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Technically, neither is my monitor randomly disappearing only to reappear a second later. More seriously, That level of acquisition would be very difficult for Sony to pull off with their cash reserves, and frankly, I am not sure why TTwo would want this, as they've generally been doing quite well from a market cap perspective over the last 3-4 years.
I'm not really sure this (Zenimax acquisition) is as huge a benefit for Xbox as some people might think initially. Obviously a lot of money changed hands, but Bethesda has done a lot to wreck their own brand already this generation, especially with Fallout, and MS/Xbox doesn't have a history of improving game studio brands after acquiring them, quite the opposite actually.
With the exception of Elder Scrolls and Doom I've been thinking for a while that based on Bethesda's sales from the back half of this generation that Bethesda could shudder all but those two of their franchises and most gamers would either easily move on or simply wouldn't care.
With the exception of Elder Scrolls and Doom I've been thinking for a while that based on Bethesda's sales from the back half of this generation that Bethesda could shudder all but those two of their franchises and most gamers would either easily move on or simply wouldn't care.
The arms race they have all been a part of just got a huge escalation, yes.
If memory serves the seemed to quite frequently engage smaller developers for projects with incredibly difficult milestones and no support, just piling on the pressure. At the point the smaller developers struggled to meet deadlines they'd essentially start legal actions or withholding payments, then essentially forcing them to accept a takeover bid from them to stay afloat.
Human Head is an example
There are Bethesda games on Switch as well. Not a ton, but some.
It's as I feared then...
Is that the reason why MS made this acquisition? Because of a possible deal between Sony and Take-Two?
Including studios that are no longer with said platforms, or that have been closed, sold etc, Sony has acquired a total of 11 studios in its lifetime, whilst Microsoft has acquired 26, 15 of which were just in the last 2 years.
I just thought it was a pretty staggering statistic that makes for interesting discussion. It not only highlights Microsoft's intense financial and strategic commitment to gaming, but it does make me wonder if the studio arms race is pinned to change completely going forward, with more and more studios likely to be consolidated from here on out.
Sony/PlayStation acquisitions.
I just thought it was a pretty staggering statistic that makes for interesting discussion. It not only highlights Microsoft's intense financial and strategic commitment to gaming, but it does make me wonder if the studio arms race is pinned to change completely going forward, with more and more studios likely to be consolidated from here on out.
Sony/PlayStation acquisitions.
- Studio Liverpool, 1993
- Bend, 2000
- Naughty Dog, 2001
- Incognito, 2002
- Guerilla Games, 2005
- Zipper Interactive, 2006
- BigBig, 2007
- Evolution, 2007
- Media Molecule, 2010
- Sucker Punch, 2011
- Insomniac, 2019
- Access Software, 1999
- Fasa Interactive, 1999
- Bungie, 2000
- Digital Anvil, 2000
- Ensemble Studios, 2001
- Rare, 2002
- LionHead Studios, 2006
- Bigpark Studios, 2009
- Twisted Pixel Games, 2011
- Press Play, 2012
- Mojang, 2014
- Compulsion Games, 2018
- InXile, 2018
- Ninja Theory, 2018
- Undead Labs, 2018
- Obsidian, 2018
- Playground Games, 2018
- Double Fine, 2019
- Bethesda Softworks, 2020
- Bethesda Game Studios, 2020
- ZeniMax Online, 2020
- ID Software, 2020
- Roundhouse Studios, 2020
- Arkane, 2020
- Tango Gameworks, 2020
- Machine Games, 2020
if you think those games are missing the PS5 y'all have truly lost it. xD This is like the Minecraft purchase, basically. Even tho MS owns it... the studios will remain 3rd party and the games will continue to release on literally anywhere/everywhere possible to get as much $$ as they can get.
It is that easy. If you want to play X game and it is on Y system, then you get Y system. If multiple systems have the games you want, and you can afford multiple systems, then get multiple systems. If you can't afford multiple systems, you decide which one you want most. Who owns what IP or who bought which publisher does not matter beyond where are the games I want to play and what can I afford.
Like I said. I don't want to support this industry if we are moving toward a future of four or five macro-publishers controlling everything. I don't like corporate consolidation and I don't want to feed it.
I'd rather just get out now rather than wasting money on hardware I don't want just because it has two or three games I kinda care about. And I mean that about both the PS5 and the X-Series. Neither of these consoles are worth it and buying up publishers to mean LESS GAMES for everyone doesn't make them MORE attractive to me.
I said in another thread there's no way in hell Microsoft is releasing games to Sony. Fallout elder scrolls will be on Xbox only. I had an Xbox one and the Sony exclusives were better in my opinion.
Microsoft didn't spend that much money just released games on their tickets competitor.
You want to play fallout or elder scrolls then buy and xbox.
