We'll see. When MS does 3P exclusivity deals, no one in the gaming media seems to complain and you don't see Steam fanatics & others going on about how exclusives are "anti-consumer" when anyone but Sony does them.
None of it makes sense. It even betrays the talk they gave about wanting to shore up more IPs. How the hell do they accomplish that when they are selling one of their more prominent IPs to a 3P?
I wonder, did Kojima also buy the rights to the modified Decima Engine alongside the IP? Meaning if SIE 1P want to use that modified engine, they have to go through Kojima Productions? This is a really dumb question to ask, but SIE are a really stupid platform holder these days so it's worth asking.
Right now I honestly just seen SIE as another multiplatform publisher who happens to have their own hardware. Meaning I've got no reason to watch their SOPs or Showcases anymore, because if they want to be viewed as a publisher, then don't rely on showing other publisher's games to boost your brand. Show me your games, SIE! Same way I look at Xbox now.
At least Microsoft had the smarts to buy two massive 3P publishers to boost their catalog, though. Even if costed them $80 billion...COD, WOW, TES, DOOM, Wolfenstein, Minecraft (older M&A but still), Fallout...they're Microsoft's now. SIE want to be seen as a publisher first? Fine.
But now they're arguably losing that battle to Microsoft and certainly Nintendo (who have a much better multiplatform strategy than either MS or SIE). And, if just talking my personal gaming preferences, for me, losing it to several other 3P publishers too.
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