And that company that can literally leverage tens of billions of dollars thanks to it's parent company, need to spend 70 billion to buy the largest 3rd party publisher in the world so that they can "compete".
I don't understand how people can't grasp just how ridiculous that sounds. What was going to happen? Were Activision suddenly not going to publish titles on Xbox anymore?
No, they want it, and all the titles on Gamepass, so t...
I am still trying to figure out how a division of a Multi TRILLION dollar company feel the need to buy the largest 3rd party publisher in the world just so that they can "compete".
Compete how, exactly? What is their definition of competing? To put other companies out of business?
Were those titles suddenly NOT going to be on Xbox anymore if things stand the way they are?
What rules are those? Please tell me how many publishers Sony bought, and don't come at me with the "Oh, Microsoft is just buying a bunch of developers all at once instead of individually, so it's the same thing".
No. Not even close. how many individual developer studios actually own their own IP? How many Multiplatform IP franchises have Sony taken away?
And before you say "Spider-Man". Activision gave up those rights. TH...
And how many of those titles that were developed by those aforementioned studios suddenly became Sony exclusive IP?
None, because they are NOT publishers.
This is like saying that if Sony were to buy the team behind NBA2K23, then suddenly that, and all future iterations of the title are console exclusive
No, they just bought the talent making that property, not the actual property itself.
Apples and Oranges here. I d...
What Rare games were multiplatform BEFORE Microsoft bought them? None.
What Insomniac games were multiplatform before SOny bought them? What, 2 at the most?
Massive difference here. Nearly every single Bethesda/Zenimax and ABK title were multiplatform.
Microsoft is not taking individual titles in a series away. They are taking away entire franchises.
And it is what it is. But let's stop kidding ourselves her...
Day 1 for me. Or whatever day my PSVR2 gets here.
I know that this is a major reach, but I would like to see accounts have a verified status of systems that they own.
Game looks as if it will be somewhere in the 7's when all is said and done. This is the first one I've seen on here less than 7. And no, I am not simping for this game. I have no intention of getting it
I think the concession will be that with the exception of brand new, unannounced IP, they can't hold anything back. Which means that everything currently under the ABK umbrella will have to remain multi-platform.
That really is the only way that I can see this 69 billion dollar transaction going through.
Not sure that SOny will have a bigger 2023, but they will still have a great one. Sony having a great 2023 and Microsoft having a better one can both be true at the same time
Based on what, exactly? Microsoft hasn't done the same thing?
Are you acting as if Microsoft doesn't do it as well?
And at least they could try to get this right. Bloodborne was a first party title co-developed by From Software. They can't even bitch and complain correctly.
This isn't about buying multi platform studios. Insomniac, Housemarque, and Playground have both made games for other platforms.
This is ALL about buying a multi platform publisher who has made multi platform games for all platforms for nearly 40 years.
Wait a minute. This is based on Pinnocchio??
I had no idea until I saw the name Carlo Collodi
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Activision let the license expire on Spider Man. Sony didn't take it away from anyone. If MS acquired the license, do you honestly think that would have stayed Multiplatform. Big difference here. Sony did NOT acquire the Spider Man License while it was still an active game entity. Try again
I will say it until I am blue in the face. No pun intended. Sony have NEVER taken away a multi-platform franchise away from a competitor. Individual titles, such as Street Fighter V, that was funded by Sony? Yes. I fail to see how people don't see the difference here.
Don't be shocked if the aforementioned Bethesda games are now multi-platform. I mean, if Microsoft lied to the EU antitrust authorities................... ..
Until Tencent and Embracer Group have their own consoles or digital platform, I'm not terribly worried about that, to be honest.
How exactly am I cherry picking?
Those studios, by and large, do not own the IP that they are working on. And if those studios that Sony bought are no longer making multi platform games for the publisher that they are working for, then that publisher will get another studio to do it.
And again, context matters here.
One Publisher purchased 30 years ago that made a handful of games does NOT equate to purchasing Bethesda and ABK, with li...