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Okay sorry I misunderstoodNo, i'm saying it affected the industry in a positive way. Just like it could og the other way round
Okay sorry I misunderstoodNo, i'm saying it affected the industry in a positive way. Just like it could og the other way round
Okay sorry I misunderstood
Don't tell me to learn to read then.
Which franchise pretty much dominates the number one spot in the NPD?
You simply have no clue what they are doing to support studios. Im so sick of seeing statements like this from a gaming board where not a single person has a clue what they arr doing. But do go on making wild bullshit claimsthey can't even manage their current studios fine. how do you expect them to steer small studios towards being behemots like santa monica / nd / guerilla etc. they simply don't care about their games' quality, that's thing out of the window with Xbox. look at how they manage 343. they give 0 care. absolutely no moves towards them to fix their shit up.
turn 10 is decent but they're decent themselves. no incentive or push from msoft
how can i trust xbox game studios to be like ps studios when i see how their studios already does a lackluster job? clearly they cannot manage their studios like sony does and that's why as you said they just brute forced their way into blizzard/bethesda/activision. but problem does not end there. xbox game studios is so bad at managing that i'm quite sure that these developers too will lose discipline that they seldom had in the past, and will become worse game studios in upcoming years
lack of vision, understanding what makes a video game good and not forgettable, creating rich and meaningful experiences: these are the things xbox studios do not seem to care. if not, they wouldn't slip imsomniac away. sony is not a magical wizard, they see a glimmer of talent, capability and they just bolster it with their vision and help them achieve what they want. i simply don't see that light from xbox game studios.
nobody saw it coming. The activision board deciding its time after multiple scandals threatened to affect the stock price.They’re probably right, but I feel they brought this on themselves by moneyhatting CoD year after year, keeping it off GamePass etc. Something was bound to happen, although I doubt anyone saw this purchase coming..
It’ll be very interesting to see where things go post acquisition.
Well, they have also been pretty clear with the message they put out about Bungie games availability on which platforms. They didn't play with their wordings, didn't talk about conditionals or contracts, they simply said they will be available on all platforms including rival ones and they also clarified any of their future IP would also be. Sony themselves didn't name Xbox, but Bungie did in their FAQs. Not exactly the same situation.didn't they just buy Bungie ? .....
where are high production budget games like:You simply have no clue what they are doing to support studios. Im so sick of seeing statements like this from a gaming board where not a single person has a clue what they arr doing. But do go on making wild bullshit claims
That wall of text isnt proof you know what they are doing for studios. Basing what you think from 10 yrs back whel steve ballmer was fucking up ms isnt a good gaugewhere are high production budget games like:
horizon zero dawn
forbidden west
god of war
last of us 1/2
ghost of thusima
death stranding
spiderman
bloodborne
detroit become human
these great games are absent on xbox
let's see what games are absen on playstation
gears 4/5 , crap continuation of a great series. clearly a misdirected franchise thanks to the imcompentece of xbox studios, most likely
halo infinite, above average campaign but nothing groundbreaking. nothing like the games above. and it is supported so bad that more and more people abandon the game everyday
halo 5, horrible game
quantum break a short 8 hr flick
sea of thieves a very good multiplayer fun game, but nothing like the games listed above
then remains forza horizon and forza motorsport. only decent, valid, console-seller type of high production game. then again, it is its own niche.
just admit, Xbox studios are either incapable of making games like PS studios do, or they don't care about that type of thing. even sony might abandon them, since they don't sell as much as valorant, fortnite skins. it is actually a blessing that sony still pushes and supports those studios and produces those great high quality games.
i'm just an observer, bruh. yes i have no idea. my ideas are completely based on what i see and been seeing for the recent 10 years. xbox studios CANNOT make a high production narrative focused high quality 90+ metacritic game. PERIOD. they lack the vision, they're mismanaged and above all they don't have any passion towards building such a game
i just want ONE 90+ metacrtic high production story focused game out of xbox. JUST ONE. they simply have NONE. it is really unacceptable in grand scheme of things.
Sony: We like to buy stuff but don't like it when our competition does.
So you think that, in order to get the most objective view of the matter, they will take the word of the company who is likely to be more subjective due to what they might lose on that and not all the other ones who say the complete opposite. Is that right?I'm pretty sure regulators are going to consider Sony's views more, since they're the direct competitor to Xbox in the console space. Obviously
Bullshit and you know it.Stupid comment. Sony has done nothing like this deal and you know it!
gears 4/5 , crap continuation of a great series. clearly a misdirected franchise thanks to the imcompentece of xbox studios,
It probably may not stop the deal but MS may have to give guarantees that COD isn't exclusive just to Xbox or something similar before the deal is approved.They are basically saying it without saying it. A business would never say we can't do it. Instead they've said none of the biggest developers on the planet could make a comoetitor. That's basically saying including themselves without saying it.
