Gizmo_Duck
blathering blatherskite!
Yeah, can;t really compare a franchise that doesn’t sell on your platform to a franchise that sells the majority of copies on the other platform
The UK’s CMA has expressed concern that Microsoft‘s Activision merger could “significantly weaken” PlayStation (Updated with lawyer breakdown)
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Yeah, can;t really compare a franchise that doesn’t sell on your platform to a franchise that sells the majority of copies on the other platform
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No more PAWGs, PLEASE??!!!??
Michael Pachter, breh?
Analysts see CMA objection to Activision Blizzard acquisition as a sign deal will go through
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He's always spot on when it comes to gaming.
CEO of Morgan Industries
Superstar
I think the point is that y'all are fine with Sony spending money to make sure a third-party game stays exclusive, but Microsoft doing it is an issue, but I'll let y'all cook. It's not like Square-Enix just isn't bothering to port FF to Xbox; Sony is paying them to stop it.
Microsoft responded by complaining about this as part of their response to the CMA. Their complaint about Bloodborne being blocked was nonsense because Sony funded and published the game themselves, but I don't fukk with companies paying to block third-party developed and published games in any sense. If some of y'all want to say that it's fine when the game's audience is mostly on one console, fair position. I just disagree.
And I will note that this isn't some defense of Microsoft because buying Bethesda and Acti-Blizz outright would be bad for everyone on Sony platforms and shouldn't happen. I just think Sony's arguments about why it shouldn't happen are hypocritical.
But what about Brazil?
Yup, he got Nadella to cut the check using CoD as the means to get people on the Xbox Ecosystem. If that don't happen, how he keeps his job is beyond me. But he got the complexion for the protection so...
Gizmo_Duck
blathering blatherskite!
Microsoft is fukked
How that man still is CEO after nine years still surprises me. Nine years of complete and utter failure. Jim Ryan gets more hate yet look at his record.
XBox has done the same. So that argument is null and void.
Microsoft responded by complaining about this as part of their response to the CMA. Their complaint about Bloodborne being blocked was nonsense because Sony funded and published the game themselves, but I don't fukk with companies paying to block third-party developed and published games in any sense. If some of y'all want to say that it's fine when the game's audience is mostly on one console, fair position. I just disagree.
Blocking a game vs buying a whole damn publisher and their studios to block a franchise that has always been multiplatform is a whole nother level of anti-competitiveness. That's why MS is in the shythole they are with this whole situation. All Phil had to do from the jump was keep the franchise multiplatform (the same thing Sony and Bungie did with Destiny (and future titles)...but that was a SINGLE DEVELOPER, not a whole damn Publisher with many development studios).
Bottom line is MS leadership has fumbled this shyt from the jump. If this shyt fails, how Phil keeps his job is beyond me.
People say he’s always wrong. But dude is a literal analyst, and gets paid for it. People with lots of money to gain/lose trust his opinion.Michael Pachter, breh?
He's always spot on when it comes to gaming.
I’ll take that over random twitter posters
I actually don’t care about the Bethesda deal or Call of duty to be honest. Microsoft needs this more than Sony does. I actually wanted Microsoft to win this because I know Sony would be trying their damndest to create a successor to the franchise.I think the point is that y'all are fine with Sony spending money to make sure a third-party game stays exclusive, but Microsoft doing it is an issue, but I'll let y'all cook. It's not like Square-Enix just isn't bothering to port FF to Xbox; Sony is paying them to stop it.
Microsoft responded by complaining about this as part of their response to the CMA. Their complaint about Bloodborne being blocked was nonsense because Sony funded and published the game themselves, but I don't fukk with companies paying to block third-party developed and published games in any sense. If some of y'all want to say that it's fine when the game's audience is mostly on one console, fair position. I just disagree.
And I will note that this isn't some defense of Microsoft because buying Bethesda and Acti-Blizz outright would be bad for everyone on Sony platforms and shouldn't happen. I just think Sony's arguments about why it shouldn't happen are hypocritical.
Also I have a PC and this deal doesn’t affect me whatsoever.
CoolinInTheCut
Superstar
If it was only about acquiring King, then selling off Call of Duty shouldn't be an issue to the xbrehs 
CEO of Morgan Industries
Superstar
Breh, what are you arguing about here? I already agreed with these things. The fukk are you on?
