nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 8 months agoHelldivers 2 director's "childhood dream" is for the co-op shooter to join the pantheon of PlayStation's biggest IP: "It's crazy that it might be in the future"www.gamesradar.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up1120arrow-down15cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1115arrow-down1external-linkHelldivers 2 director's "childhood dream" is for the co-op shooter to join the pantheon of PlayStation's biggest IP: "It's crazy that it might be in the future"www.gamesradar.comnanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square7fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareMeatsOfRage@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24arrow-down1·8 months agoSony owns the IP, they’re not paying for exclusivity, they own it.
minus-squareBlizzardlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·8 months agoNot sure why are you getting downvoted when you’re right. https://trademarks.justia.com/860/42/helldivers-86042209.html
minus-squareNoSpiritAnimal@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down5·8 months agoAnd they just got done suing Xbox so Microsoft couldn’t own the Modern Warfare IP. Caveats like “they own it, they don’t pay so others can’t own it” are meaningless at ground level.
minus-squarenanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoWhile it sucks that large companies buy smaller ones, Microsoft is far far worse in this regard and there is a large difference between buying a small 100 man team vs buying an entire publisher and dozens of ip’s for almost 70 billion dollars.
Sony owns the IP, they’re not paying for exclusivity, they own it.
Not sure why are you getting downvoted when you’re right.
https://trademarks.justia.com/860/42/helldivers-86042209.html
And they just got done suing Xbox so Microsoft couldn’t own the Modern Warfare IP.
Caveats like “they own it, they don’t pay so others can’t own it” are meaningless at ground level.
While it sucks that large companies buy smaller ones, Microsoft is far far worse in this regard and there is a large difference between buying a small 100 man team vs buying an entire publisher and dozens of ip’s for almost 70 billion dollars.