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    Discussion (GSD) European Sales October 2024: Sharp drop in Call of Duty sales (premium sales) on Xbox platforms as a result of the Game Pass inclusion

    These guys never know what they're talking about...
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    Discussion (GSD) European Sales October 2024: Sharp drop in Call of Duty sales (premium sales) on Xbox platforms as a result of the Game Pass inclusion

    Core gamer spend will be naturally down. But we'll see what casual gamer spend looks like during the holidays. The economic realities of Europe aren't going to shift Sony to cut prices early. That's just a reality. Unless MAUs drop across Europe, Sony knows they're still just playing PS4 and...
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    Discussion (GSD) European Sales October 2024: Sharp drop in Call of Duty sales (premium sales) on Xbox platforms as a result of the Game Pass inclusion

    Sony focusing on profitability is what is allowing them to make an aggressive move like buying Kadokawa. So many people lambasted Sony for not spending enough on SIE and I told them that investment was coming. They'd already put up to 3.6B on Bungie and now we're talking about probably a 2...
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    Discussion Reuters: Sony in talks to buy media powerhouse behind 'Elden Ring', sources say

    They also said no decision had been made. Nothing has been brought to shareholders to vote on, so no, you're not going to get a announcement on December 3rd, because it hasn't reached that process where you could plan around that. Again, man, you've gotta know what you're talking about. It's...
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    Discussion Reuters: Sony in talks to buy media powerhouse behind 'Elden Ring', sources say

    Part 2 He partially admits he was wrong about Kadokawa costing 12 or 15 billion dollars, but still rounds up to 5 billion dollars, which is unrealistic to a degree. It shouldn't be more than 4.5 at the most. He gets Sony and Tencent's ownership flipped, but I'll let that pass because of...
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    Discussion Reuters: Sony in talks to buy media powerhouse behind 'Elden Ring', sources say

    Starfield was a disaster as was Redfall. Indiana Jones looks like it will be too. Call of Duty hasn't driven Xbox console sales and it has only weighed down GamePass causing a massive price increase and a massive reduction in revenue for premium CoD sales on Xbox and PC. To quote Kotick: value...
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    Discussion Reuters: Sony in talks to buy media powerhouse behind 'Elden Ring', sources say

    Let me break down things that this "expert" gets wrong and I'm not even half way through the video, so might have to do a part 2 of this post: Sony didn't back out of the Zee Entertainment deal because they simply changed their minds or got buyers remorse. The deal didn't close by the closing...
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    Discussion Reuters: Sony in talks to buy media powerhouse behind 'Elden Ring', sources say

    Microsoft spent 80 billion dollars on zenimax and ABK and have gotten absolutely nothing out of it. Bethesda has been on the decline for years and so have ABK.. By the end of this Sony will have likely spent less than 8 billion dollars on Insomniac, Bungie, and FromSoftware... rounding out a...
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    Xbox Coming to Game Pass: S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl, Nine Sols, Genshin Impact Benefits, and More

    All these dudes do is lie...
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    Discussion Reuters: Sony in talks to buy media powerhouse behind 'Elden Ring', sources say

    Isn't it funny that they leave out Starfield, because no one gives a damn about Starfield?
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    Discussion Is Fromsoftware the best purchase for Sony currently? If not, which developer takes the number 1 spot?

    So you can't cite examples or the reasons for the blockage? Sony bought Bungie, why wasn't it blocked? You realize Bungie is much bigger than FromSoftware right? And also no, this is a vertical merger. FromSoftware/Kadokawa are not competitors for PlayStation. Do you know how you can tell...
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    News Team Asobi win Golden Joystick Studio of the Year, while Wukong wins GOTY

    Personally (and I'll admit that I haven't played it yet) I think it's the hype from China, which is ironic in a lot of ways. It's really the first major AAA game of this level/type out of China. But I don't think Chinese audiences are going to start reading western gaming media if they give it...
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    Discussion Is Fromsoftware the best purchase for Sony currently? If not, which developer takes the number 1 spot?

    Cite them and more importantly, the reason why the M&A was blocked.
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    News Team Asobi win Golden Joystick Studio of the Year, while Wukong wins GOTY

    They both released 1 game, if you think one studio's game is better than the other, not sure how one studio wins studio of the year and another studio's game wins game of the year. I could see if a studio made multiple games. That suggests to me that they didn't want to give it to...
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    Discussion Is Fromsoftware the best purchase for Sony currently? If not, which developer takes the number 1 spot?

    What happens when your preference isn't in line with reality? It can take months to hire a single individual for a position. And then you sometimes don't know if you have even hired a quality person for 3-6 months. Sometimes even more than a year. Then you have pre-development starting from...
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    Discussion Is Fromsoftware the best purchase for Sony currently? If not, which developer takes the number 1 spot?

    Do what you have to do @Bryank75
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    Discussion Is Fromsoftware the best purchase for Sony currently? If not, which developer takes the number 1 spot?

    Again, can you find an example that is analogous to this situation that was blocked by regulators? Disney was the market leader in the pictures business and they bought a major competitor not just a supplier. This went through largely without a hitch. Astrazeneca was allowed to buy Alexion...
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    Discussion Is Fromsoftware the best purchase for Sony currently? If not, which developer takes the number 1 spot?

    Again, they're still hiring predominantly in California. If there was any real news or plans to move their HQ back to Japan, there would be signs, like a hiring freeze. Realize what you just said here. It's not a prediction that a leader at Sony won't stay forever, but specifically saying that...
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    Discussion Is Fromsoftware the best purchase for Sony currently? If not, which developer takes the number 1 spot?

    Building new studios isn't as easy as you think. It could easily take a decade to get a studio up and running from 0 employees to game completion... It's just not super realistic in such an ever-changing environment. Especially in areas with already a high concentration of studios. It makes...
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    Discussion Is Fromsoftware the best purchase for Sony currently? If not, which developer takes the number 1 spot?

    PlayStation 5 Pro price prediction - https://www.neogaf.com/threads/billbil-kun-ps5-pro-design-leak-size-close-to-slim-announcement-window-in-firstr-half-of-spetember.1674386/post-269500319 August 29th, 2024 Thread of me telling you sony would go after Kadokawa in June and not Square Enix...
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