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[Draugoth]

During the hourlong press session, Sony officials also disclosed that Columbia Pictures and Sony PlayStation are working on a movie adaptation of the video game “Horizon Zero Dawn.” That title had been in development as a series for Netflix. No other details about the movie project were revealed other than that the two Sony units are collaborating on a film adaptation, according to PlayStation Productions chief Asad Qizilbash.

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[chromhound]

Why?

 

[Power Pro]

 

[LectureMaster]

 

[Warnen]

Staring Melissa McCarthy

 

[FunkMiller]

Remember when Sony weren't fuelled by constant, endless greed? Good times.

 

[nial]

Remember when Sony weren't fuelled by constant, endless greed? Good times.

Like when they announced film adaptations of Uncharted and Shadow of the Colossus? Or made Siren and Ratchet & Clank movies?
You made this exact comment twice and I can't get any sense out of it, lol.

 

[FunkMiller]

Like when they announced film adaptations of Uncharted and Shadow of the Colossus? Or made Siren and Ratchet & Clank movies?
You made this exact comment twice and I can't get any sense out of it, lol.

Okay, let's have a go at it, shall we?

'Video games company seeks to bleed every cent dry it can from all of its IP in tangential media, instead of concentrating on its core business - making games people want to play'.

Remember when Xbox decided its core audience wasn't that important, and tried to chase other entertainment avenues, instead of concentrating on its games?

That went well.

 

[Jinzo Prime]

It's not going to have Lance Reddick in it. Why bother.

 

[diffusionx]

 

[Kings Field]

 

[yogaflame]

It might be polarizing the choice of actress

 

[Unknown?]

Could be good if they capture the size and ferocity of the dinosaurs.

 

[mitch1971]

Okay, let's have a go at it, shall we?

'Video games company seeks to bleed every cent dry it can from all of its IP in tangential media, instead of concentrating on its core business - making games people want to play'.

Remember when Xbox decided its core audience wasn't that important, and tried to chase other entertainment avenues, instead of concentrating on its games?

That went well.

You do know Sony has years of investment in its tv/film studios, making studio camera equipment for literally years? They not allowed to make money from those investments?

 

[nial]

Okay, let's have a go at it, shall we?

'Video games company seeks to bleed every cent dry it can from all of its IP in tangential media, instead of concentrating on its core business - making games people want to play'.

Remember when Xbox decided its core audience wasn't that important, and tried to chase other entertainment avenues, instead of concentrating on its games?

That went well.

Making games people want to play is the core business of Sony Pictures, you say?
PlayStation Productions is literally just a not-so-big set of producers farming out SIE's IP to other production companies/studios, with the help of Sony Pictures and/or Aniplex.
How do you even come to the conclusion that this is remotely taking away any sort of attention from game production, that employs a WHOLE BUNCH of other unrelated people?

 

[DeepEnigma]

Staring Zendaya.

Tom Holland as Aloy

 

[fersnake]

love sony but i truly hate this need of making games a movie. i know the reason is money but plz just stop it.

 

[yogaflame]

In a perfect Sony world, Ana De Armas for me is the perfect actress as Aloy. But knowing the agenda of Sony USA, it will not happen.

 

[T4keD0wN]

Just dont fuck it up

 

[FoxMcChief]

Aloy is a cancer that keeps spreading.

 

[Doom85]

Okay, let's have a go at it, shall we?

'Video games company seeks to bleed every cent dry it can from all of its IP in tangential media, instead of concentrating on its core business - making games people want to play'.

Remember when Xbox decided its core audience wasn't that important, and tried to chase other entertainment avenues, instead of concentrating on its games?

That went well.

So I guess Nintendo, SEGA, Capcom, etc. are all greedy bastards not focused on game making as well for pushing for film adaptations of their games too?

Seriously, the people who are going to make this film are not the same people who would be developing games. Pretty sure most people who are in the film industry don’t have time to develop games, and vice versa.

A Horizon movie being made will have zero negative impact on Sony’s game development.

 

[DeepEnigma]

So I guess Nintendo, SEGA, Capcom, etc. are all greedy bastards not focused on game making as well for pushing for film adaptations of their games too?

Seriously, the people who are going to make this film are not the same people who would be developing games. Pretty sure most people who are in the film industry don’t have time to develop games, and vice versa.

A Horizon movie being made will have zero negative impact on Sony’s game development.

It’s’a Meeee! Greedio!

