I have to assume that if this did happen that they wouldn't retain the NBA license. I can't imagine the NBA wanting it to be platform exclusive, especially since the Xbox's biggest market is USA and it's a safe assumption to assume that's also the NBA's largest market.
Short-term, sure; but long-term they'd be another Daybreak. The pressure to make their titles synergise with Playstation would eventually become overwhelming.Maybe they'd let FIreaxis work like they've always done and release the games on PC, just that all profit goes to Sony?
Not that I think this rumor is true, but that would be a solution when it comes to PC-centric games like Civ.
This is only the case if there's a risk for a monopoly to arise or when choice for the consumer is getting limited in a big way. In this huge, diverse industry with so many players, Sony + Take Two in total don't even get 20 % of all income if you include mobile, pc gaming, etc, probably not even 10 %. So I don't see a problem there.
Say if MS countered and bought from software, insomniac, turtle rock, iO interactive, ready at dawn and square (for a lot less money)?
While GTA would be a huge get for Sony and PlayStation, they would probably lose content PlayStation fans love.
I think Sony would be better off buying smaller studios like the ones I mentioned in the MS retaliation.
Of course not, just like the rumors of Xbox buying EA, they weren't going to be getting to make those sports games exclusiveI have to assume that if this did happen that they wouldn't retain the NBA license. I can't imagine the NBA wanting it to be platform exclusive, especially since the Xbox's biggest market is USA and it's a safe assumption to assume that's also the NBA's largest market.
It would be worth it just to see RDR2 become eras most loved and cherished game.
"A couple?" That makes my point. I kind of hope it happens. It will be interesting to see the meltdown when I am proven right. Sony is a company with a "proprietary" culture that has some how labeled themselves as super pro-consumer. That just isn't true.
This has nothing to do with what you or I think about MS. Look at Sony's history. They always want their own thing. Betamax, Memory stick, ATRAC, Minidisc, UMD, Bluray, etc. They always want you playing in their garden on their format. They could have been 1st with music streaming ala Ipod, but they hated digital music because they didn't want to allow downloads of their music. There a lot more examples by the way. This is just their history. No way they spend that coin and let those games be played on other platforms. You're kidding yourself.
It would be worth it just to see RDR2 become eras most loved and cherished game.
R* is gonna get left the fk alone.If it were to happen I wonder if everything would just get absorbed into Worldwide Studios or if they'd keep it as a separate entity.
Also, don't huge acquisitions like this require regulatory approval by some sort of governmental agencies? Which country (or countries) would probably have to sign off on such a deal?
Yeah its library is going to consist of one game from R* every 5 years.Forget Sony, I heard that Take-Two / Rockstar actually wants to make their own next-gen console.
signals Sony thinking of going big if they need to?What's interesting to me about this rumor necessarily isn't whether this particular rumor is true or not (which sounds absolutely unlikely and insane) but how it began and what it actually signals for Sony acquisitions.
uuuf I forgot Midnight Club existedNo way.
- BioShock series
- Borderlands series
- Civilization series
- Grand Theft Auto series
- Mafia series
- Max Payne series
- Midnight Club series
- MLB 2K series
- NBA 2K series
- Red Dead series
- WWE 2K series
- XCOM series
No way this is happening. Sony already has an MLB game.No way.
- BioShock series
- Borderlands series
- Civilization series
- Grand Theft Auto series
- Mafia series
- Max Payne series
- Midnight Club series
- MLB 2K series
- NBA 2K series
- Red Dead series
- WWE 2K series
- XCOM series
2K already killed off their MLB games in 2013
Agreed. They would be dumb AF to sell to anyone.
That's if Xbox would or even could retaliate. From what we know, Xbox might not have ever been profitable overall, and we know how much the brand has performed less than spectacularly in recent years, to the point where they no longer even bother to report sales etc. I don't think Microsoft higher ups, given Xbox's performance in recent years, simply gives the go ahead on such massive acquisitions in some sort of retaliation. Smaller acquisitions of the kind Microsoft has been making in recent months as a testing ground and bolstering move of sorts? Sure. But those massive acquisitions? I can't see it happening. Unless Microsoft really turn things around next gen that is.
Dude.. not the jugular. LmaoIt would be worth it just to see RDR2 become eras most loved and cherished game.
