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[Yoboman]

lol MSFT is going to do whatever they want to do once the deal is done. I think that's the point of the resistance from government and from Sony when it comes to "promises" and "contracts."

Obviously

If they can't guarantee exclusives, wielding the power of when and if gsmings biggest IPs appear on the systems of their direct rivals is more than enough

 

[Kataploom]

No they fucking didn't. That statement is pure revisionist bullshit.

There were no talks, no plans, no hint of ABK selling to anyone until Microsoft came along with an offer too good to refuse.

ABK was dealing with controversies but they weren't looking to sell. They were profitable on their own despite the Kotick and Blizzard controversies.

Oh, didn't know Spencer put a gun in Kotick head, had I known wouldn't have said such a dumb thing. My bad.

 

[Hero of Spielberg]

No they fucking didn't. That statement is pure revisionist bullshit.

There were no talks, no plans, no hint of ABK selling to anyone until Microsoft came along with an offer too good to refuse.

ABK was dealing with controversies but they weren't looking to sell. They were profitable on their own despite the Kotick and Blizzard controversies.

And the shareholders voted in favour of the sale. So they wanted to be bought … this wasn’t sone hostile takeover

 

[RoboFu]

I mean of course if MS long term goal is to be a major app in the future of app services across devices they need to plant those seeds everywhere.

 

[dreamstation]

Sounds like when you used to go through and pick out all the good lollies and then let your siblings have the leftovers.

 

[MarkMe2525]

The hypocrisy and intellectual dishonesty of me is on display every day.

Fixed it for you.

 

[FF:Enhanced_Reality]

FTC "So what future titles are coming to other platforms?"

Phil smiling "Future titles."

FTC "Yes.... Which ones...?"

Phil smiling through clenched teeth "Future titles."

 

[Dr_Ifto]

Good! I need Fallout 3/New Vegas on Switch. Just saying!

That would be nice and would sell a lot

 

[Hawking Radiation]

Sorry but I need to post this again.

I won't lie that Nadella driving Uber to make ends meet had me rollin

 

[Raonak]

Don't believe his lies

 

[Hero of Spielberg]

FTC "So what future titles are coming to other platforms?"

Phil smiling "Future titles."

FTC "Yes.... Which ones...?"

Phil smiling through clenched teeth "Future titles."

They’re actually going to release a PS exclusive called Starfield Crew where PS players get to load / unload and wash the spaceships of Xbox players as they are playing Starfield. I’ve heard it’s a truly immersive experience for all involved.

 

[AlphaMale]

"many" translates to all the shitty ones.

 

[Ar¢tos]

"many" translates to all the shitty ones.

So Redfall was one of the good ones?

 

[Negotiator101]

Surely Elderscrolls, Doom are already established brands, that would be a good move.

 

[01011001]

Surely Elderscrolls, Doom are already established brands, that would be a good move.

I bet Doom will become exclusive.

they are clearly underhandedly saying GaaS and Remasters/Ports of old games will come, the rest won't.

 

[StueyDuck]

Zenimax qualifier is very specific. So basically updates to the gaas games

 

[Edmund]

They spelled SKIPPED wrongly. It's spelled with a K, not a H. Just one letter but so much difference.

 

[YeulEmeralda]

The only reason why MS is buying Activision for 70 billion is to shore up their Xbox division.

 

[RCU005]

They’re actually going to release a PS exclusive called Starfield Crew where PS players get to load / unload and wash the spaceships of Xbox players as they are playing Starfield. I’ve heard it’s a truly immersive experience for all involved.

Exclusively on PSVR 2!

 

[nikolino840]

And the shareholders voted in favour of the sale. So they wanted to be bought … this wasn’t sone hostile takeover

Maybe all shareholders have sons working at microsoft

 

[8BiTw0LF]

lol you can keep that 30fps trash

 

[Venom Snake]

Nah, keep your shovelware to yourself.

 

[Hero of Spielberg]

Exclusively on PSVR 2!

Preorder for the virtual mop and sponge add on

 

[Chukhopops]

Boy oh boy that's some interesting spin! Microsoft and Xbox fans sure cared about Redfall. They touted it as a major tentpole for Xbox exclusives in 2023. It was going to be a massive success that carried Xbox through the summer until Forza and Starfield and prove Microsoft was over the exclusivity drought. That's all they could parrot for months until the game released.

Now that it's released and was a complete and utter flop, it's "no one cared about Redfall"?

The hypocrisy and intellectual dishonesty of Xbox fanatics is on display every day.

What part do you not understand?

Game was expected to be good but when it came out, it was not. So people stopped talking about it (although I finished it and it wasn’t that bad but w/e).

There isn’t some grand conspiracy behind it and the same thing happened with Forspoken for example.

 

[Disco Dave]

 

[KungFucius]

Why wouldn’t they release other games elsewhere? Microsoft are after the money and they know they’ll make a shit ton of sales from Sony and Nintendo platforms.

