"That is Microsoft in a nutshell, buy up the competition instead of building and fostering talented studios.*

Don't even start with that. sony bought up all those studios last year and none of then were fostered except for Housemarque. Who cares how it's done as long as MS has studios to make games. It's just not picky at this point.

"Now they buy publishers of games and locking games behind their walled garden."

So what are games free now on other platforms or something? You're not making sense.

@lightening77

Dude, Sony bought Housemarque and blue point studios, both of which has a long history of making exclusive playstation games to begin with so I don't see how that would compare to taking away call of duty that has been multiplatform since the beginning of time. That's a massive difference! So no, it's not the same at all.

@armyofdarkness it’s ironic COD started out as a PC exclusive .. so actually COD wasn’t always multi platform ,

You don't see that Microsoft's new platform is actually gamepass? In order to play their games, you must pay Microsoft. Period.

@Army its extremely clear you don't know how GP works, that or you're being ignorant on purpose. Halo Infinite, Forza all of First party AAA, and major 3rd party can be purchased like any other game out there. Download or store bought can be purchased physically. Again like everything else out there.

You don't have to pay for gamepass to play MS first party games. Now stop making things up.

@lightening77 "You don't have to pay for gamepass to play MS first party games. Now stop making things up."

Wait... So you are telling me gamepass is free?! Shit bro! I want in!

When have MS said they will restrict the games from other consoles? Call of Duty will still be on PlayStation. Will all Bethesda games go Xbox exclusive? I’m talking about Sony also buying companies. It’s part of the modern gaming world. The idea that MS buying Activision/Blizzard will somehow harm PlayStation gamers is just scaremongering.
Some games from both sides will be timed exclusives but Halo, COD will remain multi platform. To keep a series on one console - Nintendo being an exception - will only reduce sales. If Sony have Halo for example why would they make it PS only when they can make many more millions by having it on other platforms? Answer - they won’t.

You just haven’t been gaming for to long , lol people think Sony is some kind of saint in this gaming space ..

Lol. You will be waiting a long time. You asked me to answer a question about when Sony stopped games going to other platforms but I am not sure why you are asking that from what I said. I don’t think you even tried to understand my point or comment.
You are making assumptions that MS will stop games coming to Sony. That is YOUR assumption.
When I said Sony have been doing this for ages I was referring to making acquisitions.
Therefore there is no need for me to answer your question.
Bungie games will still be on Xbox , Bethesda games will still be on PlayStation and MS games will still be on Nintendo.
There will be exclusives, timed exclusives but the games everyone is worrying about will still be multi platform.
That’s all any of us need to know right now.

That’s 2 games. You were worrying about those games? I’m talking about COD, Halo etc. Of course there will be exclusives. That’s not new. And if Sony and MS decide to make exclusives that push people away from huge franchises that already exist - already exist being the key here - then they will have to face the deserved backlash they will receive.

Thanks for you words. Pointless as they are.

You know how you said I know little about games? Have you seen the official confirmation from Microsoft about Activision/Blizzard games? The announcement that confirms everything I said. Just thought I would let you know that this person who knows nothing clearly knows rather more than you do. Cheers and all the best. 🤘🎮🤘