PlayStation and NCSoft announce a strategic partnership – News

The first thing to note about “strategic partnerships” is that they don’t necessarily lead to a lot of clear-cut action (remember the one signed between Sony and Microsoft over the cloud in May 2019?). Tangible is what’s missing in the press release from Jim Ryan, the departing CEO, and his counterpart at NCSoft, Taekjin Kim. For now, we are told that this cooperation will make it possible to study opportunities in different areas. Including mobile », We confirm at a time when PlayStation Studios is slow in decoding anything concrete in this area.

Rumors have been swirling about a Horizon MMORPG

” This partnership with SIE represents the beginning of our efforts to create many synergies together, using the skills, technological capabilities and experience of both companies. said Taekjin Kim, President and CEO of NCSoft. ” The partnership with NCSoft advances our expansion strategy beyond console and extends PlayStation’s reach to a broader audience “Adds Jim Ryan.

Interestingly, the announcement of this merger was made only one year after the rumor of… Korean press, under which NCSoft, and more precisely its Lineage division, was chosen to develop an MMORPG based on the Horizon franchise from Guerrilla Games. As a reminder, NCSoft recently entrusted Amazon Games with the responsibility of publishing the international version of the MMORPG Throne and freedom.

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