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[Unknown?]

Not to mention they would have kept games multiplat and not force SE into making mobile games:

Ironically there would have been fewer exclusive deals from SE if the deal had gone through.

Really makes you think.

Source: trust me bro!

No one believes that unless they plan going 3rd party and have gamepads on everything.

 

[Chukhopops]

Source: trust me bro!

No one believes that unless they plan going 3rd party and have gamepads on everything.

You think MS lied… to themselves in an internal document??

Can you explain that cause I’m a bit confused, not going to lie?

 

[Unknown?]

You think MS lied… to themselves in an internal document??

Can you explain that cause I’m a bit confused, not going to lie?

They will only do that until they feel the backlash would not be huge. Also if you read that pic you shared it makes no mention of future titles being multiplatform.

 

[Moridianae]

Fascinating.

When I posited a future acquisition war and stated if the deal went through, Microsoft would continue to look for more buyouts, I was labeled as "scaremongering".

Now it looks like they did, indeed, want to just buy anyone and everyone. Hm.

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

So they wanted to take one of the last AAA Japanese developers, who are renowned and revered in the hobby as, primarily, creators of robust single player story driven RPGS....

....and turn them into a mobile gaming unit? Microsoft's version of Bust a Brick and Candy Crush nonsense? On a subscription based platform?

I think I'm officially a console warrior now.

It said that ONE of the reasons they explored SE was to have their games on a mobile Gamepass. S-E already create shitloads of mobile games. I don’t see anything in those quotes that indicate they wanted to turn S-E into a mobile gaming unit or even increase their focus on mobile beyond what it already is.

 

[Draugoth]

This is pretty much non news by this point.

I wouldnt be surprised if they had a document pitching a Sony Acquisition.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

So what I'm getting from all this is that they've tried the Sony strategy, then the Nintendo strategy, then went back to the good old Microsoft way of doing business --- acquire everything .

 

[ChuckeRearmed]

Bethesda was a better option, nice that they went with it.

 

[TheInfamousKira]

It said that ONE of the reasons they explored SE was to have their games on a mobile Gamepass. S-E already create shitloads of mobile games. I don’t see anything in those quotes that indicate they wanted to turn S-E into a mobile gaming unit or even increase their focus on mobile beyond what it already is.

Fair enough. I just see "mobile gaming," mentioned anywhere and it largely sets me into high alert, especially with cases like Konami's er...business plan...the last 20 years or however long it's been since they've made games. (I'll count unreleased titles once they're in my skeptical hands)

Also, I mean...

It's Square. As much of a fanboy as I am, they've blundered their way into accidental competence recently, but I could realistically see the Square of even ten years ago slapping a Chocobo on top of Farmville and doing hard drugs with Yakuza prostitutes with all the new free time.

 

[Chukhopops]

They will only do that until they feel the backlash would not be huge. Also if you read that pic you shared it makes no mention of future titles being multiplatform.

If you read it you will see it does:
« cannibalizing some portion of game sales on both owned and competing endpoints »

And again, MS wouldn’t lie in an internal document made for themselves.

 

[Unknown?]

If you read it you will see it does:
« cannibalizing some portion of game sales on both owned and competing endpoints »

And again, MS wouldn’t lie in an internal document made for themselves.

That only refers to released games and contractually obligated announced games.

 

[Chukhopops]

That only refers to released games and contractually obligated announced games.

« Our operating plan calls for us to ship all future SE releases into Xbox GP day and date »

Or do you have any other quote or document showing otherwise?

 

[DeaDPo0L84]

"Microsoft is looking into buying itself just for fun".

 

[RoadHazard]

Literally everyone. The entire business. That's what they would do if they could.

 

[Unknown?]

« Our operating plan calls for us to ship all future SE releases into Xbox GP day and date »

Or do you have any other quote or document showing otherwise?

That is for GP, doesn't state all future releases will be multiplatform.

 

[alphachino]

I'll just put this here.

 

[YeulEmeralda]

This would be reason for Pearl harbor 2.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

Good guy MS. I'm for sale.

 

[Woopah]

That is for GP, doesn't state all future releases will be multiplatform.

It says they expect gamepass to canabalize a portion of the sales of future SE games on competiting platforms. Hence those games would be on competing platforms.

 

[GHG]

The fact that they wanted to buy SE for mobile of all things tells me these guys don't give a shit about the type of gaming most people on this board do.

 

[Chukhopops]

That is for GP, doesn't state all future releases will be multiplatform.

I can’t help you any further, this is plain English. And it’s two sentences ffs.

If the plan was to make games exclusive, it would say so in plain text because this is an internal document, it doesn’t need any subtlety in wording, this is MS talking to MS.

 

[Unknown?]

It says they expect gamepass to canabalize a portion of the sales of future SE games on competiting platforms. Hence those games would be on competing platforms.

No it's purposefully worded to make people think that but it is all separate and not actually flat out saying a statement. It's legal speak.

The part about competing platforms ONLY refers to current and announced games. That's it. Being day and date on GP is a completely different subject and cannibalizing on competing platforms is about games already released or pending release. Otherwise they wouldn't have stated ONLY current and announced games would be multiplatform and did NOT make a further statement such as ALL future releases in the first sentence.

 

[xiskza]

Its easier to right an article about which companies MS didnt try to buy...

 

[Woopah]

No it's purposefully worded to make people think that but it is all separate and not actually flat out saying a statement. It's legal speak.

The part about competing platforms ONLY refers to current and announced games. That's it. Being day and date on GP is a completely different subject and cannibalizing on competing platforms is about games already released or pending release. Otherwise they wouldn't have stated ONLY current and announced games would be multiplatform and did NOT make a further statement such as ALL future releases in the first sentence.

They mention competing platforms in the sentence directly after the one where they talk about future SE titles.

They say that having future SE titles on Gamepass would canabalize some portion of the sales on "both owned and competing endpoints".

For sales of future SE titles to be canabalized on competing endpoints, the games have to be released on those competing endpoints.