It's really wild to behold. I was sure that post was copypasta. I still feel like he's going to be like, "I was kidding you dummies! 🤣"
But nope, he was serious.
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But nope, he was serious.
A part of me wants to believe this Microsoft war chest is an actual chest guarded by a minotaur.
Thank goodness I can get Arkane's games on PC. Not a fan of any other of the Bethesda associated titles. So this doesn't bother me too much. Certainly gives GamePass more ammo tho.
User warned: platform wars. Threadbanned (3 days).
No, most of them are broke or cheap. The "couch" gaming thing is a myth. You can connect your pc to a tv you know that right?
Lol, Sony fans are kinda used to having the superior first party lineup so they feel threatened with this move!
I'm glad MS are providing competition on that front but I'm just bummed it had to be a large publisher instead of a few small-medium sized developers..
This seems to be the first party strengths:
Sony = 3d person single player games
MS = WRPGs
Nintendo = Nintendo magic
Here are my issues with this:
1. I enjoyed owning less platforms this past gen. PS4+Switch were more than enough and not having to pay for an extra online service or build a PC was great.
2. It's about brand loyalty in the sense that Sony gave me a great experience and access to wonderful games over the PS4 gen, including BGS games.
3. BGS is my favorite third party developer. I even love Fallout 76, warts and all.
4. Everyone telling me that it isnt a big deal and to just give money over to a company that has essentially just shit in my mouth this morning is annoying to say the least. At least let people vent and come to terms with this.
I think it's far more likely that Sony are feeling pretty worried about this whole thing right about now, they simply can't compete with MS if it came down to purely a bidding war, nor would they want to. They're better continuing what they have been doing in producing great games from their own studios and working with other developers - I imagine they'll also carry on buying up timed exclusives as well. Nintendo also happily sits in that kind of space, doesn't get caught up in expensive acquisitions but continues to make huge profits.
Sounds like you should be interested in the Xbox ecosystem now, given that it has your favorite IP
I hope they lean on the studios to patch their current gen games to enable some of the improvements they talked about with regards to BC. More games seeing increased framerates and resolutions would be lovely.
I mean, I'm not gonna take any bets. They could release future Xbox games on PlayStation. Crazier things have happened.
I just don't see why all of sudden they would with these new studios, as opposed to any of there other games (we don't think Forza Horizon would do well on PS and Switch or Sea of Thieves or Halo?) other than people feeling disappointment about a new acquisition.
I see as much chance of TESVI coming to PlayStation as Sony putting Miles Morales on Switch I guess.
I hope you're not trying to imply that Minecraft is the smaller of the two.
Subscription services are a capitalistic endgame where everyone is permanently subscribed. It's not ever going to cost you less IN THE MEDIUM/LONG TERM.
Larian better watch out, Microsoft is buying up all the WRPG studios.
This really is an insane acquisition, never thought I'd see this happen lol.
This really is an insane acquisition, never thought I'd see this happen lol.
You won't need Game Pass. You will be able to buy most of these games on your PS5. Maybe not day and date (though I still think at least Doom and Elder Scrolls will be day and date because they are so big), but they will come there eventually. However, if you wanted to spend 200 bucks in a couple of years and buy a Series X on Black Friday, or stream it on your phone, or play it on you PC, Microsoft wouldn't mind that either. Either way they get the money. They don't care.
Also, have you ever considered that maybe in 20 years or so, when most stuff has gone to streaming and only Sony is still making a console for televisions, that if MS has enough must play content, Sony would be forced to put Game Pass on the PlayStation 9 or whatever? This is a long game.
I was thinking about that, I guess they probably won't be competing with each other
The brilliant thing about this is that Sony cannot retaliate in kind. There is no developer or publisher that they can aquire that Xbox gamers care as much about as Playstation gamers care about Bethesda games. It's also really good timing as PS5 is coming off a number of unprovoked botches. Gotta hand it to them, this is a big play from Microsoft and I didn't think they had it in them.
I mean what is Sony going to do now? Buy Konami? As if anyone fucking cares about Contra Rogue Corps 2 compared to TES VI and Starfield.
I mean what is Sony going to do now? Buy Konami? As if anyone fucking cares about Contra Rogue Corps 2 compared to TES VI and Starfield.
Release yourself from this ecosystem mentality and you will realize how simple things can really be.
A man of sense.
Ya'll, if you want a game, you can just buy the platform that it's on.
The commitment to "currently supported" platforms could spell trouble for a PS5 version.
I don't think they will ever get 100 million gamepass subs, its just not realistic. There are only so many people in the world who play these types of games.
The buck stops with Microsoft on this one. It's ok, they are a big enough company to handle a little criticism.
I don't like when platform holders do this. Buying dev studios is one thing, but buying up all these multiplatform IPs and locking them off from other platforms is terrible for consumers.
Shinji Mikami is suddenly an Xbox Game Studios employee.
Damn what a year.
There is zero evidence supporting this, and nothing but conjecture.
I really just hope this doesn't set off the Acquisition Wars, having a bunch of top studios exclusive to one platform or another doesn't seem like it would benefit either console's players.
Nope.
I'm saying Minecraft is more of a platform in and of itself which has received updates over time.
Whereas the new Elder Scrolls will be a new entry in the series.
Has Bethesda released a decent RPG in the remotely recent past? Not convinced that either Fallout 4 or Fallout 76 count. Skyrim was released in 2011.
Doom is the main IP in this deal me thinks since that aligns perfectly with Microsoft's core base.
Doom is the main IP in this deal me thinks since that aligns perfectly with Microsoft's core base.
Yep. You had Minecraft, Forza and Halo as their biggest IPs (with Fable as their #4 ... and that really tells a lot), so getting Fallout, Elder Scrolls and Doom in-house not only gives them more heft in that department, but it also makes Game Pass very valuable.
Old Microsoft would have 100 percent put these IPs behind a wall and locked them down to the Xbox only, but Ballmer isn't in charge of the company anymore and they've been trying to be more savvy in regards to getting their products on everything/X as a service and going to the customer, rather than forcing the customer to them.
I think they've already announced a PS5 version, can't see them dropping it now. This deal isn't even going through till Q1 2021.