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Feel bad for the Halo Infinite devs, they used to be working on the Microsoft marquee FPS franchise.

Used to be.

 

[fermcr]

Big acquisition by Microsoft.

 

[Neko Mimi Mode]

My favourite part of the thread so far is Sony fans begging MS to let their IPs be multiplat. The same posters who always say "if you want to play Sony IPs, buy a PS"

 

[Neofire]

Hold up didn't MS's PR say recently that exclusives hurt the industry? Oh the irony...

 

[sinnergy]

Ms paid 7,5 B ... wtf that warchest !

Even more than Disney for SW, with 4 B.

 

[JLB]

Just imagine Gamepass as it is right now, but with all Bethesda games exclusive and day one: existing and entries of doom, the elder scrolls, dishonored, fallout, etc etc and whatever new ips they are working on.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Awesome. Can't wait for GP goodness.

 

[Angel of BOOM!]

Is this a game of Spot-the-difference?

 

[Deleted member 775630]

Hopefully games will stay multi platform

 

[Nikana]

If there isnt a point where Doom and Halo cross over. 7.5 billion was a waste.

 

[Senua]

They will obviously continue launching their games on Playstation, they don't hate money.

Maybe a delay for PS consoles?

 

[dispensergoinup]

Been playing Wasteland 3 on PC Game Pass and only bought 3 months time, looks like with a lot more games coming in I'll keep the sub!

 

[Bitmap Frogs]

Also I fucking told you all this subscription/streaming future would just lead to acquisition wars.

Large 3rd party studios will soon become a thing of the past.

Sadly it appears you were right.

I just don't like the way things are going...

 

[Iorv3th]

I just hope MS doesn't manage those studios terribly like they have done with 343 and other 1st party studios.

 

[UltimateUnknown]

WHAT...THE...F**K!!!

This is one of the most insane s**t I have ever seen in gaming. As if 2020 could get any crazier.

 

[SafeOrAlone]

Playstation has been my bread and butter since 1999, but no one is more happy than me to see them take a kick in the pants. They're arrogant and their customer service sucks.
It annoys me how many bootlickers they have crawling out of the woodwork lately, so of course it's cathartic to see those same users pretending this is no big deal.

Sony needs this type of competition if they are going to get back to a place where I'm happy with them again.

And good for X-Box. They deserve every win they can get because they are clearly working hard to win back customers. They have the right attitude.

 

[keraj37]

In next news:
Sony bought Microsoft.

 

[Mozza]

So is this Anti-Consumer or nah?

It's competition, Sony have bought developers before, just the way it goes.

 

[Moonjt9]

Though honestly speaking... Bethesda is definitely not on the same level they used to be.

 

[Arkam]

Yea Doom eternal a step down.....

This is gonna be huge if they decide to not port the games on Sony hardware.

Yes I felt it was. Doom 2016 felt fresh. Eternal felt like a redux on this. More mobility, more weapons, improved visuals.... but lacking that key ingredient.... freshness. That’s why I am blown away that Eternal is I the GoTG comp over 2016.

 

[ManaByte]

Sure, but MS will not want to miss out on all that profit from other consoles (just like Minecraft). They'll just use it for Gamepass. Which looks like a very good move.

Some people are in denial. You don't spend $7.5 billion on IPs you give to your competition.

 

[oldergamer]

Holy fuck? I wasnt expecting this. Ms pretty much buying all rpg makers outside japan?

 

[DJT123]

In all honesty, it's a winning move, a coup de gras even; but it isn't cool. Why not use 5 billion dollars to start up some new studios? The redundancy just makes my head hurt.

 

[Sony]

For reference, Disney bought Star Wars for 4 billion. This is a huge move. How in the f*ck will they ever get a return on this investment.

 

[sinnergy]

Hold up didn't MS's PR say recently that exclusives hurt the industry? Oh the irony...

Does it matter ? Sony was all about generations ... just saying all can be done in love and war !

Warchest it is !

 

[Blitzmangoman]

Well this was out of nowhere. Fuck.