Microsoft didn't spend that much money just released games on their tickets competitor.
You want to play fallout or elder scrolls then buy and xbox.
Purchases like this aren't generally made with "cash reserves."
And this isn't nearly as improbable as you make it out to be.
Wait, they have new Xbox One S bundles. I thought Era said those are history
Edit. They are old, never mind
Edit. They are old, never mind
They can throw 90 trillion dollars at the wall, it would still not matter
They needed more studios. Now they got them.
This is a weird take. Sony has the bunch of timed exclusives. This is a full acquisition to work with the studios as part of their whole team and organization. It's not some exclusivity contract.
exclusivity is bad if it's a game or an item, dlc. But if it's for a publisher and their entire catalog wowwwwwwww amazing.
But it's probably just different people having different opinions.
If Sony wants to get into that kind of a fight with Microsoft, it's probably not going to end well for them.
Earlier today, Microsoft announced the $7.5 Billion merger with Zenimax Media, the parent company of Bethesda Softworks and its studios. What's interesting is that despite the new Xbox ownership, Microsoft didn't mention anything about Bethesda being part of Xbox Game Studios, the company's in-house software publisher. Instead, Bethesda is looking to be treated as a semi-autonomous publisher that can still release games on other platforms. The best thing I can compare this to is how Sony treated Psygnosis during the PS One days, where it still functioned independently and wasn't part of Sony Computer Entertainment.
Microsoft looks to be taking the same hands-off approach with Bethesda.
Microsoft looks to be taking the same hands-off approach with Bethesda.
And i bet they will be allowed to continue to make them. MS has published their own games on switch.
I doubt it. They clearly had no issues signing limited time exclusivity for Deathloop on PS5 while talk were supposedly going on.
If they wanted a monopoly wouldn't it be better to just hostile take over Nintendo and Sony? Why do they want Gamepass on every device? Idk...probably the same reason EVERY sub service wants to be on every device. Why do they give it away at a low price? If they wanted a monopoly...wouldn't it be easier to just offer it for free? Why do they buy studios for their sub service? IDK...content, maybe?
A third party title releasing day 1 on Gamepass is not the same as an exclusive title releasing on the service. They want you to subscribe to Gamepass. They can't get you subscribed to Gamepass if you only have a PS5.
They're literally releasing a budget $299 console and now have a streaming service to pull people in.
That's also ignoring that these are massive titles that take years to come out. Elder Scrolls 6 will release over a decade after Skyrim. Letting you pay $70 to play the only Elder Scrolls game that will be releasing this decade isn't what they'll do unless you're already on their platform.
Microsoft is third in a 3 way race in the console market, and there are many much larger publishers out there (not to mention hundreds of independent studios). On the 0 to full-on monopoly scale, this deal hardly rates.
Take Two is publicly traded though; highest holder has about 10% ownership... I think it's pretty hard to "buy" a company like that or take over a controlling stake isn't it?
It won't end well for us, that's for damn sure.
You make an offer to the board, shareholders vote.
If the board supports the deal it can be relatively easy. If not, that's a hostile takeover and a lot more complicated.
I was hoping to see some stuff about 3rd party devices. I was hoping they would allow all USB headsets and/or mics.
Don't say things like th.... *Microsoft announces they have bought Sennheiser" welp...
That wouldn't surprise me at this point haha.
Don't say things like th.... *Microsoft announces they have bought Sennheiser" welp...
That wouldn't surprise me at this point haha.
Put down the kool-aid. I play video games just about every fucking day and I haven't turned the PS4 on since Spider-Man. Before that I only averaged about 1 or 2 games on PS4 per year.
I do agree that a new God of War would be a major system seller. Just please stop assuming that all gamers are part of a huge mind and latched on to Sony's tit
They did, the studios are part of the Xbox Game Studios family
If Microsoft wants to get people on Gamepass but still make money from Bethesda games all they'll do is release them 'exclusively' on Xbox/PC then silently drop them on PlayStation years later.
The assumption amongst PlayStation owners who are 'on the fence' is that those games are full exclusive, until they drop on PlayStation like Cuphead did.
I don't see Gamepass coming to PlayStation, if you're Sony would you want your consumers taking up their finite time playing games from your competitor whilst seeing none of the revenue from it? The only way Gamepass would end up on PlayStation would be if Microsoft paid for it, but at the moment the market for GP subs is far from saturated even on the Xbox/PC platform, wouldn't really make sense tbh.
Yes, you're right. I'm saying that buying an entire company to ensure other people cannot play their games is worse than signing a contract with a company so that certain people have to wait a little bit longer to play a game they will eventually have access to.
Both concepts suck, but one is unequivocally worse than the other.
they can provide a ton of content for game pass. that's what microsoft is after.