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PlayStation Studios |OT24| All I Want For Christmas Is Shu
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Good thing we can use them when the acquisition completes too, or when good guy Spencer announces CoD will be exclusive.
Yeah, I am annoyed. I was hoping Sony and MS will turn the screws on AB, and instead MS saw that as an opportunity for acquisition. Thats downright evil in my books.
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The gaming industry is huge and there're any number of ways for Sony to "react" to this. First and foremost is doing what they've been doing for many years - build wildly successful and popular original IP that draws in tens of millions of folks.
Just remember that any vacuum left by some company being taken off of the table will be filled by someone. That someone could be Sony themselves or could be another third party. Either way, it'll be fine.
if Sony is reviving old IP, it probably should be SOCOM, although I think they should make new military fps IP. not sci-fi like Killzone, but something more realistic and contemporary like CoD or Battlefield
No idea what CDPR's value or cost would be but I wonder if it would be bloated in contrast to the number of IP/content they own, their limited game output, and their ownerships of GoG as a storefront that Sony probably has zero use for. Not sure its a good fit. The thing to remember with some of these purposes is that MS, because they are full steam ahead making Services/subscriptions their number 1 priority, can afford to buy these massive publishers while at the same time sort of devaluing them (for lack of a better term). Like in the short term, CoD games will bring in less revenue by virtue of being on less platforms, and having less people to pry MTX money from, but at the end of the day if that brings more people to GamePass, that's all MS cares about, and they are willing to effectively lose money to make that happen. From that standpoint, as huge as a property like Witcher is, does it make sense to pay top dollar for it and its publisher/developer, to turn around and cut off a huge piece of the audience that made it that huge and valuable in the first place by restricting it from Xbox/PC gamers? I'm not so sure it makes sense in the same way unless Sony pivots completely from their current business model into one that relies and prioritizes subscriptions as much as MS currently does, and even then, its what? One game every 5-6 years?
the idea that Sony needs to fill in the gap left by CoD with their own military shooter seems short sighted and pointless tbh. Kilzone or SOCOM isn't going to suddenly keep CoD fans from going where CoD is. What they need is probably more third party partnerships to fill in the revenue gaps that no more CoD will leave them.
probably a weird pull, but I could see it being sort of similar to that scene in Moneyball where Brad Pitt is trying to convince the rest of his team that the way to offset the loss of their MVP player who was signed out from under them by the Yankees isn't to magically find another MVP player that doesn't exist, its to find 2-3 players that together can closely replicate his production.
probably a weird pull, but I could see it being sort of similar to that scene in Moneyball where Brad Pitt is trying to convince the rest of his team that the way to offset the loss of their MVP player who was signed out from under them by the Yankees isn't to magically find another MVP player that doesn't exist, its to find 2-3 players that together can closely replicate his production.
Nobody cares about SOCOM. It would just look like a transparent attempt to "have our own CoD" and everyone would know it instantly. Anyone who cares about CoD would just go where CoD is.
When is it due to come out? If after mid-2023 then yes.
Yes.
It would be incredibly moronic for MS to not make everything exclusive after spending almost 70B on Activision.
I wouldn't say its shortsighted or pointless. Even if its a slow build to popularity, it still would fill a gap in their lineup.
The gap isn't because they no longer have an FPS though. There are no shortage of FPS on the market. The gap is that they will no longer rake in third party and MTX revenue that Call of Duty used to bring. SOCOM 2022 isn't going to make that up. Neither is Killzone. they need to offset the loss of revenue, not the loss of a FPS.
yeah that is the thing, the longer it is due out the more likely it will skip PS
counts on contracts I guess
It's always a strange moment when you and I agree on something, Scooter.
Not much. Battlefield is in extremely steep decline.
I'm ready for this and Elden Ring. I'm trying to stay away from most media because I want to go in blind.
Everything being exclusive is on the table until it's off.
yeah that is the mindset I have too. Even COD will phase out from PS eventually. Possibly around 2024 or 2025.
Anyone saying Sony doesn't need to respond (and fast) is delusional.Popping in to say this is fucking insane and if (rather when, you don't spend that amount for nothing) MS comes out and say "CoD to become PC/Xbox exclusive" Sony might enter freefall to sub $90.
This is the right way to go about things. Expect the worst outcome unless specifically stated otherwise.
Well we won't see anything in the next 3-4 maybe even 5months. I doubt things can happen so fast.
Yeah, unless Sony has been working on something they aren't going to blindly throw around billions in the next few weeks.
Popping in to say this is fucking insane and if (rather when, you don't spend that amount for nothing) MS comes out and say "CoD to become PC/Xbox exclusive" Sony might enter freefall to sub $90.
buy on the dip!
They do the same thing did with PS3 when they form WWS.
Make content but double down on it even more in any way they can.
That is the only thing they can do .
Previously I always felt that MS was on the verge of leaving the industry. Or rather that they had never completely entered it - they always seemed to be dipping their toes in it. But now they've basically put Gamepass as something that's too big to fail: they won't let it die because they can't - the cost of laying off and or selling off all of those developers is just too great.
I think this makes them even more threatening to Sony to be honest. Before Bethesda, MS seemed content in a profitable third place, but now they're going for all or nothing. Spencer must have Jedi-like negotiation skills to have convinced Nadella to prioritise Xbox to such an extent.
Sony knew how to compete against an MS who was operating on equal terms, but I do think they must have been rethinking their strategy in the past few months, particularly once they learned about Bethesda. The game has changed and MS is playing to win instead of just playing to take part.
I think this makes them even more threatening to Sony to be honest. Before Bethesda, MS seemed content in a profitable third place, but now they're going for all or nothing. Spencer must have Jedi-like negotiation skills to have convinced Nadella to prioritise Xbox to such an extent.
Sony knew how to compete against an MS who was operating on equal terms, but I do think they must have been rethinking their strategy in the past few months, particularly once they learned about Bethesda. The game has changed and MS is playing to win instead of just playing to take part.
Yup we will likely see similarities to the PS3 gen for Sony in terms of diversification and output compared to their narrow focused PS4 gen.
Looking at the single day chart paints a different picture. I gained some 7$ dollars already since opening today.Popping in to say this is fucking insane and if (rather when, you don't spend that amount for nothing) MS comes out and say "CoD to become PC/Xbox exclusive" Sony might enter freefall to sub $90.
What's even the point of sharing Tassis' takes, might as well find any dumb post on any thread around here that would have the same relevancy as his opinion.
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