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[FunkMiller]

I think we're just going to have to reevaluate 4Chan as being the absolutely reliable source of concrete information we all thought it so clearly was...

 

[Freeman76]

I wish MS could use their wallet to persuade Nintendo to let them release Breath Of The Wild on the series X. Imagine how amazing that game would look on a decent system (pls dont mention 'get a PC' as I really dislike PC gaming)

 

[Timberwolf25]

I wish MS could use their wallet to persuade Nintendo to let them release Breath Of The Wild on the series X. Imagine how amazing that game would look on a decent system (pls dont mention 'get a PC' as I really dislike PC gaming)

But I'd rather have Link's ReAwakening for my wife. She loves the Zelda games, but I think she'd struggle with BOTW

 

[Green_Eyes]

Thinking that a Japanese company would allow itself to be bought by an American company was a long-ass stretch from the get-go.

 

[Njocky]

I think we can put a fork in this. It wouldn't have made sense strategically for Microsoft anyway. They have Tango and that makes more sense in terms of acquisition.

 

[lock2k]

Thinking that a Japanese company would allow itself to be bought by an American company was a long-ass stretch from the get-go.

Shinji Mikami’s Tango Gameworks Acquired by Zenimax | Elder-Geek.com

Tango Gameworks, the studio that was founded by Resident Evil-creator Shinji Mikami earlier this year, has been acquired by Zenimax Media. Following the

elder-geek.com

 

[diffusionx]

Is there a good Sega franchise with decent PC ports? (genuine question)

Sega owns Relic (Halo Wars, Company of Heroes, etc.), Amplitude (Endless Legend/Space), Football Manager, and Creative Assembly (Total War).

Bayonetta, Vanquish, Yakuza, Sonic Racing, all have excellent PC versions. They're actually one of the best PC publishers out there.

 

[thicc_girls_are_teh_best]

Its by their own hands that Banjo and Conker are forgotten and still aren't seeing the light of receiving their own games.
Sorry but I don't buy that idea at all. The fact that Rare wasn't much of a deal before don't justify them letting those franchises die. To believe in that its a very silly take.

You don't buy it because you simply don't want to, but it makes the most logical sense. The industry at the time was shifting away from 3D platformers being the marquee genre, although in terms of volume there were arguably more 3D platformers in 6th gen than 5th gen.

Also it's debatable to what degree it was on MS to not have a new true Banjo or Conker (how would a sequel to Conker have worked? The first game was a parody of the late '80s/'90s zeitgeist), and how much of that was down to Rare not wanting to do one. I think there's probably a bit on both ends to play into that.

Shinji Mikami’s Tango Gameworks Acquired by Zenimax | Elder-Geek.com

Tango Gameworks, the studio that was founded by Resident Evil-creator Shinji Mikami earlier this year, has been acquired by Zenimax Media. Following the

elder-geek.com

Yeah, people are holding onto antiquated viewpoints when it comes to these kinds of business deals xD

 

[ShirAhava]

 

[AntonioBanderasXsX]

LMAO! Erryone back aboard the rumour train! Choo Choo!

 

[Batiman]

I’m almost convinced at this point something is happening. Probably just a gamepass deal like the EA thing. As other publishers look to their own subscriptions, maybe sega will just hop on board gamepass with MS

 

[Green_Eyes]

Shinji Mikami’s Tango Gameworks Acquired by Zenimax | Elder-Geek.com

Tango Gameworks, the studio that was founded by Resident Evil-creator Shinji Mikami earlier this year, has been acquired by Zenimax Media. Following the

elder-geek.com

You comparing a budding dev studio like Tango Gameworks to a household name like SEGA?

 

[Mistershine.]

I’m almost convinced at this point something is happening. Probably just a gamepass deal like the EA thing. As other publishers look to their own subscriptions, maybe sega will just hop on board games with MS

Sega already release yakuza games day 1 on gamepass, I'm not sure how much more "on board" they can be while being external.

 

[Tarin02543]

What we have to remember is that Sega was originally an American company in the beginning.

In 1940, Bromberg, Bromley, and family friend James Humpert formed Standard Games in Honolulu, Hawaii, to provide coin-operated amusement machines to military bases. In May 1945, Bromberg, Bromley, and Humpert established a second Hawaiian coin-op distributor called "California Games", and they subsequently dissolved Standard Games that August. California Games was likewise terminated the next year, after which the trio established "Service Games" to replace it on September 1, 1946.

 

[Closer]

I wish MS could use their wallet to persuade Nintendo to let them release Breath Of The Wild on the series X. Imagine how amazing that game would look on a decent system (pls dont mention 'get a PC' as I really dislike PC gaming)

It would look exactly the same. Have you seen Super Mario 64 on Switch?

 

[lock2k]

You comparing a budding dev studio like Tango Gameworks to a household name like SEGA?

Don't care. Japanese company acquired by American company. Not impossible at all. Such a stupid myth.

Plus, Sega was born in Hawaii. They're like a foreign exchange student weaboo that developed roots in Japan and never left. lol

 

[Redlancet]

Don't care. Japanese company acquired by American company. Not impossible at all. Such a stupid myth.

