Similar to PS. Last year Phil Spencer said, that one reason why they won’t beat PS, is because since the PS4 Gen people have built up their digital libraries.
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Yep.
MS is the governments little play thing
Like a parent gives a couple of spankings. When MS want something, they will get most of what they want.
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MS and its creator Bill are amongst the dirtiest scumbags lol
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There probably won't be a regulatory process.
Edit: lol even the purple forum is clowning on idas for the idea that anyone would object to from going exclusive.
Edit: lol even the purple forum is clowning on idas for the idea that anyone would object to from going exclusive.
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What do you mean "swap"? They are just PC storefronts, nobody is asking them to trash their gaming PC.
If using a different store on PC is too much of a hassle, then sure keep stanning for a digital store.
That nutcase bot Boomstickxl been begging Lina Khan to come in and stop the acquisition attempt of Sony. Lol. This is the same Lina Khan that Boomstick and other bots were calling evil for trying to stop Microsoft from buying Zenimax and ABK and now they want her to be their "Superman." GTFOH! Also, Lina Khan won't be around for too long with the Trump administration coming in. The FTC will get a new head and that new person is more likely going to be very corporate friendly.
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But also Microsoft friendly. If I recall right it was Republican senators sending letters to Japan about Sony's "monopoly"
Mmm. Can't wait for this acquisition to close so that:
- Nintendo loses 3rd party developers
- Xbox loses access to From titles
- PC stans have to wait a year+ for releases AND will be forced to bend the knee and sign up for PSN if they want to play
- From Software games are made even better with improved tech and support from Sony studios
they don't really get the big picture Sony doing it to protect Kadokawa from companies like kakeo and tencent from acquiring it and ruining the company and Kadokawa doing it to protect their best interests.
We are all hypocrites when it comes to acquisitions. We all sat here arguing how bad ABK was for gaming while having a Sony acquisition wish list thread going. I'll admit I'm a hypocrite, because Xbox / Microsoft sucks and I'm happy to see anything that damages them
Just more people to laugh at who will be crying if the From Software acquisition happens
Just more people to laugh at who will be crying if the From Software acquisition happens
And ain’t shit wrong with that. We watched Microsoft buy 90% of the western RPG market(BGS, Obsidian, Blizzard) , the most important parts of the shooter market (IW, Treyarch, ID software) and a slew of other random devs (Ninja theory, Compulsion, Arkane)
To see people up and arms over just FROM, Acquire, and Spike? It’s massively hypocritical to sit here and act like many haven’t been encouraging this for 6 years now, and Sonys acquisitions have been literal peanuts compared to MS.
Just look at the massive list of devs that are under MSs umbrella since 2018. It is staggering. Now it’s Sonys turn to make a move and now it’s a problem? And then they cite Sonys remasters and Concord as why they’re horrible and completely glance over all of the great stuff Sony has done over DECADES. But then we give the pass to MS, who hasn’t had good creative management since…. Forever?
Ready for this one to pass and enjoy the salt and tears, the bots that make huge graphics glazing MS for their first party growth for 6 straight years deserve something like this to happen to them.
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I'm not really referring to one specific system, as others have pointed out the same can be said for any digital library.
When I say "swap" I mean having content across multiple digital libraries, requiring you to log into or download from different sources.
It happens that for many their largest digital games library is on Steam, so that's the example I provided.
I still think acquisitions are bad but the time to stop these things was during ABK
In a post-ABK world these consolidations are inevitable so you can only hope the good companies end up in good hands.
PC is basically Steam. "No Steam, No Buy!".
If they can't get their game on Steam, they will uprise!
There was a discussion once about what would happen if Gabe Newell steped down, and the company might go public or something...
It is all just a cardhouse!
I don't even know why PC Gamers pretend to have a superior platform (outside of piracy, i guess...), when the vast majority of them are basically all tying their libraries to Steam!
Steam is not really different from a Console Library.
If they cheered for the 70 Billion ABK one, they have no right to be against anything else.
I wasn't really against ABK acquisition because I don't care about majority of their games. Was kinda hoping MS would destroy CoD but thought regulators would block the deal.
And then the regulators allowed MS to buy ABK to my surprise. So fuck them. It's a fair game for Sony to buy something bigger than a noname studio.
Like I said, it doesn't have to be Steam, but that happens to be where many people have the largest proportion of their PC libraries, so that's the reality of why some people tend to want game releases on it specifically.
Of course, there are competitors, like GOG and Epic Games, but Steam had the first mover advantage and established a major major competitive foothold because of it.
While there may be some PC gamers who speak with extremist narratives about superiority over consoles, I think many PC gamers, myself included are just kinda lazy and enjoy the convenience of having a centralized digital library.
Microsoft is more invested in PC gaming than xbox at this point. They must be confident in being able to buy Steam. After the abk deal and regulators doing absolutely nothing, why wouldn't they. Buying Steam is their goal, Phil Spencer said it would be a career defining moment.Maybe Microsoft will buy steam
Fromsoft definitely could use a new engine that's for sure. What engine did Bluepoint used for Demon's Soul Remake? Was it Unreal? Well, whatever it is it ran the game great and the game looks good too. From should switch over to that.