Because only one of these is possible. You can figure out the rest, right?The tone in this thread is completely opposite to the Xbox/Gearbox thing.
I wonder if the tone would change if it was Microsoft who was rumored to pick them up instead.
This thread is full of great euphoria while the thread of ms/ea was met with bitter dislike and condemnation and talk of antitrust.....
Anyways..no way. Cant remove half of gta sales
Obviously. Less people own an Xbox than a PlayStation.The tone in this thread is completely opposite to the Xbox/Gearbox thing.
I wonder if the tone would change if it was Microsoft who was rumored to pick them up instead.
It would be worth it just to see RDR2 become eras most loved and cherished game.
I mean, for Sony? It'd be an amazing get.
For the gamers? It would fucking suck. You can say goodbye to multi-platform games, no more GTA on xbox/pc, etc.
I love my ps4 and it has a lot of great exclusive games, but unlike MS Sony keeps their games solely on their systems, no pc ports, etc, at least for the reall big ones. They want people to have to buy a playstation to play those games.
I could also see Take two really not wanting this. I mean can you imagine trying to explain to shareholders that you sell to Sony and then you'll only be releasing the games on one system and not getting that sweet online revenue from pc/xbox sales? I don't think they'd be happy about that.
The tone in this thread is completely opposite to the Xbox/Gearbox thing.
I wonder if the tone would change if it was Microsoft who was rumored to pick them up instead.
The tone in this thread is completely opposite to the Xbox/Gearbox thing.
I wonder if the tone would change if it was Microsoft who was rumored to pick them up instead.
Like Uncharted 4.It would be worth it just to see RDR2 become eras most loved and cherished game.
That's how I see it. Like minecraft is still multiplatform-ishIf Sony does this, Rockstar is not going to be exclusive. So it doesn't really affect console owners.
Sources ?
- Xbox has been profitable
- So you think Ms lacks confidence in xbox after they just made the single biggest yearly investment in first party?
- The acquisitions I stated are not even that big, apart from square.
- We already know MS want to turn things around with everything they have been doing, like gamepass, BC, enhanced BC, the X1S +X1X and the studio acquisitions.
You really think Xbox will just sit down, take it and die, after all the work and investment they have put in?
You say that as if Rockstar takes orders from Take2 or anyone else for that matter. If Rockstar could be told what to do I'm sure there wouldn't be that torture scene in GTA V.Imagine a world where Rockstar is not focused on microtransactions and multiplayer.
Man.
You make a valid point, but isn't there some kind of rule against Japanese companies being acquired? I'm sure I read that somewhere. Insomniac don't want to be bought and Spider-Man and Ratchet & Clank are both their most successful games to date by far. PlayStation fans could definitely lose out on lots of great content to play without an internet connection, but perhaps Sony will allow these Xbox games to be accessible on their console. Or will hell freeze over first? Not sure.Say if MS countered and bought from software, insomniac, turtle rock, iO interactive, ready at dawn and square (for a lot less money)?
While GTA would be a huge get for Sony and PlayStation, they would probably lose content PlayStation fans love.
I think Sony would be better off buying smaller studios like the ones I mentioned in the MS retaliation.
To be honest, the investments they've made into first-party are substantial but still relatively small when looked at in isolation. Given what Playground Games and Undead Labs do for Xbox, it was only a matter of time before they were acquired even if Xbox wasn't in a position where they needed to make the moves they have. These acquisitions happened in a burst fashion so that Xbox has content lined up for next-gen and for Game Pass "per quarter", and that amplifies the impact. The chosen studios are pretty smart purchases as a lot of them punch above their weight to provide great games, but it looks as though they were chosen because of their size. MS could have purchased bigger studios but why they didn't? It feels like bigger purchases were out of their grasp. We just found out that The Initiative plans to stay small after the dialogue that it was to be a "AAAA" thing. It's definitely not a certain that MS could be in a position to react with humongous acquisitions, just like Sony being in the position to acquire Take-Two is not really certain.You really think Xbox will just sit down, take it and die, after all the work and investment they have put in?
lol dumb questionThe tone in this thread is completely opposite to the Xbox/Gearbox thing.
I wonder if the tone would change if it was Microsoft who was rumored to pick them up instead.