Sony has closed a shit load of studios in the past 5 years, far more than Microsoft has.
Microsoft has opened a shitload of studios in the past 5 years, far more than Sony has.
Yet here we are. Apparently contracting studios to make games is awful and the only "honourable" way to make games is by first party. It doesn't matter that without Microsoft games like Jade Empire, Mass Effect, Lost Odyssey, Blue Dragon, Crackdown, Gears of War, Crimson Dragon, Ryse, Dead Rising, Tintanfall wouldn't even exist/be released. All that matters is fuck Microsoft because they don't own those studios.
But if Microsoft DOES go and buy studios, then fuck Microsoft for throwing their money around. Those assholes buy everything. I mean, they ruined RARE! People crucify Microsoft for not having diversity, but when Microsoft lets Rare release Grabbed by the Ghoulies, Conker: Live and Reloaded, Kameo, Perfect Dark Zero, Viva Pinata, and a revamped Banjo & Kazooie (which Rare wanted to do themselves), and they all are mediocre sellers, then its Microsoft's fault. Rare finally gets a huge hit copying Nintendo's formula with Kinect Sports, and then let's scream about how Microsoft is ruining Rare.
Sony probably paid a few hundred million sponsoring FIFA Championships and World Cup. But if Microsoft signs a multi-year deal with NFL for a range of products then fuck them for spending all that money. WHY NOT GAMES??!!
Forget that Microsoft literally just earmarked a billion dollars for game development.
Online Gaming as a standard?
Hard drives as a standard?
Voice Chat as Standard?
Literally creating the Indie space and Digital Store for smaller games on console?
Matchmaking systems that every developer in the industry uses?
Party Chat that's universal?
Apps becoming standard for consoles to make consoles a lot more robust?
Nope, fuck'em for horse armour and patches! They brought that in to the industry! Before games were developed properly so they didn't patching!
Sony totally ran with the ball and introduced Online passes for every major release when Microsoft never once used online passes? Let's just sweep that under the rug.
Microsoft is LITERALLY the worst for charging for peer to peer online. How does Sony manage to do it? Wait, Sony started charging for PS4 online play... Whatever, online gaming needed to improve. Not a single fucking peep from anyone about paying for online play anymore because we're satiated with getting a couple of indie games every month.
BTW, FUCK EA or ACTIVISION or any other publishers that also tries to give out their back catalog of games for just a couple of bucks per month. Especially cause that shit is exclusive to Xbox and Sony rejected it so fuck that business model.
Everything Microsoft does sucks.