Wtf you on about.Phil’s right. That wasn’t the full quote. He went on to say, Xbox’s vision of gaming is different. Xbox wants the whole industry to grow, giving people more options and access to games.
It’s clear Sony just wants people on PlayStation hardware. Although they have been moving games slowly to PC, and not day one.
He is becoming old man now.Oh, Phil is getting frustrated .
CoD has cross-play.hopefully Xbox can use the COD carrot dangling over Playstations head, to make PS stop blocking cross-play in games.
Good lord Phil is getting desperate.
So far Xbox is the only platform who has actively taken established series or games permanently away from users of other platforms.
Exactly. Sony isn’t spending money to keep games off Gamepass for no reason.Obviously. Thats what third party exclusives do. Limiting GP entries is another example of this. Both companies do this.
Xbox has Indiana Jones. Also has a lot of timed and non-timed exclusives from 3rd parties.I don't like MS's approach to growing the market through consolidation and acquisition of publishers and franchises, but that's not quite true. (Well, if you skip the "permanently" part, at least.) Final Fantasy XVI & Final Fantasy 7 Remake, Star Wars KOTOR Remake, the Marvel Spider-Man and Wolverine characters (developed internally, but still, those used to be platform-agnostic brands,) new series by 3rd Parties like Square's Forespoken and Tecmo Koei's Rise of Ronin, and big indies (which may be timed exclusives) like Stray and Kena Bridge of Spirits, plus Deathloop and Ghostwire in their time.
There's differences in approach. (And from my vantage point, most of these exclusives or timed-exclusives have been smart business decisions on the makers, as they got whatever money and marketing push from Sony but also just fit the audience interests well; same for Xbox titles like The Ascent and Tunic and PSO2 and the Forza Horizon Hot Wheels deals which were right for Xbox gamers and maybe the brands as a whole.) However, it's not the same entertainment market as it was in the past, and new times call for new approaches. I begrudgingly have to admit that MS's acquisition may be the more important business approach in view of Disney and other corporations consolidating brands. MS is planning for what's beyond these single boxes housing all their products.
Yep. Phil could very well be gone soon. Imagine how bad it looks spending 100 billion dollars and still getting whipped.Phil is getting nervous because if this acquisition fails, he is on the chopping block.
M&A is always difficult but you generally want to get a promotion within Microsoft rather than being ousted.
In his mind he probably thought he would get promoted and maybe Kotick would take over as head of microsoft gaming.
He'll have nothing to show for Microsoft in 3-4 year period, maybe even 5... What was their last hit game? When the supply chain crisis is over, he's going to be in a lot of trouble. He's bet big on GamePass and Cloud Gaming, but neither are ready yet. His internal studios can't cut it and even the PC sales for Bethesda aren't enough to repair the revenue drain spent buying them. Remember 7.5 billion to buy Bethesda...
That all sounds great except he is currently trying to purchase one of the bigger publishers in the industry to remove many titles from at least one other console. He is no different than Sony, he wants people options to access games as long as it is part of the Xbox ecosystem. Nothing wrong with that, that is his job but people buying into that it is for us gamers are fooling themselves.Phil’s right. That wasn’t the full quote. He went on to say, Xbox’s vision of gaming is different. Xbox wants the whole industry to grow, giving people more options and access to games.
It’s clear Sony just wants people on PlayStation hardware. Although they have been moving games slowly to PC, and not day one.
If only Sony would let ms buy everything.Exactly. Sony isn’t spending money to keep games off Gamepass for no reason.
Best MS Line Up ever. Every year bro.Shut the fuck up and release some games
Xbox Stardust Memories feels bad compared to Playstation Stardust Crusaders.The glory days of the early Xbox 360 days are just becoming more and more of a distant memory
Nothing new. I realized this about Sony in my youth when they first bought exclusivity for Tomb Raider to screw over Sega.
Xbox has Indiana Jones. Also has a lot of timed and non-timed exclusives from 3rd parties.
This is perhaps a textbook example of 'Projection'.
Xbox has Indiana Jones. Also has a lot of timed and non-timed exclusives from 3rd parties.
Yeah he wants it to grow as long as it's on their platforms. Xcloud or Windows. No options for other platforms not controlled by them.Phil’s right. That wasn’t the full quote. He went on to say, Xbox’s vision of gaming is different. Xbox wants the whole industry to grow, giving people more options and access to games.
It’s clear Sony just wants people on PlayStation hardware. Although they have been moving games slowly to PC, and not day one.
My man Phil playing the victim card while spending billions to have games removed off Playstation. Is MS' strategy to simply out-spend Sony and starve them out that way? Because that's what it looks like to anyone with a pair of eyes and some brain cells.Microsoft want Sony to grow. That’s why they’ve took Starfield, TES, Fallout & Doom away.
"Sony ruined my childhood"
Phil’s right. That wasn’t the full quote. He went on to say, Xbox’s vision of gaming is different. Xbox wants the whole industry to grow, giving people more options and access to games.
It’s clear Sony just wants people on PlayStation hardware. Although they have been moving games slowly to PC, and not day one.
My man Phil playing the victim card while spending billions to have games removed off Playstation. Is MS' strategy to simply out-spend Sony and starve them out that way? Because that's what it looks like to anyone with a pair of eyes and some brain cells.
Sure, Xbox is also still playing the "traditional" strategy of making deals with 3rd parties. (Probably the biggest one is something neither of us mentioned, actually: Roblox.) They're not just acquiring everybody...
(On Indy, though, it's unclear if Xbox would have had the Indiana Jones exclusive if they hadn't bought the company making the game.)
Typos mother******, have you seen them?
Phil’s right. That wasn’t the full quote. He went on to say, Xbox’s vision of gaming is different. Xbox wants the whole industry to grow, giving people more options and access to games.
It’s clear Sony just wants people on PlayStation hardware. Although they have been moving games slowly to PC, and not day one.
Masks are off I see, good guy Phil now spinning like a villain
Yep. Phil could very well be gone soon. Imagine how bad it looks spending 100 billion dollars and still getting whipped.