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Microsoft have been making games for 30 years."Spencer said he's concerned about tech companies unfamiliar with the gaming industry barging in to the space"
Microsoft have been making games for 30 years."Spencer said he's concerned about tech companies unfamiliar with the gaming industry barging in to the space"
Facebook decides to push into gaming and if it doesn't go well they shutter a bunch of studios and the industry is worse off for it. At least with MS, they aren't locking up this content behind one specific platform. Xbox, xCloud, PC, etc. Sure, its unfortunate that Sony and Nintendo fans will be impacted, but this is the better outcome versus someone like Google or Facebook taking charge.I get what he's trying to say - all the big tech companies have no expertise on the gaming market, they just see it's the fastest growing entertainment market on the planet and want a piece of it too. So imagine the likes of Facebook and Google buying out all the big, known publishers/studios and IPs, and locking them behind Stadia, VR and so on, only to fail and close the said studios and kill the IP. Think of it as what EA is already doing but at a much, much bigger scale and much higher pace.
Yeah and I don't know how I feel about Activision in the hands of Facebook either.The wierd thing is that Activision actually went to Facebook first and they weren't interested.
He's saying it's fine for the existing big gaming brands (sony, nintendo, ms, etc) to purchase big publishers because they have a history of not destroying the hobby. There is no guarantee with an outsider.Ok? And Facebook and Google didn't even exist. What's he saying though?
Or Tencent, Apple, Google, Amazon. There's a giant group of mega-corps interested, and that's what he's referring to while complimenting Sony and Nintendo. But the salt intake on here is just so high it will take years before they can acknowledge anything Phil says as positive.but this is the better outcome versus someone like Google or Facebook taking charge.
MS has games since the MSDoS.How lomg has Xbox been a thing?
MS is only 1 gen behind Sony.
Yep. People can’t help with the knee jerk shitposting because emotions are still high.Or Tencent, Apple, Google, Amazon. There's a giant group of mega-corps interested, and that's what he's referring to while complimenting Sony and Nintendo. But the salt intake on here is just so high it will take years before they can acknowledge anything Phil says as positive.
It's going to take one of them gobbling up a publisher that owns the rights to their favorite game and locking it behind some shitty service that nobody asked for or wanted, and then shutting them down when it doesn't go to plan.Or Tencent, Apple, Google, Amazon. There's a giant group of mega-corps interested, and that's what he's referring to while complimenting Sony and Nintendo. But the salt intake on here is just so high it will take years before they can acknowledge anything Phil says as positive.
No it translates to this:I think he's awkwardly saying that he trusts Sony and Nintendo to help preserve some semblance of the business as it exists today, without excessively twisting it into a dystopian NFT disaster.
But what he's really saying is that he doesn't trust that with Amazon, Google, Facebook, Apple, Tencent. He's interested in preserving gaming.
Well they’re fooling half this forum.Microsoft pretending they aren't the world's most notorious tech monopolist is the epitome of lunacy.
You're right on the first 3 sentences. But the last sentence is not really what he said. He basically said that any of those other companies will treat gaming as an afterthought to be exploited for short term gain, and that Sony and Nintendo are both valuable partners / competitors.No it translates to this:
Google has a monopoly on search.
Amazon has a monopoly on shopping.
Facebook has a monopoly on social.
We want a monopoly on gaming and woe betide anyone who stand in our way.
That seems about right. Think about it. What is average intelligence of a human being? Now realize that half of all humans are dumber than that.Well they’re fooling half this forum.
Or Tencent, Apple, Google, Amazon. There's a giant group of mega-corps interested, and that's what he's referring to while complimenting Sony and Nintendo. But the salt intake on here is just so high it will take years before they can acknowledge anything Phil says as positive.
I think Microsoft should acquire Sony and Nintendo before Google and Apple completely destroy this industry.I get what he's trying to say - all the big tech companies have no expertise on the gaming market, they just see it's the fastest growing entertainment market on the planet and want a piece of it too. So imagine the likes of Facebook and Google buying out all the big, known publishers/studios and IPs, and locking them behind Stadia, VR and so on, only to fail and close the said studios and kill the IP. Think of it as what EA is already doing but at a much, much bigger scale and much higher pace.
Damn right its a reasonable statement. Check out the post I am replying to in this very post. It perfectly shows how effectively he communicates to the troops.LMAO- it’s a pretty reasonable statement but the salt here is insane.
