Nope, it’s not same thing. What sony did is worse. Spend millions to take content off the other console. Make it so the other console and the publisher can’t even acknowledge the game is on their system.
Microsoft buys the publisher to secure content for their subscription service, but still allows the game, content, and marketing to exist as it has been.
@Sony stan’s: “Big bad microsoft fukking up the industry”
it was literally like that for Microsoft before.Sony literally took final fantasy off xbox for foreseeable future lolNope, it’s not same thing. What sony did is worse. Spend millions to take content off the other console. Make it so the other console and the publisher can’t even acknowledge the game is on their system.
Microsoft buys the publisher to secure content for their subscription service, but still allows the game, content, and marketing to exist as it has been.
@Sony stan’s: “Big bad microsoft fukking up the industry”
My metaphors on point.
Facts
There's far more examples of Microsoft playing that game during the 360 era than the ones I mentioned, stan wars give people short term memories so they act like that was something Sony started during the ps4 generation when in reality they were just using Microsoft's tactics against them. Hell for a long time indie titles were near non existent on Playstation because Microsoft required Xbox live arcade exclusivity for indie studios.
No, first off you are wrong. Mass effect was published by microsoft, at the time bioware was independent and needed a publisher for their games. When they were purchased by EA the games became multiplat.
This is sony stan revisionist history.
No, first off you are wrong. Mass effect was published by microsoft, at the time bioware was independent and needed a publisher for their games. When they were purchased by EA the games became multiplat.
Same goes for gears. The game was published and funded by microsoft.
Both were new IP in need of funding and a publisher.
That’s not the same as paying for something like SF4 or FF7r to NOT be on the other console.
With that said nobody pretends microsoft doesn’t or didn’t spend money on keeping content off other systems. That’s part of the game.
It’s just sony stan’s picking and choosing what to be mad about. It was back in the 360 days when sony stan’s coined the term “moneyhat” when microsoft purchased content. On the flip side those same people applaud sony for the same thing and it is no longer called “moneyhating”
Just like now, sony buys content and it’s all good. Microsoft starts buying stuff and they are gonna “kill the industry”
Even sonys official statement is hypocritical in this thread. Exclusive content is all good when they do it but would be “unfair” if microsoft does the same with COD.
My point is that you keeps acting like Sony was pulling underhanded tactics by paying for exclusivity when Microsoft literally created the business model. Offer to fund development in exchange for publishing rights. There is literally a cancelled ps3 port of gears 1 that leaked before Microsoft bought the ip and had it canceled.No, first off you are wrong. Mass effect was published by microsoft, at the time bioware was independent and needed a publisher for their games. When they were purchased by EA the games became multiplat.
Same goes for gears. The game was published and funded by microsoft.
Both were new IP in need of funding and a publisher.
That’s not the same as paying for something like SF4 or FF7r to NOT be on the other console.
With that said nobody pretends microsoft doesn’t or didn’t spend money on keeping content off other systems. That’s part of the game.
It’s just sony stan’s picking and choosing what to be mad about. It was back in the 360 days when sony stan’s coined the term “moneyhat” when microsoft purchased content. On the flip side those same people applaud sony for the same thing and it is no longer called “moneyhating”
Just like now, sony buys content and it’s all good. Microsoft starts buying stuff and they are gonna “kill the industry”
Even sonys official statement is hypocritical in this thread. Exclusive content is all good when they do it but would be “unfair” if microsoft does the same with COD.
Sony purchased studios that were exclusively working with sony funding during their entire existence, that was their business model. Fund small studios to develop Playstation exclusives before buying the studio. Microsoft's strategy is to buy studios with existing AAA ips because they have no vision to build anything from the ground up. We seen this when they ran bungie out of the company because they didn't want to develop Halo games forever, microsoft had no faith in them working on a new ip. shyt backfired since destiny has been going strong for years while 343 keeps fukking up every halo game they touch.