Anyway, it doesn't really matter. They just want to try and stop it going through. I wonder if it will have any effect on it.
In a thread where many posts are trying to sermonize around the difference between Sony studio acquisitions and MS publisher acquisitions, it’s interesting that you’re doing ‘both sides’ with the ‘moneyhatting’ (I hate that word) when it’s clearly disproportionately skewed towards one side.
You guys do know that Fortnite, PUBG and Apex just managed to compete with Call of Duty recently right?They obviously mean replicate its commercial success, even if the game is better in every way.
Im pretty sure there are talented teams out there that can create a better game but good luck letting the world know its a better game.
What 70 billion deal has Sony done?Bullshit and you know it.
We are all just observers. Its not possible to tell what happens at studios only by the output of games.where are high production budget games like:
horizon zero dawn
forbidden west
god of war
last of us 1/2
ghost of thusima
death stranding
spiderman
bloodborne
detroit become human
these great games are absent on xbox
let's see what games are absen on playstation
gears 4/5 , crap continuation of a great series. clearly a misdirected franchise thanks to the imcompentece of xbox studios, most likely
halo infinite, above average campaign but nothing groundbreaking. nothing like the games above. and it is supported so bad that more and more people abandon the game everyday
halo 5, horrible game
quantum break a short 8 hr flick
sea of thieves a very good multiplayer fun game, but nothing like the games listed above
then remains forza horizon and forza motorsport. only decent, valid, console-seller type of high production game. then again, it is its own niche.
just admit, Xbox studios are either incapable of making games like PS studios do, or they don't care about that type of thing. even sony might abandon them, since they don't sell as much as valorant, fortnite skins. it is actually a blessing that sony still pushes and supports those studios and produces those great high quality games.
i'm just an observer, bruh. yes i have no idea. my ideas are completely based on what i see and been seeing for the recent 10 years. xbox studios CANNOT make a high production narrative focused high quality 90+ metacritic game. PERIOD. they lack the vision, they're mismanaged and above all they don't have any passion towards building such a game
i just want ONE 90+ metacrtic high production story focused game out of xbox. JUST ONE. they simply have NONE. it is really unacceptable in grand scheme of things.
psygnosis would have worth 70 billion now due to inflation if Sony did not closed it downWhat 70 billion deal has Sony done?
They bought Tomb Raider exclusively for an entire generation after the Saturn version ran faster.What 70 billion deal has Sony done?
So you think that, in order to get the most objective view of the matter, they will take the word of the company who is likely to be more subjective due to what they might lose on that and not all the other ones who say the complete opposite. Is that right?
At bold - its Delusional. They spent billions on Minecraft. And they've made a lot of money and own one of the biggest IP's in gaming. Same goes for this deal. They are in it to make (more) capita and CoD and Activision Blizzard games make tonne of revenue YOY.People that believe CoD or other major franchises will stay on playstation are illusional. Microsoft is not spending 70 billions to support their competitor. And what is sony even trying to say with that statement? "please don't allow them to buy cod, we need cod to sell playstations!". Yeah, no shit sherlock, that's the whole reason Microsoft bought shitty activision in the first place. To hurt playstation and ultimately force them out of the console market.
Sony paid 70 billion for all of these things? Damn they got scammed pretty hard here...They bought Tomb Raider exclusively for an entire generation after the Saturn version ran faster.
Then when Destiny came out they moneyhatted content to keep it off Xbox. There were entire Strikes you could only access in the PlayStation version.
Most recently they moneyhatted Final Fantasy for exclusively.
We are all just observers.
You guys do know that Fortnite, PUBG and Apex just managed to compete with Call of Duty recently right?
Even if you're a Sony fan, their argument here is really pathetic. They have several of the best studios around and are arguing they can't compete. Of course they can.
Guerrilla, Bungie, Insomniac all made FPS franchises and can all do it again. Didn't they also buy another one too?
A company well known for monoplies and stifling competition shouldn't be allowed to buy certain companies. Also uses profit from other sectors to dominate in another.Whats the point of being in business if you can't make purchases/deals to put you ahead of your competition? Why would Sony's lack of ability to create an ecosystem like COD's have any impact on this deal getting approved or not?
Stupid comment. Sony has done nothing like this deal and you know it!
