Brad Sams: MS, Amazon, and Google are looking to make acquistions. EA and Sony (not as much as Google and Amazon) also looking
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Lmao. You seem upset because PS might miss out on some more games. Now that's childish.
How the hell is wanting to save thousands of dollars over a generation childish?
Please sign to either Microsoft or Sony if they are going to sign to any of those listed companies.
If money is of so little importance, people can jist buy the competing console in addition to what they have.
One person wants games to be available to as many people as people, the other wants millions of people to lose access to games for their own gain.
I mean, I feel like anyone who isn't just super attached to Sony is fine with MS acquisitions at this point. Play on Xbox or PC (including Steam) with or without Game Pass, or on your phone (and likely soon TV) gives you a ton of options.
Gaming is on track to become bigger than movies, music and sports combined. So yea, big players are trying to secure IP and talent before things really heat up. :D
It's the opposite, he cares because of the easier access to a multitude of games. Gamepass has helped broaden people's gaming tastes, good for gamers, good for devs, why wouldn't people want that to continue??
Well then just roll with the systems with the sub if money is an issue. .
I'm thinking Nintendo will have a better sub eventually I imagine.
"Fuck you, got mine"
The reason why you'd be rooting for Microsoft to gobble more companies if you were umbilically tied to them in the first place.
Why should I care that one console platform misses out? I care much more about the money I spend to worry about some people not being able to play a video game.
If they want to play the game so bad they can buy a console, pc or stream it. I have other things to care about than if some people cant play a certain game on their console of choice lol.
"Gaming is on track to become bigger than movies, music and sports combined. So yea, big players are trying to secure IP and talent before things really heat up. :D"
This. The value of gaming companies is at an all time high and only increasing.
This. The value of gaming companies is at an all time high and only increasing.
Everyone makes an individual purchase decision. Worry about how you spend your money as opposed to how other people justify their purchases.
People will always complain when they think they are going to miss out on some games they would have been getting if not for consolidation; guess what, consolidation has been a persistent thing in gaming. The only reason so much noise id being made about it right now is the fact that there are players that have more money, and possibly the will to spend it than what has been the established big dog.
Three big big fish playing here.
Gonna be interesting to see who gets who between Microsoft, Amazon and Google.
Gonna be interesting to see who gets who between Microsoft, Amazon and Google.
If developments in gaming have that much of an effect on you, perhaps it's better to step away. This shit is not life and death.
Pretty much this. MS at least puts games on PC (including Steam) and will have physical, GamePass and cloud options.
Sony is not going away from consoles.
EA is multiplatform.
Google and Amazon buying up studios is terrible due to the nature of their platforms. Plus I can see them shuttering studios real quick if things go awry. Google is fast to pull the kill trigger and Amazon had a series of failures already in gaming space.
I dunno. 10 years ago Cd Projekt Red was not the huge monster they are today, neither was FromSoftware, THQ Nordic, Epic Games and Gearbox weren't publishers yet, etc.... if a bunch of today's current independent studios and publishers get bought, then a new crop will rise up. There will always be some. I don't get too worked up about it.
Funny thing to say when you answer my post looking for a way to justify why the option better for you is the way to go.
If you want to play the games that could come from Google or Amazon acquisitions so bad you just accept the way they handle their ecosystems.
You do care that one platform loses access to content...when it's the platform you play. See how things works?
If you can't understand this then I don't know what to tell you.
amazon would crunch their devs and clamp down on unionization harder than anyone
At this point it's a free for all. Any notable public developer that even gets rumors of acquisition are gonna start a bidding war. Sony better start preparing to become self sufficient without as many third party games as before. Nintendo can apparently exist with just their first party.
While totally understanding the case against acquisitions of this type (as opposed to Square/Enix style mergers) I would much rather this than watch companies die and catalogues be locked away forever. This over total job losses 100% though.
I think there are better suitors than others, based on how accessible the games will be, but I do see the negative side of it.
Perhaps I'm wrong, but has this ever happened with a company that wasn't A) on the brink of extinction B) looking to sell anyway for their own reasons or C) already largely associated with one "brand" historically? More often than not it isn't "Microsoft tries to buy Nintendo, coming off the N64" levels of talk.
I think there are better suitors than others, based on how accessible the games will be, but I do see the negative side of it.
Perhaps I'm wrong, but has this ever happened with a company that wasn't A) on the brink of extinction B) looking to sell anyway for their own reasons or C) already largely associated with one "brand" historically? More often than not it isn't "Microsoft tries to buy Nintendo, coming off the N64" levels of talk.
I own all 3 last gen systems, so no I dont care if Sony, Nintendo and MS buy more developers.
If Stadia and Luna have cool exclusives I'll play the games there because I'm not someone who likes a platform more than they like video games.
The option that saves me the most money is the option I like the most, it's not rocket science. If I can save money and the result means millions miss out on their console of choice that's fine with me.
Do I have a preference of Gamepass over Luna and Stadia? Yes I do. Will I play Luna and Stadia exclusives if they interest me? Yes because I'm not a baby who will forgoe good games due to some weird loyalty to a particular console.
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The best thing you can do in the future is switch between multiple subs when a game you like comes out for Gamepass, Luna, Stadia, and possibly PSNow.
I think I'll be doing that and sticking to a Sony console for as long as I can for my primary gaming needs.
I think I'll be doing that and sticking to a Sony console for as long as I can for my primary gaming needs.
Amazon buying WB games. Then they'll make a deal with WB for the DC movies/shows for Prime video.
I don't think any of those make sense for MS at all. They already had relations with Remedy and Platinum that did not go well, Swery doesn't really matter in the big picture, and the other two don't seem up MS's alley.
I'm obviously no industry expert analyst, but I wouldn't go there just yet. Sony has a subscription streaming service that exists currently and has many large recognizable IPs as well as studios to produce beloved games and some semblance of a PC plan. Sony has the power to stay a massive player in the industry despite being much smaller, it's just a matter of how long it takes for them to adapt assuming that streaming really is the future.
Consumer goodwill and nostalgia will be incredibly beneficial for Sony
And the only thing stopping then is that the publisher/developer doesn't want to be sold but everyone has a price... It's hard to say no when multi billions are in front of you.
Not this gen, but 15-20 years down the road... maybe. They will eventually have to partner with Luna or Stadia.
Locking down their Flight Sim studio would make a ton of sense for MS
I suppose but I don't really think anyone is gonna snap that up.
They acquired Bigbig Studios, Evolution Studios, Incognito Entertainment, Psygnosis and Zipper Interactive only to go and close them down. How long before they close down Bend Studio and Media Molecule?