You're statement is nonsensical. Paying 20 a month is within the realm of possibility, but if you only finish 2 games a year theres a very easy solution. Unsubscribe. Even at 20 a month thats 3 next gen games. Like logically the argument you're making doesn't make sense. So either you're a fanboy, trolling, mad or just extremely jaded. I went with mad because it was probably the least offensive.
all first party devs, expect xbox game publishing who work with 3rd party devs on first party games (flight simulator, tell me why, etc).
i guess they could keep them as a dedicated mobile team, yeah.
$7.5B for many of the most iconic gaming IP's in history, along with their development teams. Its a fantastic deal and the games that werent selling well will drastically benefit from the increase resources of first party development, gamepass, and better advertising.
They'll make all their money back with a quickness when they have 40 million Gamepass subs.
Yeah the timing is great. The future of Doom, Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Wolfenstein, and more is now in question in regards to what platforms it would be on. Additionally even if they are all multiplatform they will be day one on gamepass verses $70 on PS5. If I was looking at next gen consoles the Xbox Series S/X just got way more appealing.
Sony failed to acquire Bethesda in January of 2020 so it cannot be good if Microsoft does the same thing and succeeds..
They're going to need a lot more than 40 million subscribers.
It certainly makes things more interesting, but yeah, people have short/selective memory.
I'm on a strictly wait and see for everything to bear out. There's nothing for me to be excited about in the near future. Especially not Halo.
I skipped out on Xbox this entire last gen so I don't mind waiting a little longer.
The OG Xbox and then 360 were my primary consoles. Xbox One put me off enough to just drop it for a gen and get my fill with PS4. Now I'm tied in pretty deeply to the PSN ecosystem so the upgrade to PS5 makes a lot more sense at launch.
Yea i was listening to what's good games podcast yesterday and one of the host said they would need like 55 million subscribers or something like that to recoup the cost. They were already at 15 million before the announcement. I won't be surprised if they are near 40 million by the end of next year.
I honestly don't see a world where this isn't a home run.
Wait for the honeymoon period is over so we can properly judge this deal.
I also doubt it would've been the same. At least I've got an option under Microsoft.
For context, it's a bigger number than Disney paid for Marvel & Star Wars combined.