Didn’t Sony pay for deathloop and ghost wire exclusivity and they were apparently interested in starfield timed exclusivity as well? This feels like they have forced ms hand with Bethesda acquisition. With cod we know that Sony had marketing deals with Activision for years, maybe they had discussion about timed exclusivity for cod as well? We don’t know.This idea that Sony brought it on themselves is just a fallacy. MS has a clear strategy. Whether Sony plays nice or acts like a dick was never going to stop MS from throwing their weight around.
Your entire way of looking at this is literally backwards. They're going to be looking to see if its possible to compete, and it 100% is. A small Korean AA looking shooter called PUBG managed to compete. Fortnite is probably bigger than Call of Duty now. Apex is right up there with the top shooters as well.Killzone and Resistance were on the same level as COD?
A company well known for monoplies and stifling competition shouldn't be allowed to buy certain companies. Also uses profit from other sectors to dominate in another.
Could Xbox even afford AB without MS profits from elsewhere? Xbox would be dead wood without money from elsewhere propping it up. Shows you how poor Xbox division is without the warchest.
Didn’t Sony pay for deathloop and ghost wire exclusivity and they were apparently interested in starfield timed exclusivity as well? This feels like they have forced ms hand with Bethesda acquisition. With cod we know that Sony had marketing deals with Activision for years, maybe they had discussion about timed exclusivity for cod as well? We don’t know.
A company well known for monoplies and stifling competition shouldn't be allowed to buy certain companies. Also uses profit from other sectors to dominate in another.
Could Xbox even afford AB without MS profits from elsewhere? Xbox would be dead wood without money from elsewhere propping it up. Shows you how poor Xbox division is without the warchest.
Playstation would have been gone during the PS3 era had it not been for Sonys Insurance/financial division and the liquidation of a bunch of buildings.A company well known for monoplies and stifling competition shouldn't be allowed to buy certain companies. Also uses profit from other sectors to dominate in another.
Could Xbox even afford AB without MS profits from elsewhere? Xbox would be dead wood without money from elsewhere propping it up. Shows you how poor Xbox division is without the warchest.
They're buying dozens of studios, spent $78 billion on ActiBliz, but they only bought Bethesda because "Sony forced their hand"?
Doesn't make much sense does it?
Publisher of the year 2021 re to metacriticthey can't even manage their current studios fine.
Forza horizon, sea of thieves, flight sim - show me Sony games with equally long legs that people enjoy for years and not only single play through.lack of vision, understanding what makes a video game good and not forgettable, creating rich and meaningful experiences: these are the things xbox studios do not seem to care. if not, they wouldn't slip imsomniac away. sony is not a magical wizard, they see a glimmer of talent, capability and they just bolster it with their vision and help them achieve what they want. i simply don't see that light from xbox game studios.
Your entire way of looking at this is literally backwards. They're going to be looking to see if its possible to compete, and it 100% is. A small Korean AA looking shooter called PUBG managed to compete. Fortnite is probably bigger than Call of Duty now. Apex is right up there with the top shooters as well.
Insomniac, Guerrilla, Bungie are literally 3 of the top studios in all of game development and all 3 have extensive experience making FPS games. And they just got Deviation right? Sony is literally more able to compete than anyone else, and they're doing the most crying. It's ridiculous.
You honestly think Call of Duty has such a strangehold that no one else can possible replace it? That's obviously untrue if you look at all the other shooters I mentioned. All you're doing is looking at who is popular and crying.
Perhaps if actually considered his points, it would...They're buying dozens of studios, spent $78 billion on ActiBliz, but they only bought Bethesda because "Sony forced their hand"?
Doesn't make much sense does it?
MS did the same for Tomb Raider and? MS have been doing it too. Remember COD on 360? Nothing stopping them moneyhatting is there?They bought Tomb Raider exclusively for an entire generation after the Saturn version ran faster.
Then when Destiny came out they moneyhatted content to keep it off Xbox. There were entire Strikes you could only access in the PlayStation version.
Most recently they moneyhatted Final Fantasy for exclusively.
Yeah, you don’t make much sense. Because this timeline where Activision acquisition preceded the Bethesda purchase is all out of order
That's not how reality works. Call of Duty is not guaranteed to be popular forever. And Sony has the ability to create a 20 million selling FPS now from world class studios anytime it wants to try. Nothing you said here is true.You come up with as much bullshit as you want and i'll keep pointing you towards the NPD charts.
Sony can release as many Killzones, as many Resistance games as they want. It didn't touch COD back then, it's not touching COD now. Why are you trying to cope with the fact that MS bought a dominant franchise?
Perhaps if actually considered his points, it would...
Yeah, Sony bought Bungie, but the games from Bungie will stay multiplatform. Thats not the intension what MS has with the buyout of several publishers...Sony: We like to buy stuff but don't like it when our competition does.