Not sure who you're talking about there - but it isn't Microsoft - they had the top scoring exclusive for 2021. Infact, they were the only one of the big 3 to show up in the top 10 for the year.
@ryuk Lol you got me, internet sarcasm is hard :P
Not as much as the PTSD I still have from being stuck at that part for a couple of thousand attempts with low health :P
@lodossrage Indeed, not every one is created equal. But Activision want to sell, and MS were there willing to buy. I see nothing wrong with that.
We actually don't know what will happen with Bungie (or Mojang) in the future. Just because their games are cross-platform today doesn't mean they always will be. It's naive to assume that - there's already rumblings of Bungie working on a new PS exclusive.
It's business, if Sony could afford...
Lol that is one hell of a fantasy you have going on there. The British and Europeans are going to stop buying COD over some kind of honor system (that doesn't exist btw, at least not in the UK).
I'd say that is very unlikely. They seem to be selling a lot of them, and the economy is only going to get worse - having a $300 console (that I can see them dropping to 200-250) will be a huge plus during a recession.
@lodossrage The industry is far bigger than COD. You can't place much value in games like TLOU, GoW, Uncharted etc. if you think COD getting acquired is the end of the world.
Timed exclusives are indeed part of the industry, as are acquisitions - most of the studios that Sony & Microsoft have today were acquisitions.
Not super convinced on the special powers part, but I'll play through it anyway because I love RE and it looks like it still has some decent enemies & gunplay etc.
RE4 is looking great. I like the new darker tone, feels more survival horror-like while still being true to the original. Capcom are killing it on the remakes - please give us CV next.
Since when was growing your business a desperate move? Every business wants to do that.
Let's not pretend that Sony wouldn't buy up CoD if they could afford it - they've been paying for exclusive COD content, gamemodes etc for years.
I feel sorry for whoever has to read that inbox, it's going to be filled with so much fanboy nonsense from both sides. Basically a waste of time.
Company A wants to be bought.
Company B wants to buy company A.
Company A accepts the offer from Company B.
Company A wants to be bought by Company B.
Nothing scummy about it. This isn't some hostile takeover.
"Releasing a cheaper $300 entry level SKU is anti-consumer"
Welp, there's one I didn't have on my bingo card for today.
Sure, there are plenty of devs who don't know what they're doing.
Meanwhile, the devs who do know what they're doing are easily supporting PS4, PS4Pro, Xbox One, Xbox One X, PS5, Xbox Series S, Xbox Series X, and a couple of hundred/thousand PC CPU + GPU combinations :)
Those sizes must not include the day 1 200gb patch :P
Jokes aside, looking forward to playing the campaign tomorrow. MW campaigns are typically good.
Almost forgot: F in the chat for Hasan Kahraman & Blue Box Studios. RIP.
@darth Yeah, sadly the two western made mainline SH games just weren't that scary or well made.
I never played Shattered Memories, but you should totally grab an emulator (or original HW) and try the PS1 SH1. It's awesome, and with emulators you can even get it up to a decent framerate. I would love for a remake.
As for the HD Collection... it got a lot of stick. The performance was pretty jank, and they broke a lot of fundamental parts of the exp...
@darkrider Well Jim Ryan isn't laughing. He's deadly serious that PS needs COD to survive, and that no PS studio can create a game even close to COD.
@Versus Indeed. But you can guarantee MS are using any 3rd party exclusivity that Sony announces against them at this point. They're determined to make this acquisition go through.
KI was fine... SH Homecoming was probably the worst SH game I've ever played. Where do I even begin... Pyramid Head being there for no reason whatsoever other than 'SH fans like him, right!?", you don't even reach SH until near the end, the combat is just mash attack and dodge. I could go on.
Downpour had a decent storyline, but the implementation and gameplay were garbage.
"It appears that CMA doesn't blindly allow Big Tech to do whatever it wants."
Their past record with Microsoft suggests otherwise though. Take Nuance for example, their most recent acquisition - the CMA opened the same investigation and later concluded it was fine - and the acquisition closed.