I mean, I respect the effort, but the people I trust least on earth to follow through on their threats are whales. Not to cast too broad or too harsh a net here, but I think we all kind of understand that F2P whaling tends to be pathological behavior. You don’t drop plural stacks grinding up a waifu because You Can…

If you can’t see a reason for Xbox to exist that’s your problem. Xbox costs less than a PC and some people prefer Xbox’s UX and peripherals to Sony’s.

Microsoft never made any promise about exclusives. They said the goal of the purchase wasn’t to keep games off of other platforms. That doesn’t mean they can’t do that. 

FFXVI? The FF franchise and Japanese developers historically have favored PS over Xbox given that Xbox doesn’t exist in Japan. Short of evidence that Sony required or forced this somehow that’s a publisher-level decision.

No, he said the merger wasn't proposed for the purpose of taking games away from the competition. It's splitting hairs, but he's not wrong. Besides, until we get a Last of Us port Sony's complaining gives me a warm feeling in the cockles of my heart.

Microsoft is not talking in double speak, they only vocalize the part of their plan they want people to hear. What they proved here is the other part of the plan people should have deduced by now.

Could you imagine a world where people were not just wildly unethical but also were so for the sole purpose of making money? That would put the whole system into question...

Worse.

How does KotOR get a pass because “Sony partially funded it” but Redfall doesn’t when Microsoft *wholly* funds it?

There was never any evidence that “extinguish” was used by Microsoft. The only use of the word was in testimony from Intel VP McGeady during the antitrust trial 20 years ago.

Yes but it’s only bitter Sony pedants that think that’s a valid argument.

This happened like 2 years ago, it’s a brand new game that was already in development, and Microsoft *never* said that all Bethesda games would stay cross-platform forever, they said it would be a case by case situation and depend on the economics of it.

Console maker makes own games exclusive. News at eleven.

And yet you’ll still be able to play it for free day one on Game Pass.

I can’t relate to the fact that you would admit your inability to deal with romantic conflicts in a headline that is immediately above your name...

It’s almost as if.. they’re two emotionally mature people who have no ill will against each other and share mutual respect. You know, like.. adults should act.. instead of dramatic 12 year olds (either on one side or both if they’re extremely petty).

Is the 2023 Spanfeller mandate for Jezebel’s writers to constatly broadcast how immature and toxic they are in their personal lives?

I just find it so bizarre how perplexing some people find it when you remain friends with your ex. 

“I can’t relate to how mess-free Florence Pugh is with her ex.”

My mom can never understand how people can be friends with their exes either, but my mother is maladjusted and full of rage.