Welcome to "WaPo Story Mode", a recurring show on Thursdays at 4 p.m. ET where the Washington Post's video game coverage team, Launcher, brings on big-name guests to discuss the top gaming news of the week and provide a quick round-up of other top stories.
In this episode, we discuss the latest $1.2 billion blockbuster acquisition, Sony's purchase of "Destiny" and "Halo" maker Bungie Inc, with Rob Zacny, senior editor of Waypoint, and Ethan Gach, senior reporter for Kotaku. It is the second monumental purchase of a major video game company in 2022. We discuss the ramifications of this purchase, exclusivity rights (if any), why Sony made the purchase and what we can expect going forward.
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0:00 Stream start
0:54 Introductions
2:10 Buying time
6:31 Live service games
8:00 The draw of Destiny 2/Bungie
16:56 Sony retaining talent with equity
18:56 A high price to pay
22:05 Funding for indie games
25:44 Overdoing live service?
32:57 The economics of Game Pass
39:10 Regulating the industry
49:05 The intricacies of video games
51:33 Anti-competitive tactics and politics
55:45 The factors at play for future acquisitions
59:42 Will gamers buy into the content mill?
1:06:48 Closing thoughts
1:14:15 Wordle bought by New York Times
1:18:42 Nintendo on acquisitions
1:21:47 Suicide Squad game delayed
1:24:32 NFT drama
1:29:37 Ice Poseidon crypto scheme
1:35:41 Addison Rae blue light product
1:47:39 Speedrun influencer news
1:53:02 Diversity in gaming
1:56:53 “Fun” news
1:59:58 Getting “kicked” off the stream
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