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A Xbox acquisition means the studios games now appear on game pass. Which saves me money; so I support it. It’s that simple.
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It's team sports.
If you understand the joy a sports fan gets when his team signs a big free agent, you'll understand the joy of videogame acquisitions.
Fanboys would want it to be tied down to their console. It's odd that a group of 30+ year olds act like children still.For example, after seeing the anticipation for Elden ring from all areas of the community, do people really want FromSoftware to suddenly be tied down to making games for one console alone?
Sports doesn't have people playing on multiple teams though.
The only reason to enjoy a different platform not getting a game, is being a weirdo fanboy.
Exactly! Someone who understands what a slap in the face it is to take future Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Doom, Quake, Rage, Wolfenstein, Evil Within, Dishonoured, and Prey games away from possibly two-thirds of the people who supported them!why would you suddenly want a game that everyone used to be able to play to suddenly be limited to one ecosystem?
WTF!!???For example, after seeing the anticipation for Elden ring from all areas of the community, do people really want FromSoftware to suddenly be tied down to making games for one console alone?
I'm note sure that you understand how Sony work with their studios.....if From Soft (a third party dev) unfortunately get acquired by Sony all the lovers of their games (and among them there is absolutely not me) who are not on the PlayStation platform might say goodbye to the idea of being able to play them on other platforms. If instead is Microsoft to acquire them we would certainly see them at least on PC and console and cloud. I'm not talking about studios already owned by the two ... I'm talking about possible future acquisitions.I'm not sure if you understand this thread? This is about acquiring these third party devs, and not about already established studios these companies already have.
It might be better for the majority of the gamers, but it may not be better for the quality of games in the future. Looking at the reactions, Xbox fans don't care about quality as long as games are on Gamepass and don't care if others can't play those games anymore.
Like i said, at this point Sony nor their fans shouldn't give a shit if Xbox gamers missing out some big games in the future, based on some of the reaction, people act as if MS is the only good company right now but gladly ignore Nintendo and Sony.
MS acquiring everything is only a bad thing for the industry and why should i care if you can't play your games for "free" anymore?
I don't believe that it suits better for game companies to only be under the MS umbrella. Sony has proven how good they are for their studios they working with. At this point, PS users shouldn't care if Xbox players can't play some third party games because well, you guys don't care that games are getting away from PS platforms.
The "it comes to PC" is only a excuse and nothing more.
@Brofist Why should Sony care? you guys also don't care so i'm ok with that if the green side is showing their cards, that PS can acquire what they want. Let MS first show they can not make a mess with a flag ship game like Halo.
The "These companies fits better with MS" is bullshit.
Well buy a PS5 then...
I’m one of them.Pretty sure that there's people out there (*coff*coff*here*coff*coff*) that enjoy more the pettiness of system wars/exclusives than actually playing games.
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I'm note sure that you understand how Sony work with their studios.....if From Soft (a third party dev) unfortunately get acquired by Sony all the lovers of their games (and among them there is absolutely not me) who are not on the PlayStation platform might say goodbye to the idea of being able to play them on other platforms. If instead is Microsoft to acquire them we would certainly see them at least on PC and console and cloud. I'm not talking about studios already owned by the two ... I'm talking about possible future acquisitions.
For ecosystem warriors, at least MS exclusives can go PC and cloud. The options are there. Even some old 360 games within Gears, Fable and Halo came out to PC 15 years ago. Now, MS games seem completely on PC as an option.Your not telling me anything new lol. But this thread is kinda clear.
MS good, PS bad and the excuse is games come to pc. People would’ve talked different if GP was still xbox console exclusive. You can’t say nothing is exclusive anymore because they still want you in their ecosystem. All resent acquisitions were full third party, these games would’ve been on Xbox anyway.
The only reason is GP, and that’s why people cheer. All other is being used as an excuse to justify that MS acquisitions are good and PS is bad for the industry. Well it looks like PS is partnering and helping these new studios more then MS.
You (as we) have zero idea on how the things could have gone .... we seeing Sony moneyhatting left and right to exclude other platforms from third party games. Crazily it just happened with two games from Ms now first party. They also tried with Starfield and we know what they doing with Final Fantasy and who know what more. If Microsoft didn't launched day and date on multiple platform, we wouldn't be here talking and Ms would be bad as Sony is. But luckily (for pc gamers Mac gamers and android gamers ) they are taking another approach that is objectively more pro consumer than the competition (at least at the moment) and all this is independent from Gamepass in fact if you want you can go ahead and buy Forza 5 on steam.Your not telling me anything new lol. But this thread is kinda clear.
MS good, PS bad and the excuse is games come to pc. People would’ve talked different if GP was still xbox console exclusive. You can’t say nothing is exclusive anymore because they still want you in their ecosystem. All resent acquisitions were full third party, these games would’ve been on Xbox anyway.
