Honestly, it's only Microsoft in the gaming industry. Neither Sony nor Nintendo buys multiplatform IPs, studios, and publishers and take their games and sequels off of other platforms.
As a consumer I don't see any difference. It means games get locked to consoles.
Yeah I realized it when the store page referred to Private Division instead of Microsoft.
Why would the outer worlds 2 come to playstation. Microsoft took the chance to purchase a studio with financial issues who was relegated to making AA games. Sony had every opertunity to take the risk and buy Obsidian entertainment. Microsoft took the risk and earned the right to benefit from said risk.
Which IPs and games did Xbox lose as a result of those studio acquisitions?
Unless you can predict the future, you can't tell if these games will ever make it elsewhere at some moment. Crash Bandicoot games eventually made it to other consoles than PS. You can't even tell if MS themselves are not going to continue publishing them on PS/Nintendo...
They still removed a sequel where the community was.
"We're all lying." It gets old.
Stellar Blade had trailers announcing it for Xbox and PS. Now Sony is publishing it so it will never come to Xbox. I guess everyone in this thread will be complaining about that any minute now.
But it is not the same ! In the first case (Sony publishing), Xbox players get to not play this game. In the second case (Sony buying publisher), they get to not play this game instead !
That's actually a fair assessment of the situation. Microsoft saw an opportunity to get a talented studio that could be doing more with better funding and take them in-house. Similar to Sony buying Insomniac or whatever.
Activision Blizzard acquisition will be approved because Sony is the one with a Monopoly in the gaming (console) Division
The only difference is scale.
Legend says that as soon as Sony secure exclusivity on a game, the game starts coding itself and assets become incredibly better on their own.
Who is in that most list?
is also said that the "Liquid Metal" is cuming from Mark Cerny himself.
Andy Robinson, Ding and etc...
You mean chris dring? I don't think he said that, last i remember he said EC may be swayed, but cma is still a challenge.
They will need to settle up on the multibillion dollar break-up fee 1st.
again. Because Phil himself said that without mobile xbox is dead.
If the deal falls through, activision will be thinking of themselves and not MS. They maybe less friendly with sony, but i don't see that lasting long term.
Why are the fanboys on GAF obsessed with the fanboys on Ree.Another one:
What delicious and delusional copium over at REE.
Just not true
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's post did specify in the console market, which I say is a fair statement. Nintendo has recovered a bit of ground as fast as units sold but when specifically referring to console gaming, Playstation is the first name MOST people think of.
Why would there be an exclusivity deal backup plan if Xbox doesn't even want to make COD exclusive after the acquisition in the first place?
