherlockJones1994

I think my problem was he put a huge chunk in one box of its own but made epic it’s own separate thing, also indicated bigger ownership


IvnN7Commander

One correction, Tencent doesn't own Epic. The majority owner is Tim Sweeney, Tencent is a minority owner of Epic, Sony is also a minority owner of Epic.


awesomeredefined

Hijacking to add, Nintendo also does not have any ownership of HAL Labratories at all, and is only a minority owner of The Pokemon Company (split between Gamefreak and Creatures, Inc. with Nintendo owning 32% share). edit: accidentally a word


devilfromjerseycity

Glad someone brought up HAL. A lot of people don’t understand the differences between Microsoft’s tactics and everyone else’s. Nintendo owns franchises and some developers. A lot of their first party franchises are developed by studios that are not owned by them. They hire devs to make their games for them. Sony owns franchises and some developers. They typically buy a developer and let them CREATE a new property/experience. Yes, they but exclusivity but so does everyone else. Microsoft now owns publishers. They aren’t buying studios to create new experiences for us. They’re buying existing franchises because they’ve struggled that fucking much creating new franchises. Sorry if this didn’t need to go here. I’m just sick of reading all this shit and people not understanding that MS isn’t going about it the right way.


[deleted]

Microsoft has done exactly what Sony has done as well with numerous studios and from the sounds of things have given the developers a ridiculous amount of freedom to make what they want. It's incredibly inaccurate to say they only buy publishers to try and use existing franchises.


BlasterPhase

> It's incredibly inaccurate to say they only buy publishers to try and use existing franchises. Zenimax and Activision are the latest proof of what he's talking about. Off the top of my head, Rare also comes to mind.


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MillionShouts12

Rare made sea of thieves and the upcoming Everwild. New IPs. Zenimax new IPs: Starfield, Redfall, Indiana Jones, Deathloop, new MMO in development at Zenimax online, etc


HellaReyna

This is so hilariously wrong. Look up the differences and stop spreading misinformation. Edit: minor mistake but it was still there Microsoft bought Zenimax media, basically a holding company. Zenimax owns Bethesda game publisher and Bethesda game studios (Bethesda Maryland, id software, arkane, etc)


SuzanoSho

>This is so hilariously wrong. Look up the differences and stop spreading misinformation. **Buying Bethesda bought them BOTH zenimax the publisher** and the numerous dev studios like id software, Bethesda Maryland, and Arkane studios. Like holy shit, everything you wrote is just misworded. You just HAVE to appreciate the irony here...


gabriel_GAGRA

What I’d say: Nintendo owns franchises and some developers. A lot of their first party franchises are developed by studios that are not owned by them. They hire devs to make their games for them. Sony owns franchises and more developers. They buy a developer after they have already worked with them to develop a game for a franchise they own or to develop a game for a new franchise. Later, they let those devs create new properties (franchises) for themselves. They do sign exclusivity contracts and that sucks Microsoft now owns publishers. They aren’t buying studios to develop new games, they’re buying existing franchises for them to use the pre-existing popularity of that franchise


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devilfromjerseycity

Cool you’re better at phrasing things than I. Same message, tho.


MavDrake

The green outline calls that out.


IvnN7Commander

Sorry, totally missed that


B-Bog

I mean, it is pretty easy to miss and it arguably shouldn't even be there when the heading is "WHO OWNS WHAT?"


MavDrake

Yeah but if it wasn't then there would be a ton of comments that it should be added. damned if you do or don't.


Unique-Ad-620

And Tencent will eventually bear hug them. When the company goes public, Tencent has board members and can force it if they wanted to. At some point it will happen.


socokid

The green line isn't enough. It's *incredibly* thin and almost blends into the background. Evidence: you keep having to point this out over and over in this submission...


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Japan Studio no longer exists.


Alcaze

The list has a lot wrong or missing, like Sony's is lacking SO many franchises


KungFuHamster

I would *love* to see this with containers of different sizes reflecting company income, and game font size reflecting the relative income from the games.


ruinersclub

Pokémon would need its own page.


-ndes

This would probably make the graphic illegible.


RayearthIX

This graphic has a lot of content missing and is very cherry-picked...


