MScarpa
Member
Don't be mad. Why should you care? You aren't going to buy a series X. HATER! LMAO
-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
Microsoft has acquired 3̶ 5 more studios
- Thread starter .Pennywise
- Start date
- Rumor
Neo_game
Member
I don't think this rumor has any substance. 23 game studio I think is more than Sony and Nintendo put together. It is more than enough if they manage it properly. Only reason I can think of them expanding more is that they just want to have their games on GP as securing third party games is rather expensive and GP in it self is not making them any money.
Jaguar Victory
Member
You know why this is great? Because it's not like what EA or Activision does which is milk acquisitions for profitability. MS actually invests in and grows mid size studios allowing them stability and improving their quality and development resources and pairs it with marketing and publishing. Ultimately in the long run this will lead to better games. Even if they are just XBOX/PC.
MScarpa
Member
Nobody cares about japan anymore. Money is in the U. S. and EU. Japan is DOA
MScarpa
Member
Nobody cares about Japan anymore. Money is in the U. S. and EU. Japan is DOA
MScarpa
Member
This has to be the dumbest shit so far in this thread. Take your sadness and go play Returnal.
MScarpa
Member
You sound like a chick on her cycle. GTFO nobody loves you.
Invalid GR
Member
It's really surprising to see people support this kind of action from big companies. Fanboys cannot see beyond their noses. If all studios end up with MS or Sony in one way or another what's stopping them from charging double for gamepass, pricing games higher , making online connection obligatory etc...
Kagey K
Banned
They already are one way or another with marketing deals and timed exclusives.
All this does is cut out the middle man.
ShaikhCroft
Member
Insomniac is already under Sony's umbrella!
Kagey K
Banned
Probably bad for gamers that an independent studio got bought out like that. Right?
Bernd Lauert
Banned
If they reach their goal of releasing one first party AAA Game per quarter, they can double the price, IDGAF.A lot of people do seem under the impression it will be £10 forever, and that MS is 'doing them a favour' (warchest etc etc) - like they've forgotten how major corporations operate and what their sole purpose is.
ShaikhCroft
Member
Buying a studio is okay but paying a few bucks to third party devs for timed exclusivity deal is nowhere near okay!
Kagey K
Banned
I agree
Gotcha.
SenjutsuSage
Banned
I believe Microsoft has just acquired From Software. A suspicion I have.
Stupid Jap company made yes botton the no action and the no botton the yes action.
Jap company stupid.
ZywyPL
Banned
Yes, I'll be very happy if more games will come to GP, even for 60$ which is less than all those 70€ games with either just SP or MP. Wonder what's the end game in those ones is, 100€ for just the opening credits and main menu?
HawarMiran
Banned
26 studios is a crazy amount. If they don't bring in the results, I suspect some of them won't survive this generation. I mean the studios are not the important part here. They want the IPs
CircleOfFire
Member
Well they can't close down studios if they don't acquire any!
anthony2690
Gold Member
How reliable is Tom Warren?
Negotiator101
Member
That's a publisher, they have acquired 3 studios that's all.
Negotiator101
Member
You do realise the mods are not very tolerant to these types of posts don't you?
twilo99
Member
Not even close. Once AMD ships RDNA3 with some ML hardware on there we can start talking about a real DLSS alternative.
keram
Member
MS and Sony are the middlemen. The middleman is the one going around doing timed exclusives and buying studios.
Negotiator101
Member
Matt Booty literally just said they are looking at acquiring more studio's, what more substance do you need?
martino
Member
You're confusing Japan market and Japan games...
The different games and genre your catalog the more people can please (especially with a service approach ala netflix)
Last edited:
Jaguar Victory
Member
Tencent, THQ, etc. Difference is MS and Sony are actual platform holders and create value.
ZywyPL
Banned
Honestly, in all those acquisitions scenarios, MS is just the best of the worst. When they buy someone, their game will be available on PC, laptops, mobile, all XB consoles out there, whether by physical or digital distribution, GP or xCloud, so they will give you more choices than ever. If it's Sony then they'll lock everything behind they hermetic ecosystem where they can do whatever they want, like bumping the prices to 100€ and there's nothing you can do about it other than bow down and obey their rules. If it's EA, Ubi or Acti, they will milk the shit out of the studios and their franchises until both are dead, with EA actually being the obvious worst company in the entire industry, the less studios they own the better for everyone.
Yes, I'll be very happy if more games will come to GP, even for 60$ which is less than all those 70€ games with either just SP or MP. Wonder what's the end game in those ones is, 100€ for just the opening credits and main menu?
Last edited:
Roberts
Member
Man, I don’t know about that. Clearly, Hryb is a bit tired of it all and won’t be doing this for too long - in his video podcasts he seems to be half-listening and mostly just reading something on the internet, but I would rather see Rubenstein take over from him. He seems like a honestly charming, funny and smart guy. Nothing phoney about him and can’t really say that about Eastwood.
Hitchyhero
Banned
I thought it goes without saying but certain console fanboys seem to be hard of thinking.... When you buy studios you don't release their games mid development unfinished.
Last edited:
Roberts
Member
As far as I remember he is always spot-on
Exactly. We would be charged every quarter what Sony charges ud for ONE game and have access to a never ending well of first party bangers day one PLUS all the other games on game pass.
Instead of shitting their pants in this thread, PS owners should get ready to buy a game pass dongle for their tv. They'll probably be able to use their PS5 controller. Microsoft is "anti-consumer" and "monopolistic" like that.
MOTM
Banned
Yeah i wonder what they have in mind regarding release schedules etc. i would think 23 studios is more than enough to be pumping out an exclusive every +/- 2 months.
That was what i was thinking. To me it's the same, because i play on pc and i'll play the games either way. I actually thought that 23 was more than enough if they are properly spread out.
BatSu
Member
HoofHearted
Member
They’re not going to stop until they get to 42.
nightmare-slain
Member
i doubt they need them but they have the money to throw at it so why not? if i were sony i'd not be sitting about after "winning" last gen i'd be pushing on to make sure i could keep hold of all those playstation fans and stay as far ahead of MS as possible. Sony need to watch out for MS cause if they aren't careful they might just find themselves behind and playing catch up.
mark my words, MS has the money to scoop up all kinds of studios and play the long game. you all might jest that "MS has no games!!" but when they start coming I hope Sony can match the quality and output. I doubt it though. There is only so far games like TLOU, Uncharted, Horizon, GT will go. I don't see Sony buying up studios at the scale MS are so they must feel pretty confident in what they already have. If Sony are caught out it will take them years to catch up.