PapyDoc
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Of course, with nearly 0 game and a new console coming this year, sure they are in panic mode. nonetheless if I can bring one day gain some sweet TES money, I would like to take the risk and pay Bethesda 7.5 billion
Report: Sony Contacted All Major Third Parties for Exclusivity Deals, Offered More Money Than Microsoft
Manwithoutfear
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yeah you're right. i also and lucky enough to game on all systems. I love sony, nintendo, and microsoft. i love GAMES! i'm a dork what can i say. regardless i'm excited about it because microsoft was really hurting in the exclusive territory and sony whooped their arse as far as console sales. i don't want any of the them to fail. i want healthy competition with great games everywhere!
Bladed Thesis
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It'll be too expensive when the purchase price is +10% of your entire company's networth.I believe they were in touch to purchase ZeniMax too.
Sony's Rumored Acquisition Of ZeniMax Kicks Off 2020 [Update]
In a surprising series of events, It's Microsoft who has acquired ZeniMax Media instead of Sony Interactive Entertainment. Microsoft has revealed that allsegmentnext.com
Probably too expensive.
From the looks of it, there's a massive group in panic mode today, and it's not Microsoft.
Well only non PC owners lol. But will MS make these titles Xbox exclusives and turn down all that extra revenue from ACTUAL UNIT SALES as opposed to the rental cut?
VAVA Mk2
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Does Sony have the war chest to plop down $7.5 B like MS did today?
TTOOLL
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no dude, it's EXACTLY THE SAME hahahahhaha
ethomaz
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VAVA Mk2
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ethomaz
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They actually have if you read their financials... around $20 billion in cash and more in assets.
But their board are willing to use that for purchase a new game studio?
Bo_Hazem
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It is karma week first lying Ryan about cross generation then this. When you root to hard and troll hard karma finds a way in 2020. Months of warriors trolling and now karma lol.
I'm pretty sure this has nothing to do with Sony & more to do with Microsoft bigger picture creating a platform with games that people will want to play.
Andodalf
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if only they had a 360 Remaster to match the PS3 remaster Sony has!
All MS has is a new Gears Game...
Just as bad as we believe in generations... just saying ... words and people are wonderful ..
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StreetsofBeige
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Really?
So out of all the GAFFERS posting about this news, how many are laughing wanting Xbox exclusivity?
If it makes you feel better, then ya 100% of Xbox gamers feel that way.
Journey
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PlayStation gamers have been complaining that Microsoft hasn't given them a good reason to buy an Xbox, namely exclusives.... So.... MS makes a power move to give them a good reason and now they're crying
It is buying studios versus money hats for timed exclusives. No one bitched about insomniac. I said all thread money hats are a waste of money buy studios.
Starve other platforms? Dirty? You idiot, it's been like this since the beginning of console days. It's called competition. I mean it's why we have all these great games right now. Otherwise we'd be all be playing on PC.
I mean are you happy that all your X games are on PC too? because the 3080 just wiped out the XsX. There's literally no point in buying it unless you're poor like no matter what game is released on XsX it's already better on PC. Exclusives are the only thing keeping Nintendo and PS alive and more power to them.
If MS do not make the Zenimax portfolio exclusive to Xbox then you have your answer...they no longer give a shit about Xbox and only about $$$$$$$$.
PlayStation gamers have been complaining that Microsoft hasn't given them a good reason to buy an Xbox, namely exclusives.... So.... MS makes a power move to give them a good reason and now they're crying
What exclusives? I have a PC. Make them all XsX exclusives then....and then watch the Xss gut them all.
Manwithoutfear
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dude this right here is so true.
Journey
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Reindeer
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Lol, Bethesda just announced that all their games are going day 1 on GamePass on Xbox and PC. And btw, I game on PC so I could care less about Xbox.
No need to be upset dude, you sound very hurt.
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Bo_Hazem
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I sincerely don't play them, have no interest in them. Yet acknowledge that it's a massive move from MS. Now Xbox has moved from being PlayStation's punching bag to "mildly" competing.
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whitesugar
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i think the opposite. sony may not be able to spend as much, but they would still have the cash to splurge on some pretty big publishers. i wonder how many more big publishers will be bought up over the next ten years.
AllBizness
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I was already going to invest in PC gaming for Valve Index, and I mine as well buy these games on PC too.PlayStation gamers have been complaining that Microsoft hasn't given them a good reason to buy an Xbox, namely exclusives.... So.... MS makes a power move to give them a good reason and now they're crying
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martino
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Hasn't sony the advantage they can buy japan publishers unlike ms ?
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thicc_girls_are_teh_best
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So when Sony pays for 3rd-party exclusivity deals, is that also panic mode? Or just good business? But when Microsoft does it, it's panic mode and bad business? But then if they didn't do it, you'd say they weren't serious about trying to compete because they're just relying on Gamepass and Sony's buying 3rd-party exclusives.
