Microsoft hardware sales down by 30%. They’re blaming supply constraints.

[Rekkapryde]

Its just different levels of success. Thats the only difference. You still doing mental gymnastics to try and say its not the same.

There's no mental gymnastics. Provided two examples with Rare and Bungie where they bought individual studios and no one cared.

Buying an entire publisher whos studio's games sold more on your competition's platform only for you to remove or stop future games from appearing on them is already an eye raiser (Zenimax). But it was a private publisher so not much you can do. Then turn around and attempt to buy another publisher a couple year's later and think government anti competition boards are going to be cool with that? Getting caught in lies in court as well. And already having a shaky history with anti competitive practices acknowledged by these same government entities?

But that's the same?

 

[itsyoung!!]

There's no mental gymnastics. Provided two examples with Rare and Bungie where they bought individual studios and no one cared.

Buying an entire publisher whos studio's games sold more on your competition's platform only for you to remove or stop future games from appearing on them is already an eye raiser (Zenimax). But it was a private publisher so not much you can do. Then turn around and attempt to buy another publisher a couple year's later and think government anti competition boards are going to be cool with that? Getting caught in lies in court as well. And already having a shaky history with anti competitive practices acknowledged by these same government entities?

But that's the same?

No one cared because they were smaller then… which is my point

Not all business deals are 100% identical

Santa monica is all bought up smaller developers/publishers

Activision Blizzard did the same (candy crush, crash bandicoot, etc)

Would you feel more comfortable if Microsoft created “Santa Ana” studios then removed the name of activision blizzard and put all they developers under the new name ? Cause thats all Sony does

 

[Legal]

What? Folks had the nerve to say his point of view is unbiased.

Breh is funny, but he might be the only hardcore Blizzard stan I've ever encountered in life. Any thread with their name in it is both the bat signal for him, and a detonation timer for fukkery.

 

[gurf]

No one cared because they were smaller then… which is my point

Not all business deals are 100% identical

Santa monica is all bought up smaller developers/publishers

Activision Blizzard did the same (candy crush, crash bandicoot, etc)

Would you feel more comfortable if Microsoft created “Santa Ana” studios then removed the name of activision blizzard and put all they developers under the new name ? Cause thats all Sony does

Folks really believes he has a good point.

Sony buying small studios over a 10-20 year period = purchasing a publisher that consists of 10+ studios?

 

[gurf]

Double

 

[itsyoung!!]

Folks really believes he has a good point.

Sony buying small studios over a 10-20 year period = purchasing a publisher that consists of 10+ studios?

They buy what they can afford. Its not out of the kindness of their heart..how can you not understand this very simple thing?

 

[AStrangeName]

people just don’t want to admit theres no demand for the xbox right now. X or S

When you don't have any must have games out, not many people will come out and buy your system.

 

[Half A $]

Yeah besides their 1st and most important one to date psygnosis

The IPs, tech, and resources is why playstation is able to stand where it's at now.

I think 35-45 years old from the UK would think this... everyone else

 

[O³ (O cubed)]

I think 35-45 years old from the UK would think this... everyone else

As somebody who is 35-45 years old from the UK, I agree.

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

This was the guy asking phil spencer for a job two years ago