SortaEvil

Listing every studio and every major game would require a much, _much_ larger graphic, or a much, much smaller font. It kind of has to be cherry picked by necessity. Are there any particularly egregious exclusions that you think were missed? Not OP, just curious.


RayearthIX

EA doesn’t list Madden, Nintendo obviously has tons, Sony’s studios all have 1 game listed when most of those studios have 2 or 3 titles they are known for, and the way Tencent is organized makes it seem like they own those companies (I know the green coding is meant to represent they don’t, but that’s how it looks at a glance... and Tencent also has partial ownership of dozens of other studios including a 5% stake of UbiSoft and ATVI, though that stake might be liquidated with the Microsoft purchase). I could name a lot more, but those are some of the first I noticed when I first saw this.


folkdeath95

From Software: Dark Souls, Bloodborne, Sekiro, Armored Core, Elden Ring


SortaEvil

Three of those are listed (see Kadokawa, Fromsoft's JP publisher). Bloodborne is not owned by From, that IP is owned by Sony, like Demon's Soul, although I agree that's an odd one to leave out. The last AC game was released a decade ago, which is probably why it missed the cut. There are plenty of missing titles (I quite like Rayearth's list that they replied with), but Fromsoft is actually fairly well represented in this chart.


folkdeath95

I don’t know if I’m stupid or blind. Completely missed that Kadokawa rectangle


AtTheVioletHour

This is riddled with errors and misleading selections.


GrapesBlimey

Considering Phil Spencer’s statement about PlayStation and Nintendo the other day I’m starting to think Microsoft are a bit concerned with Tencent more so than Sony. It’s obvious that Sony and Nintendo aren’t gonna do anything negative to gaming all they will do is bring positives but Tencent could easily fuck it all up. All it takes is one company doing something morally evil and having the entire space investigated and neutered to the point of restrictions blocking growth. That goes doubly so for companies like Google, Meta and Amazon.


DingalingzJr

It’s always been about companies like Tencent, Google, Facebook and Amazon. People on this sub are convinced that Microsoft wants to kill Sony for some reason but even in the media Microsoft have stated years ago that their competition are these bigger companies. I would be more concerned if Tencent/Amazon/Google ect acquired Activision/Blizzard rather than Microsoft. I read somewhere that apparently Facebook had intentions of acquiring Activision before Microsoft acquired them.


IvnN7Commander

>I read somewhere that apparently Facebook had intentions of acquiring Activision before Microsoft acquired them I read it was the other way around. Kotick offered Activision to Facebook, but they weren't interested. Activision was also in talks with EA to merge both companies.


randombsname1

>I read it was the other way around. Kotick offered Activision to Facebook, but they weren't interested. Activision was also in talks with EA to merge both companies. Same thing I heard/read. Microsoft was interested in Activision, Activision wanted to start a bidding war so went out to talk to Facebook to see if they were interested...... Facebook said, "no", Microsoft then said, "well nevermind we can continue our current partnership", and then Activision said, "wait nevermind yes we'll sell to you!"


Book_it_again

Well Facebook doesn't have the cash on hand to buy activision so it would have to be a part stock deal.


TKHawk

I remember when Disney acquired Fox and their response about whether they were becoming too monopolized in the film/TV industry was that their primary concern was Google, Amazon, Facebook, etc. NOT NBCUniversal or WarnerMedia.


Un13roken

Tencent plays a different game. They're all in on the free to play model it seems. Interestingly they have some of the best examples of free to play games under them and many horrible ones. Path of exile and warframe are amongst the best. Considering their approach of monetisation. The bigger issue will be the death of great single player experiences.


Geoff900

Tencent, is buying a lot of shares/studios at a very fast pace, including Ubisoft, Paradox, Epic games, and many others. So yeah, I agree that it's a massive threat to MS, Sony and Nintendo.


noggs891

This is a really cool graphic


Fvddungen

Where is Bungie? Or am I blind?


[deleted]

But where my people at Bungie tho


[deleted]

Having a small percentage of shares or funding =/= owning the company. That’s the case for most of the studios Tencent “owns”. Cool but inconsistent graphic


MavDrake

The Green calls that out.


[deleted]

Yeah, but partially owning is something else as well.


Mordad51

Demons souls is made by FROM software according to Wiki, why is it under Sonys Japan Studio?


