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[Roman Empire]

Yup. The leadership should be taking advantage of the xbox fuck ups instead they join them.

It highly likely they've been in talks for a while now. Even if Sony wanted to back down, it'd be too late by now.

 

[MoreJRPG]

Playstation has gone full third party. First PC, then Nintendo and now Xbox.

 

[Bry0]

Amid turmoil, Xbox is back! The bright future begins!

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Just checked the MS store, and it looks like Sony themselves are the publishers for the Xbox version (yeah, I'm aware they own the IP).

 

[LordCBH]

I'm here to read the comment from - Ass of Can Whooping
I'll sit here and wait, don't pay attention.

 

[The_Mike]

Game is great, but got fatigued after 20 hours. The gameplay loop is fun but felt old fast.

I know it's probably because I play with pugs, but still. Feels like it could use alot more content despites the passes.

 

[MDSLKTR]

Yesterday, destin and Jez were on the verge of complete total cremation.
Sony today:

 

[MandingoMcThickens]

Have it on Steam but still, this will be a day one for me.

 

[Astray]

What a weird decision. Switch 2 would make more sense.

Needs to build its audience a bit more imo. It's off to a great start but not yet I think.

 

[digoutyoursoul]

Happy for my green brothers and sisters who wanted this.

 

[Darsxx82]

Time to rescue several threads where some were making fun of and laughing about whether or not it would be possible....

Looking at recently published data on players in games of this type on Xbox... I'm not surprised.

 

[Jinzo Prime]

Playstation has gone full third party. First PC, then Nintendo and now Xbox.

 

[ElCasual]

 

[splattered]

Lmao finally

 

[GHG]

How is this a bad thing? Live service titles should be on every platform IMO as you should try to reach the widest audience possible for both player and revenue purposes.

Because it didn't already do well enough?:

Helldivers 2 Is PlayStation’s Fastest-Selling Game of All Time With Over 12 Million Sold in 12 Weeks - IGN

Helldivers 2 sold over 12 million copies in its first 12 weeks on sale, making it PlayStation’s fastest-selling game of all time, Sony has announced.

www.ign.com

 

[Astray]

 

[MoreJRPG]

Truth hurts!

 

[Skifi28]

Got the thing before Xbox, so you're wrong.

Yes, we know. You've been reciting the same poem every time your neutrality is being questioned, which is quite often. At this point I'm not sure if all the silly excuses are for us or yourself. Just get the games on your platform of choice, there is no reason for all the theatrics.

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

That's cool, I didn't want nprotect on my pc, but I'm still interested in playing it.

 

[GHG]

Brothers in arms going down together while Nintendo sits back and laughs.

 

[vaibhavpisal]

Will likely get it. Hopefully it has cross play.

 

[Kilau]

I'm here to read the comment from - Ass of Can Whooping
I'll sit here and wait, don't pay attention.

 

[ShaiKhulud1989]

Because it didn't already do well enough?:

Helldivers 2 Is PlayStation’s Fastest-Selling Game of All Time With Over 12 Million Sold in 12 Weeks - IGN

Helldivers 2 sold over 12 million copies in its first 12 weeks on sale, making it PlayStation’s fastest-selling game of all time, Sony has announced.

www.ign.com

Why should they ignore even more money and exposure on the table? Service games are not something you should build a hardware brand upon anyway.

I will say more, I'm sure that if Sony is not dumb the mobile port is in the works.

 

[LordOcidax]

Good.

 

[hououinkyouma00]

Because it didn't already do well enough?:

Helldivers 2 Is PlayStation’s Fastest-Selling Game of All Time With Over 12 Million Sold in 12 Weeks - IGN

Helldivers 2 sold over 12 million copies in its first 12 weeks on sale, making it PlayStation’s fastest-selling game of all time, Sony has announced.

www.ign.com

So you would want Sony to limit the player base/revenue of their games? For what purpose outside of some inane fanboy rhetoric?

Ther are still at least 30M Series users, and there was quite a good amount of people wanting the game on Xbox. This isn't Sony releases Horizon on Xbox, this is a live service title that was already day and date on PC.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

Considering the current situation Sony should be giving away absolutely nothing. Do you think Nintendo would? Hell, do you even think Xbox would if roles were reversed?

They've fucked up this gen so bad that they need to go to Xbox for some crumbs.

I have said this before that Sony is kind of lucky that Xbox is in shambles and no signs of life

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

Jim Ryan tried to save them before the deadly mistake, but now you gotta send in the Helldivers.

