Where'd that $500 million go, exactly?
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Microsoft bought all of Zenimax Media for 7 billion, while Sony paid 4 billion for Bungie. I think Microsoft got the better deal due to acquiring Fallout, ElderScrolls and Doom.
Yeah, I thought it out. I'm not sure you did. But since we are buddy's now, you're welcome.
"Clearly your parents didn't teach you"
You know you lost, when you have to resort to this tactic.
So you're saying that Microsoft has missed out on so many huge gaming franchise in the last 25 years from GTA exclusivity to guitar hero and destiny it's just laughable they had so many misses
Yea, but they're still 100 times more wealthy than Sony. I would say it worked out well.
That isn't because of Xbox though. This is a gaming page, not an I get supplemented by father Windows page
Microsoft's money has nothing to do with Xbox.
Xbox is a money pit to them they would love to ditch but are after some ROI first.
Let's face it, Xbox is like a red headed stepchild that steals from you to buy drugs.
MIicrosoft is NOT XBOX. The current situation illustrates this. And Microsoft wants its ROI.
@Bathyj and daddy Satya has just force admitted Phil to rehab.
you know why MS has so much money, and it aint cause of the gaming xbox branch.
so lets not kid ourselves.
@PhillyDownJawn not more profitable. More revenue with ABK acquisition but them going multiplat shows they are not making much profit
That's great for Xbox gamers ain't it that Microsoft are more wealthy than Sony. Is that really a argument use are using now lol?
Imagine me in my job. Arguing with a fellow security guard at another company. Hahah well the company I work for is worth £800m the one you work for is only work £600m!
Microsoft may have more money but Sony has the talented studios and the games to back up those studios.
Plus turning down Marvel too. Spiderman is only exclusive to Playstation because of that
Best deal deal in gaming must be when Sony bought Insomniac for 229 million dollars. They made over 800 millions on Spiderman for the ps4 alone. Thats just crazy!
another Interview?
how is he the only one who loves the spotlight as much as he does lol
Let's not forget he also famously passed on Spider-man, Genshin Impact and GTA3.
However it's almost kind of cute how he can keep that sh1t-eating grin and say he's a 'no regrets' kind of guy, especially when you think how much just these 5 titles could have swung the world in Xbox's favour instead of Sonys.
How he's kept his job I don't know, he must sure be keeping Papa Nadella's shaft warm somehow.
"But, but Gamepass, he introduced that!!!"
Yes he did, and now look at Xbox, all it's exclusives are coming to Playstation now rendering the platform obsolete.
Honestly, with that kind of track record, you can't convince me Spencer hasn't eaten it from the back in the name of self preservation. Probably unwashed...and at least twice.
That aside, my interpretation of everything here is Xbox has been mismanaged a bit too much and Nadella came down from his throne. The way it is now, I don't believe for a minute the multiplatform move was Spencer's idea. I don't even think the acquisitions was Spencer's work. At this point, I reckon he's got as much power in his role as Hunter Biden at a Ukrainian energy company.
You can never tell how things will turn out if he had said yes to those games. Xbox already has access to some great IPs, however, they hardly do anything with them or fail to deliver. It's also possible their presentation wasn't good at the time, and they made sure the next presentation was better.
I believe that part of being successful is releasing things in the right place at the right time.
Many major corporations have a story similar to passing on successful business ideas. Let us look at Sony Pictures for example. Back when Marvel went bankrupt, they had the opportunity to buy the entire Marvel for only $25 Million but turned them down. An unnamed big shot at Sony reportedly claimed that “nobody gives a shit about any of the other Marvel characters,”. They ended up taking Spiderman for $10 Million instead.
https://www.avclub.com/sony...
Fast forward to today, we can see what the Marvel brand has done for Disney. Is it possible the same success would have been possible had Sony acquired those IPs. We can't say that for sure and it is possible most of those IPs that are successful today may not have been used.
My biggest peeve at the moment is the amount of crucible and vanguard marks you get in a week! Seriously I have not been as lucky as some who have been able to get legendary armour and weapon drops.. So the only other way I can go about it is earning those damn marks! Unless they raise the marks cap from 100 to maybe 200+ it's going to take me weeks to get my guardian fully kitted out!
@fanofrootbeer
The author is clearly oblivious to the fact that the 500 000 000 is for all three instalments, and with that ignorance how did this get approved?
That being said it is missing features, but I'm sure no one wants to go through 11 pages (for 10 reasons).
10. Voice Chat For Public Events (coming next week)
9. A Proper Map
8. Sparrow Racing, Anyone?
7. High-Level Mission Incentives (also coming next week)
6. A Reasonable Weekly Mark Cap
5. Normalised PvP (no, I've done no better or worse with my higher level character, just no)
4. More Diverse Bounties
3. Matchmaking for raids
2. Increased Loot Quantity (next week)
1. Normalised Loot
while I agree with some of these, and others are being fixed currently, matchmaking on raids would be a mistake. Forums lead to actual commitments, I don't want to be halfway through a section and hear "Tony come for supper". A Proper Map however would be excellent, along with more bounties, but if you want to race sparrows do a patrol scout mission with friends, line up at a certain spot and have a race! An actualized patrol mission with sparrow races would be awesome, but it's not something it desperately needs. Considering how many of these issues are already being addressed is good support on bungies part, but they will need to improve it to keep players on.
They nailed the FPS part its the RPG part they could work on, bethesda could show them a thing or two about that.
Here's another article asking about the $500miion. Incoming comments about the money being for the life of the game....
I agree it doesn't seem like a $500 budgeted title. I mean, how do they know how much the rest is even going to cost? What if it ends up just being like $300milloon? I'm not fooled. That first number is in fact what they're touting as a budget in Destiny so far. The upcoming DLCs can't be a part of that. If they are, they were lying and ripped us off IMO
pvp feels like a terrible afterthought. it needs some serious balancing