I have heard time and time again that many Sony fans don't need to buy an Xbox because they have a PC. Those same people should have no issues with the Zenimax acquisition.
So you really think all PS players have PC just because you heard some fanboys saying it?
The IP MS has acquired were not PlayStation IP. They were historically PC titles. Doom, Wolfenstein, Prey, Fallout, and TES all made a name for themselves on the PC. So this idea that something is being taken away from PlayStation is a bit silly.
Ok so now you're saying those games have not been on PS?
Because i have a physical copy of them here proving otherwise.
Also according to VG Charts Skyrim sold over 3 million copies on PS4 alone and 1.8 million on Xbox, almost twice the amount sold on Xbox.
The same trend is also probably true for the other games you mentioned.
So your idea that it isn't forcefully taking things away from PS is just straight up false.
On top of that games like Ghostwire Tokyo and Deathloop will still be honored even if MS now owns those IP. In fact my good buddy Frank was just making that point about those exclusives coming to PS5.
You're talking as if MS is doing a favor for Sony when in fact Bethesda had a deal with them signed up before acquisition.
MS letting some games they own come to PlayStation is pretty different from games Sony does NOT own actually being blocked from the Xbox. You toss out Tomb Raider but when was that? Also people howled when MS did that to the point they came out and said it was only timed. I haven't heard a peep about when FF7 R will hit the Xbox though. That is one of MANY recent titles Sony has paid timed exclusivity for. That is WORSE than simply buying the IP. At least in that case the it would make sense that if Sony owned the IP they could do whatever they want with it. Perhaps Sony gamers are just entitled to think that every game should be a PlayStation only release and Sony is more than willing to block other platforms to feed that narrative. What MS is doing IS different that what Sony has done.
So you think MS doesn't pay for timed exclusives?
What about Yakuza: Like a Dragon, The Medium, Tetris Effect: Connected, Warhammer, Bright Memory: Infinite?
All of those are Xbox timed exclusives, but of course you only see a problem when Sony does it. Thats something both companies have been doing since their inception so you dont really have a point here.
Also how does that logic work? How a game being 6 months on one platform before the other worse than it never even being released in the first place?
About FF7 R not much is really known about the deal, presumably it already expired. But we'll have to wait and see if Square really wants to port it over, since those type of games don't really do well on Xbox.
It's all business like I said but MS has shown time and time again they are willing to put their games on more than just the Xbox. You don't have to buy their console to play their games and that remains true with this recent move. This wouldn't even be a conversation if Sony grabbed Zenimax which already shows both companies do business differently. I actually don't buy into the anti-consumer sentiment but I do think that MS has made many pro gamer moves and of that there is little doubt.
Talking like a real fanboy, of course they do business differently.
Sony only acquires developers who already primarily develops for them (not taking anything away from other platforms).
While MS acquires multi-platform developers with IPs already established on other platforms.