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Re: Sorry, But the Drama Over Xbox's Activision Buyout Ain't Over Yet

Rjak

@JayJ Why is this such a big deal for Microsoft fans? It's not like you can't already play these games on Xbox. It's not like this is just gonna improve games made by their countless other studios.

Oh, cause of gamepass you say? You do realize that gp will become more expensive because of this. And that all those loopholes to get it cheap will be closed.

Re: Microsoft Admits Xbox Game Pass Is Harming Software Sales After All

Rjak

Ps plus extra/premium and Gamepass are nothing but glorified demo subscriptions. Nice for the hardcore gamers who have enough time to play games, but otherwise you're better off buying the titles you like. No wonder MS wants to buy ActiBliz. They hope to get lots of casual gamers that way.

Re: Sony Buys Ex-Halo, Destiny Developer Bungie for $3.6 Billion

Rjak

I can't get excited for both sides making acquisitions. It's much better if studios like these stay independent. Same with everything under Activision/Blizzard.
At least they're wording it like everything Bungie does will stay multi platform, but I'm afraid that's just PR talk. We'll see

Re: Poll: Does Sony Need to Take Action After Microsoft's Activision Buyout?

Rjak

It's difficult. MS have the money to drop their 1st party games on gamepass day 1 (without DLC and with Microtransactions though). Sony just can't do that with Spartacus without seriously lowering their studios' budget. So I'm afraid they won't be able to compete on a subscription level and definitely not on a acquisition level.
What they can compete with is their quality, which is far superior. So I think they should just keep doing what they're doing.

I don't like the whole timed exclusivity that they've been doing and I definitely don't like MS buying up publishers with established multiplatform IPs. But Sony might be forced to make some minor acquisitions themselves.