@ChrisDeku I should have added that over 1 million PlayStation players ONLY play Call of Duty on their PlayStation and nothing else. Analysts have estimated 6 million PlayStation gamers spend 70% of their time only playing Call of Duty. Close to 15% PS players spend at least 30% on COD. If MS does a Starfield with COD, playstation will lose a significant portion of its base. MS will take a hit to their bottomline too but long term those additional players switching to XBox will more than make up for it
@number1024 If you had to opt for Netflix or HBO, which will you choose? MS will soon have double the number of studios compared to Sony. Even if you don't care for COD, Starfield, there are others like Doom, Diablo, Warcraft, Quake, StarCraft, Wolfenstein and many more that will push single console players to Xbox SX2 over PS6
@Gbarsotini @number1024 Not meaning to dispute your points but it would be next gen that Sony is being set up to lose. COD is worth $1bn in annual revenue for PlayStation and it's Sony that would need COD instead of the other way round (unless of course Sony develops it's own killer FPS)
@PsBoxSwitchOwner Good points. I am leaning towards a behavioural change in the market following the subscription model but do not have any reliable data to back it up. Would have been interesting to see the sales numbers for ps studio games which presumably have gone up (these won't be available on any sub service soon)
The article has missed mentioning about the potential strong negative reaction of the market to the deal failing (if it does eventually). The drop in AB share value will be substantially higher compared to the break up fee payouts from Microsoft. MS originally agreed to acquire AB at $95 per share (as against ~$82; current price of $77) which is a significant premium. Kotick stands to lose heavily if the acquisition is stopped by regulators
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Re: Free PS5 Game Offered to New Console Buyers in the USA
@BeerIsAwesome The PS collection with 20 games for early adopters was much better than this
Re: PS5 Pulling Ahead in the UK Thanks to Sony's Summer Sale
@ChrisDeku I should have added that over 1 million PlayStation players ONLY play Call of Duty on their PlayStation and nothing else. Analysts have estimated 6 million PlayStation gamers spend 70% of their time only playing Call of Duty. Close to 15% PS players spend at least 30% on COD. If MS does a Starfield with COD, playstation will lose a significant portion of its base. MS will take a hit to their bottomline too but long term those additional players switching to XBox will more than make up for it
Re: PS5 Pulling Ahead in the UK Thanks to Sony's Summer Sale
@number1024 If you had to opt for Netflix or HBO, which will you choose? MS will soon have double the number of studios compared to Sony. Even if you don't care for COD, Starfield, there are others like Doom, Diablo, Warcraft, Quake, StarCraft, Wolfenstein and many more that will push single console players to Xbox SX2 over PS6
Re: PS5 Pulling Ahead in the UK Thanks to Sony's Summer Sale
@Gbarsotini @number1024 Not meaning to dispute your points but it would be next gen that Sony is being set up to lose. COD is worth $1bn in annual revenue for PlayStation and it's Sony that would need COD instead of the other way round (unless of course Sony develops it's own killer FPS)
Re: PS5 Pulling Ahead in the UK Thanks to Sony's Summer Sale
Not sure how this is cause for celebration. Half of the titles in the list are / soon to be Microsoft owned
Re: Fortnite Is Now Officially an Olympic eSport
How come Fortnite got selected over COD
Re: $70 Games Could Be Hurting PS5, PS4 Sales, But There's More to the Story
@PsBoxSwitchOwner Good points. I am leaning towards a behavioural change in the market following the subscription model but do not have any reliable data to back it up. Would have been interesting to see the sales numbers for ps studio games which presumably have gone up (these won't be available on any sub service soon)
Re: Activision Poised to Pocket a Cool $3 Billion if Xbox Buyout Breaks Down
The article has missed mentioning about the potential strong negative reaction of the market to the deal failing (if it does eventually). The drop in AB share value will be substantially higher compared to the break up fee payouts from Microsoft. MS originally agreed to acquire AB at $95 per share (as against ~$82; current price of $77) which is a significant premium. Kotick stands to lose heavily if the acquisition is stopped by regulators