I seriously worry for the mental health of fanboys who need to do this level of mind gymnastics simply to scoff at a business deal. Jesus wept...
Japan isn't China; Western companies have purchased Japanese ones going way back. That's partly how SEGA formed, for example; it had a Hawaiian branch and a Japanese branch and they merged into one when David Rosen purchased the Japanese side.
Corporate mergers and buyouts still need to be reviewed and approved obviously, but Japan isn't anal about foreign companies buying shares or outright buying Japanese companies, at least the majority of them. Mainly because Japanese companies get to do the same to foreign companies. Fair is fair (now someone teach China this lesson x3).
EDIT: Also due to this very deal MS technically owns Tango who are a Japanese development studio, so if this urban myth were true they'd have been excluded from the purchase which I don't see being possible.
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whitesugar
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MS certainly could buy them as much as Sony could, but between them guys like Capcom and Square would certainly pick Sony because of being Japanese.
reinking
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In all honesty. I don't care. I am a multi-platform gamer. You can spin it anyway you want. Games that were previously available to one console could now have future versions of that game coming to the console be in jeopardy.
I do not really think that will be the case. MS has shown that they are leaning into software sales instead of battling it out for hardware. It is looking like they are taking the Sega approach but keeping a console in the market at the same time. It's a smart move.
01011001
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Doom, Doom Eternal, Prey, Dishonored 2, Wolfenstein, Wolfenstein 2... good to great games.
Bethesda is more than just the terrible dev studio called Bethesda Game Studios you know.
manfestival
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What exactly did they bring upon themselves?
Reindeer
Member
They forced Microsoft's hand because they were starving them of games and exclusive content, so Microsoft decided to go for bigger fish.
TriSuit666
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Yesterday:
Fony Fanboi: Dat's rite, eat PS4's scraps, PC peons, then come and buy PS5 for all those suite suite excloooosives which Xblerps doesn't has.
Today:
Fony fanbot: I dun goofed.
Maxwell Jacob Friedman
leads to fear. Fear leads to xbox.
....sony has some of the best studios in the industry that make quality games....they are still really goodFrom the looks of it, there's a massive group in panic mode today, and it's not Microsoft.
manfestival
Member
That doesn't make sense. How was Sony starving Microsoft of games and exclusive content? How is Microsoft acquiring Bethesda a retaliation or a resolution to your stated problems?
I am not trying to challenge you. I am trying to understand you.
ethomaz
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Translation please?
lefty1117
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THis was not a bad move at all even at that price.
How much $$$ has Skyrim made over the years? That game had unimaginable legs. They've got a successful MMO in this deal too, and some studio synergies that make some franchise direction/resurrections possible where yesterday they weren't. I guess they'll use Gamepass and timed platform exclusives to draw people in, and then make the products available on Playstation a year or two later at full price. And they'll get a piece of that cheese from the Playstation holdouts.
Sony has been doing this for years ... nothing new
How much $$$ has Skyrim made over the years? That game had unimaginable legs. They've got a successful MMO in this deal too, and some studio synergies that make some franchise direction/resurrections possible where yesterday they weren't. I guess they'll use Gamepass and timed platform exclusives to draw people in, and then make the products available on Playstation a year or two later at full price. And they'll get a piece of that cheese from the Playstation holdouts.
Sony has been doing this for years ... nothing new
VAVA Mk2
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Yes I know Fallout 76 was shit. I got a free copy and still won't play it. Doom 2016 and Doom Eternal are amazing though and FallOut 4 was decent. They also have Prey, Dishonored, and Elder Scrolls as their own IPs now. 1 shitty title doesn't throw all of that away.
Effigenius
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Read the thread you're in. Sony went to every major publisher trying to buy exclusives away from MS. That's how they were starving them. MS and Sony biggest games have always been third parties.
Bladed Thesis
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It'll be okay, Bo.
Remember you really don't like any of these IPs so it's okay.
There's no need to be upset.
VAVA Mk2
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Oh I'm enjoying all of it. I am open to all platforms but enjoy watching the fanboys get triggered because their sense of value is tied so hard to a product they like to purchase. Sad.
Bladed Thesis
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Sony went to all the major studios and was asking to buy exclusive content or exclusive launch windows to try and moneyhat more market share.
This is what happens when you start a bidding war with a couple thousand in your pockets against a millionaire.
TriSuit666
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Sorry, only Sony Playstation owners will be able to speak that lingo, boomer.
Bo_Hazem
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Well, I've been quoted. That's all.
Bo_Hazem
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I don't like any of them, but I acknowledge that they have big fanbases behind them, and it's a massive move from MS. Now let's see the output.
Journey
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Tales from your ass
The true Sony fan narrative is that exclusives are essential to consoles, so don't be salty when MS makes power moves to secure them.
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