Apple outplays Microsoft and closes the door on their mobile gaming app ambitions
- Thread starter Jim Ryan
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Can't cry to corrupt politicians now. Apple would outbid them.
this is bad for everyone and will hurt playstation too if they get their shit together on mobile.
I don't want Sony distracted by mobile.
They have fate grand order under Sony music and PlayStation should just focus on console 100%.
All mobile should be under a different division.
Haha nothing better than Microsoft taking Ls especially the Xbox division
Sony will sell their mobile games on the App store like they do on Steam. Why would they have their own mobile store?
Microsoft just want to keep all the profits from King on mobile. They can get fucked.
This is not a distraction. This is a way to deliver AAA games to like a billion people who are going to buy the hardware anyway:
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Death Stranding comes to life on iPhone and Mac next week
Apple gamers get their turn as postapocalypse Norman Reedus.
www.theverge.com
Fate grand order has been declining tho. Even mobile games don’t stay popular forever. Tencent and king are doing much better revenue wise in the mobile space, take 2 is becoming a player, btyedance is selling its mobile division who ever buys well get a big leg up on the the competition and even Netflix could becoming a mobile player. Relying on fate, neon koi and the partnership in Akatsuki isn’t enough. Mobile gaming is massive and Sony is still a marginal player. They need to be stronger in mobile in order to protect their console business. Tencent has been using its mobile strength to undermine PS for yrs. Just look at how when ever PlayStation was making a deal earlier this gen tencent would always be their trying to ride Sonys ass. Leyou, From and earlier last year ps announced the India hero then Tencent announced investment into India gaming sector. Now that ps has announced investment into the African gaming scene tencent will follow. They even got Shawn layden working for them scouting investment opportunities, M&A. If Sony wants to take on tencent they have to bring the fight to them on their home turf which is mobile.
How many copies did it sell on phone?This is not a distraction. This is a way to deliver AAA games to like a billion people who are going to buy the hardware anyway:
Death Stranding comes to life on iPhone and Mac next week
Apple gamers get their turn as postapocalypse Norman Reedus.
Microsoft wanted to reach a billion gamers too...but that lack of focus has lead to the decline of their core offering... Console.
I would prioritize 200 million core gamers that spend well over 1 billion gamers that spend close to nothing
Also the mobile market is highly highly competitive with very few ways to break out. Much like GAAS.
PlayStation is coming late to the party.
I think this is a new party. It's not candy crush and fruit ninja. It's actual 3D videogames.
This is what happens when your 70 billion dollar acquisition depends on others letting you parasite off of them and it doesn’t work out.
if only microsoft had their own phone hardware to put their stores on, maybe they should have spent 7 billion dollars on that
no, because you aren't gonna play those games on your iPhone/iPad
The irony is that Apple played using the rules created by EU politics with DMA.
- EU created the DMA
- EU forced Apple to adequate to DMA in EU.
- Apple used all DMA rules for their favor.
- Now it become worst for consumers and developers than it was before
But of course… I’m not surprise EU DMA is bad because it was created by the same politics that allowed MS buy AB.
MS was banking on being able to open a Xbox store on Apple without having to pay a Apple fee bypassing & undermining Apple as a competitor & enjoying there platform for “free” this is why they wana continue buying publishers (Steam/Valve & Sega with family friendly ip wouldn’t be surprising in the next 5 to 10 years) to further gain IP, at the end ip ownership what matters when you have a storefront cod mobile, candy crush & future games no longer showing up on the Apple App Store would be a big blow long term ofc Apple would be mad this is just gonna force Apple & Google to consolidate the gaming industry further & secure game developers & ip if governments allow platform to being undermined
The EU has not yet determined if Apple's plans actually comply with the DMA.The irony is that Apple played using the rules created by EU politics with DMA.
- EU created the DMA
- EU forced Apple to adequate to DMA in EU.
- Apple used all DMA rules for their favor.
- Now it become worst for consumers and developers than it was before
But of course… I’m not surprise EU DMA is bad because it was created by the same politics that allowed MS buy AB.
EU Commissioner warns of 'strong action' over Apple's DMA compliance
A European Commissioner has laid down the law, and has declared that Apple will be the target of "strong action" if its compliance with the Digital Markets Act isn't enough.
appleinsider.com
Lmao couldn't have happened to a worse company, microsoft get fucked