We're barely one month into 2022, and the gaming industry's shake-ups have been severe. Microsoft and Sony are snapping up studios left and right. And only a scant few weeks after Microsoft announced its acquisition of Activision Blizzard--creator of one of the biggest gaming franchises in the world, Call of Duty--Sony announced that it's bringing Bungie into the fold.

It's hard to keep track of the numerous acquisitions and announcements from Sony in the past year, so we've put together a comprehensive picture of what Sony's business looks like at this moment.

Rapid studio acquisitions in 2021

Prior to 2020, Sony picked up studios at a slower pace than Microsoft. But in late 2020, PlayStation boss Jim Ryan dropped hints that Sony would be looking to acquire more studios--a tease the company has made good on. Housemarque (Returnal), Bluepoint Games (Demon's Souls remake), Firesprite (The Playroom), Nixxies, and co-development studio Valkyrie all joined Sony in 2021.