RUMOR: Sony in discussions to aquire Take-Two Interactive

[KBG29]

shikamaru317 said:

KBG29 said:

I have no problem with that, let Google buy Ubisoft, and Microsoft buy EA.

If these companies want to bolster their Libraries, and dig in for the Streaming future, that is great news. If this would mean future titles from Take-Two, EA, and Ubisoft have a 1st Party level of polish, then we all win.

I have no problem subscribing to PS Now, Game Pass, and Google Stream. Ideally, at a minimum the streaming service would be available on all platforms, with native support on PC and each individual companies hardware. To me that would make owning the hardware, and subscribing to the services much more enticing.

I don't want to see a repeat of what we are seeing in tv streaming in game streaming. In tv streaming right now, I feel like I need to be subscribed to about 6 different services to watch every show I want to watch (Netflix, Hulu, Disney +, HBO Go, Amazon Prime, CBS All-Access), and now it looks like we're moving toward a future where I am going to need to subscribe to 3 different gaming services as well, possibly more if Amazon and Apple throw their hat in the ring (which is quite possible), plus buy a Nintendo system as well if they don't go the streaming route (which I doubt they will. I'm not the monopoly mascot, Uncle Pennybags, I can't afford all of these streaming services. 

I don't follow you on this. I am currently subscribed to PS Vue + HBO/Showtime, WWE Network, Netflix, and MLB.TV and I am paying less for all of them than I did with Comcast alone. Plus I can cancel and resubscribe any time with absolutely no hassle.

If I could subscribe to Sony, Microsoft, Google, Apple, and Amazon Gaming services at an average of $15 a month, that would only be $75 a month. So for a little more than the price of 1 game per month, and I would have access to everything that comes out. That would be a huge savings compared to what I pay currently. Then again, I would have the power to cancel at any time, only subscribing to each service as games I want to play come out.