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Dear God, this the 4th time posting the same BS? bruh



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I honestly feel that MS is laying the groundwork to purchase a Japanese publisher with all of this attention on the Japanese market all of a sudden even Nadella mentioned it in a interview, Sony’s “High End Console” argument is going to bite them in the ass.

Last edited by EspadaGrim - on 27 March 2023

EspadaGrim said:

I honestly feel that MS is laying the groundwork to purchase a Japanese publisher with all of this attention on the Japanese market all of a sudden even Nadella mention it in a interview, Sony’s “High End Console” argument is going to bite them in the ass.

Dude, haven’t you heard? This is all MS’s doing

Evidence to the contrary be damned! 



ice said:

Dear God, this the 4th time posting the same BS? bruh

Post enough and it might will itself into existence. lol. 



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EspadaGrim said:

I honestly feel that MS is laying the groundwork to purchase a Japanese publisher with all of this attention on the Japanese market all of a sudden even Nadella mention it in a interview, Sony’s “High End Console” argument is going to bite them in the ass.

Hopefully. 3rd place MS needs all the help it can get

@Mike321 The biggest lucky charm Xbox has ever gotten... If MS buys a Japanese pubby I'll gift you 5 full fledged MSRP games of your choice, non expiring. 

Any Japanese individual studio, I'll match Noble's 2 game Activision pledge. 



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Funny to still see people saying that MS are hypocrites when it comes to arguing against 3rd party timed exclusives because "They do it too", If this subject was to go to an Anti-trust review what do you think is going to hold more weight? Sony paying Billion Dollar Publishers to keep AAA games off of Xbox for a timed period many of which are big franchises or MS making deals for small games many of the which are self published like Tunic, Scorn, High on Life, The Medium.

You would have to go back all the way to Rise of the Tomb Raider to even find anything comparable to what Sony has been normalizing for years now and if people want to bring up Stalker 2 as AAA example note that the game as of now is Self Published and the Stalker franchise has no history on consoles so how can you compare it to the likes of Final Fantasy, Star Wars, Metal Gear or Silent Hill?



Spade said:
EspadaGrim said:

I honestly feel that MS is laying the groundwork to purchase a Japanese publisher with all of this attention on the Japanese market all of a sudden even Nadella mention it in a interview, Sony’s “High End Consoleâ€Â argument is going to bite them in the ass.

Hopefully. 3rd place MS needs all the help it can get

@Mike321 The biggest lucky charm Xbox has ever gotten... If MS buys a Japanese pubby I'll gift you 5 full fledged MSRP games of your choice, non expiring. 

Any Japanese individual studio, I'll match Noble's 2 game Activision pledge. 

DAMN, HYPE! Gonna get on the phone with Phil to start working on it.



                                                                                     

EspadaGrim said:

Funny to still see people saying that MS are hypocrites when it comes to arguing against 3rd party timed exclusives because "They do it too", If this subject was to go to an Anti-trust review what do you think is going to hold more weight? Sony paying Billion Dollar Publishers to keep AAA games off of Xbox for a timed period many of which are big franchises or MS making deals for small games many of the which are self published like Tunic, Scorn, High on Life, The Medium.

You would have to go back all the way to Rise of the Tomb Raider to even find anything comparable to what Sony has been normalizing for years now and if people want to bring up Stalker 2 as AAA example note that the game as of now is Self Published and the Stalker franchise has no history on consoles so how can you compare it to the likes of Final Fantasy, Star Wars, Metal Gear or Silent Hill?

Plus isn't Stalker confirmed like 6 month timed deal? Where's FF 7? Oh right Sony has to pay to keep the game off of Xbox when they have a 95/5 dominance over xbox. Seems Sony is a little scared? 



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Spade said:
EspadaGrim said:

Funny to still see people saying that MS are hypocrites when it comes to arguing against 3rd party timed exclusives because "They do it too", If this subject was to go to an Anti-trust review what do you think is going to hold more weight? Sony paying Billion Dollar Publishers to keep AAA games off of Xbox for a timed period many of which are big franchises or MS making deals for small games many of the which are self published like Tunic, Scorn, High on Life, The Medium.

You would have to go back all the way to Rise of the Tomb Raider to even find anything comparable to what Sony has been normalizing for years now and if people want to bring up Stalker 2 as AAA example note that the game as of now is Self Published and the Stalker franchise has no history on consoles so how can you compare it to the likes of Final Fantasy, Star Wars, Metal Gear or Silent Hill?

Plus isn't Stalker confirmed like 6 month timed deal? Where's FF 7? Oh right Sony has to pay to keep the game off of Xbox when they have a 95/5 dominance over xbox. Seems Sony is a little scared? 

FF7RE is an even worse example because they likely extended the deal past its original agreement and it's likely now a permanent exclusive, If MS manages to see the details of that specific contract its going to be really bad for Sony if MS really wants put pressure on their 3rd party exclusive deals.



Spade said:
EspadaGrim said:

Funny to still see people saying that MS are hypocrites when it comes to arguing against 3rd party timed exclusives because "They do it too", If this subject was to go to an Anti-trust review what do you think is going to hold more weight? Sony paying Billion Dollar Publishers to keep AAA games off of Xbox for a timed period many of which are big franchises or MS making deals for small games many of the which are self published like Tunic, Scorn, High on Life, The Medium.

You would have to go back all the way to Rise of the Tomb Raider to even find anything comparable to what Sony has been normalizing for years now and if people want to bring up Stalker 2 as AAA example note that the game as of now is Self Published and the Stalker franchise has no history on consoles so how can you compare it to the likes of Final Fantasy, Star Wars, Metal Gear or Silent Hill?

Plus isn't Stalker confirmed like 6 month timed deal? Where's FF 7? Oh right Sony has to pay to keep the game off of Xbox when they have a 95/5 dominance over xbox. Seems Sony is a little scared? 

Stalker 2 is three months.

It was only revealed due to the Epic court case.

I'll say what I said earlier, all companies should be forced to state how long their timed exclusivities are for and when/if future platforms are planned and what those future platforms are and the maximum someone should be allowed to money-hat something should be 1 year.

That focuses on giving consumers the best possible knowledge on a situation to make their own decisions rather than keeping them in the dark. This would be a pro-consumer move rather than a pro-corporation move Imo.

Moneyhats could still happen for smaller titles and bigger titles but the key thing is we'd have transparency rather than this vague shit right now. Cause Tbh...Moneyhats are never being blocked outright, it'd just be too complicated and messy.