MS hasn’t always gotten it right, but you can’t deny they had a huge hand in advancing console gaming into the modern age and have been legit doing great things at various times. Xbox One was a huge misstep, but they’re not forever in the doghouse for that and it wasn’t Phil’s doing
Thats already happened on tuesdayIt's going to take one of them gobbling up a publisher that owns the rights to their favorite game and locking it behind some shitty service that nobody asked for or wanted,
So far they basically did the bolded…
MS has games since the MSDoS.
Doesn't matter though.How lomg has Xbox been a thing?
MS is only 1 gen behind Sony.
WTF would I want to "war" with you? Can you show me one time in my post I mentioned Sony in the context of buying studios? LOL.Why not show me all the Developers Sony have bought and then shuttered over the years? let's have a good old list war between the two?
Big acquisitions. The kind of damage only Microsoft is clever enough to do (read: has the money to).What does he mean with "doing damage"??
Edit: ok i kinda get it.
What is the one thing in common with those companies you listed?Or Tencent, Apple, Google, Amazon. There's a giant group of mega-corps interested, and that's what he's referring to while complimenting Sony and Nintendo. But the salt intake on here is just so high it will take years before they can acknowledge anything Phil says as positive.
But they were an outsider too when they came in and bought Rare and tried to develop a business to dominate the living room. Google and Facebook are young companies who says they will destroy it. Facebook/Meta seems to be doing alright with Oculus and Quest 2.He's saying it's fine for the existing big gaming brands (sony, nintendo, ms, etc) to purchase big publishers because they have a history of not destroying the hobby. There is no guarantee with an outsider.
This is what it sounded like to me too. Like he wanted to be like Google, Amazon and Facebook.No it translates to this:
Google has a monopoly on search.
Amazon has a monopoly on shopping.
Facebook has a monopoly on social.
We want a monopoly on gaming and woe betide anyone who stand in our way.
I mean, MS bought Rare 20 years ago and even through the darkest times and there were some dark times, they kept them around and formed them into a pretty damn good studio. Lets not get hyperbolic here.Thats already happened on tuesday
So he says, "Sony and Nintendo won't damage the gaming industry. Google, Apple and Amazon might."
He also said, "Microsoft isn't competing with Sony and Nintendo - we are more akin to Google, Apple and Amazon".
fixedNo it translates to this:
Google has a monopoly on search.
Amazon has a monopoly on shopping.
Facebook has a monopoly on social.
We want a monopoly on everything digital and woe betide anyone who stand in our way.
Too late.InB4 "Sony and Nintendo have been great for gaming. But in the wrong hands, their power could really mess up gaming. Someone needed to buy them before Facebook or Amazon did."
I think Microsoft should acquire Sony and Nintendo before Google and Apple completely destroy this industry.
My silver lining is your quoted me after I changed profit to prophet.Too late.
Microsoft has been apart of gaming since almost the inception. It's easy to forget or dismiss that they have been around and publishing games since the late 70's."Spencer said he's concerned about tech companies unfamiliar with the gaming industry barging in to the space"
More interested in beating those companies to the punch. But yeah, he’s not wrong, Sony and Nintendo aren’t bad actors like Tencent, Facebook, Amazon and Google.I think he's awkwardly saying that he trusts Sony and Nintendo to help preserve some semblance of the business as it exists today, without excessively twisting it into a dystopian NFT disaster.
But what he's really saying is that he doesn't trust that with Amazon, Google, Facebook, Apple, Tencent. He's interested in preserving gaming.
What’s the difference really? MS? Amazon? Google? Meta?Microsoft buying Activision means that Meta, Amazon and Google can't, that's basically what he is saying.
I can't see why anyone would have a problem with this, imagine Call Of Duty becoming a Stadia exclusive.
One of these big publishers will fall into the wrong hands then everyone will wish Microsoft would have purchased them.
He said positive things about Nintendo, Sony. And pointed out that multiple people with no / limited history in gaming are moving in. But the sky is falling suddenly because he said something that I bet 100% of the people in here agree with.No, he said Google, Apple, and Amazon are the ones to be worried about - not Nintendo or Sony.
I don't know why people keep falling over themselves trying to twist this into a Microsoft Bad situation.
If Sony went out and bought Square or Capcom people would be dancing in the streets. It's just silly.