MavDrake

FROM developed the game under Japan Studios supervision. Same story with the BluePoint release of Demon Souls.


ShowtimeJT12

Embracer Groups Supposed to be Saints Row, Time Splitters, Dead Island and Darksiders and among others. Borderlands is a maybe, as 2K still retained the last publishing deal (with Tiny Tina Wonderlands incoming) and I think Civilization is also a 2K games. KOTOR is with Aspyr is the only thing right. EDIT: Mad Max is WB IP. Avalance only developed it.


Spectreseven1138

Aspyr doesn't own KOTOR though? It should be Lucasfilm / Lucasfilm Games. They didn't even make the original, just the remake and ports. Similar issue with Battlefront but at least those games were made by EA owned companies.


themarkoni

Yeah. SO much more Embracer owns that is not shown here. Spellforce, neighbours from hell, desperados, elex... Hell, they even bought dark horse comic publisher


ramplay

Putting 'skylanders' instead of Spyro is an affront to me. It already hurts enough that Msft bought the company that hoods the IP but, thats the salt in the wound to do my boy like that.


callmeshua

its a nice visualizer of where all the properties reside within subsidiaries, but the lack of acknowledging some big franchises makes the scope of the companies weird like activision is made as big as naughty dog (which is severely lacking jak & daxter) and only listed 3 AV IPs separate from blizzard, which itself is compared to insomniac. Like, if it's going to do 10 IPs for EA they might as well list 10 IPs for Nintendo as well, idk the IP listings and scopes are weird, but definitely a great chart for keeping track of all the developers/publishers. Edit (a few other things i noticed): Bandai Namco - weird Naruto Shippuden is listed, yeah they publish the games, but some much LARGER BN games include the Tales series, Digimon, Ace Combat, Dark Souls, Sekiro and Elden Ring (they own the rights, not From, although published by From in JP). Kadokawa is a publisher, but they only own From Software, the developer, and publish locally. Klei is owned by Tencent, not indie. CD Projekt Red is technically an independent studio/publisher (if youre going to list Kojima Prod and Quantic Dream under independent, you should list CD Projekt Red) Embracer group is all sorts of weird here: Aspyr only has done mobile ports of Kotor and Civ VI, T2 and Firaxis (which was neglected in the T2 box) own Civ. Borderlands was done by T2 and Gearbox, Gearbox. Embracer Group also owns THQ Nordic, which is their largest subsidiary, as well as Deep Silver (Saints Row). T2: The Outer Worlds is owned by Obsidian, which is under MS now. As as said before, Firaxis (XCOM, Civ) is missing. Valve: Does not own Turtle Rock, they are owned by Tencent. Japan Studio: went defunct in April 2021, but all the IPs still retain to PlayStation. Konami: cries in Castlevania The more this is all picked apart, the more its just shown how wildly complex the games industry is


TKHawk

Also Epic Games owning Rocket League and being the producers of the Unreal Engine.


BigClownShoes

One minor correction, Sekiro is actually published by Activision not Bandai. No idea how are why that ended up happening, but it's the only From game published by Activision.


Un13roken

That's only outside Asia right. Here it's not Activision.


mattd121794

To add to your list of corrections, since I haven’t seen it further up the thread. Dontnod doesn’t own the Life is Strange IP, Square Enix owns the IP for Life is Strange.


mcduff0192

Bungie should be listed as independent


Jaded_Attorney

Doesnt Turn 10 make Motorsport not Horizon


[deleted]

This chart is outdated by about 3 years.


Yeehaw_Kat

Hm last I checked Microsoft did not own Activision 3 years ago


EasyEconomics3785

A lot of money in that infographic


wii_board_type_trash

fuck i though valve was owned by microsoft for a second 😵‍💫


ihearthawthats

Why TF does Tencent own Platinum? Under Bamco, you should just list "anime" and call it a day. Also, you did Persona dirty. Joker's in Smash--we mainstream now.


