Exactly. MS will release their games on any platform that allows Game Pass on it. Sony won't allow game pass, so the Playstation 5 won't get the games.
Can you imagine Sony making an offer for Starfield exclusivity and Microsoft just buys the whole thing right from under them? Well imagine no more!!!
Xbox Division care about consoles sold, but Microsoft does not. And in this case, just like with Minecraft, Microsoft are the ones who bought Bethesda, not Xbox.
1. They paid 7.5b to earn that back and make even more out of them. What will happen if they cut off a plattform that ousells them over 2:1, their own customerbase does not pay for games and they also have to pay a royalty fee to valve? How long will it take to amortize the investment?
quite the contrary, MS it's on amazon mode, they are gonna keep dumping money on this until it works like they have done from generations now, the only difference it's that they have failed at cornering the market too long and time is running out so they want to do the big moves now before it's too late. Those 7500 Millions are hardly gonna be recovered by Zenimax during this generation, not even if we add whatever xbox makes, which it's usually not much in positive numbers.
No it was announced as a next gen game, no platforms.
They'll write it off as an operating expense and save the money in corporate tax they would have otherwise paid if they held it in cash.
I made my arguments. If it happens it happens, if not then not.
This is absolutely the 1 and only reason. It's certainly not because Sony was feeling charitable.
Lol what are you expecting from F5 or tes6?
Because MS need to recoup those billions somehow, and they're not coming from new subscriptions. They need full price money from other platforms, cause Xbox fans will get those for 'free' on Gamepass.
They just built 2 consoles. Made a heavy investment in hardware with a premium console and a value one to sell to as many people as possible. They are committed to PC now and will stream all their games to any device that will allow it. They care, and will use Zenimax properties to pull people into the ecosystem.
1. Because cutting them off will reduce that 2:1. Their own customer base does pay for games, in fact game pass has proven time and time again to INCREASE game sales.
When they start getting half a billion dollars a year worth of recurring subscription money from people locked in their ecosystem, that 7.5 billion will be a distant memory. Even now, 7.5bil is a lot, but even if the value of that investment dropped to zero tomorrow MS could just go "oh well, shit happens" and continue making billions in profit every quarter. They're not Sony, 7.5bil in loss wouldn't make them scramble.
