Yesterday, Sony announced a brand-new name that all of its first-party titles will fall under: PlayStation Studios. This suggests video games from inner workshops like Insomniac, Naughty Dog, and also Santa Monica Studio will certainly all develop a part of this wider brand.

It makes perfect sense for the company to make its first-party output also more clear for gamers – especially since titles like as well as have been a huge component of the PlayStation 4’s success. Got ta keep those exclusives rolling as we relocate towards the PS5?

The new logo design was debuted alongside a pretty classy opening computer animation that shows several of PlayStation’s the majority of legendary heroes. Ellie, Nathan Drake, Aloy, and also Kratos. They all show up reflected giant X, O, Square, as well as Triangle switches prior to we see the logo design in its totality. It’s awesome … however primarily a ripoff of the Marvel Studios animation.

Take a look at the PlayStation opening below, adhered to straight by the computer animation that plays before any type of Marvel flick.

To be clear, I’m not saying it’s a thing that Sony located some … motivation from Marvel. Wonder’s motion picture opening logo is definitely terrific, as well as it was certainly adequate for DC to borrow from too. I likewise totally get the drive behind this. Most PlayStation exclusives have actually truly tried to blur the line between movie theater as well as ready a long time now, possibly given that back in 2007. That this brand-new logo will certainly remind individuals of Marvel blockbusters is clearly an intentional move on Sony’s component.

“Over the last couple of years – and also the last years – the toughness of the titles appearing from our workshops has actually been more powerful than ever,” Eric Lempel, head of international advertising at Sony Interactive Entertainment, told in a meeting.

“We have been considering exactly how we unify every one of these fantastic games under one brand, as well as truly the objective of that is to make the customer understand that, when they see this brand, they’re preparing for a robust, innovative, deep experience that they’ve concerned get out of video games coming from PlayStation. We came up with PlayStation Studios.”

I ought to likewise point out that the PlayStation Studios logo design looks a hell of a great deal like the Xbox Game Studios logo design. Once again, Microsoft clearly looked to Marvel when assembling its opening computer animation. Yet placing the PlayStation as well as Xbox logos alongside is much from flattering.

See on your own below.

There will unquestionably be players on either side that now charge Sony of ripping of Microsoft and vice-versa. I’m simply below to say that it does not matter what a logo design appears like or what the studio is called, as long as the video games are great and we’re all enjoying. Likewise, both firms swindled Marvel – so who cares?