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@Rjak I don’t see this being a problem. Once people get caught cheating the account will get permanently banned like most games, but you have to pay $40 for a copy of the game. This will help force people not to cheat.

@Oram77 I hear you. I was backing you up

@Oram77 going multi platform is a good thing, for everyone!

@PuppetMaster Not to sound like a bad guy

If you look at the people that were let go and the gaming studios that were closed we’re not very good teams and their games were announced in like 2017 2018.

I get that some of those people made really good games 20 years ago, but it sounds like they need to be let go

I think people are being too hard on Microsoft and Phil Spencer on this layoff

At the end of the day, you still have a business to run

Think about all the good stuff that Phil Spencer is actually doing. Yes it is from Spencer doing this. Back in 2013 the man literally said that he wanted to get rid of exclusives. He wanted to compete more about who could offer the best service and features.

I don’t remember the articles or anything, but you can actually ChatGPT this and it’ll pull up where it’s from. It was also in an interview. Exclusives do hurt the developers and the gamers.

And if the man gets steam to be the forefront OS of the next Xbox that gets PlayStation titles playable on Xbox or forces Sony to take their titles off steam

@Dodoo I would argue Sony loyalty.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t it Microsoft old IP’s like gears of war which has actually been out for a while, Forza horizon series aren’t those in the top of the charts for Sony selling titles on PlayStation console? Yeah I think there’s some bias there.

And I’ve been reading these forms for a while, but a lot of you Sony players have been chopping at the bits to get halo on PlayStation, man Microsoft has some bad IP’s

Looks, I think we both can agree that both companies have good games, competition is always good, and some people don’t always like business decisions that have to be made.

I do think Sony and Microsoft are doing a lot of good decisions for gaming with some bad. But we as consumers and gamers need all, Sony Microsoft and Nintendo to be competitive with pricing, competitive with quality games competitive, and with service.

“@Medic_alert It is a credit to Sony that they have for so long managed to get studios putting out strong, creative games within a reasonable budget and time frame.“

Sony has closed down multiple studios this generation.

Sony canceled 12 of their 15 first party studio games that have been in production for years. Yeah they’re really good.

Concord did really good, lasted like 3 days, and then close the game and shut down the studio.

When has the last time Sony has released a first party title other than Concord?

Do you know when they’re releasing their next title?

Keep in mind that death stranding 2 and hell divers 2 is not a first party developer. It’s paid exclusive. Plus we know one of them is timed.

@MrPeanutbutterz Sony is keeping Game Pass off PlayStation

@MrPeanutbutterz he’s said it multiple times in interviews.

@MrPeanutbutterz Phil Spencer has been saying since 2017 that he wants Game Pass on PlayStation.

They’re also dedicated to constantly releasing hardware for years to come. They’ve been saying all this for years.

@MrPeanutbutterz I know that was not my comment, I copied and pasted someone else comment

@UltimateOtaku91

This is the only time I think I’ve ever agreed with you lol

Sony will be laughing after this, Microsoft killing off any reason to get an xbox over the last few weeks. Bringing Gears and Forza to Playstation, Console and game price increases, Indiana Jones performing best on PS5, their games having better visuals and performance on their competitors console, halt of growth for gamepass on console.
Yes Microsoft will be getting money from playstation sales but they will be losing out on people not buying xbox consoles and potential new gamepass subs, and a high risk at losing even more players (and subs) next gen. Less players on xbox consoles means less games bought via their store, less people giving them 100% profit from first party sales to 30% on playstation. Surely theres only one more console gen left for them until they become a publisher only with gamepass becoming a PC and cloud based subscription.

@MrMagic you laugh at that, but how many times has Sony remastered the last of us?

@UltimateOtaku91 But wasn't Gears of war Ultimate Edition a remaster of the first game?
According to Wiki Gears of War: Ultimate Edition is a 2015 third-person shooter video game. It is a remastered edition of the 2006 video game Gears of War, the first installment of the Gears of War series, originally developed by Epic Games.
Seems a waste of money and time to do it again

Sony fans I would think you’d be used to this.

A perfect example the last of us.

