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THey are not buying studios, they are buying an entire publisher... who makes multplatform games...
The mother of all moneyhats, unsurprising coming from Microsoft. That's the way they've always rolled.
Seems a bit overpriced to me, given Bethesda's downward path this gen, and Zenimax's biggest hits still not really being up there critics or sales wise (thinking of Dishonored, Prey, Wolfenstein, etc) but definitely gives big IP power to MS.
But first parties buying publishers is terrible news imo.
Seems a bit overpriced to me, given Bethesda's downward path this gen, and Zenimax's biggest hits still not really being up there critics or sales wise (thinking of Dishonored, Prey, Wolfenstein, etc) but definitely gives big IP power to MS.
But first parties buying publishers is terrible news imo.
Insane acquisition.
Zenimax was constantly making one boneheaded move after another, Game Pass will need prestige content from the likes of Arkane and unlike Sony and their weird exclusivity bullshit with third-parties, MS games are actually available on PC and they're even open to working with Nintendo. So yeah, I'm fine with this. Better than someone like Sony or Epic.
Zenimax was constantly making one boneheaded move after another, Game Pass will need prestige content from the likes of Arkane and unlike Sony and their weird exclusivity bullshit with third-parties, MS games are actually available on PC and they're even open to working with Nintendo. So yeah, I'm fine with this. Better than someone like Sony or Epic.
I don't understand your argument here.
* Capcom has still remained a 3rd party company, 3rd party companies make occasional exclusives often enough.
* Street Fighter V is exclusive to PS (and PC) because Sony paid for all of the development costs directly. The game legitimately would not exist without Sony in the first place. MS didn't want to pay for it, likely because they didn't want a competitor to Killer Instinct. SF5 just straight up not existing would hurt gamers more than the current situation IMO.
in all honesty, now that Xbox pushed the nuclear button... I can see Sony acquiring Capcom. Square Enix and SEGA are too diverse and huge for Sony to want them IMO. However, if something stupid is coming, I think Square Enix are on Sony's sights
I'm not seeing their worth being too much different, honestly. I'd easily believe Nintendo is worth more now. What does MS with Windows have to do with this?
I just thought of something... What is MS doesn't want a hardware division and wants to publisher games and provide a service?
Hardware continues to be always bring initial loss (if ever profits) and let's be honest an acquisition like this wouldn't be profitable for many years as an exclusive. So what if MS is getting this to not only bolster it's GP line up but expand their publishing arm to go full game publisher. With Xbox hardware just being their as a brand but not a focus. I mean they have stated that total hardware sales isn't how they are considering things a success.
I mean they could still put out games on other platforms and use the Xbox as pushing it's services untill a full transition to software only.
Hardware continues to be always bring initial loss (if ever profits) and let's be honest an acquisition like this wouldn't be profitable for many years as an exclusive. So what if MS is getting this to not only bolster it's GP line up but expand their publishing arm to go full game publisher. With Xbox hardware just being their as a brand but not a focus. I mean they have stated that total hardware sales isn't how they are considering things a success.
I mean they could still put out games on other platforms and use the Xbox as pushing it's services untill a full transition to software only.
Absolutely, a huge industry shaking move (that I think'll be great for the future personally) but it's a move they had to make
It's not weird at all. People don't want to have to spend extra money, especially on platforms for games that may have previously been multi-platform. That said, the goal of the different platforms is to make you want to spend more money, or feel the need to invest in their products and services. That's the point.
People talking about companies reacting to this and making moves like it's as simple as an eBay auction.
This is bad.
It's one thing to buy a studio but to buy a publisher is something I hope doesn't go the wrong way with IP's.
It's one thing to buy a studio but to buy a publisher is something I hope doesn't go the wrong way with IP's.
Said "Holy whit, what?" out loud. Absolute megaton. Curious whether MS will publish games like The Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Doom, Wolfenstein, Quake etc. on other platforms or if the will be really XBOX/PC-exclusive. Really a lot to digest.
Probably some sort of timed exclusivity though if they do put the games out on PS5.
TES and Fallout IPs alone are multi-billion proprieties.
And then Sony finds out 10 years later its still paying for the acquisition because 2K put everything behind MTX paywall.
Yep. People comparing Cuphead, Ori, and Minecraft getting multiplatform releases is a bit shortsighted. One of those titles isn't even owned by Microsoft, and they've yet to any of their tentpole Xbox franchises anywhere else. Even ones that would make sense like a Killer Instinct or Banjo-Kazooie port haven't happened.
I'm forever regretting not getting the full 3 years upgrade from the $1 conversion last year.
Crazy, I'm curious if we'll actually learn how many people lose jobs as a result as has been mentioned with this size of an acquisition.
I was concerned with the timed exclusives and with how some of their recent games performed that they may be in some trouble - didn't think this would be a cure.
I was concerned with the timed exclusives and with how some of their recent games performed that they may be in some trouble - didn't think this would be a cure.
$7.5b is a drop in the ocean to them, they don't need to recoup the cost. This was just a baller move to boost their first party exclusives and Gamepass.
