Third party deals? You mean like Xbox with Contraband, Warhammer Darktides, Stalker 2, Ark 2, Scorn? Seems like you're cherry picking thinking only Playstation has these deals.
Is this a coupon for physical releases in store or digital copies?
Isn't the FTC in the U.S. blocking this as well?
Well Fable Legends coat $75 million and was scrapped after 4 years of work so if this is $50 million after a year I can see why if it didn't look good it got cut down early. Better than to ride it out and end up with something like Redfall.
Right? I'm not understanding why so many people want this sale to go through. Regardless of whether it's owned by MS or not doesn't change the fact the people would still get the games. Outside of Gamepass possibly saving the odd person a little. But considering most people would play the game for a long time it may be cheaper to just buy the odd game outright
Ouch. My friends Gamestop had a single preorder. Lol
To be fair to be family friendly you need to make the family first so....
It's a shame really. Was really excited when I saw Everwild, but, to hear the producers of Everwild say they have no idea what the game play mechanics were or what the game is about somewhat recently was disappointing.
2-3 years in and no gsme mechanics decided? Or what the game is about even? Jeez. It's pretty much at the drawing board only.
"definitely looking forward to Fable and Hellblade II to be released in 2024."
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"As for acquisition. If you spent billions to compete with Sony. Why would you ever put it on their service?"
So why would it be a problem if Sony offers a deal to try to get IPs and rights to games? How is that any worse or better? Like you said Business is business. Sony/Playstation aren't a charity. If they are paying for something to a developer then they want something back in return whether it be advertising, exclusivity or owning the IP outright.
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The point I was trying to get is that you're a hypocrite. No is saying Sony are saints, but, if you're going to complain then don't forget Xbox/Microsoft and Nintendo have also done more than their fair share of shady dealings. So for you to single out just Playstation shows 1) You're a fanboy 2) You're a hypocrite. It's literally the pot calling the kettle black.
No other company other than Microsoft can bully people with money like they do. S...
"Sony's money and exclusive deals didn't help them?"
Just like Xbox and Redfall
"Seal said it was a big budget game"
Seal also pointed out Sony do NOT own the studios or manage them either and you completely missed that fact too! What's your point exactly?
You're literally complaining about Sony for the sake of it. Again you literally haven't presented a single shred of a fact to back up your piss poorly guised 'argument' to just throw shade at Sony.
"Ratchet, Death Stranding, Returnal etc all games Sony was involved with but didn't own the studios. "
What?! Sony owns House Marque and Insomniacs so wtf are you even talking about?! As for Death Stranding.... it's made with a proprietary game engine and its getting a sequel. None of these games even had layoffs. Lol
"Sony doesn't know what a good gaas game looks like?"
Really? Destiny and Bungie don't ring a bell?
" if they're making a triple a big budget game at the time that's in Sony's wheel house."
This is where you're reaching. See you say IF as in nothing was confirmed. You're just assuming it's AAA with literally ZERO facts to back that up just to have a reason to complain.
How is this any worse than locking a whole publishers games from fans?! So this whole thing about a single indie game is BS. Bethesda locks out all the Playstation and Nintendo fans and you guys just cheer like it's the best thing ever even though fans of IPs won't be able to play them any more.
Honestly Xbox fans like you are delusional if you think Xbox is better. How come we don't see you complaining about future Bethesda games being exclusive to Xbox? ...
Boohoo my plastic box sucks so I will make up stuff about the company that broke the industry record in sales, games sales at 1.5 billion games sold and is set to do it again. Jeez cry a river. The facts prove you wrong on literally all accounts and you just roll on making up things and making new goalposts.
Its absolutely pathetic.
It's a snap shot of the 2nd biggest market for Xbox. Including digital I highly doubt would change anything. Playstations digital sales beat all of Xbox console/PC and Eshop sales COMBINED. So let's not pretend they would be better if we include digital.
Playstations digital and physical sales have literally pushed them to breaking the industry record 2 times in the last 3 years. Maybe you didn't see Playstation 4 absolutely dominate and break the record fo...
"Hellblade II is certainly the most anticipated Dark Fantasy game of the generation"
Sorry this is absolutely not true. The first game took 4 years and releases on every console and PC to reach 1 million copies sold. You're putting too much weight on this game. It will do alright I'm sure, but, most anticipated? Lol.
Performance issues you can patch. Redfall needs far more work than a simple patch to fix though so that's a false equivalency.