@StrawberryTurtle So Final Fantasy 16 is now a timed exclusive? Kid yourself all you want but Sony is no saint in this. As for your "timed exclusive" argument. Timed exclusives are just as bad as true exclusives in this industry. Gamers will flock to the console that allows them to feed their habit as quickly as possible. Having to wait a year in order to get the hot new game on a competing console generates so much FOMO and leads players to ditch their current console in order to play sooner.
Wait, Sony players are worried that Microsoft might have paid a company for exclusivity, keeping it from ever being released on a competing platform? How cute... and ironic.
@Intr1n5ic correct and Ratchet and Clank: Rifts Apart came out 7 months after it was released. I am sure both were in development for quite awhile. If they wanted to keep FF7 on one system they could have delayed the launch of FF7 Remake to the release of the PS5 and made it a launch title.
Look, I am have no dog in this hunt. I have a PS5 and will be playing the next part when it comes out. I just think it is a little slimy to break up an already established game into parts, start it on one system, and then not put the rest on the same system. It would be like Telltale Games making the first couple of chapters of one of Walking Dead: Season One on one console and then placing the last remaining chapters on the next generation.
While I don't know how I feel about MS having so much control over the industry with this purchase I am happy about this purchase from one perspective, the employees of Activision Blizzard. I am cautiously optimistic that this will give them a chance to work and grow in an environment that does not actively promote and then cover up the issues that Activision Blizzard and Bobby Kotick have allowed to spread like a cancer in the past. Here is hoping that Kotick gets the boot after the papers are signed.
@Loftimus because you want to play new entries in Fire Emblem, Mario, Zelda, Metroid, Pokemon, and all the other Nintendo exclusives that will never come out natively on a PC or other manufacturer's console? That is why I own all the current gen systems and a decent gaming machine... I remain platform agnostic and just play the games that make me happy.
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Re: Microsoft Extends Deadline of $69 Billion Activision Blizzard Acquisition
@StrawberryTurtle So Final Fantasy 16 is now a timed exclusive? Kid yourself all you want but Sony is no saint in this. As for your "timed exclusive" argument. Timed exclusives are just as bad as true exclusives in this industry. Gamers will flock to the console that allows them to feed their habit as quickly as possible. Having to wait a year in order to get the hot new game on a competing console generates so much FOMO and leads players to ditch their current console in order to play sooner.
Re: There's Growing Concern Over Persona Dev's Metaphor: ReFantazio Being an Xbox Exclusive
Wait, Sony players are worried that Microsoft might have paid a company for exclusivity, keeping it from ever being released on a competing platform? How cute... and ironic.
Re: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Is Remake 2, PS5 Exclusive, Out Winter 2023
@Intr1n5ic correct and Ratchet and Clank: Rifts Apart came out 7 months after it was released. I am sure both were in development for quite awhile. If they wanted to keep FF7 on one system they could have delayed the launch of FF7 Remake to the release of the PS5 and made it a launch title.
Look, I am have no dog in this hunt. I have a PS5 and will be playing the next part when it comes out. I just think it is a little slimy to break up an already established game into parts, start it on one system, and then not put the rest on the same system. It would be like Telltale Games making the first couple of chapters of one of Walking Dead: Season One on one console and then placing the last remaining chapters on the next generation.
Re: Reaction: Activision Blizzard Buyout Is Devastating for PS5, PS4
While I don't know how I feel about MS having so much control over the industry with this purchase I am happy about this purchase from one perspective, the employees of Activision Blizzard. I am cautiously optimistic that this will give them a chance to work and grow in an environment that does not actively promote and then cover up the issues that Activision Blizzard and Bobby Kotick have allowed to spread like a cancer in the past. Here is hoping that Kotick gets the boot after the papers are signed.
Re: Sony 'Closely Monitoring' Nintendo Switch OLED as Industry May Look to Increase Prices
@Loftimus because you want to play new entries in Fire Emblem, Mario, Zelda, Metroid, Pokemon, and all the other Nintendo exclusives that will never come out natively on a PC or other manufacturer's console? That is why I own all the current gen systems and a decent gaming machine... I remain platform agnostic and just play the games that make me happy.