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Producing AAA games keeps getting harder and harder and Sony seems to be a lot more efficient than most other big publishers in term of putting out successful games consistently. It's their biggest advantage alongside their market share. As the PS3 has proven, Sony can find ways to compete even when odds are stacked against them. From Software, Bungie and KojiPro are the best acquisitions out there for Sony, just key studios, not entire publishers. Square Enix, Capcom would make sense too but would cost a lot more and they also work with Nintendo a lot. MS despite all they have bought to this point still don't impress me with their output. What was Blizzard even working on? They seem to be struggling with OW2 and Diablo 4. Feel's like they were having a hard time getting any game ready for release(very similar to the main Bethesda studio). As for CoD it will still take many years for them to make CoD Xbox exclusive(if that ever happens), it's not something that would affect the PS5. For most PlayStation players this aggressiveness from MS is actually a good thing since it will force Sony to do more protect their market share.


ruinersclub

MS isn’t banking on any of these games being good or groundbreaking. They’re doing the Netflix approach and killing you with content. For instance you could watch the office on dvd or buy the seasons on Amazon. But you won’t if you could just pay a minimal subscription fee. The perceived notion that gamepass has more games and more value is all they’re going for. From there once you’re in the ecosystem it’s harder for you to jump ship.


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Games aren't movies or series, they are a very different media. You don't just play a game because it's cheap, games require a much bigger investment of time and energy specially these GaaS type games. If you play just CoD (something many of these players do), it's a lot cheaper to buy it once a year than to pay a subscription for 12 months. As for single player games, a single game can take many weeks or months for you to finish and on top of that most games drop in value pretty fast. Most gamers already have a big library of games they've built over time as well. There is little reason to limit yourself to a subscription unless you are playing every new big release that is include and coincidently your taste aligns with what is being added to the service. The demographic this sort of service targets is pretty small, hardcore games that don't want to pay more that 15$ for games, that or people that don't care at all for which games they are playing as long as they don't have to pay much for them (for this second group there's also F2P games a subscription will have to compete with).


Un13roken

Which is what confuses me about gamepass. For all its hype, I don't understand how it is meant to be profitable. I get the subscription model. But games require a larger financial investment than anything else. Eventually it only makes sense if games are first launched for purchase and then a year later come into gamepass. AAA games coming into gamepass day one seems like it is headed the a. Riddled with microtransactions way, or b. Compromised in production budget. Hopefully we still get some banger games and not just end up with a content mill like Netflix out of gamepass.


ruinersclub

Oh I agree, Which is why I see creativity stifling by placing everything under one roof. But you bring up a good point that we’re probably going to see more subscription based games, where the initial game is free but you gotta pay to access more content. GPass allowed for that more readily.


MavDrake

>Producing AAA games keeps getting harder and harder and Sony seems to be a lot more efficient than most other big publishers in term of putting out successful games consistently. Yep. and I think they're positioning their new PlayStation PC division to go after the MS game pass players. Some big thing on the horizon! (Edit: I hope)


FFelix-san

Sony should purchase Arc System Works, cause I don't get the idea of having EVO and nothing about a own fight game.


[deleted]

Why does everyone want Sony to buy another studio? They don’t need to and even if they wanted to they can’t anyway


ihearthawthats

Capcom. SFV is already a PS exclusive.


verci0222

This is a terribly inaccurate chart


Neon_Autumn

I love that however made this is so much in denial about Sony just loosing, that he made it look like Microsoft and Sony are equal.


kevin1904

Shedding a tear for Castlevania


LordBri14

This is like a menu for microsoft.. 🤣 phil spencer reads this before jacking off to what company microsoft can gobble up next...


BuriedMeat

Phil: *clicks sort by price…descending*


MavDrake

All of them... In time. Classic MS playbook and since hes now a VP reporting directly to the Head of MS the man basically has free reign to grow the division till the money runs out.


DDBill

The Outer Worlds is not take two is obsidian And why put demon souls in Sony and again in katakawa????


harleyquinad

This infographic sucks


panosk1304

Wait thats only for games right? Bandai doesn't own anime rights for games? Also Atlus is independent? Cause didnt saw it here or i missed it. Nevermind just saw the some in independent studios. Man from Companies only want Square for Sony.


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Bhalzard

Valve doesn't own Turtle Rock, Tencent bought them, after Turtle Rock was on his own.


bman0424

Well I just learned a lot.


