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LudicrousSpeed on 25 January 2022
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Runa216 said:

You know what's funny? Prior to this I didn't give a shit about Activision or Blizzard, as both were on my shit-list of devs/publishers I won't buy from. Them and EA, with a handful of exceptions (I did get spyro Reignited and the Crash n-Sane trilogy, as well as stuff like It Takes Two and Unravel and even Jedi Fallen Order from EA). But now? Now I'm just pissed because of this. I won't miss anything of theirs, I don't personally care, but it still feels wrong.

and as usual, bringing it up on Twitter has morons going 'but sony does this toooooo!' not realizing there's a world of difference between Sony buying Bluepoint and Housemarque and Insomniac and Sucker Punch (All companies that heavily and almost exclusively worked with Sony prior) and Microsoft buying Zenimax and Activision-Blizzard, two companies that sell better on Ps4 and prior to this almost exclusively did multiplatform games. (Yeah, Morrowind was Xbox exclusive, but that was what, 2003? That's a whole different scenario.)

I just don't like the idea that a company can just throw money at their problems to BUY existing franchises instead of investing in developers and naturally growing their portfolio. It bugs me, becuase it means a company that's just in it for the money will have more influence on the market, and that's how we get shit like loot boxes and microtransactions and having to pay for online.

Oh please, these companies are ALL just in it for the money. Did you miss where Sony and Nintendo have pay to play online? Ever heard of Amiibo? Have you ever played Last of Us online? Did you like the SP content of Destruction All-Stars being locked behind microtransactions? Are you going to be paying for your upgraded Uncharted PS4 games in a couple days on PS5? 

Also you forgot Naughty Dog and Guerrilla on your list of studios Sony bought, regardless of what excuses or qualifiers you want to add. But I’d be interested in reading how you think MS could have built a working relationship of exclusive content with a company like Activision Blizzard before buying them, all while Activision Blizzard was shopping themselves around looking for a buyer?