Plus, Sega was born in Hawaii. They're like a foreign exchange student weaboo that developed roots in Japan and never left. lol

haha no

 

[BigDaddyDavee]

Pools Closed

 

[Zannegan]

I wish MS could use their wallet to persuade Nintendo to let them release Breath Of The Wild on the series X. Imagine how amazing that game would look on a decent system (pls dont mention 'get a PC' as I really dislike PC gaming)

Cross your fingers that the 4K Switch Pro is real. =P

 

[The_Mike]

Even people batting for Microsot wanna pretend Windows Phone didn't exist.

I had a high end windows phone. The best hardware phone I ever got for a good price.

 

[M1chl]

 

[lock2k]

haha no

But that is the truth. American company that settled there. Maybe not a weaboo but whatever lol

 

[itsjustJEFF]

I don't understand the Sega purchase. Why Sega, aren't there other "better" studio they could buy? No offense to Sega. Also, they'd have to buy Sega Sammy Holdings. IDK if they'd be able to just purchase Sega. Buying Sega Sammy Holdings would also mean that they're inheriting a Pachinko business and amusement business. If it does go down, I'd imagine that the other parts of the business they don't want to keep would be liquidated or sold to someone else.

 

[Bitmap Frogs]

I had a high end windows phone. The best hardware phone I ever got for a good price.

You know what I'm going to say, right?

 

[lastmessiah]

I don't understand the Sega purchase. Why Sega, aren't there other "better" studio they could buy? No offense to Sega. Also, they'd have to buy Sega Sammy Holdings. IDK if they'd be able to just purchase Sega. Buying Sega Sammy Holdings would also mean that they're inheriting a Pachinko business and amusement business. If it does go down, I'd imagine that the other parts of the business they don't want to keep would be liquidated or sold to someone else.

Probably not an outright acquisition, but I think it is hard to deny at this point that some kind of arrangement has been made. It could just be Sega catalog on Game Pass permanently.

 

[The_Mike]

You know what I'm going to say, right?

What?

 

[thelastword]

If MS acquires Sega tomorrow, Sony might as well give up.

I've heard several times when Sony should have given up, that "it was over for Sony", but here they are....>For some reason I think this will be the biggest generation for Sony bar none......These "it's over for Sony" type posts are such a precursor to overwhelming success for Sony, if history is a teacher......

 

[Zathalus]

 

[PleaseWaitStation4]

The controller having Sonic colors may be a giveaway, but it's only blue and white. No red or tan color like on his bewey )

 

[SoloKingRobert]

Great. More games that will become irrelevant

 

[The_Mike]

I can hear the voice.

 

[Bitmap Frogs]

What?

Did you manage to give a try to all the apps available, all 5 of them?

 

[lastmessiah]

Did you manage to give a try to all the apps available, all 5 of them?

Apps are usually just wrappers for web apps. I know that most people think apps are some kind of unique thing but they really aren't.

 

[The_Mike]

Did you manage to give a try to all the apps available, all 5 of them?

Can you point out where I talked about software and not hardware? Thanks.

 

[Bitmap Frogs]

Can you point out where I talked about software and not hardware? Thanks.

When talking about windows phone, it's inevitable to mention it's dreary app library.

 

[The_Mike]

When talking about windows phone, it's inevitable to mention it's dreary app library.

Yeah. Let's derail the positivity with the negative. And ignore my point completely.

 

[Bitmap Frogs]

Yeah. Let's derail the positivity with the negative. And ignore my point completely.

Oh my god, someone saying something bad about a 1.5 trillion megacorp!

Won't somebody think of the children?

 

[The_Mike]

Oh my god, someone saying something bad about a 1.5 trillion megacorp!

Won't somebody think of the children?

Ah. So you're a salty fan boy.

Welcome to ignore list.

 

[Jigsaah]

buy Platinum, not SEGA

 

[Danjin44]

buy Platinum, not SEGA

I don’t want PlatinumGames to be bought by anyone, I like the fact they make games for multiple systems.

 

[ThatGuy707]

Why is everyone still acting like MS is going to buy Sega? I thought these rumors were put too rest

 

[lock2k]

Why is everyone still acting like MS is going to buy Sega? I thought these rumors were put too rest

Because it triggers people and it's awesome. We'll keep going until they decide to do it.

 

[itsjustJEFF]

Probably not an outright acquisition, but I think it is hard to deny at this point that some kind of arrangement has been made. It could just be Sega catalog on Game Pass permanently.

I could definitely see something like that. It would mean the least amount of work for Xbox. The least about of hassle as well. That controller sure was BLUE!

 

[Dr Bass]

I think we're just going to have to reevaluate 4Chan as being the absolutely reliable source of concrete information we all thought it so clearly was...

Reminds me of this.

 

[oldergamer]

The more i think about it, if they do have more announcements, they won't want to announce them close to each other.

 

[bender]

The OP has brought great shame to our NeoGAF family.

 

[The Hamburglar]

It’s Friday

 

[Klayzer]

Well, we're waiting.gif

 

[IbizaPocholo]

 

[Tschumi]

At what point, if this happens, are even xbox fans going to think Microsoft is killing diversity in the game industry? I mean, any other time in history people would almost certainly be railing against this monopolising (EA, for example)