I remember bro...
At the moment it looks like console future might on ARM.I remember bro...
Next-Gen PS5 & XSX |OT| Console tEch threaD
After Nvidia announced the prices and performance for those cards... a PS5 at 599 or more is stupid. If they can't get the price down to 500 at least, there is no point.www.neogaf.com
Thankfully PPC is still kicking and getting some tlc.
Bruh is there some kind of devs tournaments for who can make the ugliest character designs or something?
Slam, smash, and boost your way to fame in Destruction AllStars, coming to PS5
Wreak havoc on foot and behind the wheel in this over-the-top car competition.blog.playstation.com
Because Sony saw the market for Bleeding Edge was huge.
Edit: $70 plus looks like a GAAS with heavy MTX.
What makes you say it isn't good for the industry? Are you equally opposed to Sony and Nintendo buying studios?
yea it is bad if these companies start doing this... a company having a monopoly of the big studios is bad for the industry...
Ms just trying to reach critical mass so Sony let them into the ecosystem.
Who is a monopoly? Isn't Sony the market leader? Most major companies aren't even for sale. Bethesda just happened to have a long standing working relationship with MS that went back to the original Xbox.
The consolidation of assets/talent/IP/tech into a handful of massive entities, especially if they're into multiple markets (Google, Amazon, etc) isn't good. At all.
Thats bull crap
Old article from last year.
lol one game exclusive 14 years ago.... is this the "long-standing working relationship"...it doesn't matter who the market leader is, it's a bad practice and if sony/Nintendo started acting this way it would still be bad practice....
Why is it a bad practice? If those studios were in jeopardy of going under, being picked up by a larger more financially stability entity is a good thing. By the way Bethesda has done more than 1 game on Xbox 14 years ago. There are plenty of indie developers and studios. There is guy here who had a take on this I happen to agree with. He also knows a thing or two about the industry.
Studios? This is third party multiplatform publishers, themselves owning several studios that they are talking about.
There isn't a monopoly... yet.
I have all the consoles so I'll go where games I like are. If the choice is Capcom or Square going out of business or bring sold to Sony I'd prefer them be sold to Sony.
Sounds pretty unlikely. If MS buys out Sony you might be on to something though. The narrative seems to be changing. For the longest time there was the question of when MS would drop out of the business now people are worried they are going to buy everyone out. Interesting.
Zenimax was nowhere close to going out of business either, despite all the mistakes of Bethesda from recent years.
Neither you nor I know what the status of Zenimax's financial health was. Companies have shown if they don't want to be bought they won't be. Look at Nintendo or EA who both rebuffed MS's offers to purchase. People here got a big laugh out of it. Zenimax must have seen a value in getting bought and the devs there seem OK with it.
Two step was not set up by me..
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The main problem would be if MS closes Xbox because it’s seen as only a very tiny part of their business and with it goes thousands of jobs and IP.
Christ... Phil Spencer is a silly man... "hey, if we want more sale on Japan, just buying japan dev"... yeah sure... phil...Xbox's Tango Acquisition Will Help Expand Into Japan, Microsoft Says
Xbox hopes the Bethesda deal will help in Japan.
If Sony aren't careful, could they loose a foothold in Japan to Microsoft.
Why do you think this has changed?
MS has invested 7.5 billion dollars on a publisher. If that is a move a company makes right before cutting ties with that entire part of their business I don't see that business staying in business too long.
Final Fantasy is a multiplaform IP Sony doesn't even own and was made exclusive. At least in this case MS actually fully owns the IP so it's just an investment they've made in their business. Zenimax seemed to want the sale. This wasn't a hostile takeover.
That’s pocket change for MS. They also invested billions into Mixer not so long ago.
After they deliver 2 next gen exclusives to Sony when next gen exclusives are nonexistent on their own consoles. The timing is amazing.
Xbox's Tango Acquisition Will Help Expand Into Japan, Microsoft Says
Xbox hopes the Bethesda deal will help in Japan.
If Sony aren't careful, could they loose a foothold in Japan to Microsoft.
There is a stability that comes from being under a huge company. Finances are something Zenimax doesn't have to worry about as much now as they did when they were on their own. No one is sticking it to anyone this is simply business and people who bought into the Xbox ecosystem can have some confidence their investment will be supported.
They also invested in LinkedIn. What is your point? Zenimax and Mixer are not the same.
The next gen exclusives were in no doubt subsidized by Sony to make these titles 'next-gen'.
Did you you just equate a multi billion dollar company like Zenimax to a fledgling indy studio? Common man.
What do fledgling indy studios and large corporations have in common? They both need money to continue to function. Bigger companies much more so. With MS's support Zenimax has to worry about that less. Few other companies can offer that sort of support.
Sorry, don’t see any of the ‘poor company needs money’ apply to monolithic entities. Especially Zenimax with decade old established ip’s that are going nowhere, print money, and carry no risk upon release like brand new ip’s due to the giant inbuilt fan bases.
Because it’s one of the smallest parts of their business so this will always be a possibility.
And why would Microsoft close Xbox exactly?. 160mil console sales over 3 gens. X and S will almost certainly beat XB1's 50mil sales (70+mil imo), the Xbox division seems to hit record profits every quarter. And Xbox isnt just a console now, its a service, a service thats also on PC, and soon mobile. They have Gamepass at 18mil subs and rising by millions every quarter, Xcloud, (which is the future, no matter how much we dont want it).
Xbox is going nowhere, its time people moved on from 2013.
'Now get dem smilies ready boys'
The point was big businesses will do whatever is in their best interests and the interests of their shareholders and Xbox isn’t anywhere close to the top of Microsofts income pile.
