Game News PlatinumGames (Bayonetta, NieR Automata) reaches out to Sony and Microsoft, but on one condition!
Since its beginnings, at the very end of the 2000s, the PlatinumGames studio has stood out for original projects with ideas or concepts that added real added value to the various creations. In a few days, the studio will return with Babylon’s Fall and Bayonetta 3, but the sequel remains to be written and it might be that the takeover announcements push the studio to play the seduction card with certain big players in the gaming world. video.
In the space of a few years, the PlatinumGames studio has carved out a fine reputation, driven by successes such as the two spellbinding parts of Bayonettathe frenetic Vanquishthe nervous Astral Chain or once more — and how not to mention it — the twirling and sharp NieR: Automata. In short, a nice portfolio for the Japanese studio which has earned it work on exclusive console projects such as the highly anticipated Bayonetta 3whose release date we are impatiently awaiting, or even Babylon’s Fall on PS4 and PS5 next March.
On paper, Babylon’s Fallwhich announced that it had passed gold last month is having a much harder time convincing audiences than the next adventures of the raven-haired witch. However, the next title from PlatinumGames hopes to convince players of its potential. through a demo coming soon, But not for everyone ! In addition to communication around the game, PlatinumGames executives speak up on many topics, and the one regarding buyouts was inevitable.
PlatinumGames: No, you will not have our freedom to develop!
The development studio wants to talk regarding creation, but not at the expense of business! Recently, PlatinumGames’ CEO was concerned regarding the possible changes that a takeover might bringincluding the creative independence of developers: something the studio is not regarding to give up, according to Atsushi Inaba!
The most important thing for us is to have the freedom to make the games we want to make. From what I’m hearing regarding recent acquisitions, I don’t think Microsoft is going to start micromanaging Activision to the point of taking away its freedom…I don’t think it’s going to be a relationship like that. — Atsushi Inaba, P.-DG de PlatinumGames
I think there will be a lot of mutual respect and that Activision can continue to do what they do best. It’s also what’s most important to us at the end of the day, whatever form it takes for us and our business. So I wouldn’t refuse anything, as long as our freedom is always respected. — Atsushi Inaba, P.-DG de PlatinumGames
Such remarks leave no doubt: PlatinumGames does indeed open the door to negotiations with the various manufacturers in the industry, but warns them: the check may be substantial, but the studio will not overlook certain conditions and freedom in the creative process tops the list. So, who will draw the notebook first?
Microsoft is not once morest the idea to expand its stable of a few Japanese studios as Xbox boss Phil Spencer recently pointed out. Sony, for its part, hinted that future announcements are to be expected: the success of Babylon’s Fall might he convince the manufacturer to take a stronger interest in the studio? A movement by Nintendo cannot be ruled out either, even if the probabilities are very low given that the firm is not not really interested by this kind of practice.
Through JinxebWriting jeuxvideo.com
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