I’m in no way defending Microsoft to be clear I am saying we will see very few if any articles reeling back from demonizing Microsoft for the deal that activision offered they didn’t seek out activision blizzard .

If you don’t think how games journalist fear mongered this deal as some hugely destructive monopoly than you wild

that whole acquisition thread … “Why would they pay 70 billion just to let playstation still have the games”

Lol when every article became “ this is a monopoly and Microsoft evil “ Sony fans were @ing Biden to block the deal

You got people in the thread saying Xbox going to buy all third party companies

Don't act like there weren't MS stans hoping for the same thing ITT

Buy all third party or an ea or Ubisoft ? Nah anyone rooting for that dumb as s*** or missing the plot . I’ve applauded Sony and simply said I wanted more multiplayer / coop games I even listed a bunch of dormant franchises that would get me to buy a ps5 . But again internet is expensive in chiCago can range from 50-100$ a month so I can’t be mad at a game pass vs a console where I pay 70$ a game and have to check a friend has it

I love Sony but mlb the show 22 being free day 1 on gamepass is the funniest s***. How are they gonna lose exclusive rights and Xbox gets it for $15 a month lmao. Then they have the balls to charge $70 and not $60 for it still

Then you get it . It’s not about t exclusives as much as damn we in a pandemic do I really want or need that single player experience at launch for 70$ Just to say I beat it first . I don’t see myself getting a ps5 until a Kojima game drops or a must play

70$ for horizon cool I guess but what’s the argument for not waiting til price drop ?

Imagine corporate seeing the revenue from an existing triple A franchise they just bought cut down by 30% or more annually because it’s now an exclusive
maybe if it was dying then it would entail a whole new budget and would easily warrant cleanup

Again I see tournaments and official play being on Xbox /pc

They were throwing out a lot of names and even suggesting to buy Japanese studios. It was really disgusting seeing so many people root for consolidation like that lol I agree that Game Pass is a good deal tho (i havent tried out on my Series S yet) but just get worried about how physicals are going to get phased out down the line and what it would mean but thats another convo

The only upsetting part about this to any Xbox owner is some of us wanted to see activision blizzard games push the specs of specifically the Xbox , the cloud and machine learning now those games have to do what the ps5 can. Cause if you did it right a new call of duty Game or world of Warcraft especially engine wise could go wild .

it’s not like microsoft and sony buying established publishers is gonna be doing anything but pushing for release dates and create budgets for sequels

Physical and game preservation comment is just funny because Xbox the only fully backwards compatible with upgrades console. Physical isn’t losing an exorbitant amount of money from carrying in stores especially since gamepass lowers used game sales and guess who got a partnership with struggling GameStop ? Microsoft

Sony fans chomping at bits for a squarenix or capcom even though Sony been making exclusive remakes through them both

Final Fantasy VII is a paid exclusive

Also this comes from Sony fans often saying Xbox is weak in Japan and flouting the exclusive deals they do have

I said this was a different convo for a reason because I've talked about this in a different thread. And couldn't you have put this in one post instead of quoting me 3 times? lol

Is the steam deck gonna have gamepass

if u put Windows on it

You can buy it for 60 on ps4 and get a free upgrade to ps5