Microsoft heavily subsidizing your gaming habit in the short term is NOT in your best interest. The fact you (and others) don't see this is what is fairly maddening. They are not doing you any favors.
This remains to be seen though. Just because im a fan of Game Pass doesn't mean that I stopped buying games. Between launch and through 2022, I will end up purchasing 22 games out of 25. Only 3 will end up being played and completed via Game Pass. As long as there's options (Game Pass, buying digital and disc, PC, cloud, etc.), I don't see any problems. Now, if Microsoft tries to pull 2013 like shit and you can only play everything via Game Pass and that's it's, then yeah, there will be a huge problem and uproar. Of course, I don't believe that they would get away with anything like this within their own fan base. Microsoft tried to increase Gold to double the price and everyone went nuts and rightfully so.
As of now, Microsoft isn't doing anything bad or negative for me personally so until that actually happens and they screw me over, I have no right to complain but make no mistake, if they do, I will be the first to mouth off about it.
When you read what Sony is saying in regard to this deal, it’s no surprise that their fanboys act the same way. Apparently Sony is worried that if MS spends 70B for ABK, they might give Xbox exclusive CoD content or put it in GamePass and that’s just not right. Let’s ignore that Sony has a history of locking CoD content down for a year
Sony has been extremely hypocritical in their statements because they're worried about Microsoft having exclusive content for COD yet didn't Sony just have an exclusive week long BETA for COD where everyone else had to wait to a week? They paid for content to be exclusive to their platform for a year with COD and Destiny back in the day. Sony is coming across as if they've never ever done any of this shit which I do find hilarious.
I will say that having exclusive content does work because I went with the PS3 version of Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag over Xbox 360 despite Xbox 360 being my primary gaming console because the PlayStation versions had an extra two hours of exclusive playable content with Aveline (from AC Liberation) that to this day still isn't available on Xbox which I literally just checked to make sure. So I understand Sony's point of view and why they're trying to get the ABK deal blocked or whatever, but anyone who isn't blind or delusional can see through all of Sony's bullshit because they've done the same exact shit that they're concerned about Microsoft doing.
I'm someone who has no issues with Sony or Microsoft paying for full/timed exclusivity as all the companies should do what is best for their business, platform and eco-system but im not for a company doing certain things and then that same company cries about if their competitor may or may not do the same thing in the future. It's like, you reap what you sow. What's good for the goose is good for the gander. I mean it's hilarious to me.
If Sony were to acquire Square Enix or get GTA VI as a full console exclusive for PlayStation, then Microsoft would have to suck it up, not cry about any of it and just fight back which is what Sony should be doing. Instead, they're begging CMA and anyone who'll listen to bail them out and even if they're dumb enough to listen to Sony and block the ABK deal, it doesn't matter because they did the same to Meta who took them to court and crushed them. Microsoft would do the same as the courts would rule in Microsoft's favor because all this bullshit is just that - bullshit.
I would have loved to see Jim Ryan and come out and say, "yeah, we lost COD but we've kicked Microsoft's ass for three generations in a row and will do so again this generation and beyond". I would have respected that but instead, he cried to the CMA, like a baby, saying "help". lmao.
Meanwhile, Embracer Group continues to gobble up every development studio in existence but that for some odd reason doesn't count as consolidation. Oh, that's right. They're multi-platform which makes it perfectly fine. SMH. Sony spent around $5B or whatever it was on Bungie. They couldn't offer $10B for ZeniMax/Bethesda? They can't spend around $10B for a Sega or Square Enix? Like, they can't do anything? LOL
Sony is simply trying to come off as being the victim despite the fact that they've been the victor for 25+ years. You can't be a victim if you've never been victimized.