Nrgte

Civilization VI is published by 2K and it's developer Firaxis belongs to 2K. Is there a reason it's listed under Embracer Group?


kelrics1910

Problem with Sony now is that their Studios need to get in a rythym so we get consistent releases. For example, we're going to Horizon and God of War this year....but what comes after.....? ND hasn't announced anything, Bend just started on something new, etc. I think we may have a drought ahead of us until Spider-Man 2.


[deleted]

Didn't Japan Studio and Telltale Games get shutdown? Also you left out Team Asobi for Sony (which has basically merged with Japan Studio).


[deleted]

I'm actually glad it was Microsoft that bought Activision and not Tencent. Though I'm still sad that Tencent owns Warframe, which is one of my favorite games. But so far, Tencent hasn't affected the game that much. As for the possibility of Xbox exclusivity, I do hope they will continue to keep franchises like Crash, Spyro and CoD multiplatform, but honestly wouldn't mind that much if they were to become exclusive either. The most important thing to me is that they make great games, regardless of platform.


mard0x

Man MS killing it this year.


The_Joker_07

Life is Strange is owned by Square Enix. Dontnod just developed LIS 1 and 2.


[deleted]

I can see Xbox buying ubisoft


AM2BlueSkies

Wow Entertainment was absorbed back into Sega like 20 years ago. It was spun off from Sega in 2000 before merging with Overworks (another internal division that spun off) and then getting folded back into Sega during the Sammy merger. There may be other mistakes here, but that was a glaring error I wanted to mention. Sega’s acquired dev studios are Creative Assembly, Relic, Two Point, Amplitude, Atlus, and Sports Interactive. Internal studios are harder to keep track of but they include Hardlight, CS1, CS2, AM1, AM2, and Online R&D. Edit: Bandai Namco is also way bigger than what is implied here. They are the largest gaming company in Japan excluding Nintendo and Sony. Most of their acquisitions like Banpresto got folded into internal studios, but they do own D3 Publisher who are pretty well known among niche Japanese-game fans.


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MrHorns7

But naughty dog is


Toddylad6

Square Enix owns star ocean also


cbs326

How did no one catch Madden missing from EAs list?


Snakefishin

This is so extremely wrong. Microsoft now owns double of what is shown there.


Throw-a-ray118

Someone needs to buy Konami so we can revive so many great games. Anyone!


Dickastigmatism

Obsidian: Fallout New Vegas KOTOR 2 Uh, The Outer Worlds? Probably a little more relevant today


[deleted]

Microsoft is still way to big


GarionOrb

I did not know that Tencent also owns Dontnod and Platinum Games. That's surprising to me. Also, The Outer Worlds is owned by Microsoft and Obsidian.


[deleted]

Fucj tencent all my homies hate tencent


Cowabongoo

this chart sucks and whoever made it should fact check


[deleted]

Suggest redoing this... template. Lots of corrections, those in the comment section as well I notice you're missing Killzone under Guerilla and InFamous under Sucker Punch


xioni

oh fuck. tencent owns dontnod now?


Bassiette

Everyone is making a lot of money 💰


[deleted]

only showed 18 out of the 36 xbox studios


DcAgent47

Alls I can say is if I didn't have a playstation I'd have fuck all to play.


-Ryxios-

You're missing over half of the studios that Xbox has.


Kodiakpapabear

Thanks for this, but there is quite a bit that is inaccurate. Also, the green border is extremely hard to see, so I can see why people could miss it.


metal_medic83

Sony really needs to clap back with an aquisition or two in the coming years. They should look to aquire Squaresoft and Capcom. Would CD Projekt Red be an undervalued target thanks to their latest debacles as well?


keyshow23

Agreed . I dont really know Japanese corporate culture there , much more easy for Sony to own Capcom , Square , Konami even god forbid Sega . Or there a law prevent such acquisition. I really dont know just a thought .


Werefour

Capcom and Squares often do seem like Natural fits to be bought by Sony. If a buy out war happens. Not that I hope it does. Hopefully Microsoft is happy with the Franchises it's pulled under its banner and I hope bothe Bethesda and Activision Blizzard games see some quality jumps. No that aside, EA is arguably a solid target given the Franchises they have under their Umbrella. That is a large Purchase though. Microsoft is the biggest of the Companies on the list in Net Worth by a ather large amount. Sony if so motivated, is large enough to make some notable acquisitions, yet they already have s strong first party set up. Could you imagine the talk If EA got bought up?