Goodbye Doom, The Evil Within, Wolfenstein and The Elder Scrolls series.

 

[faraany3k]

MS just bought Western RPG genre.

 

[Strider Highwind]

I wake up to this


Holy shit lol

 

[Insane Metal]

Honestly, this finally makes nextgen more interesting. Hahah

 

[Journey]

Your move Sony.

Checkmate!

Your move now...

umm...

 

[Mozza]

In next news:
Sony bought Microsoft.

Won't happen, they could not afford it.

 

[Keihart]

How many decades until they make that investment back? If this doesn't move consoles, that's a whole lot of money going into a pit.
I was just thinking how much money this was in Video Game terms, and you could fund a whole lot of studios and new franchises with it....this is some big dick move no doubt, i wonder if they are going to have the balls to keep the games console exclusive now, i imagine they would want to sell as many copies as possible with this big of an investment.

 

[Chiggs]

MS still knows how to make the moves which gets the industry talking.

Let's see if they can capitalize on this.

 

[ManaByte]

 

[acm2000]

MS will carry on these studios as multi platform, no doubt, this is a "in it for the long haul" buyout

 

[Revolutionary]

MS just needs to port Quake Champions to console and slap it on GamePass.

That is absolutely 100% not happening unless Saber rewrites the entire game from scratch. Even on a beefy PC, the game takes up to 3 minutes to load the fucking main menu. It's a good game once you get into a match, but holy shit does it take forever to do so.

 

[Garani]

Exactly! I was thinking about this too because when Sony’s back was against the wall they turned the PS3 into a monster and led the way fit the PS4 to dominate. I fully expect lots and lots exclusive’s to be announced over the next couple of years from all sorts of studio’s to compensate

We actually see different strategies at work:

• MS buys big studios with a lot of IPs and established big development teams,
• Sony buys a lot of small studios and give them new IPs and train them to grow.

Let's not forget something fondamental: if you don't have talent, your IPs will suck ass. We have seen that with Halo Infinite, we have seen it with TLOU2 (for different reasons of course, but I am trying to give a general idea of what I mean).

 

[sinnergy]

Just imagine Gamepass as it is right now, but with all Bethesda games exclusive and day one: existing and entries of doom, the elder scrolls, dishonored, fallout, etc etc and whatever new ips they are working on.

Good time to jump in GP! It’s a long term strategy!

 

[DeepEnigma]

Is this "anti-consumer", MS?

Trying to keep up with the narratives.

 

[MiguelItUp]

Well, uh, alright.

Hope id will be A-OK in all this.

Pretty insane and unexpected, wtf.

 

[CAB_Life]

Holy fuckshit megaton? I mean, this is pretty huge.

 

[Danny 117]

Holy fucking shit

 

[IbelieveInGenerations]

Agressie MS is best MS.

SONY needs a response.

Theres a good chance of consoles market becoming Very competetive again. These games under gamepass is absolutely awesome

 

[Flintty]

Makes me laugh seeing people say they’re sad they can’t play ‘x’ or ‘y’ game again. Erm. Gaming PC? Or you know, buy a cheap Xbox? Don’t be blinded by your hatred.

“Xbox has no games so not buying”

Xbox gets games...

“I can never play these games again /cry”

We all know you’ll get an Xbox anyway

 

[Verchod]

Worth it just for Arkane

 

[ZeroZeroQuatre]

Impressive move, Microsoft.
I'm still not interested in your console though

 

[#Phonepunk#]

"What's Sony going to do???" LOL hilarious takes.

wow people are really excited about playing old buggy Bethesday games LOL

this really going to make up for waiting a year to play Halo? getting to play a bunch of old games?

you guys never played Skyrim before? hah

 

[Kdad]

The end game here is that these games WILL be on PlayStation....via Gamepass. Gamepass is on Switch 2.0 and PS5 by 2024. Bookmark it.

 

[KyoZz]

HOLLY SHIT !!

Didn't see that coming, good job Microsoft

 

[Batiman]

Holy fuckin shit......