We all need to be more positive towards good games. We don’t have to bash one to praise another. There are things every game could better and improve. 10/10 doesn’t mean perfect game and IMO 10/10 should be reserved for select few
Instead most AAA games will receive few 10/10. I remember when MGS4 received 10/10 and how shocking the reaction was and conversations that took place afterwards. Now if a blockbuster game doesn’t get 9-10/10 it may not even sell. So we th...
This is why Microsoft has to buy content because not many 3rd party publishers would put their game on GP without a giant check upfront. There is a reason this FTC case has revealed how many studios and publishers had on its list to possible acquire
We already see Xbox sales account for less than 20% on AAA games which launch on all major platforms. Gamepass is creating a mindset of sooner or later game will end up on GP
For gamers it's amazing val...
Contrary to controversial opinion, but call of duty is the most valuable franchise in gaming by a wide margin
Microsoft could make the game exclusive to Xbox and that's a huge get. We as gamers may dislike COD but or prints money. The judge should make MS treat COD as it's own entity that can't be exclusive
No need to there is a cult of CDOR fans who will defend them regardless. Even now cyberpunk hasn’t been fixed on next generation consoles. Here is another thing everyone praises W3 but seem to overlook the fact how yes it had a Bakr launch then cyberpunk, but even Witcher three needed bunch of patches to make it as good as it is today
All the momentum that was built with crash series lately and this game is going to drag it down
Darth
Please don't over look keys facts in how Japanese take pride in their home companies and a western buying them is looked at as a failure of sorts
Sony had 15 billion about 3 months back for acquisitions and as we speak and they have been trying to add more funds in the acquisition pool. Sony needs PlayStation so much more than Microsoft needing xbox. So Sony will go to any lengths to make acquisitions
Square enix will not c...
But Phil Spencer himself has said he doesn't want to do it. Honestly is there any other executive who talks from both sides of his mouth as much as Phil
Outside_ofthe_Box
It's common when Xbox does it and uncommon when Jim Ryan does it
With this ABK so much has come into the public domain now that there is no longer Phil the nice guy. I have said it jokingly many times if MS were allowed to they would buy PlayStation and Nintendo. FTC and CMA need to prevail here otherwise gaming as we know it won’t exist for long
I don’t want a gaming industry where the only independent publishers are the greedy bunch
EA
Take Two
Tencent
WB
UBI
Seriously and there are Xbox fans who still claim that Xbox didn’t want some sort of monopoly. Sony better spend money and buy some of the medium sized publishers
If I was Jim I would try my best to buy square and capcom and afterwards buy sega. These 3 along with already owned studios means Sony has plenty of legendary IP’s under their control. Imagine having the next resident evil, dragon quest, dragon dogma and monster hunter only on ps5 and pc. If ABK deal is allow...
So now Xbox fans know more than PlayStation ceo? Didn’t take two ceo said the same thing multiple times?
Death
You think publishers are doing it out of love for GP or huge upfront money from MS?
MLB the show is a special case. And the game isn’t published by Sony on Xbox yet and this is a big yet Sony gets to keep all the profit from MLB on Xbox
4sh0w
I guess publishers can speak with you inste...
Very impressive
Obscure
You really think he gives a damn about you or me thanking him? Seriously man does it not bother you at all that you are such a huge fanboy of Xbox and your comments come across like cult members
Be a gamer for gaming these corporations don’t care about any of us. We are dollar signs to them
On topic
I am glad for NT because their last game they struggled so much just to complete it and companies even provi...
Man stop if Ms could they would buy Nintendo and PlayStation. For all the not caring it sure seems like Ms just want to buy out the competition
Seriously this is nonsense. I am sure glad Japan has really strong laws against foreign companies trying to acquire. I hate publisher buying by any company but I much rather Sony buy capcom square or sega because they know what it takes to run gaming studios where as MS just keeps throwing money at issues hoping to fix it
So much hate for FF16 after getting really great reviews yet going by the articles they are making it sound like this is a 3/10 type game
They just don’t have the resource’s available to even try that
Looken
They won’t be able to stay independent for long. By the end of this generation I think they will be acquired. We may even see publishers merge together to become bigger. The days of these medium sized publishers are numbered and I hope I am 100% wrong
Mika
Actually you can connect the dots because now a days AAA games get 70-75% of their sales in digital so if it’s not the best selling game on PSN we will have something to discuss
And they aren’t limiting anything. It’s the worst kept secret that Sony and square have a deal in place so as soon as ABK deal is done Sony will announce the acquisition
Shane
Been here long enough to not care. Fact of the matter is we as gamers are divided and greedy publishers take advantage of that. If a game company does well and supports their games and respect their fans we should stand with them but these huge corporations aren’t doing either
Physical edition limited edition coming with digital codes. What use to be free and is still free as in cheat codes are now sold to us as micro transactions
Gaming community being on same page is never going to happen but at the very least can we atleast criticize what’s really wrong? Redfall hasn’t even have its 60FPS patch and now another system exclusive is struggling to do 60FPS
60FPS was a promise during 360/ps3 days and here we are 2 generating a passes that point and still have major games at 30FPS
Spider-Man water puddles created a huge amount of negative PR but it seems nothing Microsoft does will e...
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We have 3 and my son barely lets me touch the controller. When we were growing up gamepass or plus would have been awesome. What’s really sad is more and more games come out monthly and we keep saying I will get to them haha
Brother having a game timed exclusive vs buying the whole publishing business isn’t the same thing. And the reason companies are willing to make the deal with Sony are 2 folds
80% of game sales come from PlayStation so if Sony offers upfront payment plus 80% sales on consoles those publishers aren’t losing anything. Xbox as a brand has to create more value