"ZL: Dedicating time and money to Destiny simply because I enjoy shooters and RPGs, to me, seems like listening to Nickleback because I like distorted electric guitars. [...] Despite commonly held concerns, Destiny retains its status as a widely played game."
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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.
Because people have gotten use to paying more for less. The base competitive multiplayer nature of the game.
Disappointed game of 2014 the destiny
A lot of it has to do with demographics.
Destiny is a loot game that is basically anti-hardcore, which appeals to many people. Sure the hardcore people can get ahead faster, will have better guns and so forth, but there are a lot of "great equalizers" that prevent people from getting too far too fast without serious time commitments.
A lot of these people don't have experience with the genre, hence why so many people complain about how the DLC rendered a lot of previous weapons mediocre, so they don't have a lot of experience to draw from. If you compare CoD to Destiny, then Destiny looks huge and amazing, but if you compare it to Borderlands, it looks sub-par.
The other thing is that the game offers a lot of accessibility and unique elements that people are drawn to. Like the raids really stand out because they're not something you see in a lot of FPS games, so it makes Destiny look better and keeps people playing. The raid is also not completely dependent on skill/tactic and better people can carry worse people, allowing everyone to have some fun.
Anyway, I don't want to ramble on and get a bunch of people trying to debate me, but the overall point is that Destiny caters to a more casual demographic, which isn't as concerned about the things the hardcore community is. There are also a lot of people, even those in the hardcore community, that like the basic game, but think it's light on content. I think thats Destiny's biggest problem, the lack of content and things to do, but thats never stopped people from sinking countless hours into games.
The first couple of months I was hooked on Destiny; what cracked the ice for me is the BS response when Iron Banner was dominated by a level 4.
Rather than go through a big spiel of why I left the game, I'm gonna say it ran its course, and now it's time to move on to greener pastures.
I think people are still playing it because, despite the valid complaints, the core gameplay is extremely fun, especially if you a friend or two to play with.
I know thats the reason I still play. I've got enough good guns and armor. Getting more is scondary at this point. I just enjoy the gameplay.
No to mention, few console games offer such a good co-op experience. If there is one thing that Destiny truly succeeded at, its the co-op aspect, as it is extremely fun.