Of course Microsofts acquisitions are much bigger, they have a lot more money. Just because Sony can’t afford to buy Mojang or Bethesda or ABK when those companies want to sell, doesn’t make it wrong for MS to buy them. Maybe if Sonys other businesses were doing better, they’d fare better in the acquisition wars.
It’s the same situation as the games Sony moneyhats or buys exclusive content for, they are much bigger than the games MS can buy, and happen much more frequently. You won’t see MS buying games like SFV or FF7 or FF-whatever the new one is or Fartspooken etc, or getting exclusive content in games like Hogwarts because the difference in install base makes those deals way too expensive to be worth it for MS. And that’s their own fault. Back when the 360 was competing with the PS3, MS was much more aggressive with these deals because the market allowed them to be. When the Xbone launched and the effects of their horrid Xbone marketing and reveal weren’t yet being felt, they were able to be aggressive with these kinds of deals.
Now MS finds themselves in a place where lots of companies are buying up publishers and studios and the market doesn’t allow them to make the types of deals Sony can make without dramatically overspending. The last time they tried a deal like that, I could be wrong but didn’t they have to spend $100,000,000 to get Tomb Raider for a year? I see a lot of people say “well MS could just use those billions to pay for exclusives or hire new talent”, but neither of those are based in reality.
Just because MS can lay out 70B to buy something like ABK, which is an investment that would see gargantuan returns, doesn’t mean they also can lay out that 70B to moneyhat games or “HiRe TaLeNt” as if great devs just grow on trees. To put it another way, imagine you’re a parent and your child wants a $500 laptop for schoolwork and other stuff. You decide to buy it, then they ask for a PS5 or SX instead. Well, you already decided you would spend $500 on a laptop for school and such, you can just spend that on a gaming console instead, right? It doesn’t make any sense.
I also have to laugh at whoever said the acquisitions could make MS less innovative. Yes, because Nintendo and Sony have been incredibly innovative. Also, the studios MS has bought so far, have mostly pu led out great games and new IPs. It hasn’t resulted in any less innovation yet.
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