Report: Sony looking to acquire Metal Gear, Castlevania, and Silent Hill IP's from Konami, Kojima involvement planned

[DonFerrari]

setsunatenshi said:

DonFerrari said:

The problem for him is that people buy consoles for these three games but no one will buy for hellblade 2.

To be clear, I'm not at all trashing Hellblade or any other MS exclusive, I just happen not to have found one that resonates with me yet. I got a 360 way back when because they had a few interesting Japanese games and some RPGs that I wanted to play, so boom, bought it and problem solved.

I just can't take the position of cheering when MS starts buying studios left and right, but when the competitor (maybe) gets a few IPs to turn to future project, that's not ok.

To recognize that it is much more likely that people would buy a console because of MGS, Castlevania, Silent Hill, etc than Hellblade isn't trashing the series, is just a recognition of the IP power at the moment. That can certainly change in the future. PS first party wasn't that strong in PS2, in PS3 they tried a lot and created several good IPS but sales and critics weren't still at a great level, but on PS4 they are. MS can do it as well if they do things right.