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The Live-Service Trap: Sony's Bungie Bet and the Hollow Logic of Platform Acquisitions

Sony paid $3.6 billion for a studio that made one good game and knew how to sell cosmetics. That should have raised questions. It didn't.

By Moemedi Michael Poncana·americas·1-minute read·22 May 2026·Live on the wire ↗

Sony paid $3.6 billion for a studio that made one good game and knew how to sell cosmetics. CoinDesk / Photography

Wire provenance

This editorial synthesis draws on the following public wire/social posts:

https://x.com/pirat_nation/status/1924678749282398549
https://x.com/pirat_nation/status/1924680647703752970
https://x.com/pirat_nation/status/1924662913720873532