Rumor: Microsoft Acquiring Playground Games and other Unknown Studios

[DonFerrari]

LiquorandGunFun said:

makes sense.

some just hate cant resist to hate, because Microsoft. its an obvious good move.

You mean Azzanation and Ludicrous Speed hates Microsoft and that is why they don't see a need to buy Playground Games?

DirtyP2002 said:

Bandorr said:
So they are basically buying the Forza Studio.. so no one else can have them make a game?

So instead of going out and getting new studio and new games.. they are just buying lifetime access to games they are already getting?
This is basically like the Coalition then. The studio that makes gears of war?

Or like Santa Monica making God of war?
or like Polyphony Digital making Gran Turismo?
or like Nintendo doing 95% of their games related to their existing mascots?

Bioware made Xbox exclusives and look what happened.
You are trying way too hard to hate, bro.

SSM besides supporting external games also were requested by Sony to do a game that wasn't GoW. Cory Barlong himself defended and pitched GoW on PS4 and got greenlit (similar story to ND who also decides what they are going to develop and they decided to make 4 UC+LL and 2 TLoU+DLC).

PD was created because Kaz wanted to make GT, he also helped LoD, made a bike game and a very obscure one. He is the one also deciding to keep doing GT.

All these 3 (and effectively others) are free to decide what they want to make.

About Nintendo you can go and complain to them, even if the head of the studio was the creator of the franchises and probably the one that is more passionate to keep doing those franchises.