| yvanjean said: This deal will officially disrupt the market where we are officially moving away from the 5-7 games a year at $69.99 where you are expected to pay (349.99 to 499.99year) towards a monthly subscriptions service where you have access to 100 of games at $15-20 ($180-240year) and you have the freedom to opted in and out at your own convenience. |
COD's pricing structure is on Activision.
As far as this being a boom for consumers, or "force" Sony to bring back franchises, that isn't how it's going to work. Most consumers were getting the games Acti made anyway. If they ever go exclusive, it will be taking them away from certain players. Whether that works in their favor or not is up in the air and far out from any real discussion points.
Regarding Sony, the team behind SOCOM is closed, Guerrilla chooses to work on other things, and Insomniac has found considerable success with Spider-Man/Ratchet. Sure, they could squeeze in a Resistance game, but that isn't an antidote here. It certainly has nothing to do with needing an exclusive shooter since COD will be on PlayStation anyway and it is the only FPS that does those sorts of numbers.
This is simply Microsoft needing a competitive foot in the game (a bigger deal for Cloud than individual exclusives). I get it. It will change nothing on the larger end and it doesn't have to, but it will breathe new life into their ecosystem with Game Pass, which is what they're after. I'm not saying whether I agree with the merger or not (my input on that is irrelevant anyway), but a healthier Microsoft Studios is better for Xbox.
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