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不再獨佔！《絕地戰兵2》跨Xbox平台是由PlayStation官方推動
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Sony Wants Its Anime Boom to Be as Big as the PlayStation 2
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As Automaton Media notes, PlayStation garnered immediate success with the launch of the original console in 1994, catapulting annual revenue from $2 billion to $30 billion by the time the PlayStation 5 released. While Mitomo draws a comparison to the company's trajectory as the liminal space between it and the PlayStation 2 era, that's no modest benchmark. After all, the PS2 remains arguably Sony's most beloved and nostalgia-rich console. The PS2 redefined gaming expectations with landmark titles like Metal Gear Solid 2, Kingdom Hearts II, and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, each offering gameplay experiences that stood in stark contrast to their competitors. The PS2's legacy is so enduring that retro-themed PlayStation 5 controllers and consoles sell out whenever Sony revives them. So when Mitomo suggests that Sony's foothold in the anime space is nearing that same level of cultural dominance, it's a bold and telling statement. 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Sony already owns Crunchyroll, one of the largest anime streaming platforms. However, Sony had already shown signs that it wanted to take its pursuits in the anime space more seriously back in December, when it voiced interest in acquiring Kadokawa, the Japanese media company famous in the gaming sphere for being the company behind the mega-popular soulslike game, Elden Ring. Although their talks for being greater shareholders within Kadokawa were juxtaposed to rival Microsoft's monopolization of the gaming space with its expensive acquisition of Activision Blizzard King for a smooth $70 billion deal in 2023 (one that's only seen mass layoffs in its wake), the move also deepened its real estate in the anime industry. Kadokawa owns a substantial cultural (and financial) cache, with titles like Delicious in Dungeon, Re: Zero, Oshi no Ko, and Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation in its catalogue. 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Forbes
a day ago
- Forbes
Sony Offers A Questionable ‘Marathon' Release Date Update
A big headline from Sony's recent earnings call was the news that Bungie was going to start losing some of its independence as it gets folded more fully into the PlayStation studios network. What that means for the future of Destiny 2 is unclear and was not discussed, but Bungie's other multiplayer game, Marathon, did come up. Marathon's rollout has been somewhat grim, with initial flashy trailers years earlier giving way to underperforming gameplay previews and a very unfinished, public Alpha that created intensely negative vibes around the project. Added onto that, Bungie found itself in a plagiarism scandal that involved stolen assets being used in the game. All of this led to a delay where Marathon would be not released this coming September. Now, Sony's talking about its plans and it seems a bit…up in the air. Here's what Sony CFO Lin Tao said about the situation: 'First, about Marathon, how we factored it in the forecast, we expect the launch to happen within the fiscal year,' Tao said. 'But, having said that, this is not a commitment. No official announcement has been given yet.' 'We are now fixing the problems. So we believe this launch will happen. And if this launch is canceled, we need to do the revision of the valuation. However, as of now, this is not expected.' FEATURED | Frase ByForbes™ Unscramble The Anagram To Reveal The Phrase Pinpoint By Linkedin Guess The Category Queens By Linkedin Crown Each Region Crossclimb By Linkedin Unlock A Trivia Ladder There's nothing quite like a company saying 'we believe this launch will happen' to express confidence. The wording here is odd, but this seems to be in reference to the idea that Marathon will be out by March 31, 2026, not the idea that the game may not come out at all, which I don't believe is even on the table at this point. The weirder phrase here is that if the launch is cancelled that they will 'need to do the revision of the valuation.' But that seems to be about estimates for revenue, not revising how they value Bungie, or something along those lines. Marathon is Sony's highest-profile live service game that's coming out in the next few years. It's currently going through a number of closed Alphas, ones that have had relatively few leaks, but from what I've seen, it's shown improvement. The overall test, however, is whether there's even a market for a hero-based extraction shooter, two rather contrary concepts, and where its audience is meant to come from, pulling away Tarkov players, Destiny players or finding a wholly new audience. All of those are intensely difficult to achieve in this current market. Will Marathon face another delay? Sony certainly does not seem to be ruling it out. One issue with Marathon is that the game was more or less rebooted under a new director, Joe Ziegler, so the current version is about only two years of work, even if the game has technically been in development for five. It almost certainly needs all the time it can get, and if I were Sony, I wouldn't worry too much about lost revenue from being outside the fiscal year. It's going to need to cultivate a lot more potential sales for that to even matter. Follow me on Twitter, YouTube, and Instagram. Pick up my sci-fi novels the Herokiller series and The Earthborn Trilogy.