The only reason is GP, and that’s why people cheer. All other is being used as an excuse to justify that MS acquisitions are good and PS is bad for the industry. Well it looks like PS is partnering and helping these new studios more then MS.
First off stop lumping everyone who diesnt hate Xbox as 'Xbox fanboys'. If Microsoft were buying up these studios and NOT bringing the games to PC then i'd be pissed, especialy with Bethesda, but they are.Your not telling me anything new lol. But this thread is kinda clear.
MS good, PS bad and the excuse is games come to pc. People would’ve talked different if GP was still xbox console exclusive. You can’t say nothing is exclusive anymore because they still want you in their ecosystem. All resent acquisitions were full third party, these games would’ve been on Xbox anyway.
The only reason is GP, and that’s why people cheer. All other is being used as an excuse to justify that MS acquisitions are good and PS is bad for the industry. Well it looks like PS is partnering and helping these new studios more then MS.
Stuart360 it’s not about hate, it’s just facts. People don’t care but want games for free. The “it comes to pc” is being used by xfans a an excuse to justify these acquisitions over Sony, because Sony is not following with day one. Xfans always want PS to follow with everything Xbox does, as if it’s making them less insecure or something. I’ve been a PC and console gamer since ages but that doesn’t mean pc games give me always the same experience as console games. Both Nintendo and PS are still capable doing what they’ve always did. It’s xbox that needed a big change to survive.
I feel better still buying the games i want. Same as buying some of the movies i really want sometimes.
Exactly.Let me add also this , people cheer for gamepass (service that has nothing to do with releasing games on different platforms) service that has nothing to do with releasing games on different platforms) because of its value not because Phil Spencer puts hallucinogenic drugs in our water that makes us love that service. How many new released AAA game with MC rate 90+ could you play on the PS5 for 1 euro? Ill tell you ... zero, нуль nada ninguém. I understood that you necessarily want to defend the indefensible but seriously there is little discussion about it.
First off stop lumping everyone who diesnt hate Xbox as 'Xbox fanboys'. If Microsoft were buying up these studios and NOT bringing the games to PC then i'd be pissed, especialy with Bethesda, but they are.
I even said i dont mind Sony buying up strudios because it keeps studios out of the hands of Google, Amazoon, Tencent, and what other mega corps want to get involved with gaming over the coming years.
Again, and you even basically say it in this post, you just sound upset that Xbox isnt as hated as it used to be, and not every single gamer on the planet is up Sony and Nintendo's arehole anymore.
Which in istelf shows that Microsoft are def on the right path.
Your throwing a lot of words in my mouth right here, maybe stop with that first? Looks like it hurts you or something?
When Sony and Nintendo purchases studios it's good business to increase their exclusives. When Microsoft purchases studios, that gets people to worry... LOL.
In reality, it should be the other way around. At least Microsoft bring their exclusives to PC on day 1. People should worry when Sony and Nintendo purchase 3rd party studios.
True.When Sony and Nintendo purchases studios it's good business to increase their exclusives. When Microsoft purchases studios, that gets people to worry... LOL.
In reality, it should be the other way around. At least Microsoft bring their exclusives to PC on day 1. People should worry when Sony and Nintendo purchase 3rd party studios.
Depends on the situation - who's doing the buying, who's getting got, and why.
But really, what's happened is pretty simple: Microsoft upped the ante of what the word "megaton" means. The Bethesda acquisition wasn't a megaton - it was a fucking supernova. And when the interstellar dust settled, Xbox fan bois were still giddy with console war joy. Over on team blue, suddenly Sony - who's been doing great work in games for decades without dropping billions on a publisher - needed an acquisition of that scale to "keep up". "Xbox has no exclusives" had been the battle cry of the blue bois for nearly a decade, and in one swift move Microsoft shut that down. So, they're still scrambling for some kind of "counter attack", as if suddenly Sony's current first party roster isn't up to the task of delivering quality games for the PS5.
So, because Microsoft have changed the definition of "big announcement", and green and blue bois are hungry for another supernova event to fuel the console war, every wanna be social media insider is going after easy clicks, propping up piss weak rumours as some kind of "big announcement". The fan bois get wind, and deduce: "the last big announcement was the Bethesda purchase, so this big announcement must be as big as that" and they're off to the races. Suddenly, Microsoft is buying SEGA, Steam, and EA. Sony are purchasing Square Enix, Konami and Activision Blizzard. Hundreds of billions in purchases and flying around - and not for sensible contributions to platform goals or business targets, but for "gotcha" moments. "Haha!" the fan bois cry. "If Sony buy Square Enix, you'll ever get Final Fantasy!". "Oh yeah!? If Microsoft buy Steam, they'll OWN PC Gaming!".
And meanwhile, the big announcements are "Dune skins in Fortnight next week" and "Blinx the Time Sweeper got FPS boosted".
Buckle up: we've got eight years until the end of the generation, and I suspect this bullshit will echo right till the very end.