In what will likely be the news of the day, Sony Online Entertainment has been bought out and as a result, will be rebranding (for obvious reasons) to a new name; Daybreak Game Company.
Responsible for a bunch of online offerings including H1Z1 and DC Universe Online, Sony Online Entertainment has mostly been in charge of Sony’s… online… entertainm– yeah you get the idea. They make multiplayer offerings for the PlayStation, but now that they’ve been bought out you can bloody well expect them on other consoles too.
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Here’s the official statement in full:
Dear Players, Partners and Friends,
Today, we are pleased to announce that we have been acquired by Columbus Nova, an investment management firm well known for its success with its existing portfolio of technology, media and entertainment focused companies. This means that effective immediately SOE will operate as an independent game development studio where we will continue to focus on creating exceptional online games for players around the world, and now as a multi-platform gaming company. Yes, that means PlayStation and Xbox, mobile and more!
As part of this transition, SOE will now become Daybreak Game Company. This name embodies who we are as an organization, and is a nod to the passion and dedication of our employees and players. It is also representative of our vision to approach each new day as an opportunity to move gaming forward.
So what exactly does this mean for you? It will be business as usual and all SOE games will continue on their current path of development and operation. In fact, we expect to have even more resources available to us as a result of this acquisition. It also means new exciting developments for our existing IP and games as we can now fully embrace the multi-platform world we are living in.
Our games and players are the heart and soul of our organization, and we are committed to maintaining our portfolio of online games and pushing the limits of where we can take online gaming together.
Thank you for your continued support. See you in game!
Is this the result of Sony’s massive losses, as declared last year? I can’t really comment on that because I haven’t been keeping track, to be completely honest. But with Columbus Nova, what’s certain is that
Sony Online Entertainment
Daybreak Game Company will now be a multiplatform studio, which means you can expect a whole bunch of their games to now make it to other consoles. Further to that, whatever currently exists will continue to exist.
Here are a bunch of tweets by president John Smedley, answering common questions from fans:
1) All our games are still up and will continue to be despite our new name.
— John Smedley (@j_smedley) February 2, 2015
2) Yes, we want to bring our games to Xbox One in addition to PS4.
— John Smedley (@j_smedley) February 2, 2015
3) Station Cash doesn’t change at all (though we will be rebranding it soon here).
— John Smedley (@j_smedley) February 2, 2015
4) We’re still making Everquest Next 
nothing has changed.
— John Smedley (@j_smedley) February 2, 2015
@aaronweddle1 nothing at all changes.
— John Smedley (@j_smedley) February 2, 2015
@Yalstromo they came with us.
— John Smedley (@j_smedley) February 2, 2015
@RowlonRowley yes
— John Smedley (@j_smedley) February 2, 2015
@diogobatatas still making H1Z1 nothing’s changing.
— John Smedley (@j_smedley) February 2, 2015
@Malloc420 yup
— John Smedley (@j_smedley) February 2, 2015
@Grexoz not to worry. that’s our sole focus.
— John Smedley (@j_smedley) February 2, 2015
@Grexoz neither do we. We’re finishing PC first then doing console.
— John Smedley (@j_smedley) February 2, 2015
can’t wait to make Xbox One games!
— John Smedley (@j_smedley) February 2, 2015
@j_smedley focus on what’s on your plate now first. It’s all you can eat and you just asked for a new plate after one bite.
— Jack (@Jac_Har_) February 2, 2015
@bedatguy_ correct
— John Smedley (@j_smedley) February 2, 2015
The question remains: Should warning bells be ringing over at Sony? Is Sony beginning to drop whatever it can afford to let go of in order to recuperate some cash? Or is this entirely unrelated and am I just being the Xbot that I am? I guess we’ll find out but in the meantime, let us know what you think in the comments. Do you play any of SOE’s games? We’d like to know whether they were worth keeping around, or if Sony made the right idea by selling up.
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