Mibu no ookami
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Honestly, we won't know if Bungie was a good buy for a long time. It's not a simple purchase like the Bethesda deal.
We don't know what Bungie has given Sony in terms of live service experience, but another untold factor of this is that the move can be seen as a defensive one.
Microsoft buying Bungie and Bungie returning to Halo may have been a major lifeline for Xbox and Halo and where we see them going 3rd party now, might not have gone down as soon or at all. The billions of dollars Sony will get from being the sole premium console manufacturer can't be understated or ignored.
Would a Bungie-made Halo have actually made a difference? Who knows, but it isn't going to happen now and the reality is that it COULD have at least powered them through to the next generation with the promise of maybe this game at launch for the next console.
We don't know what Bungie has given Sony in terms of live service experience, but another untold factor of this is that the move can be seen as a defensive one.
Microsoft buying Bungie and Bungie returning to Halo may have been a major lifeline for Xbox and Halo and where we see them going 3rd party now, might not have gone down as soon or at all. The billions of dollars Sony will get from being the sole premium console manufacturer can't be understated or ignored.
Would a Bungie-made Halo have actually made a difference? Who knows, but it isn't going to happen now and the reality is that it COULD have at least powered them through to the next generation with the promise of maybe this game at launch for the next console.