If MS does buy them they better do whatever it takes to make the new Batman series exclusive to Xbox/PC to counter Spider-Man. Sony are going overboard with all of these moneyhats.

I keep seeing this lame ass argument, "Well MS did it first in the 360 gen." Doubt MS started the idea of getting games off of another's platform... But more importantly when was the last time they did this? Was it Rise of the Tomb Raider? I haven't seen them do it as much (not counting marketing, or DLC, just full games).

I'm fine as Ryuu said in waiting. I'm waiting for FF 7 to be completed and on Xbox. And I'll wait for 16 if it is timed exclusive. Glad they are investing more into first party for Xbox/PC.

F that, MS should’t buy Studios in a 2 billion deal only to have them benefit 2 other parties even if MS gets a cut. If they can’t get some the IP licenses exclusive then WB should find other studios/publisher to take on those IP and MS should make Avalanche, Monolith, WB Montréal and Rocksteady work on making actual exclusives to benefit the platform.

Ooof just lost everything I was typing but here

• I hated when Microsoft wasted money on timed exclusives and I like their shift

• These games usually benefit the other player base as they try to appease them by adding content and often times a more updated experience that plays better

• Would rather MS invest in actual exclusives/their own studios and IPs

That’s true I also recall watching a documentary on Nintendo doing similar things trying to get a monopoly. Lol everyone has been “guilty”

I hated it that games like Outer Worlds 2, Wasteland 3, Psychonauts 2 are multiplat. Minecraft I get it it’s at its best when it’s available everywhere. But if WB happens and they stay multiplat it’s like...... why even do this in the first place? Differentiate your brand. Sony loving the money hats MS should play dirty too. Sometimes it’s like they too nice.

Future could be more about how many popular IP's a brand owns and how much reach they have no matter the platform,like streaming services.

Like I’ll settle for day 1 GP and 6 months timed exclusivity. Nothing stopping them from making their games at least a month timed. 

I've said it previously in this thread, Respawn is a special case that should not be compared with other studios. The people in Reapawn are the brains behind Call of Duty franchise. They were responsible for the original Modern Warfare and they came to EA with something that had the potential to be COD killer. Even though it launched with no single player campaign, Titanfall did extremely well and was on a great trajectory that might end up with reaching COD level. The second game, which was a masterpiece, was not managed properly from EA unfortunately. 

Regarding Insomniac and there price, please give me 5-6 studios of their caliper for $1-$1.2 billion and I would be way happier. 

You guys don't realise how crazy expensive $2 billion is for these studios. Especially for Microsoft that is going to through away 60% of what they paid for by keeping it exclusive to Xbox platform. 

Note: The smaller 6 studios are just a drag and you'll probably pay more when you lay them off.

August event should not have games reserved for it. The purpose of this event is to announce the specs for Lockheart, show people why it is a worthy updgrade over One X by showing Gears 5 and Forza Horizon, a montage of new games and finally the price.

Show people Ray tracing, extra graphical details, non existence loading screens and other next gen features.

X0 event this year should be a celebration of console launch and nothing more. I don't think they are going to have a physical conference this year. You know what, they should use this excuse to cancel it this year.