@UltimateOtaku91 physical games make sense why they are more expensive. I wanna know why digital games are the same price as physical games when it cost more to make physical games.

@Frmknst bring back multiplayer period, I’ll buy

@bugzbunny109 your ID tag Bugs Bunny that’s cool, really is.

Sony doesn’t do the same thing? They make cellphones, computers, TVs, surround sound systems, movies and more.

I think it’s silly a lot of people make it sound like Sony is this small helpless company that’s on its last leg.

I also think it’s funny everyone talking about this acquisition but nobody looking at Tencent. If Tencent decides to get into the console business or subscription. They be the top dog with no one that can compete with.

@Rafie you’re missing the point that I’m trying to argue I don’t care about the Spider-Man rights.

You said, marvel went up to them. True. activision went up to them. Bethesda went up to them.

But by your statements this activision, Microsoft merger, shouldn’t be an issue

@Sekijo you’re missing the facts because of somebody else’s comment.

There was no false comparison you just missed the others comment. It was contradicting what he was saying.

@Sekijo @Flaming_Kaiser you had to read the others comments.

@KilloWertz everyone keeps bringing up subscription. You still have to subscribe to PlayStation Plus to play games online.

Yeah they fell behind. Now they’re buying. Look like it or not Bethesda and Activision wanted to sell to Microsoft. Acquisition happen and Microsoft won. It’s over.

Microsoft isn’t even done yet.

@Jamesblob @theSpectre they’re not forcing you. You don’t need gamepass.

Also there’s nothing wrong with gamepass. Multiple studios and publishers has said great things about gamepass. Sony hates it because it makes money constantly. Plus it’s on multiple platforms and devices

@theSpectre yeah Phil Spencer wasn’t in charge during the exclusive deals. The guy to nice.

Minecraft, ESO DLC, Fallout 76 DLC, Call of Duty, and some others was not forced to be on PlayStation. Microsoft chose that. Microsoft always intended COD to be multiplatform.

Bungie to Sony they would remain multiplatform and Sony only bought to keep from Microsoft. MLB the Show was forced to be multiplatform and released on gamepass by Major League Baseball, Sony is not multiplatform. Is Spider-Man 2 launching on PC same day as PlayStation 5?

I don’t care that Spider-Man is exclusive, I have both consoles. I do believe competition is good. Sony has displayed every monopoly thing the FTC was talking about. Microsoft is leveling the playing field while not focus on console.

Microsoft has gotten games to more gamers, but on console they need more exclusives because Sony wants to be the only player

@theSpectre @Jamesblob Well Sony started the fight.

Microsoft got tired of them buying exclusive deals and Paying some not to release on gamepass. Again that part was not Microsoft fault.

@Jamesblob that’s fine stick with other’s.

@theSpectre again Sony has better studios and you leave out Sony monopoly strategies they’ve been doing.

EA off the table, so is Ubisoft. Money can’t buy this.

Also the largest third party publisher wanted to sell, they chose Microsoft. Bethesda who already had a great relationship with Microsoft, wanted to sell.

Sega is next. Yes I know Sega said no, but that was for show. Sega is next, then it will be small publishers from then on.

All of Microsoft titles are not exclusive either.

@KilloWertz I agree with you to a degree, but from a business perspective, Microsoft isn’t wrong. Microsoft put themselves in this position with the consumers 100%. What Microsoft didn’t do was force Sony to do these Monopoly tactics where they can buy third party games cheaper and make them exclusive while making a profit. Microsoft can’t do that. I also don’t think Phil Spencer has tried. Phil been a pretty upstanding guy so far and is a true gamer.

I don’t think Phil’s lied either. Phil has gotten gamepass everywhere; Xbox, Smartphones, SmartTv, Steam Deck, and PC. More games into more people’s hands.

Phil has talked about putting gamepass on PlayStation and Nintendo, but they would have to do the same, and hopes one day they would all just complete on who had the better service and features.

@KilloWertz Microsoft whining? Both Sony and Microsoft were whining. But Sony was whining more than anybody, Jim Crybaby Ryan flow across the world crying! lol.

