Sega, IO Interactive, Bungie & more were acquisition targets for Microsoft in 2021 (emails leaked claiming to ‘spend’ Sony out of business)

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so like he said, outside of final fantasy a bunch of temporary indie games, the same thing Microsoft is doing.

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They even managed to get an exclusive on IO interactive's next AAA game. And an exclusive with Ark 2 - the first one sold better than any modern Final Fantasy game. They got an exclusive on Warhammer 40k Darktide too. The belief that MS is struggling or that they aren't making their own deals for exclusives (timed or otherwise) is really weird.
 

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They even managed to get an exclusive on IO interactive's next AAA game. And an exclusive with Ark 2 - the first one sold better than any modern Final Fantasy game. They got an exclusive on Warhammer 40k Darktide too. The belief that MS is struggling or that they aren't making their own deals is really weird.
Nobody said they were struggling and not making deals.

That’s your strawman you are wrestling with:ehh:
 

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No that’s the straw man your fellow Xbots are running with.

According to y’all xbox started buying publishers because they couldn’t compete. Which one is it
That doesn’t mean they are “struggling and can’t make deals”

It means the contrary. They are making the correct deals for their current strategy :ehh:
 

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That doesn’t mean they are “struggling and can’t make deals”

It means the contrary. They are making the correct deals for their current strategy :ehh:
current strategy = buy everything out and restrict console games from PS

and you've been attempting to convince us we should celebrate it. since big bad sony had a timed exclusive on Stray or some shyt
 

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They even managed to get an exclusive on IO interactive's next AAA game. And an exclusive with Ark 2 - the first one sold better than any modern Final Fantasy game. They got an exclusive on Warhammer 40k Darktide too. The belief that MS is struggling or that they aren't making their own deals for exclusives (timed or otherwise) is really weird.

Yeah, at this point its not even worth entertaining becuase whatever you say and post receipts of they’re just gonna circle back to two final fantasy games lol
 

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current strategy = buy everything out and restrict console games from PS
Nope. You made that up :ehh:
and you've been attempting to convince us we should celebrate it. since big bad sony had a timed exclusive on Stray or some shyt
I mean, you’d celebrate it if you weren’t such a sony stan. The rest of us bout to eat good :blessed:
 

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They even managed to get an exclusive on IO interactive's next AAA game. And an exclusive with Ark 2 - the first one sold better than any modern Final Fantasy game. They got an exclusive on Warhammer 40k Darktide too. The belief that MS is struggling or that they aren't making their own deals for exclusives (timed or otherwise) is really weird.
Duck listed literally 85 percent indie games and double A games. ( Which is more than fine for me). But we know the reaction his list vs the one I listed would get in general around here.

It's the same narrative y'all been running with. "Xbox doesn't have any games" all of a sudden Xbox has a bunch of exclusive now that you're trying to make a point.

The games Sony take off the table or make sure aren't in gamepass are far more high profile than the ones Xbox part with and off the top I can't think of any deals that are over a year.

There isn't a game he listed that would bring more recognition and sales to the Xbox than any of those FF7 titles alone.


Deathloop was reviewing as a 10/10 and nominated for goty.

If MS wouldn't have bought Sony starfield would be a exclusive.


But go ahead and cook. :mjlol:
 

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There isn't a game he listed that would bring more recognition and sales to the Xbox than any of those FF7 titles alone.

This is bubble talk, most casual gamers don’t care about FF like that. Like it was stated earlier, Ark is a way bigger game than any final fantasy and xbox bought full exclusivity for part 2

ARK has sold well over 20m copies, those final fantasy games you’re saying are disrupting xbox sold 5-8 million, and only a small fraction on actual xbox consoles
 

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This is bubble talk, most casual gamers don’t care about FF like that. Like it was stated earlier, Ark is a way bigger game than any final fantasy and xbox bought full exclusivity for part 2

ARK has sold well over 20m copies, those final fantasy games you’re saying are disrupting xbox sold 5-8 million, and only a small fraction on actual xbox consoles
It’s cool to see y’all admit xbox has had some really great exclusives all along.

WATTBA :wow:
 
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