The only way Microsoft could gain mindshare in Japan is if they bought Nintendo and that's not happening lol.
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Microsoft Looking to Make Bethesda Size Acquisition
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Microsoft doesn't need to buy entire publishers to have their games on Gamepass. They can just pay them for it.
They're buying publishers to raise barriers to access these games, despite what their PR might say.
Capcom might survive but Monster Hunter, their fighting games and smaller titles would probably be dead. Pretty much anything that's not from Dev 1 would be dead.
The only company I can think of is Gearbox.
Privately owned, and within reach of MS. It obviously cannot be any major japanese company for the reasons everyone is already thinking of, but I can't think of many western companies that'd be of interest to MS without being too big.
Gearbox owns Borderlands, it's a big IP and popular on Xbox thanks to being shooters. It'd fit well. All of their games outside of Borderlands bombed. It looks a lot like the Bethesda case so I'm gonna bet on that.
Privately owned, and within reach of MS. It obviously cannot be any major japanese company for the reasons everyone is already thinking of, but I can't think of many western companies that'd be of interest to MS without being too big.
Gearbox owns Borderlands, it's a big IP and popular on Xbox thanks to being shooters. It'd fit well. All of their games outside of Borderlands bombed. It looks a lot like the Bethesda case so I'm gonna bet on that.
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Everyone taking guesses assuming there's only 1 in play
Tencent is involved, Amazon, Google etc etc. I'd wager a lot of publishers are being looked at.
Tencent is involved, Amazon, Google etc etc. I'd wager a lot of publishers are being looked at.
all I'm seeing is a steady stream of content, a lot of which worth checking out.
Hopefully MS can get as close as possible in a gaming space.
They don't need mindshare in Japan just need Japan developers. Most of those games sell here anyway if console numbers are anything to go by.
If they bought Gearbox they'd practically own the DFW gaming industry save for a few indies.
That does make sense when you put it this way. I just hope they wake up soon so that if the worst case scenario happens, they can keep each other in check.
But the thing is, at least on the PS side, there are a lot of third party games. People buy PS because of exclusives and third party.
If they can't do that then interest would go down and obviously Sony doesn't have the same amount of cash on hand to be able to compete with giant companies when it comes to first party games. All this would lead to is less games. If that was to happen they wouldn't be a big competitor.
Only you can use those streaming services on just about every platform, and the preservation of TV and movies being streamed is not remotely comparable to video games. This also doesn't account for the fact that Microsoft doesn't and hasn't needed to outright purchase these devs and can just license the rights to them.
The worst problem is that if MS buys any of these publishers, that combined with the Zenimax buy will force Sony on a arms race. So if MS buys one of these four, Sony would no doubt do a bid on another.
I love these threads.
You have people who own an xbox that are happy and people who own a switch or PS console saying they hate MS and the videogame industry is going to crash and burn.
Good times.
You have people who own an xbox that are happy and people who own a switch or PS console saying they hate MS and the videogame industry is going to crash and burn.
Good times.
Given that AT&T and Sony's conversations about Crunchyroll weren't exactly a secret months before it actually happened, and neither were AT&Ts efforts to try to sell WB Games before backing off, I want to say they wouldn't be able to keep it secret.
I don't see how buying Capcom or Square would be a good since the majority of their sales are from either Sony and Nintendo. It wouldn't get them anywhere near the Japanese market as well. You would be essentially destroying a majority of those two companies IPs. The same with Sega as well.
The only company that would make a lot of sense is either Ubisoft or Bungie. Although the latter isn't as big as Bethesda.
The only company that would make a lot of sense is either Ubisoft or Bungie. Although the latter isn't as big as Bethesda.
game pass is available on multiple platforms and thats not stopping.
It's all about rapid growth, building studios takes a lot longer. Buy content, Increase monthly active users, increase revenue per user.
Big tech is going to change gaming even more than it has. It could be good, I kind of think it's going to suck though. People cheering this stuff on is always incredibly annoying.
The bold isn't true either. That's a future where the only options are likely streaming (super-awful) and digital downloads (also awful). That might be good to you, but I fucking hate it.
They are sleeping right now. MS isn't.
How hard is this to understand? If they wait longer then they will be beaten to the punch and thus it will be harder for them to compete because unlike Sony/Nintendo, they are fighting against same sized companies.
Hopefully it's a pub who has properties I like. More titles on gamepass is good in my books. I'll welcome it with open arms.
Would have Microsoft gotten the engines of Bethesda? The cloud streaming tech? Would've Bethesda stopped making time exclusive deals with PS? How much would TES cost for Microsoft to get then Day1?
We don't need to like it, but buying publishers and developers make much more sense than just securing content. Getting DMC already cost around 20-30 million and that wasn't day 1 on Gsmepass. Compared to Skyrim that's a small IP, so how much would TES cost? 50-100 million just to get it in GP?
Genuinely asking, why do we think Amazon still has intentions to buy studios? Hasn't their whole approach so far been a complete disaster? Or is it because of Luna?
This is totally 100% hypothetical but I've always wondered what happens to Valve once Newell retires within the next ten years, and Microsoft would be one of the most logical companies to swoop in.
The post I replied to mentioned mindshare.
With Japanese games Microsoft needs to do a lot of work because those games sell a lot less on their platforms.
Well they seem to be hinting at a specific target, not just a vague "MS is still looking".
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hopefully I can play remake on a PC soon
hopefully I can play remake on a PC soon
Those games don't sell much on their platforms thought even in the west.
Unlimited money because they're a private company who has no desire to be bought
Then I anticipate full clarification from all those that are "hinting" outlining exactly what they've heard. But I'm going to assume they're not going to do that and just allow this thread to spiral with ridiculous speculation.
Hostile takeover, yea.
If they're what Microsoft is after, very likely this is a negotiated deal and not at all hostile. The Bethesda deal was negotiated too, not hostile
The issue then becomes similar to Netflix where the content starts getting removed when those publishers get bought by other companies like Google and Amazon.
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