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To be honest I'm liking the fact that constructors are buying 3rd party studios.
Last 2 gens (Nintendo apart) had way too much games in commons, and imo Xbox360/One and PS3/4 had no distinctive personalities.
I'd love a return to the the SNES/Megadrive era, where each console had lot of exclusives.
This is a fantastic move from Microsoft, now I'm waiting for Sony's answer. The next gen will be far less boring than previous ones.
Last 2 gens (Nintendo apart) had way too much games in commons, and imo Xbox360/One and PS3/4 had no distinctive personalities.
I'd love a return to the the SNES/Megadrive era, where each console had lot of exclusives.
This is a fantastic move from Microsoft, now I'm waiting for Sony's answer. The next gen will be far less boring than previous ones.
MS won't cancel any projects due to this acquisition stop being silly, I don't know if these are serious takes
its still the case for a lot of us, i'm happy that i'll be able to play their games for practically free, but also feel really bad for ps only gamers who will now have to buy a new console just to play the games they want to. I quess MS trully is pro consumer.
Sounds to me we have more general consumers here in the forum than anticipated based on the reaction.
And yes. Some people might even ONLY have an Xbox too.
Well,that's one way to instantly kill the "mythical warchest" and "Halo,Gears,Forza" memes.....ha,ha!
Why wasn't Microsoft brought to testify a few months back again? This is exactly the kind of thing the congressional committee was looking into.
Anyone who thinks Microsoft "did time served" from the previous antitrust legislation and is exempt from any future investigation (let alone potential new legislation) is off their fanboy rocker.
Anyone who thinks Microsoft "did time served" from the previous antitrust legislation and is exempt from any future investigation (let alone potential new legislation) is off their fanboy rocker.
It's all about getting tons of content for Game Pass. Microsoft doesn't really care if a single title doesn't perform that well. It's all about upping the breadth and depth of the overall Game Pass package to entice people to give them that sweet, reoccurring payment.
This doesn't really affect me since I'll be playing Bethesda's games on PC but I am laughing at how transparent posters are regarding all the anti-consumer rhetoric thrown about the past few weeks/months lol
Sony's market cap is about $100b (that's across the business, not just PS). So it makes anything of this size, and certainly larger, very unlikely.
Wow, gorgeous post Theorry! Thank you for making this.Within two years
I am so convinced that Xbox is the place to be for this upcoming generation. I cannot believe they have 23 first-party devs working on games for us. Game Pass is going to be the new Netflix.
Hold on to your hats boys and girls :)
They can't. They have to continue focusing on their exclusive in-house titles and hope MS doesn't buy anymore relevant IPs. Can you imagine Playstation without staple franchises like Resident Evil and Final Fantasy? It would be much worse.
I honestly believe Sony still got the upper hand when it comes to exclusive titles.
they were getting these games anyways?
their prior acquisitions made a lot more sense - buy studios, inject funding, organically grow the business. Gamers win with better games
but Zenimax was already massive, already on Xbox, and wasn't hurting for cash
From a strategic standpoint why did MS feel this was a good use of 7.5 billion in cash? I realize that's not a lot of money to MS as a corporation, but for the gaming industry it's unprecedented
But that's a change. Instead of waiting, you have the option to play it sooner, and cheaper.
Yep and now they're thirst party games. So you need a PC or Xbox to play em. It sucks if you're only on PlayStation, but as PC or Xbox player this is a huge win. We will see major investment in these franchises and no more half-releases on some platforms with cut features on others.
I was really upset when the 360 Kinect games weren't part of the BC program. I would love to play those games in 4K.
When Xbox dropped Kinect they really dropped it.
So it's just a gaming IP grab? I'm going to be honest, I think any Sony studio that would be handed one of those franchises would be much better off making their own franchises. I wouldn't want to miss out on the next Ghost of Tsushima or Horizon because Sucker Punch or Guerilla got assigned one of those dead franchises. Sony already has much better stuff up their sleeves.
Disney bought freakin' Star Wars for 4b.
I can't even imagine how Microsoft is going to make this work for them.
Like, it doesn't matter how much XSX or games they'll sell at this point, it won't get them back this much money
I can't even imagine how Microsoft is going to make this work for them.
Like, it doesn't matter how much XSX or games they'll sell at this point, it won't get them back this much money
They were not getting these games already for that purpose. They want to stream them, through the cloud, as part of GamePass. And if the market is that much bigger, you need way more studios as a platform holder.
Im glad Microsoft is putting up a fight. To those saying this is anti-consumer: I feel this is the exact opposite. This will make sony/nintendo have to get creative. GOOD FOR US.
MS imo hasnt really been an actual threat to the PlayStation brand in the past outside of the 360 era for a bit.
MS imo hasnt really been an actual threat to the PlayStation brand in the past outside of the 360 era for a bit.
Are you kidding? A Capcom or Square acquisition by Sony would be equally as huge. Not that I'm advocating for it, but if the market is heading towards consolation then I expect Sony to make a big move or two of their own eventually.
Marvel was in a bad spot when disney bought them. No where near what they are today.
Starwars was George wanting to find the best fit so he wasnt looking for the highest payday. I think he donated most if not all the money he made from the deal
Insomniac didnt really have any ips so sony really only bought the name and the hope that the talent would stay
Yeah, especially since Avowed will be out long before Elder Scrolls.
I want to believe that's true now, lol. Like Sony puts out a number and Microsoft just puts a way bigger number
assuming MS is gonna buy Bethesda and just keep them running as-is seems more silly to me
Exactly, some of the same people who defended the Avengers-Spiderman exclusive PS4 deal now getting mad at this. It's too funny!
Capcom and square enix to Sony. WB to MS and we all start to lose :-/
I'm never going to celebrate moves that lockout the majority of gamers from entire major studios.
This isn't some "struggling developer" purchase.
Sony or Nintendo responding would be even worse. I don't want to see the industry go in this direction.
So the time of industry consolidation begins. It's a shame to see so many people positive about this. This stuff won't benefit the consumer in the long run.
You think Sony with their whole Playstation "Advantage" campaign is generating goodwill fron Xbox players?
Yep. Microsoft doesn't have to rely on Halo and Gears as hard when they own all these Bethesda IP.
For the love of god start farming out these dormant Rare IP now. You have plenty of studios that can tackle them.
Depends on how many horse armors this will create. Microsoft has two of the biggest Western RPG developers now and a few smaller developers to boot. I guess we will see over the long run how this affects things...
My question is this:
HOW THE HELL WAS THIS KEPT A SECRET?
Like Obsidian leaked like crazy before the deal, so did Playground to an extent. The rest didn't really leak, but those were independent studios, \
This was ****ing publisher, one of the biggest ones in the world with a rich history of IP.
This should have leaked a while ago, but yet, everyone was so focused on WB and Microsoft, we didn't see this one.
HOW THE HELL WAS THIS KEPT A SECRET?
HOW THE HELL WAS THIS KEPT A SECRET?
Like Obsidian leaked like crazy before the deal, so did Playground to an extent. The rest didn't really leak, but those were independent studios, \
This was ****ing publisher, one of the biggest ones in the world with a rich history of IP.
This should have leaked a while ago, but yet, everyone was so focused on WB and Microsoft, we didn't see this one.
HOW THE HELL WAS THIS KEPT A SECRET?
I mean i see Ori on Nintendo, I see Minecraft getting bed rock on PS4
That looks like the good guys to me.
they really wouldnt, look at their output over the last 5 years compared to zenimax
Probably kept in talks within a very select few of very high level personnel.