I agree with you about Microsoft putting themselves in this position. Phil Spencer talks about this a lot during the Xbox one era when Dan mattrick was running the show.

Now the only way to draw people back in is to get popular IP‘s, which I think is actually pretty smart because again people are now talking about Xbox again, even if it’s a bad publicity, but bad publicity isn’t always bad, It’s actually sometimes good and I think this is good.

Competition is definitely up. Sony’s gonna be fine. They still have the more popular IP’s.

@theSpectre hey let’s put it this way. All the regulators agree that this merger doesn’t hurt the console market, consumers, or the console leader, even the CMA said they agree with that.

The CNA is looking at the cloud gaming market, which even Sony thinks is a joke. Google even talked about how expensive it was and it was nonprofitable at all.

PlayStation gamers and some Xbox gamers have complain for years that Microsoft has no IP‘s. I think xbox has IP‘s and the games have had great reviews, they just don’t appeal to everyone.

Now that they have a IPs people are complaining but everyone is now talking about Xbox and taking them seriously. That’s a good sign for competition, quality, more and better games.

The competition is definitely up!

@theSpectre that was your only rebuttal back? Nothing about Sony being the market leader in the gaming industry/market, and displaying monopoly tendencies. So, you avoided everything I said.

Microsoft in the video game market is not $2.2 trillion. Remember we’re talking about the Gaming market, you’re trying to include stuff that has nothing to do with video games. Which is what the trade commission’s are supposed to look into, because that’s the market that’s trying to make the merger.

Sony is 2nd for video game publishing profit.

Microsoft is 5th in console publishing, 9th or 10th in video game PC, almost none existing in Mobile market.

Tencent is an unstoppable force.

@UltimateOtaku91 I agree with you. Phil Spencer has said he wants to rebuild those studios and get rid of the COD model (where there’s a COD every year), so the studios can work on other things.

@Grumblevolcano you need to do more research. Microsoft can already close the deal. The reason they have, is because they want to make more acquisitions.

If the CMA doesn’t approve it, Microsoft can’t sell games in the UK anymore, that’s it. Microsoft has already come out and said they’ll close if the CMA doesn’t approve it.

@theSpectre smaller!?! How small do you think Sony is?

Phil Spencer’s has come out and said that Microsoft has already lost the console wars back in 2017 if I remember correctly, he’s also said a number occasions that none of Microsoft studio’s can match naughty dog, which Phil believes is the best studio at making games.

There’s also proof back in the original Xbox that they never wanted to buy publishers/big studios. They didn’t start doing that until Sony started showing their monopoly like strategy Ways and flexing that they can get exclusives from third-party developers at a Way cheaper price and still be profitable.

Sony didn’t really give them much choice. It was smart by Sony because it allowed them to be a monopoly and Microsoft didn’t really understand the gaming business. Phil has a pretty good grasp. But in order to fix the issue, they had to start buying big IP’s to shift the momentum for equal ground.

If you look up Microsoft reviews on their first party games, they have actually been pretty successful. The problem is is there’s no point in me buying Forza, when I have Gran Turismo, Forza Horizon alternative need for speed.

@theSpectre @MikeOrator business-wise yeah, Microsoft is a beast, but the category/market of the video game industry, Yes, Microsoft is actually the underdog.

Sony business-wise is also a beast and they are the mega supreme leader in the gaming industry market. Plus Sony’s business strategy is actually a monopoly, according to the regulators. That’s why Microsoft is actually winning against them.

Plus, Microsoft isn’t taking all the games against them away. PlayStation still has the MMOs, call of duty, and Minecraft.

@Flaming_Kaiser not sure what you’re getting at.

Are you for the merger or against?

Microsoft doesn’t have a choice but to buy studios and or publishers, in order to be in the gaming market (industry).

Phil wasn’t wrong when he said it don’t matter if one game is 11/10. PlayStation and Nintendo are established platforms. Microsoft most buy ips people know and hope people swing over to there console. Right now there’s no need.

Microsoft already own Studios have been producing great games. Example Forza and Forza Horizon, but people don’t feel the need to own Xbox when they have Gran Turismo and NFS Heat.

Look up Xbox exclusive reviews. They have got a lot of good reviews from there games.

