| Shinobi-san said: Can't see how any prior acquisitions would have the same impact as this. Most that have already happened have not had any direct impact on competing platforms. The bethesda one is the first to really make a difference and thats only once Starfield was announced as exclusive, but even that is understandable and not really "lost" as its never been on other platforms. With franchises like COD though, if it was lost to Sony/PS its major. Some people only play COD exclusively. So its a major deal for a great deal of players. |
Oh, agreed. Don't get me wrong, most of that is said because half the arguments in news posts about it are Sony are buying developers so why shouldn't MS be allowed to spend the profits of Sony for the last decade on a publisher? It stinks of being petty when no one complained about MS buying independent developers like Obsidian and Ninja theory. But if I had my way, no console maker would be allowed to buy another publisher. I think the money could be better spent on new and creative development teams, when all it's being spent on is limiting choice. There has been billions spent all over the place and we have yet to have any new games from it.
Sony do this on a smaller scale with game deals, which MS also did once (and presume is doing in the form of day 1 GP releases), so anyone arguing this in any discussion to me has already lost.
However, I think Activision is a shadow of it's former self, it's corrupt and dirty. It has pretty much dedicated it's entire workforce to developing 1 franchise, which will hurt it in the long run. I think Blizzard are a mess with some of the worse monetisation in the entire industry and MS buying them won't fix that because the MS board won't allow such a purchase if they weren't getting the revenue back.
So take this as you will. :)
Last edited by The Fury - on 16 December 2022Hmm, pie.
