As the AB deal looks likely to go through, Stans all over social media are in #shambles

[Canon]

Dude is a weirdo ass Xbox Stan maga cac

 

[gurf]

I mean it’s fairly obvious to anyone who observes the industry that direct competition to Sony isn’t really possible. Nintendo went blue ocean and targets a different section of the market. Sony uses its market dominance to further entrench itself in its position. That’s part of how we got to a company buying whole publishers instead of buying temporary rights to exclusive games.

Yet we still got people shouting from the hilltops that the effective monopoly should not be challenged.

Nah, we got tho this point because M$ decided to start buying publishers. Can't blame that on Sony.

Quit acting like M$ is the little guy. They've had exclusives as well.

 

[Pull Up the Roots]

Nah, we got tho this point because M$ decided to start buying publishers. Can't blame that on Sony.

Quit acting like M$ is the little guy. They've had exclusives as well.

This. The belief that buying publishers was the only recourse for MS is complete nonsense. They had more studios than Sony at one time and they chose to close them to seek out partnerships with 3rd parties. It's like people forget what happened during the 360 generation, and early Xbox One generation, when they were securing exclusives, timed-exclusives and add-on exclusives.

 

[MeachTheMonster]

This. The belief that buying publishers was the recourse for MS is complete nonsense. They had more studios than Sony at one time and they chose to close them to seek out partnerships with 3rd parties. It's like people forget what happened during the 360 generation, and early Xbox One generation, when they were securing exclusives, timed-exclusives and add-on exclusives.

The bolded isn’t true.

And if it isn’t evident to you that having “3rd party partners” isn’t sustainable then you have not been paying attention.

3rd party partners get purchased, have their own problems and/or move on. Which is what microsoft ran into last gen.

The only way possible to fill something like gamepass with content is to increase the amount of studios you have working on content. 3rd parties are not a sustainable strategy.

 

[gurf]

The bolded isn’t true.

And if it isn’t evident to you that having “3rd party partners” isn’t sustainable then you have not been paying attention.

3rd party partners get purchased, have their own problems and/or move on. Which is what microsoft ran into last gen.

The only way possible to fill something like gamepass with content is to increase the amount of studios you have working on content. 3rd parties are not a sustainable strategy.

What? The majority of titles released are 3rd party. It's been that way since forever. TF you talking about?

 

[MeachTheMonster]

What? The majority of titles released are 3rd party. It's been that way since forever. TF you talking about?

Sony is currently fighting like hell cause someone is purchasing one of their most important 3rd party partners.

If you want content if your that you can control for a platfrom to be successful you need to produce/own the content yourself.

It’s why netflix pivoted from paying way too much money for outside content to making most of it themselves.

 

[The Mad Titan]

Dude is a weirdo ass Xbox Stan maga cac

ya daddy

 

[gurf]

Sony is currently fighting like hell cause someone is purchasing one of their most important 3rd party partners.

If you want content if your that you can control for a platfrom to be successful you need to produce/own the content yourself.

It’s why netflix pivoted from paying way too much money for outside content to making most of it themselves.

So, no console has been able to "survive" with the majority of games being 3rd party software?

Sony is fighting like hell because M$ is buying the number one independent publisher. This isn't some small time new publisher that just popped up.

This would be akin to Netflix buying HBO.

 

[O³ (O cubed)]

Can all the ABK, MSFT, SONY shyt be relegated to a megathread? shyt is getting ridiculous.

 

[MeachTheMonster]

So, no console has been able to "survive" with the majority of games being 3rd party software?

Sony is fighting like hell because M$ is buying the number one independent publisher. This isn't some small time new publisher that just popped up.

This would be akin to Netflix buying HBO.

Closest would be 360, but now all those partners have been purchased, defunct, or moved on to other partners, which is why they were left with scraps for xbox one.

Sony has known they needed to own the content from day one which is why they were buying publishers and studios from day one and also they would mostly only sign deals with 3rd parties if they owned the IP so even if a studio like From moves on they can still do things with the Dark Souls IP.

Microsoft just recently decided to actually attempt to be a “gaming” company when Phil Spencer took over.

To do so, they needed to buy a lot of shyt.

 

[The Mad Titan]

Yall always find something to pivot off, I looked at a number of articles I just choose to post this one but if helps.

MSN

www.msn.com

US Members of Congress slam Sony's "monopoly" in Japan

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox US Members of Congress have raised concern…

www.gamesindustry.biz

11 members of Congress argue Sony is unfairly hurting Xbox in Japan

In letters obtained by Axios, reps blast an “imbalanced Japanese video game market.”

www.axios.com

US Congress raises concerns about Sony's "monopoly" on Japan's gaming market

US Members of Congress have raised concerns to the Biden administration about Sony's "monopoly" on the gaming market in…

www.eurogamer.net

US Senator Makes Unexpected Comment About Sony’s Monopoly in Video Games

A US senator calls out Sony for its monopolistic practices in the ‘high-end’ video game market and asks what can be done about it.

gamerant.com

 

[NZA]

i saw washington examiner and just went back to working from home like im supposed to be doing...

 

[gurf]

Yall always find something to pivot off, I looked at a number of articles I just choose to post this one but if helps.

MSN

www.msn.com

US Members of Congress slam Sony's "monopoly" in Japan

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox US Members of Congress have raised concern…

www.gamesindustry.biz

11 members of Congress argue Sony is unfairly hurting Xbox in Japan

In letters obtained by Axios, reps blast an “imbalanced Japanese video game market.”

www.axios.com

US Congress raises concerns about Sony's "monopoly" on Japan's gaming market

US Members of Congress have raised concerns to the Biden administration about Sony's "monopoly" on the gaming market in…

www.eurogamer.net

US Senator Makes Unexpected Comment About Sony’s Monopoly in Video Games

A US senator calls out Sony for its monopolistic practices in the ‘high-end’ video game market and asks what can be done about it.

gamerant.com

Still doesn't negate the fact you decided to post a Washington Examiner article without reading it first.

Notice the difference between these and the initial article. No mention of Tencent/CCP.

Be better.

 

[The Mad Titan]

Still doesn't negate the fact you decided to post a Washington Examiner article without reading it first.

Notice the difference between these and the initial article. No mention of Tencent/CCP.

Be better.

I posted that one for a reason. The very reason you mentioned, it wasn't just about Playstation and Xbox. It was about Sony vs how they are appearing and comparing as a company.

Yall dudes

 

[The Mad Titan]

Also deleted or merging the thread, this place almost as bad as resetera. But yall worried about a washington examiner link.. Mod only on duty for certain things, and sony stans stay crying.