The problem is COD is biggest IP in gaming and if once sale has gone through it becomes exclusive to games pass alit if console olayers will get xbox's and if that happens that reduced PlayStation market share. This in turn eventually leads to less money to create first party exclusives or help fund new studios that are just starting out and to help nurture them etc.
They don't need to outstanding Microsoft. They need to make smart acquisitions. Worth noting that the fact sonys stock dropped on this announcement is important and should tell you something. It shows exactly what the markets think this means for any rival gaming company. It shows that this is bad for the industry as not just sony's stock dropped but literally the whole industry saw stocks dropping over this except for MS. And becauae I need to spell it out apparently: it's bad fo...
@itsmebryan games pass is working in that it's drawn in subscribers. It isn't working in that it isn't profitable and isn't in the slightest bit viable long term unless they hike the price up. What they are doing is drawing in gamers making them dependent upon games pass for most if their games library and then they will hike the price and the choices will be lose access to your games library or give in and pay the higher price and the price is going to be considerably higher ...
Only way gamespass becomes viable os if they hike the price up several times what it is. Their Olveston simply won't allow them to make acquisitions like this and then not make a return on that. This is just to buy the publisher nevermind the money to actually fund games development.
Amazon already have bought several developers but so far they seem to have no bother letting their stuff release on other platforms aswell.
I can't see how they have any choice. Bethesda they could ignore that purchase but this one is so large and signals MS's intent gpojg forwards that I think they may have to respond in kind. They could definitely afford someone like ubisoft or square Enix and cap companies or Sega.
By games pass price being hiked once people are hooked.
Not even slightly
Usa government has already blocked tercentenary acquisition so this isn't an issue they can simply do so again in thebfuture.
Daethv2 what you mean like starfield ps5 version they had canned after 5+ years development? Or elder scrolls 6... oh also an xbox exclusive now....
Until games pass price goes up.... it's not profitable. To have more games on it costs more money. So something has to give. Sooner rather than later.
@Dfresh MS said that about Bethesda prior to the deal going through. Soon as it was finalised they had starfielda ps5 version cancelled which was what 5+ years into development and then openly said that elderscrolls was likely exclusive too.
There you just said it "pc offers alot more value than a PlayStation ever could" and that is why people mention the high price point which for most people is qn obstacle to entry. Why? Because your statement is incorrect for most people. Most jobs need people to be able to use MS teams or zoom and like MS office and browse the Web. Certainly nothing more taxing than that. The exceptions are those soi g video qnd photo editing, designing games or apps etc. So for moat people in term...
They bought like 1 pc porting studio and have a partnership with one other. They have just ported god of war and are porting uncharted 4 for release later this year on pc, they have what 19 first party studios working on games for ps5. To port those titles to pc would take 19 studios so not every game will come to pc but you can bet theybplan for a fair few of them to- they are still working onnporting last gen games. Given the dev time required to port the titles there's every reason to ...
Hoping that they still might...
Having played both it isn't unreasonable at all. Days gone had a boring first 10-+2 hours. I literally almost stopped playing my mate persuaded me to persevere. The game went in way too long and I like long games but it dragged on. Although the late game was considerably better than early game. The gameplay mechanics were way less satisfying than in ghost of tsushima including the combat which was superb in ghost. Then factor in the zombie hordes which were really underused, often made th...
Nah whilst some reviewers did mark it down Iver having a hero white male protagonist (I remember being wtf ? And that criticism in reviews.... )having played the game it's primary issue was that it was a mediocre game compared to Sony's other franchise outputs. Games like uncharted have shown us that if the game is good enough they'll ignore that there is a white heterosexual male qt the core of a story. Days gone had a boring as hell first hours, it's melee combat without a c...
How could this be a thing.... the licensing would prevent it surely? The license has transferred hands since then and others now own it but don't own the games code so like other older bond titles- everything or nothing, nightmare etc they can't be re-released.
I mean technically yes. But in reality like 80-90% pf those titles are older titles moat people already own or can be picked up for like a few pounds. Uts the first party and the handful of day and date titles on gamespass that make it worth the price. However that said - its not currently sustainable as it is. MS either need to be charging like 3x its current price or ti get 3x as many subscribers. Then and only then will it be potentially viable in the long term. Atm its just a way for MS t...
Why do you think the games will be multiplaftom?!? MS said exactly thr same thing they said about activision about Bethesda. Literally all it meant was they'd continue to support existing titles like ESO. Their first act was literally to have the ps5 version of starfield canned despite it having been in development for some 5+ years and would have also been due to release end of this year.