This isn't great for gamers. MS strategy is owning all. Cool I guess? But the video game industry is looking grimmer and grimmer.
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Matt Booty “We will continue to look for studios that can add great people, great teams, great new ideas to our lineup.”
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I don't mean this as an attack or anything but this is the kind of mindset I don't understand. Obviously this is pie in the sky type stuff and I don't think anyone is really expecting Microsoft to acquire all of those companies you mentioned, but theoretically if they did there's no way that it isn't awful for the game's industry. The best thing about Gamepass is that it's consumer friendly, if Microsoft get to the level of dominance you're proposing then it's not going to stay that way.
Like, I know with things like Gamepass and backwards combability and what not it can be easy to see Microsoft as the 'good guys' but we're literally talking about a company that has been sued by the US and the EU for monopolistic practices.
In times of yore we would use "second party" to describe a game published by a first party but developers by someone else. Nobody seems to use it anymore.
Sony announced two deals with two brand new studios this year alone. The industry will be fine lol
Not everyone wants to be acquired and gaming is more than large enough to support multiple players (obviously).
Having most studios under one console seems fine to me, game pass or otherwise.
Buying Bethesda was the best PR Xbox has had since Forza Horizon 4 launched.
They will absolutely be looking to repeat it by buying more major studios, it's better people prepare for that inevitability now.
Booty has laid out the MS strategy for providing continued and varied content on Gamepass.
If you want to explore absurd arguments, look at those that are claiming that MS is close to achieving a monopoly on content....
They have a monopoly on western RPGs - the authorities should investigate.
Sony has a huge margin already on the PS5 and it's not slowing down. The gap they created with the PS4 means only another gigantic debacle will slow them down. Microsoft has all but conceded the console race, which is one of many reasons why they've moved to focusing on other things. Also, double the teams? Come on lol, they aren't gonna have 45 teams working.
Insomniac literally released a game like yesterday lmao.
I think that the European Commission should look into breaking up the Xbox Division.
That's a quite an assumption to make. Feels like people are just hoping for studios to get bought up which will magically will dormant I.Ps and franchises into existence. I mean it could, but that's overestimating what Xbox is willing to invest in.
Yeah, R&C is going to do numbers. Sony is going to release HZD2 and GOW2 which are both going to be insane and they also have the FF series on lock down. Sony is going to be fine in terms of content.
My point was about Insomniac being bought, but you're right. It's a good thing too. All 3 companies are really doing well with their own thing. Sony has always been very aggressive with buying exclusivity, that won't go away. Microsoft is gonna focus on gamepass and might buy a few more studios (I highly doubt they'll buy a Bethesda size property again) to keep that content wheel churning. Nintendo will do what they always do.
Then prepare to be shock because not even Microsoft believes that in terms of consoles sales.
the industry, you could say, is doomed. hide your sony games and hold them tight
The sleeping giant is awake and it is hungry
I'll gladly accept whatever strategy they take to bring me new games every quarter.
I'll gladly accept whatever strategy they take to bring me new games every quarter.
People want to play their games but don't want to pay for them.
Fills the JRPG hole they currently have with Persona & Yakuza.
Plus Sonic to broaden their family friendly offerings.
It's the one acquisition I expect most to happen, 95% chance.
It's good to see them lifting their share of first party development, instead of not committing and at times earlier seeming like they didn't want the responsibility of game development, preferring such risks to be taken elsewhere.
They're fully committed this time and Xbox and gaming in general feels much better these days imo, because of it.
They're fully committed this time and Xbox and gaming in general feels much better these days imo, because of it.
How? The studios that they will acquire in the future will no longer have to sell gangbusters or die. Almost everybody in the world with internet will be able to access their games without buying a console, people will have access to a new form of handheld gaming for their libraries, people will have to spend only a fraction of the money on gaming to enjoy it compared to now.
Embrace your future. It is coming for you!
I can't believe this subscription service, that is so unsustainable is ruining the industry.
Corporate consolidation sucks. Doesn't matter if it means games don't have to leave Gamepass. It sucks all around.
Also, Microsoft has over 20 studios now. How about any one of them puts out a good first-party game before they think about more acquisitions?
Also, Microsoft has over 20 studios now. How about any one of them puts out a good first-party game before they think about more acquisitions?
Growing first party and developing games are not mutually exclusive.
Consolidation is also part and parcel of gaming. It is how every major publisher has grown.
That's like my mum saying "You can't trust them Germans".
Today's MS is not that MS.
is it going to be, tho?
Do you really think that Video Games could be like this in the future? If yes? That would be awesome.
Sony wasn't even mentioned there, but since you bring it up, it also is terrible for gamers when Sony buys studios.
I think people are a bit naive to assume that Game Pass means Microsoft won't still have targets that need to be met by their studios. Reminds me of how everyone used to beg Netflix to save cancelled network shows and now Netflix is notorious for cancelling shows.
No more RPG studios. Sega sounds like a good pickup, though. I think I would want them to buy Sega just to see how interesting the integration into the larger MS ecosystem would be.
This type of crap turns me off from supporting things like game pass if I were forced to buy their platform because they bought a studio I liked.
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Well, eventually those studios would make games…
I will say it's weird to have a new thread every time megacorp says "we are always looking to acquire and bolster our megacorp." *shrug*
All corps want to own it all.
What you think Sony wants to do? You think that they are satisfied with their position?
The fallacy here is that MS is approaching a monopoly. They are not. Sony and the PS brand is the runaway leader in this space. The IP that they possess is remarkable.
MS is doing what they are doing to remain relevant in this space, and is integral to the survival of Gamepass. It sometimes feels like some people want MS to roll over and die. They are simply doing what they need to do.