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[-] dudewitbow@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I mean Sonys last purchase was Firewalk Studios, who was working on a game that hasnt been publically shown(however, sony was given a preview of it privately) and they havent released a game yet, so they technically bought out an IP unless you claim they already hit the reset on whatever project they kept under the sheets.

[-] phillaholic@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Borderline I’d say, but if it’s not public Sony is buying based on devs / potential, not existing sales or hype, and at that point they are bankrolling a new IP and assuming all those associated risks.

[-] echo64@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Eh no, you can't really level the idea of buying out an ip that only exists behind closed doors.

[-] dudewitbow@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

It does if they decide to remove the windows conpatibility that was announced beforehand. So far they havent, but if they did, it would be treated the same.

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