 

[semiconscious]

the entertainment industry is in full desperation mode...

 

[TheAmazingSpiderMan]

Herman just can’t help it!

 

[yogaflame]

Well movie industry is dying or already died since 2020. Bad movie scripts and woke agenda so good luck

 

[Synastry]

I remember when Sony's CES PS presentation used to be about games and updates now its boring TV, anime, movies, stuff.

 

[DeepEnigma]

I remember when Sony's CES PS presentation used to be about games and updates now its boring TV, anime, movies, stuff.

What, 20 years ago?

 

[yogaflame]

I remember when Sony's CES PS presentation used to be about games and updates now its boring TV, anime, movies, stuff.

The Aibo dog was the best era. Now its all gimmick, copy cats, AI, and mediocre movies

 

[nial]

I remember when Sony's CES PS presentation used to be about games and updates now its boring TV, anime, movies, stuff.

I don't get the point when they could have games at SOPs instead, I would rather have PS Productions stuff at CES, honestly.

 

[Kerotan]

Okay, let's have a go at it, shall we?

'Video games company seeks to bleed every cent dry it can from all of its IP in tangential media, instead of concentrating on its core business - making games people want to play'.

Remember when Xbox decided its core audience wasn't that important, and tried to chase other entertainment avenues, instead of concentrating on its games?

That went well.

Sony pictures making movies doesn't take away resources from playstation but it Will increase sales on the playstation side. You are clueless.

 

[Jinzo Prime]

In a perfect Sony world, Ana De Armas for me is the perfect actress as Aloy. But knowing the agenda of Sony USA, it will not happen.

Yeah, keep dreaming.

 

[FunkMiller]

Sony pictures making movies doesn't take away resources from playstation but it Will increase sales on the playstation side. You are clueless.

I'm sure the corporate shifting of focus won't hurt Sony as a games company. After all, Microsoft were fine, weren't they?

 

[DeepEnigma]

I'm sure the corporate shifting of focus won't hurt Sony as a games company. After all, Microsoft were fine, weren't they?

Where’s the focus shift?

CES hasn’t been about games for Sony in practically 20 years. It’s for everything else not console and gaming directly.

 

[Kerotan]

I'm sure the corporate shifting of focus won't hurt Sony as a games company. After all, Microsoft were fine, weren't they?

Sony isn't exclusively a games company you fuckwit.

 

[Thief1987]

I'm sure the corporate shifting of focus won't hurt Sony as a games company. After all, Microsoft were fine, weren't they?

Sony isn't a games company. Are you ok?

 

[nial]

I'm sure the corporate shifting of focus won't hurt Sony as a games company. After all, Microsoft were fine, weren't they?

What shift of focus, lmao? Heck, I'll bite and ask what shift happened at Xbox even, they just released an expensive console with a forced peripheral no one cared about anymore. What about it?

 

[adamsapple]

HERMAANNNNNN !

 

[lh032]

 

[FunkMiller]

Sony isn't exclusively a games company you fuckwit.

Nor are Microsoft. The Xbox division suffered when they started to shift focus away from making games. I believe the same could happen with Playstation under the current management.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Nor are Microsoft. The Xbox division suffered when they started to shift focus away from making games. I believe the same could happen with Playstation under the current management.

But they’ll need new gaming IPs for the movie collabs.

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

25 million players have enjoyed Aloy's amazing journey. The theaters will likely be full. Sony should build more in the main cities so people don't have to wait too long.

 

[pqueue]

 

[Zacfoldor]

 

[FoxMcChief]

Because fuck us.

 

[Saber]

"Discover mysterious mysteries, explore adventurous adventures and join famous characters like...who are these people again?"

 

[BlackTron]

Final Fantasy Spirits Within 2

 

[Dthomp]

Did somebody at Sony misread a zero somewhere in the sales numbers that they think anybody gives two fucks about Horizon that it needed more then a single entry? Let alone a bad sequel, a meh VR game, an in the works (Likely meh) MMO and now this?

 

[Punished Miku]

Good news. Means the oscar for best picture will go to some other movie coming out the same day.

 

[Danteyke223]

So why not give us a Killzone movie or tv show since leftists hate Trump anyway ?
or a Resistance movie ?

 

[Kerotan]

Nor are Microsoft. The Xbox division suffered when they started to shift focus away from making games. I believe the same could happen with Playstation under the current management.

You believe wrong. Both their trajectories are completely different.