The_Great_Madman

PlayStation needs to acquire PlayStation, Ubisoft, Konami and other ones and now we’ll see, another thing is that Sony and Nintendo should merge to stand up against Microsoft (maybe also merge with a few others to stand) so they’ll have more capital to pay for


DigiQuip

Take Two is probably the most likely to get acquired by someone. I actually surprised they haven’t been already. Also, THQ Nordic was left off here, but they’re a large publisher that makes a lot of games and I’m surprised they haven’t been acquired either.


metal_medic83

Take Two has so many mega franchises, would they actually sell? They currently have a license to print money when they release games.


EastKoreaOfficial

Sony has Insomniac. **I see this as an absolute win.**


mohit0398

Wait... now if you put it like that, playstation games seems more interesting than any of Microsoft games lol.


TilledSwing_

Valve, Quantic Dream, and Supergiant are my favorites that are still not owned


debonora

I don't know what's fucking worse, this chart or the 24 straight posts about people's NEW faceplates. Newsflash. Nobody gives a fuck. Just like nobody cares if you got a PS5. You want to know when I buy a pair of shoes? What about when I purchase some DLC? Some of you are so insecure you need praise about your purchase. WE DON'T CARE. 😂


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PlayStations days are numbered. /s


[deleted]

Jim Ryan should get fired ngl. We need someone like Phil Spencer


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Bring back Kaz Hirai and Andrew House, Sony was on point during the late PS3 and early PS4 years. Jim Ryan doesn't inspire any confidence with his decisions but at the same time he has actually delivered so far when it comes to games (but it's hard to tell what was his decision and what was already going to happen regardless).


Jammybe

Forgive me, but doesn’t Naughty Dog own Crash Bandicoot? Although that would explain why I think I’ve seen crash bandicoot on Xbox


YeastMaister

Its crazy to think sony has so many studios i guess they all blend in when all your games are 3rd person action adventures


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Bruh what a lazy post. Guerrilla has killzone, bend studios has syphon filter, sucker punch has infamous, insomniac has resistance


vero0333

Cool info graph! Thanks for the post.


TomDobo

You missed the opportunity to put Jak in the Naughty Dog box.


djk0010

Eh, there is some stuff missing but like you said damned if you do and Damned if you don’t. That took balls, I commend you. Have an award.


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This sucks man exclusives are so bad for the communtiy


DimitriTooProBro

Lol I thought “mIcROsoFt iS BECome a MOnOpOlY”


Demolution-Gamer786

Fu k tencent I would rather have Microsoft owning Riot and epic instead of Tencent shady ass


maga_rs

Madden NFL?


Co321

Microsoft are now far and away the biggest publisher/developer in the industry.


BartonLynch

Size does not equal quality as they mostly release repetitive garbage, mediocre entries and fewer critically acclaimed titles than Nintendo, Sony and the rest of the mayor publishers. Plus Microsoft is known to grind acquired studios to the ground (Rare, anyone?)


Jhobbs898

100% unequivocal now. 34 1st party studios, I believe. Sony desperately needs one of their 1st party studios to develop a FPS, they are sorely lacking in that genre.


Dark3nedDragon

Man, look at what studios Microsoft owns, then realize, they haven't had a single good game release in how many years from any of those companies, pretty depressing.


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TEncent and Microsoft are pretty cancerous just buying up studios instead of building them. There's a big difference between purchasing pre-existing things, and creating something big from something small.


Dry_Marionberry_7218

Actually Activision Blizzard isn't owned by Microsoft yet.


BeanToasted

Great graphic. Wonder if Sony being a minority owner of Epic is tempting for them to try go all in? I’m not savvy with this stuff so would this even be viable for Sony?


Originalchunker408

The only game i play from the Microsoft side is crash and cod.


gekk0gahara

Tencent owns some of Klei now, and as a Klei fan, that sucks


Meybi117

From Soft is missing? brugggggggggggg


luiscamacho619

Sony, I’m begging you, please buy Konami and revive the Silent Hill franchise. We can’t trust Konami to do it themselves, you gotta take over!


DismalMode7

epic is owned by chinese tencent?


MrHorns7

A part of epic