This merger isn’t bad. PlayStation will be fine. I think this will push all four (Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo, and Valve)

@Flaming_Kaiser I wish Microsoft made all there games exclusive.

I wanna push the competition to the max.

As someone who’s older and owned all the PlayStations, I know Sony can produce better first party titles, more frequently, and better quality.

@MrMagic so you guys do need to do some research, the amount of money that Sony pays for exclusives and licenses is not the same price that Microsoft has to pay, and Microsoft doesn’t have the market consumer percentage to recoup that money from that market.

Microsoft and Sony don’t get rich by just throwing money away and not getting that return, that’s called bad investment.

Plus, if you said, Microsoft is keeping Games multiplatform, which is what you’re saying. So, what’s the problem? I don’t see anything dirty there, but Spider-Man was multi platform, but now is no longer, you don’t see anything dirty there?

@IamJT it sucks, but that’s the gaming industry unfortunately.

Remember though, better the competition, the better the games and prices are, even for the console systems themselves.

@IamJT that’s not different.

Sony was approached by Marvel

Microsoft was approached by Activision

Most of Microsoft games are on ps anyways

Psychonauts 2, Minecraft, Minecraft dungeons, Minecraft legends, all dlc for fallout 76 and ESO, sounds like all the COD will be too.

MLB the Show and Sony was forced by MLB to release on Xbox, that’s all Sony does.

Be Real! If Sony bought Activision you wouldn’t have had a problem with it.

Sony believes if it existed on another platform (PlayStation) it should stay on that platform, and almost all Sony fans agree with that statement from Jim Ryan. What about Spider-Man? Hypocrites.

@MrMagic yes, you need to do some research. Sony owns the movie and gaming rights to Spider Man. Spider-Man is a great example.

I don’t care that Sony owns Spider-Man. I don’t care that Sony and Microsoft are buying Studios and Publishers as long as the playing field is even.

This move by Microsoft doesn’t even the playing field. This will barely move the needle.

Microsoft isn’t done and either is Sony.

@jimbouk so it’s okay to buy Studios but there’s an unwritten rule of the size?

There’s nothing wrong with this purchase. Xbox (Microsoft) still makes it to where you can play on multiple devices, yes the one that supports GP.

What’s Spider-Man 2 launching on?

@StrawberryTurtle no, I wouldn’t get to excited just yet. Tencent is rumored to be making a console

@jimbouk Microsoft didn’t start it. I believe Sony did bud

@Jamesblob yeah publishers. And if you look up the research and the regulators findings that came out and you’ll see they still won’t be number one or number two in the gaming industry.

@Jamesblob see the problem with your statement is that Microsoft OS system versus video games is two different categories when you combined them and try to build a monopoly out of them. It doesn’t work according to the law.

They’re two different categories

They’re not a monopoly. But if you look at the law in their definition of monopoly, Sony is actually been displaying monopoly tendencies.

Sony created this. They just messed with the wrong people. In order for Microsoft to stay relevant in the video game field, they resorted to buying studios. Microsoft has been keeping a lot of their games multiplatform, some of them still on PlayStation.

@bpomber how is Phil hypocrite?

ABK games will literally be on more devices now because of GamePass. Smart TV, Smart Phones, Steam, Steam Deck, PC, NVidia, and other stream services.

Nintendo and PlayStation are still getting COD

When Spider-Man 2 release, what all platforms is that on?

You might not like it, but that’s Sony’s ecosystem problem.

@Sekijo @Toot1st Sekijo do you really think Sony started all their studios? They bought the majority of them, and they were proven studios before Sony bought them.

Sony hasn’t done everything in the up and up like you guys keep advertising.

Like Toot1st said and I already said Microsoft makes good games. You’re just stuck and don’t need it because you feel successful with your PlayStation, which is totally fine.

But don’t get upset because Microsoft is getting exclusives, Sony, Nintendo, Amazon, Apple, and Google are doing the same thing.

In my opinion, Sony’s leading the pack.

Everyone really needs to be scared of Tencent.

There have been rumors that Tencent is working with logitech to make their own console. Tencent has more studios and developers combined.