To me, it sounded like the problem is that it’s extremely hard to even get your game on the store, unless you pay $25k+. Charging for marketing is the norm, but charging to make it easier to get your game on the store in the first place or make it near impossible seems a bit scummy.

I loafed out loud!

Isn’t PS Now also mainly a streaming service, where Game Pass offers streaming, but is mainly a subscription service? Sony would probably do much better with PS Now to offer more than just streaming.

Acquiring a studio that is already making exclusives for you is hardly a “snipe”

Should probably be titled “25 Iconic Directors and Their Debut Movies”

Was hoping we would get a Disco Elysium Final Cut date for Xbox/Switch. Supposed to be Summer 2021, but haven’t heard anything since December.

Anyone think that at some point they’re pushing boundaries they know Twitch won’t like so they will get banned? They get banned, Kotaku and other outlets write an article, they push their OnlyFans site. It’s a win for them in every way.

To my understanding, the investors wanted the game out and wouldn’t allow anymore delays. From there it was just a trickle down shower of shit on everyone else. If investors won’t pay for anymore time, there’s only so much that can be done. At that point, cancelling the game would have been an even bigger disaster. So…

This is actually me NOT responding because I have no idea what’s going on anymore.

Reply that tells you you’re an idiot without actually saying it, and at the same time spouts off information as fact that is really just my unfounded opinion.

I’d be interested to know more about the “there are no holidays before Juneteenth.” Is this a serious thing or just the snarkiness the author likes to throw out there? I’m not being critical of anything in this article, (personally I don’t care for any holidays, they’re just another day to me) just this one thing…

Where the hell have you been for the past 6 months? Hate to disappoint you, but Microsoft does indeed own Bethesda/Zenimax.

If anyone sees this, I can’t reply to any other comments because I can’t find them. Clicking “your post” does nothing but bring you to the article. I give up.

I was referring to the studios, not the IPs. All the studios Sony has bought and made those franchises with were multiplatform beforehand. It’s the same thing, Bethesda/Zenimax just happens to be a much bigger studio.

Have you lost the ability to play Doom? Skyrim? Fallout? No, they are still available on Playstation. Microsoft hasn’t taken anything away from anyone. Starfield was never confirmed a Sony game, from what I remember, Sony tried to pay Bethesda to make it a Sony exclusive and it didn’t happen. Phil Spencer is on record…

I was pointing out the hypocrisy where everyone is fine with Sony doing it, but when Microsoft does it, it’s a bad thing. I think exclusivity is shitty and needs to end across the board.

Starfield and Redfall aren’t existing IPs that are being taken away from anyone. Starfield was never confirmed as a release for any specific console.

Sony buys studios that released multiplatform all the time. Those studios from the games I listed have released on other systems previously. Starfield and Redfall are not existing IPs and are now made under the Microsoft Studios banner. It’s the same thing.

Sony only owned the rights to Spiderman for films. Also, Spencer has said that he has no issue releasing games on other consoles and it would be determined on a case by case basis.