 

[Punished Miku]

Yes, we know. You've been reciting the same poem every time your neutrality is being questioned, which is quite often. At this point I'm not sure if all the silly excuses are for us or yourself. Just get the games on your platform of choice, there is no reason for all the theatrics.

I never claimed I'm neutral. I definitely prefer Xbox. I have them both and think one is definitely better.

Ask the biggest PS trolls on here the last time they bought a game on an Xbox console. I got Astro Bot last year. Don't really care if you have a problem with my posts honestly.

 

[R3TRO]

Never thought I'd see that.

 

[Venom Snake]

Let's be real, you only have a Playstation so you can keep repeating here that you have a Playstation.

He's 100% madly in love with it, but he has to pay child support to MS

 

[manfestival]

This is awful news. Why would Sony put this on XBOX? Truly a shameful display

 

[Astray]

Brothers in arms going down together while Nintendo sits back and laughs.

I think Sony kinda doesn't think of Microsoft as an immediate threat anymore. MS are not gonna be targeting mass-market expansion with their consoles anymore, and there's like 30m units out in the wild with a high percentage that is highly unlikely to switch (meaning they are unmonetizable), so why block it anymore?

The two release dates matching is kind of interesting and points in this direction imo. Not sure if I'd agree with their calculus, but that seems to be how they're thinking.

 

[LordOcidax]

10/10. Some people are going to take the day off here.

 

[Kenneth Haight]

Makes complete sense. Great game.

 

[mitch1971]

don't worry Sony fans, by August Xbox will be shut down.

 

[DeltaPolarBear]

Live Service do not benefit from being Exclusive. That does not mean Exclusive is bad, it just means if you want Exclusives, you shouldn't make it a GaaS. Exclusivity is a strategic choice, while going multiplatform is a financial choice.

As it is, Sony doesn't see the harm getting money from Microsoft since they have officially ceased treating Xbox as a competitor. We will see if they are right.

 

[Bumblebeetuna]

So you would want Sony to limit the player base/revenue of their games? For what purpose outside of some inane fanboy rhetoric?

This isn't Sony releases Horizon on Xbox

 

[Edder1]

Sony could have waited for negativity to spread around Xbox and Microsoft a bit longer, but no, they had to bail them out, lol.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

 

[SamuraiEdge]

Live Service Games like this makes sense and is good to be on as many systems as possible.

 

[SmurfMustard]

Current Sony management are actually the dumbest motherfuckers.

You okay there bub? It's only one game.

 

[TBiddy]

Wow. They could have waited for negativity to spread around Xbox and Microsoft a bit longer, but no, they had to bail them out lol.

Like Sony gives a shit about the negativity on fanforums and Twitter.

 

[PauloRoberto]

I have said this before that Sony is kind of lucky that Xbox is in shambles and no signs of life

IMHO, Id say this 'proves' (for the lack of a better word, so to speak) that Sony itself dont see Xbox as a direct competitor anymore.

 

[LordOcidax]

I think Sony kinda doesn't think of Microsoft as an immediate threat anymore. MS are not gonna be targeting mass-market expansion with their consoles anymore, and there's like 30m units out in the wild with a high percentage that is highly unlikely to switch (meaning they are unmonetizable), so why block it anymore?

The two release dates matching is kind of interesting and points in this direction imo. Not sure if I'd agree with their calculus, but that seems to be how they're thinking.

So Nintendo is not competition, PC is not competition and now Microsoft is not competition.

 

[tTHANOSs]

They also managed to lose Arrowhead in the process of all of this.

All that live service push and they lose the one dev that managed to deliver something meaningful.

Arrowhead has always been independent.

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

Where does Herman live?

 

[Imtjnotu]

Sony again with helldivers

 

[Edder1]

Like Sony gives a shit about the negativity on fanforums and Twitter.

They should, that negativity has made Xbox practically irrelevant and a joke, lol.

 

[ShaiKhulud1989]

What a weird decision. Switch 2 would make more sense.

Helldivers 2 is built upon a pretty peculiar engine from Darktide called Stingray and this engine is very CPU-heavy and very VRAM-bound. Switch 2 is too weak in it's bottlenecks to even consider a port.

Hell, I'd bet Sony would've annonced Xbox port way earlier (as it was with Marathon) if not the poring issues.

Plus I just don't see a way to be upset. It's a service game and Sony actually learned thing or two about running those from their own expensive mistakes. If anything, it's a good sogn for their service portfolio future.

 

[LordCBH]