Sony Online Entertainment is Sold and Going Multi-platform

<p>Almost twenty years after its founding&comma; Sony Online Entertainment is no longer under the Sony banner&period; The company&comma; now named &&num;8220&semi;Daybreak Game Company LLC&comma;&&num;8221&semi; was reportedly sold and acquired by Columbus Nova&comma; an investment firm in New York&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The company was responsible for publishing such games as<em> DC Universe Online<&sol;em>&comma; <em>Free Realms<&sol;em>&comma; <em>Star Wars&colon; Galaxies<&sol;em>&comma; <em>Everquest<&sol;em>&comma; and <em>Planetside<&sol;em> series among others&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Company president John Smedley remains at the helm&comma; and has shared enthusiasm for the publisher’s new multi-platform approach&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;I can’t wait to make Xbox One games&comma;” he said on Twitter&period; In a separate&comma; prepared statement&comma; he says that the company’s existing portfolio will make its way to other platforms&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"twitter-tweet" data-width&equals;"500" data-dnt&equals;"true">&NewLine;<p lang&equals;"en" dir&equals;"ltr">can&&num;39&semi;t wait to make Xbox One games&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&mdash&semi; John Smedley &lpar;&commat;j&lowbar;smedley&rpar; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;j&lowbar;smedley&sol;status&sol;562305663083098112&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">February 2&comma; 2015<&sol;a><&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;platform&period;twitter&period;com&sol;widgets&period;js" charset&equals;"utf-8"><&sol;script><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Columbus Nova’s investments include a number of technology companies&comma; including the Rhapsody subscription music service&comma; analytics&comma; and data companies&period; According to data on the company&comma; Daybreak is its first pure gaming acquisition&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In spite of its rampant success in the gaming scene&comma; Sony&&num;8217&semi;s downward slide in virtually every one of their departments – particularly their computer hardware and mobile divisions – have led to over &dollar;1&period;25 billion in losses in the last fiscal year&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s unknown how much SOE was sold for&comma; but gamers can apparently expect more games on more systems to come&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Via<&sol;strong> John Smedley <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;reddit&period;com&sol;r&sol;h1z1&sol;comments&sol;2ujaaj&sol;sony&lowbar;online&lowbar;entertainment&lowbar;becomes&lowbar;daybreak&lowbar;game&sol;">on Reddit<&sol;a> &amp&semi; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;j&lowbar;smedley&sol;status&sol;562305663083098112">&commat;j&lowbar;smedley on Twitter<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;