Sony does not consider buying a studio Housemarque “arms race” with Microsoft. SIE Worldwide Studios head Herman Hulst said this in an interview with GQ.…
“No, not at all. We are extremely selective in how we recruit developers. Our last new acquisition before Housemarque was Insomniac, which did a great job. I am always looking for people with similar values and creative ambitions who can work well with our team and where we are. we can continue to invest and help grow as creators. “
According to Hulst, PlayStation does not make random purchases, but purposefully only buys well-known teams.with whom she shares a rich experience of cooperation.
“The amount of collaboration between our external development team and Housemarque in the technical part, in the production management and even in the creative field was very deep. So it made a lot of sense for us to buy them.”
The decision to buy Housemarque, says Hulst, did not come overnight, but was worked out for a long time. The deal was closed just now simply because Sony didn’t want to distract the studio from developing Returnal.
In the same interview, the head of Housemarque Ilari Kuittenen reiterated that their next game will be even bigger and more ambitious.
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