I think there is two aspects to this and I definitely agree with the first that I'd rather have timed exclusives than a full blown permanent taking away of a title I love, on a personal level.

But the other aspect I think to this is, at least an acquisition puts the financial responsibility onto the acquirer, it puts risk onto them, they usually become involved in the development and thus help out the studio in a number of ways, they actually take full responsibility for the studio they're acquiring.

Whilst moneyhats often boil solely down to "my rival can't have this title, here is some money"

So, I definitely would feel worse if I lost a studio I'm a fan of to a console I don't have but I sort of have more respect for that than I do moneyhats? If I've explained that well...I feel bad that I won't ever play another Bungie title but hey, fair play to Sony and I'm happy that Bungie has that support.

***Unless they are a studio who need the money, then I don't really care if it's a moneyhat, but I don't think Square/Larian, etc. Need the money, Lol.

You gonna be a hashtag soon if you keep talking

Sony is publishing Stellar Blade, I wouldn't call that a moneyhat.

The ones I crossed out, I think are harmless.

I would say that if CoD is as important as regulators say it is and the deal is blocked because of CoD, then Sony really shouldn't be allowed exclusive content for it, or even marketing, since it's the most important IP in the existence of gaming

Never say never.  

It's okay, Starfield Direct is around the corner.

I'll say again though, I do think Sony had to do something businesswise after Microsoft went crazy on WRPGs, Lol.

This thread ALWAYS handles specific bad news better than the ResetEra Xbox OT at least.

I'm happy about that, I genuinely feel bad for some of you guys though, at least we can have a joke about it.

Square fans still got it the worse on Xbox, it's like Oliver asking for more everyday for those guys

Pushed over 5,000 comments.

Thank you, Sony. 🙏

Now time for news scouting.

It's their first money hat loss. Trust me, the subsequent ones hurt much less. 

When Stellar Blade was called Project Eve it was announced for release on Xbox. Sony published or not, plans for an Xbox release were dropped due to Sony's involvement. If they had chosen a different publisher it would still be coming to Xbox.

As for the others, definitely harmful to me at least, particularly Kena. I want to play Kena but nearly 1.5 years after release it still isn't on Xbox in spite of being announced as a timed exclusive originally.

How Embracer makes its money back.

Warner Bros/New Line Signs New Deal with Embracer for More "Lord of The Rings/The Hobbit" Films

Lol.