I'm not personally a fan of this sort of publisher consolidation, but it's a business move that MS needs to make to remain competitive. it does make the rush towards consolidation more attractive now, but we'll have to see how that plays out.
| RolStoppable said: It's a good thing because at this point it's obvious that Microsoft has a hard time competing in the gaming space. If Sony is allowed to run away with it all by virtue of Microsoft's ineptitude and AAA third parties' refusal to put their games on Nintendo consoles, then it should be fully expected that Sony will try to pull off garbage. I've heard Sony has ten GaaS titles coming in the next three years and this type of game has a bad reputation for good reasons. So the acquisition is good for PS gamers because Sony will have to make more games that people care about. Unless of course PS gamers have changed their minds about GaaS in the meantime. |
I'm sorry, but this sort of underlying 'gaas is bad' is always going to be a pretty laughable comment considering how popular GaaS titles actually are right now in the gaming space.
We do already know that SP output from Sony is not decreasing. And GaaS titles are clearly being designed to help Sony confidently put money into the growing costs of AAA games in an era where consolidation is taking away more options for them and their consumers (which leads to less money for them).
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