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Stadia Acquires Typhoon Studios
- Thread starter zedox
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Amazon acquired Double Helix at the beginning of this generation...Microsoft is not the first nor last to make this a "thing" ...These companies were going to do this with or without Microsoft as someone stated earlier. You are making it a consoles wars thing because you acting as if MS made this a thing...it's not.
What does that have to do with what I just said. Big Tech acquisitions are bad no matter what. It doesn't matter if it's Google, Microsoft, or Sony. End of story.
Except it isn't a console wars thing and I've explained why.
You guys aren't going to understand, it's always going to be
my favorite company doing something = good
my least favorite company doing something = bad
It doesn't matter how similar they are. I like Xbox, but fuck vertical integration.
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MS had been the target for many woes lol.
Posting for online, ignoring that they spent billions setting up an infrastructure that never existed for consoles (also making broadband manditory).
Thanks to competition, Sony stepped up it's game in the online arena
Only one walled garden makes the games completely disappear when the service goes away. If Google wants to commit to publishing their games on other storefronts, then they can snatch up whoever they want.
you know whats worst than that? going bankrupt or having no financial security. no company out there is forcing any developer into their big bad mouths be it Microsoft, Google and Sony, its their choice, or you'd rather see those developers closing and see people go unemployed? so get off your high horse lol, thats what they want
i don't know who they are but good, luck, they will need it
(studio acquisition is fine. it's business for fuck sake, it's pretty common in any field)
it can only improve
(studio acquisition is fine. it's business for fuck sake, it's pretty common in any field)
it can only improve
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Good to see Google making a more serious move to get some games going, exclusive or not. Deeper pockets means the dev can do things with less restraint, too, I'm sure.
Yep, it's a Stadia thread, alright!
Read a book, or watch a youtube video on monopolization and vertical integration and please go on and tell me how it's a good thing.
I was more than happy when Sony acquires Insomniac and definitely enjoyed MSs recent new initiative to bolster their first party, but this... feels lame?
Like, I don't want stadia to acquire anyone lol if anything build your own. Just feels like a waste.
Am I a hypocrite?
Like, I don't want stadia to acquire anyone lol if anything build your own. Just feels like a waste.
Am I a hypocrite?
They are going to spend all of that money setting up an infrastructure, creating and acquiring studios... But then close down immediately if it is not instantly profitable?
Not instantly, you will see less focus, then finally shit being run by a skeleton crew, then boom shutdown notice.
but MS is not a big tech company just starting to invest into gaming, they've been invested for nearly 2 decades, and even before then had their hand in it with PC gaming and publishing some games. i see your point but relating it to MS is nonsensical.
you didn't answer my question so I will take that as a yes ;)
There is way too much money on the table. Once the free service launches it will get interesting
Yes, yes you are. and so is everyone else in this thread saying it when they were just lauding the acquisitions you mentioned among others.
We seen Google pour way more money into shit and pull the plug on.
This was a team that allegedly turned down a Microsoft acquisition and instead goes to Google?
Uh, alright guys. Best of luck to you, I guess.
Uh, alright guys. Best of luck to you, I guess.
As someone who has used Stadia and likes it I am glad to see Google investing into the platform.
Exactly the sort of move Stadia should have made, oh, 3 years ago? maybe 5.
Getting into the studio game after you launch your platform is just outrageously dumb.
Getting into the studio game after you launch your platform is just outrageously dumb.
The tech did not exist then, now it does and they plan on using it
But surely being exclusive to a streaming only service, one that is currently a hot trash fire, is a little different.
My question was kinda rhetorical
The tech to buy a game developer and have them work on stuff for you in order to encourage people to use your platform?
Pretty sure that "tech" has been around since the 80s.
thats because they dont care about it, they are mad cause their preferred platform will receive one less game
Feel free to go through my post history and figure out what my preferred platform is. I would love to know.
I care far more about game preservation, and it honestly makes me kind of sad that the die-hard Stadia defenders would rather pretend it's console wars than care about that too.
Right. You're probably not using 4K Netflix or Disney+ either. Definitely not for you. But it is for many folks.
Yeah no. Google wants to compete with MS and its cloud infrastructure and against AWS. They are in this for the long haul.
Games developed for streaming-only aren't worth being developed at all. They essentially don't exist.
It's a nightmare scenario. Best case, these games come to an actual PC storefront after a period of time, otherwise they will end up as lost media.
It's a nightmare scenario. Best case, these games come to an actual PC storefront after a period of time, otherwise they will end up as lost media.
On the one hand, this seems to be primarily an acquihire, given Jade Raymond's history with Typhoon's large cheddars. On the other hand, I can't believe Human Head's time between "releasing an EGS exclusive" and "company getting dissolved through acquisition" is getting obliterated this quickly.
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For God sake lol i don't care about Google hate even I'm interested in the platform but I'm trolling a bit because people hear about stadia and get scared and begin hating it with passion , it was sarcasm.
Lol. I'm curious to what ERA's demographics are as it concerns their daily lives and the ecosystems they are with. Such as Apple /Samsung/Google/MS/Sony.
gotcha. that makes a lot more sense now that i've reread it.
Can't say I'm really interested in buying streaming-only games but good to see the studio get financial support. I'm looking forward to, hopefully, reading more about it in Alex Hutchinson's next Edge column.