Literally, the post I made originally was that Sony complaining to the CMA about buying up third-party published games and gating them was hypocritical considering they do the exact same thing. That's it.
Y'all came in here with a bunch of arguments that had nothing to do with this post. Well, it's not exactly the same. I know, breh. No one said that it was exactly 1:1, just that Sony making an argument about this shyt to the CMA while indulging in it is a terrible argument. Well, FF sells more on Sony. Agreed. Sony's argument to the CMA re: third-party published exclusives is still hypocritical and a poor argument considering the current state of the business. Well, Xbox does it too. No shyt. Not only did I mention Bethesda, but Microsoft moneyhatting Tomb Raider for some reason when most of TR's fanbase is on Sony.
Some of y'all brehs don't read or comprehend and just start typing.
Again, if you think Sony buying FF exclusivity is fine because Microsoft players don't care about FF enough, that's a valid position, just one I don't share. My argument is broadly that moneyhatting third-party developed AND published games is bad. At least spend the money to publish the shyt that you gate onto your console. Y'all disagree. That's cool.
You don't have to argue against positions that no one is actually taking to defend that position though.
Doesn't affect me either. Bethesda affected me way more. Microsoft badly needs this, though, yeah. I think the game industry needs more third-party publishers, not fewer, and I'm against the purchase on those grounds. Buying independent devs is one thing - Microsoft probably helped Double Fine exist for longer by buying them, actually. Sony buying Bluepoint or Nintendo buying Next Level makes sense, too, since those devs worked closely with those publishers for years before getting acquired.
I just prefer the big third-party publishers not to be acquired.
my point was more about the fact that MS are attempting to buy a whole publisher to block a game franchise, not just a game itself and that's why they are in the situation they are with this whole thing.Breh, what are you arguing about here? I already agreed with these things. The fukk are you on?
Literally, the post I made originally was that Sony complaining to the CMA about buying up third-party published games and gating them was hypocritical considering they do the exact same thing. That's it.
Y'all came in here with a bunch of arguments that had nothing to do with this post. Well, it's not exactly the same. I know, breh. No one said that it was exactly 1:1, just that Sony making an argument about this shyt to the CMA while indulging in it is a terrible argument. Well, FF sells more on Sony. Agreed. Sony's argument to the CMA re: third-party published exclusives is still hypocritical and a poor argument considering the current state of the business. Well, Xbox does it too. No shyt. Not only did I mention Bethesda, but Microsoft moneyhatting Tomb Raider for some reason when most of TR's fanbase is on Sony.
Some of y'all brehs don't read or comprehend and just start typing.
Again, if you think Sony buying FF exclusivity is fine because Microsoft players don't care about FF enough, that's a valid position, just one I don't share. My argument is broadly that moneyhatting third-party developed AND published games is bad. At least spend the money to publish the shyt that you gate onto your console. Y'all disagree. That's cool.
You don't have to argue against positions that no one is actually taking to defend that position though.
Talk to sony stans brehsBreh, what are you arguing about here? I already agreed with these things. The fukk are you on?
Literally, the post I made originally was that Sony complaining to the CMA about buying up third-party published games and gating them was hypocritical considering they do the exact same thing. That's it.
Y'all came in here with a bunch of arguments that had nothing to do with this post. Well, it's not exactly the same. I know, breh. No one said that it was exactly 1:1, just that Sony making an argument about this shyt to the CMA while indulging in it is a terrible argument. Well, FF sells more on Sony. Agreed. Sony's argument to the CMA re: third-party published exclusives is still hypocritical and a poor argument considering the current state of the business. Well, Xbox does it too. No shyt. Not only did I mention Bethesda, but Microsoft moneyhatting Tomb Raider for some reason when most of TR's fanbase is on Sony.
Some of y'all brehs don't read or comprehend and just start typing.
Again, if you think Sony buying FF exclusivity is fine because Microsoft players don't care about FF enough, that's a valid position, just one I don't share. My argument is broadly that moneyhatting third-party developed AND published games is bad. At least spend the money to publish the shyt that you gate onto your console. Y'all disagree. That's cool.
You don't have to argue against positions that no one is actually taking to defend that position though.
Michael Pachter, breh?
He's always spot on when it comes to gaming.
he's the kiss of death.