Because it makes too much sense? Seriously though there is no benefit to exclusivity beyond 2 years. I expect them to release Starfield on PS5 at the end of the gen.

 

[AlphaMale]

So Redfall was one of the good ones?

So now that Redfall is confirmed shit, expect Phil to make and announcement saying how he loves for everyone to experience their games and that Redfall will be coming to PS5...as originally intended. (so he can look like a hero) haha

 

[Skifi28]

So now that Redfall is confirmed shit, expect Phil to make and announcement saying how he loves for everyone to experience their games and that Redfall will be coming to PS5...as originally intended. (so he can look like a hero) haha

If Phil wants to make more aquisitions, he must first promise he will keep redfall exclusive no matter what.

 

[twilo99]

Shocking news.

 

[Viking Warrior]

That doesn't jive with their recent actions. Starfield is Bethesda's biggest/most anticipated release since Skyrim and Fallout 4. If Microsoft cared about maximizing profit through sales Starfield would still be a multiplatform game. The amount of money Microsoft is leaving on the table by cutting PlayStation off from the game is massive.




Boy oh boy that's some interesting spin! Microsoft and Xbox fans sure cared about Redfall. They touted it as a major tentpole for Xbox exclusives in 2023. It was going to be a massive success that carried Xbox through the summer until Forza and Starfield and prove Microsoft was over the exclusivity drought. That's all they could parrot for months until the game released.

Now that it's released and was a complete and utter flop, it's "no one cared about Redfall"?

The hypocrisy and intellectual dishonesty of Xbox fanatics is on display every day.

Numerous Xbox players were calling Redfall GOTY before it launched.

 

[John Wick]

Regulators should not be trying to protect industry leaders by preventing competition.

They aren't. Tenecent is the leader by revenue and Nintendo by consoles sold. They are protecting against MS trying to buy their way to success rather than earn it. There is no need for MS to aquire ABK as they get their games on their platform anyway.

 

[Sleepwalker]

Yes they will but it will only be:

Mmos like fallout 76 and eso.
- remasters and collections of old games.


Everything else exclusive.

 

[StealthGoblin]

What part do you not understand?

Game was expected to be good but when it came out, it was not. So people stopped talking about it (although I finished it and it wasn’t that bad but w/e).

There isn’t some grand conspiracy behind it and the same thing happened with Forspoken for example.

I don’t think anyone is was banging on about how excellent and important Forspoken was going to be.

Redfall on the other hand…

 

[John Wick]

It's also not against the rules. And I would argue that is a very common form of competition.

That's why we have regulators so shitty companies like MS can't abuse their power and money on smaller companies. MS cry like bitches about Google and Apple.

 

[In Cold Blood]

I would think that the new Zenimax Online game will be on PS5, as most GAAS games need the biggest audience they can find, and as it's Rumoured to be a Star Wars game, it would be even more likely to me multiplat.

After that I would assume that the Rumoured Quake 2 remaster will be on PS5 as well.
Continued support for ESO and FO76 of course.

And let's be honest, after the way Sony acted with MS with ABK, I would think there is less of a chance than ever for the quality single player games to go to PS5.

 

[Silent Viper]

They said Zenimax means mostly online games to have bigger player community not SP games

 

[Silent Viper]

Man everyone at Xbox is so full of shit.

They are pathetic

Yes, wish they were all genuine and consumer friendly like Sony folks. Always truthful and honest to their consumers who never lie or flip flop .

Damn u MS. You greedy lying pos.

 

[01011001]

"many" doesn't have a solid definition. "many" can mean 3... and one of them is for sure Zenimax Online's next MMO... the others could be ports, remasters, remakes or smaller stuff

 

[Helghan]

Microsoft really doesn't have to do much to get people all riled up in here

 

[Lunarorbit]

I think a lot of us saw this coming. You can't spend that much money on Activision and then close off the market leaders.

Seems like ms is in a marketing/pr mistake with news like this. All this big talk from Spencer to just turn around and make multiplat games. They are getting their ass kicked and probably decided this recently

 

[EverydayBeast]

Studies show being exclusive actually suppresses game sales

 

[MarkMe2525]

Numerous Xbox players were calling Redfall GOTY before it launched.

Hyperbole is typically a bad look. I imagine they were banking on the dev team as Arkane usually makes great games.

 

[Mozza]

They don't have a choice really. I imagine the numbers they have for software sales on the Series X are dismal.

Look at the bigger picture, Microsoft are not bothered about individual game sales, they realized long a go a subscription based cloud service makes the most money, they are just buying up studios to make sure it has the most exclusive content.

Microsoft have a $2491 Trillion market cap, their video game division could run a loss forever, they simply do not require money from any of these titles going multi platform, and any suggestion they are keeping games from these studios coming to other consoles, is purely an attempt to show the regulators they are going to play ball, and help their latest purchase go through.

If you notice they never state what games will be coming, and no mention of any exclusivity periods linked to their own platforms.

 

[RyRy93]

Such as Skyrim: Final Edition