Sony retaliates against Microsoft’s Activison Blizzard move
Sony has announced the acquisition of Bungie, the developer of famous games such as Destiny and Halo, for $3.6 billion.
Sony is among the world’s largest technology companies. The company operates in many areas and also works in the playground. In particular, the company, together with the Playstation brand, has great success on the playing field.
Sony wants to further increase its success on the gaming field. There’s been an exciting statement from the company in this area. Sony has acquired Bungie, destiny’s developer and halo’s original creator, according to a new statement.
Sony has acquired the famous gaming company Bungie!
A move from Sony came after Microsoft acquired the famous gaming company Activision Blizzard. Bungie, the developer of games such as Halo and Destiny, was acquired by Sony. For the acquisition, Sony paid about $3.6 billion to the famous gaming company. Bungie’s official Twitter account announced the purchase.
The post said: “Bungie has unlimited potential to bring friends around the world together. On PlayStation, we found a partner who shares our dreams and is committed to accelerating our creative vision of creating entertainment for generations.”
Jim Ryan, president and CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment, said in a post on the Playstation Blog.
“Bungie will continue to be a multi-platform and independent studio and broadcaster and will stand by the company’s PlayStation Studios developers. Bungie’s world-class expertise in multi-platform development and live gaming services will help us realize our vision of expanding PlayStation to hundreds of millions of players.”
Bungie’s CEO Pete Parsons said in a statement.
“In SIE, we have found a partner who ‘unconditionally supports us in all circumstances and wants to accelerate our vision of creating entertainment for generations, while at the same time maintaining the creative independence that is at the heart of Bungie’,” he writes. Like us, SIE believes that gaming worlds are just the beginning of what our IPs can transform. Together, we share the dream of creating and developing iconic series that unite friends, generations of families and fans across multiple platforms and entertainment environments around the world.
