Please stop the rumors: Sony’s acquisition of Rockstar explained

Remember just the other day when PSU reported of Sony acquiring Rockstar? To recap, the previous post, we heard from PSU that: “Various sources in the press and development team state that Sony is looking to take Rockstar ‘under their wings’.” Apparently, it’s all just some big misunderstanding. Over at the PSU forums, someone’s posted the explanation of Justin Pinter as to how this came about.

It all started with an event that they attended: Sony gathered a bunch of journalists and media representatives for dinner at some sushi place in Santa Monica (mmmmm, sushi). The dinner progressed and with other journalists on the table, they went on to talk about the industry news:

We all talked about Bioshock, Tivo, video on demand, and then eventually made our way to the recent talk of Rockstar going exclusive with Sony after GTA IV with such titles as LA Noire, and the secret PS3 title. The talk lead to someone stating that they knew that not only was the rumor correct but there was more to it. Basically from what I heard, Sony was taking Rockstar under its wing. Now I don’t know if that means they are buying them or if they are supporting them as if they were someone like Naughty Dog or Insomniac.

Now here’s when things got messy. Upon coming back from the dinner, Justin Pinter had contacted the other staffers of PSU and told them of how the event went. One of the writers had picked up on the “Sony takes Rockstar under its wing” angle and wrote about it on their site.

Unfortunately it was notched as “News” when it actually would have to have been tagged under “Rumor“. And with that, everything cascaded into one big ordeal. PSU apologizes for the misunderstanding and hopes that they’ve been able to clear things up now.

So what’s the lesson here, kids? Sushi dinners make for interesting industry news/rumors. And knowing is half the battle. Yo… Joe!

Remember just the other day when PSU reported of Sony acquiring Rockstar? To recap, the previous post, we heard from PSU that: “Various sources in the press and development team state that Sony is looking to take Rockstar ‘under their wings’.” Apparently, it’s all just some big misunderstanding. Over at the PSU forums, someone’s posted the explanation of Justin Pinter as to how this came about.

It all started with an event that they attended: Sony gathered a bunch of journalists and media representatives for dinner at some sushi place in Santa Monica (mmmmm, sushi). The dinner progressed and with other journalists on the table, they went on to talk about the industry news:

We all talked about Bioshock, Tivo, video on demand, and then eventually made our way to the recent talk of Rockstar going exclusive with Sony after GTA IV with such titles as LA Noire, and the secret PS3 title. The talk lead to someone stating that they knew that not only was the rumor correct but there was more to it. Basically from what I heard, Sony was taking Rockstar under its wing. Now I don’t know if that means they are buying them or if they are supporting them as if they were someone like Naughty Dog or Insomniac.

Now here’s when things got messy. Upon coming back from the dinner, Justin Pinter had contacted the other staffers of PSU and told them of how the event went. One of the writers had picked up on the “Sony takes Rockstar under its wing” angle and wrote about it on their site.

Unfortunately it was notched as “News” when it actually would have to have been tagged under “Rumor“. And with that, everything cascaded into one big ordeal. PSU apologizes for the misunderstanding and hopes that they’ve been able to clear things up now.

So what’s the lesson here, kids? Sushi dinners make for interesting industry news/rumors. And knowing is half the battle. Yo… Joe!